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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 811-22400
Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Debt Fund
(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: May 31
Date of reporting period: 11/30/2010
 
 

 


 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
(GRAPHIC)
November 30, 2010 Oppenheimer Management Emerging Markets Commentary Debt Fund and Semiannual Report MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY Fund Update SEMIANNUAL REPORT Listing of Top Holdnigs Fund Performance Discussion Listing of Investments Financial Statements

 


 

TOP HOLDINGS AND ALLOCATIONS
         
Top Ten Geographical Holdings        
 
Brazil
    12.3 %
Turkey
    10.8  
Mexico
    10.1  
United States
    8.9  
South Africa
    7.4  
Indonesia
    7.4  
Poland
    5.7  
Colombia
    5.1  
Israel
    4.9  
Russia
    4.7  
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of November 30, 2010, and are based on the total market value of investments.
Credit Allocation
         
Credit Rating Breakdown   NRSRO Only Total  
 
Treasury
    0.7 %
AAA
    8.2  
AA
    3.2  
A
    27.1  
BBB
    26.1  
BB
    29.6  
B
    5.1  
Total
    100.0 %
The percentages above are based on the market value of the Fund’s securities as of November 30, 2010 and are subject to change. All securities except those labeled “unrated” 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 “Manager”) converts that rating to the equivalent S&P rating. If two or more NRSROs have assigned a rating to a security, the highest rating is used. Securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or an agency or instrumentality thereof are assigned a credit rating equal to the sovereign credit rating assigned to the U.S. by S&P.A similar process is used for securities issued or guaranteed by a foreign sovereign or supranational entity. Fund assets invested in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund are assigned the Fund’s S&P rating, which is currently AAA. Unrated securities do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. “Investment-grade” securities are securities rated within the NRSROs’ four highest rating categories. Securities not rated by an NRSRO may or may not be equivalent of investment grade. Please consult the Fund’s prospectus for further information. Additional information can be found in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.
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TOP HOLDINGS AND ALLOCATIONS
Portfolio Allocation
(PIE CHART)
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of November 30, 2010, and are based on the total market value of investments.
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NOTES
Total returns include changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions in a hypothetical investment for the periods shown. Cumulative total returns are not annualized. The Fund’s total returns shown do not reflect the deduction of income taxes on an individual’s investment. Taxes may reduce your actual investment returns on income or gains paid by the Fund or any gains you may realize if you sell your shares.
Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, expenses and other charges carefully before investing. The Fund’s prospectus and, if available, the Fund’s summary prospectus contain this and other information about the Fund, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor, calling us at 1.800.525.7048 or visiting our website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com. Read the prospectus and, if available, the summary prospectus carefully before investing.
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.
Class A shares of the Fund were first publicly offered on 6/30/10. Unless otherwise noted, Class A returns include the current maximum initial sales charge of 4.75%.
Class C shares of the Fund were first publicly offered on 6/30/10. Unless otherwise noted, Class C returns include the contingent deferred sales charge of 1%. Class C shares are subject to an annual 0.75% asset-based sales charge.
Class N shares of the Fund were first publicly offered on 6/30/10. Class N shares are offered only through retirement plans. Unless otherwise noted, Class N returns include the contingent deferred sales charge of 1%. Class N shares are subject to an annual 0.25% asset-based sales charge.
Class Y shares of the Fund were first publicly offered on 6/30/10. Class Y shares are offered only to certain institutional investors under a special agreement with the Distributor, and to present or former officers, directors, trustees or employees (and their eligible family members) of the Fund, the Manager, its affiliates, its parent company and the subsidiaries of its parent company, and retirement plans established for the benefit of such individuals.
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 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 30, 2010 (commencement of operations) and held for the period ended November 30, 2010.
The Hypothetical Examples for Comparison Purposes are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested on June 1, 2010 and held for the six months ended November 30, 2010.
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 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.
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            Ending     Expenses  
    Beginning     Account     Paid During  
    Account     Value     the Period Ended  
    Value     November 30, 2010     November 30, 20101,2  
 
Actual
                       
Class A
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,061.90     $ 5.45  
Class C
    1,000.00       1,059.60       8.73  
Class N
    1,000.00       1,060.90       6.54  
Class Y
    1,000.00       1,063.00       4.14  
 
                       
Hypothetical
                       
(5% return before expenses)
                       
Class A
    1,000.00       1,018.80       6.35  
Class C
    1,000.00       1,015.04       10.15  
Class N
    1,000.00       1,017.55       7.61  
Class Y
    1,000.00       1,020.31       4.82  
 
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 154/365 to reflect the period from June 30, 2010 (commencement of operations) to November 30, 2010.
 
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 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
The expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated fund, for the period from June 30, 2010 (commencement of operations) to November 30, 2010 are as follows:
         
Class   Expense Ratios
 
Class A
    1.25 %
Class C
    2.00  
Class N
    1.50  
Class Y
    0.95  
The expense ratios reflect voluntary waivers or reimbursements of expenses by the Fund’s Manager and Transfer Agent. Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time; some may not be modified or terminated until after one year from the date of the current prospectus, as indicated therein. The “Financial Highlights” tables 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 November 30, 2010 / Unaudited
                 
    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
U.S. Government Obligations—0.7%
               
U.S. Treasury Nts., 3.50%, 5/15/201 (Cost $264,394)
  $ 255,000     $ 271,934  
 
               
Foreign Government Obligations—67.0%
               
Argentina—1.6%
               
Argentina (Republic of) Bonds:
               
2.50%, 12/31/382
    170,000       73,100  
8.28%, 12/31/33
    128,483       114,992  
Series GDP, 2.724%, 12/15/352
    240,000       32,400  
Series VII, 7%, 9/12/13
    65,000       62,458  
Argentina (Republic of) Sr. Unsec. Bonds, 0%, 12/15/352
    150,000  EUR      20,444  
Argentina (Republic of) Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6.976%, 10/3/15
    380,000       342,169  
Argentina (Republic of) Sr. Unsecured Nts., 13.625%, 1/30/142
    80,000  ARP      18,745  
 
             
 
               
 
            664,308  
 
               
Belize—0.0%
               
Belize (Government of) Unsec. Unsub. Bonds, 6%, 2/20/292,3
    20,000       17,700  
 
               
Brazil—9.4%
               
Brazil (Federal Republic of) Bonds, 7.125%, 1/20/37
    15,000       18,563  
Brazil (Federal Republic of) Nota Do Tesouro Nacional Nts.:
               
9.762%, 1/1/17
    5,316,000  BRR      2,801,323  
10%, 1/1/21
    1,664,000  BRR      843,743  
11.433%, 5/15/45
    205,000  BRR      242,099  
Brazil (Federal Republic of) Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 5.625%, 1/7/41
    50,000       51,875  
 
             
 
               
 
            3,957,603  
 
               
Colombia—4.0%
               
Colombia (Republic of) Bonds, 12%, 10/22/15
    376,000,000  COP      252,398  
Colombia (Republic of) Sr. Nts., 7.375%, 3/18/19
    100,000       123,500  
Colombia (Republic of) Sr. Unsec. Bonds, 6.125%, 1/18/41
    150,000       160,500  
Colombia (Republic of) Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Bonds, 7.75%, 4/14/21
    538,000,000  COP      314,742  
Colombia (Republic of) Unsec. Nts., 7.375%, 1/27/17
    100,000       121,000  
Colombia (Republic of) Unsec. Unsub. Bonds, 9.85%, 6/28/27
    1,025,000,000  COP      715,712  
 
             
 
               
 
            1,687,852  
 
               
Dominican Republic—0.3%
               
Dominican Republic Bonds, 7.50%, 5/6/214
    100,000       110,510  
 
               
Egypt—3.5%
               
Egypt (The Arab Republic of) Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 6.875%, 4/30/404
    100,000       110,000  
Egypt (The Arab Republic of) Treasury Bills:
               
Series 182, 10.031%, 1/18/115
    175,000  EGP      29,883  
Series 182, 9.963%, 2/1/115
    1,950,000  EGP      331,714  
Series 182, 9.819%, 3/22/115
    1,200,000  EGP      201,405  
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    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Egypt Continued
               
Egypt (The Arab Republic of) Treasury Bills: Continued
               
Series 273, 9.717%, 4/5/115
    500,000  EGP    $ 83,630  
Series 364, 10.465%, 12/21/105
    1,975,000  EGP      339,625  
Series 364, 9.008%, 2/8/115
    1,425,000  EGP      242,196  
Series 364, 10.508%, 3/8/115
    175,000  EGP      29,482  
Series 364, 10.046%, 5/10/115
    175,000  EGP      29,033  
Series 364, 10.064%, 7/12/115
    550,000  EGP      89,434  
 
             
 
               
 
            1,486,402  
 
               
Ghana—0.3%
               
Ghana (Republic of) Bonds, 8.50%, 10/4/174
    100,000       114,000  
 
               
Hungary—0.7%
               
Hungary (Republic of) Bonds:
               
Series 17/B, 6.75%, 2/24/17
    29,900,000  HUF      126,433  
Series 19/A, 6.50%, 6/24/19
    44,000,000  HUF      179,029  
 
             
 
               
 
            305,462  
 
               
Indonesia—1.3%
               
Indonesia (Republic of) Nts., 6.875%, 1/17/184
    240,000       289,800  
Indonesia (Republic of) Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7.75%, 1/17/384
    150,000       192,000  
Indonesia (Republic of) Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Bonds, 6.625% 2/17/374
    55,000       61,600  
 
             
 
               
 
            543,400  
 
               
Israel—4.5%
               
Israel (State of) Bonds:
               
5%, 1/31/20
    4,805,000  ILS      1,351,254  
6%, 2/28/19
    1,760,000  ILS      533,640  
 
             
 
               
 
            1,884,894  
 
               
Korea, Republic of South—3.6%
               
Korea (Republic of) Sr. Unsec. Bonds, Series 2006, 5%, 6/10/20
    770,000,000  KRW      698,393  
Korea (Republic of) Sr. Unsec. Monetary Stabilization Bonds, Series 1208, 3.81%, 8/2/12
    766,000,000  KRW      669,108  
Korea (Republic of) Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts.:
               
5.125%, 12/7/16
    45,000       49,584  
7.125%, 4/16/19
    70,000       86,040  
 
             
 
               
 
            1,503,125  
 
               
Malaysia—0.2%
               
1Malaysia Sukuk Global Bhd Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 3.928%, 6/4/154
    100,000       104,715  
 
               
Mexico—8.7%
               
United Mexican States Bonds:
               
5.625%, 1/15/17
    120,000       135,600  
Series M20, 7.50%, 6/3/27
    7,060,000  MXN      578,508  
Series M10, 7.75%, 12/14/17
    8,780,000  MXN      759,112  
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued
                 
    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Mexico Continued
               
United Mexican States Bonds: Continued
               
Series M10, 8%, 12/17/15
    7,850,000  MXN    $ 680,685  
Series M10, 8.50%, 12/13/18
    2,220,000  MXN      199,133  
Series M20, 10%, 12/5/24
    12,280,000  MXN      1,253,131  
United Mexican States Sr. Nts., 5.75%, 10/12/2110
    30,000       27,677  
 
             
 
               
 
            3,633,846  
 
               
Panama—0.9%
               
Panama (Republic of) Bonds, 7.25%, 3/15/15
    305,000       358,375  
 
               
Peru—1.5%
               
Peru (Republic of) Bonds, 7.35%, 7/21/25
    320,000       395,200  
Peru (Republic of) Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7.84%, 8/12/203
    470,000  PEN      187,602  
Peru (Republic of) Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Bonds, 5.625%, 11/18/504
    60,000       58,050  
 
             
 
               
 
            640,852  
 
               
Philippines—0.7%
               
Philippines (Republic of the) Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Bonds, 6.375%, 10/23/34
    165,000       181,500  
Philippines (Republic of the) Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 4.95%, 1/31/21
    5,000,000  PHP      120,523  
 
             
 
               
 
            302,023  
 
               
Poland—5.6%
               
Poland (Republic of) Bonds:
               
5.25%, 10/25/20
    1,310,000  PLZ      400,288  
Series 0415, 5.50%, 4/25/15
    3,800,000  PLZ      1,229,312  
Series 1015, 6.25%, 10/24/15
    2,215,000  PLZ      736,405  
 
             
 
               
 
            2,366,005  
 
               
Qatar—0.1%
               
Qatar (State of) Sr. Nts., 5.25%, 1/20/204
    40,000       43,200  
 
               
South Africa—6.6%
               
South Africa (Republic of) Bonds:
               
5.50%, 3/9/20
    100,000       109,500  
Series R208, 6.75%, 3/31/21
    2,530,000  ZAR      320,181  
Series R207, 7.25%, 1/15/20
    7,790,000  ZAR      1,024,008  
Series R204, 8%, 12/21/18
    3,010,000  ZAR      420,232  
Series R186, 10.50%, 12/21/26
    5,315,000  ZAR      886,895  
 
             
 
               
 
            2,760,816  
 
               
Sri Lanka—0.1%
               
Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of) Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6.25%, 10/4/204
    30,000       31,050  
 
               
Turkey—10.4%
               
Turkey (Republic of) Bonds:
               
6.75%, 4/3/18
    120,000       140,400  
6.875%, 3/17/36
    15,000       17,325  
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    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Turkey Continued
               
Turkey (Republic of) Bonds: Continued
               
10.50%, 1/15/202
    765,000  TRY    $ 558,736  
11%, 8/6/14
    1,435,000  TRY      1,037,200  
16%, 3/7/122
    2,920,000  TRY      2,133,839  
Series CPI, 14.047%, 8/14/132
    105,000  TRY      105,486  
Turkey (Republic of) Nts., 7.50%, 7/14/17
    100,000       121,250  
Turkey (Republic of) Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7.50%, 11/7/19
    100,000       122,750  
Turkey (Republic of) Unsec. Nts., 6.75%, 5/30/40
    100,000       113,500  
 
             
 
               
 
            4,350,486  
 
               
Ukraine—0.6%
               
Financing of Infrastructural Projects State Enterprise Gtd. Nts., 8.375%, 11/3/174
    60,000       60,570  
Ukraine (Republic of) Bonds, 7.75%, 9/23/204
    50,000       48,750  
Ukraine (Republic of) Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6.75%, 11/14/174
    150,000       143,438  
 
             
 
               
 
            252,758  
 
               
Uruguay—0.9%
               
Uruguay (Oriental Republic of) Bonds, 7.625%, 3/21/36
    100,000       126,050  
Uruguay (Oriental Republic of) Sr. Nts., 6.875%, 9/28/25
    100,000       119,500  
Uruguay (Oriental Republic of) Unsec. Bonds, 8%, 11/18/22
    100,000       128,500  
 
             
 
               
 
            374,050  
 
               
Venezuela—1.5%
               
Venezuela (Republic of) Bonds:
               
9%, 5/7/23
    225,000       142,875  
9.25%, 9/15/27
    60,000       40,950  
Venezuela (Republic of) Nts.:
               
8.25%, 10/13/24
    60,000       36,450  
8.50%, 10/8/14
    145,000       118,900  
Venezuela (Republic of) Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts.:
               
7.75%, 10/13/19
    20,000       12,700  
12.75%, 8/23/22
    10,000       8,273  
Venezuela (Republic of) Unsec. Bonds:
               
7%, 3/31/38
    185,000       98,050  
7.65%, 4/21/25
    270,000       154,575  
9.375%, 1/13/34
    45,000       28,913  
 
             
 
               
 
            641,686  
 
             
 
       
Total Foreign Government Obligations (Cost $28,109,107)
            28,135,118  
 
               
Corporate Bonds and Notes—15.4%
               
Consumer Discretionary—0.2%
               
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—0.2%
               
Grupo Posadas SAB de CV, 9.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/154
    100,000       89,500  
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued
                 
    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Consumer Staples—0.3%
               
Food Products—0.3%
               
Arcor, 7.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/9/173
  $ 30,000     $ 31,350  
MHP SA, 10.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/29/154
    100,000       104,000  
 
             
 
               
 
            135,350  
 
               
Energy—5.3%
               
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—5.3%
               
Alliance Oil Co. Ltd., 9.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/11/154
    100,000       104,250  
Empresa Nacional del Petroleo, 5.25% Unsec. Nts., 8/10/204
    25,000       25,705  
Gaz Capital SA:
               
6.212% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 11/22/164
    100,000       105,000  
7.288% Sr. Sec. Nts., 8/16/374
    55,000       57,063  
8.125% Nts., 7/31/144
    100,000       113,000  
8.146% Sr. Sec. Nts., 4/11/184
    100,000       113,875  
8.625% Sr. Sec. Nts., 4/28/344
    100,000       118,030  
9.25% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 4/23/194
    110,000       134,338  
Kazmunaigaz Finance Sub BV:
               
11.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/23/154
    100,000       123,060  
9.125% Nts., 7/2/184
    120,000       138,552  
Lukoil International Finance BV:
               
6.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/9/204
    120,000       118,200  
6.656% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Bonds, 6/7/224
    55,000       55,688  
7.25% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 11/5/194
    20,000       21,600  
Nak Naftogaz Ukraine, 9.50% Unsec. Nts., 9/30/14
    115,000       120,750  
Odebrecht Drilling Norbe VIII/IX Ltd., 6.35% Sr. Sec. Nts., 6/30/214
    40,000       40,800  
Pan American Energy LLC, 7.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/7/214
    40,000       42,600  
Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, 6.625% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 6/15/38
    50,000       51,867  
Petrobras International Finance Co., 5.75% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 1/20/20
    105,000       113,785  
Petroleos Mexicanos:
               
5.50% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 1/21/21
    30,000       31,500  
6% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 3/5/20
    115,000       125,925  
8% Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 5/3/19
    30,000       36,885  
Petroleum Co. of Trinidad & Tobago Ltd., 9.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/14/194
    100,000       122,000  
PT Adaro Indonesia, 7.625% Nts., 10/22/194
    100,000       106,500  
Tengizchevroil LLP, 6.124% Nts., 11/15/144
    57,182       60,350  
TransCapitalInvest Ltd. for OJSC AK Transneft, 5.67% Sec. Bonds, 3/5/144
    130,000       137,407  
 
             
 
               
 
            2,218,730  
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    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Financials—3.7%
               
Capital Markets—0.1%
               
IPIC GMTN Ltd., 5% Nts., 11/15/204
  $ 60,000     $ 58,665  
 
               
Commercial Banks—3.2%
               
Akbank TAS, 5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/22/154
    55,000       55,083  
Alfa Bank/Alfa Bond Issuance plc, 7.875% Nts., 9/25/174
    40,000       40,300  
Banco BMG SA, 9.15% Nts., 1/15/163
    100,000       106,500  
Banco Cruzeiro do Sul SA, 8.875% Sub. Nts., 9/22/204
    20,000       19,700  
Banco de Credito del Peru, 5.375% Sr. Nts., 9/16/204
    40,000       40,100  
Banco do Brasil SA, 5.375% Unsec. Sub. Nts., 1/15/214
    40,000       40,000  
HSBK Europe BV:
               
7.25% Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 5/3/174
    100,000       101,040  
9.25% Sr. Nts., 10/16/134
    250,000       273,550  
ICICI Bank Ltd.:
               
5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/25/154
    100,000       104,666  
6.375% Bonds, 4/30/222,4
    100,000       100,123  
UK SPV Credit Finance plc, 8% Sr. Sec. Nts., 2/6/124
    100,000       98,188  
VEB Finance Ltd., 6.902% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 7/9/204
    70,000       71,750  
VTB Capital SA:
               
6.465% Sr. Sec. Unsub. Nts., 3/4/154
    100,000       103,750  
6.551% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/13/204
    40,000       39,670  
6.875% Sr. Sec. Nts., 5/29/184
    100,000       105,000  
Yapi ve Kredit Bankasi/Unicredit Luxembourg SA, 5.188% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/13/154
    30,000       30,750  
 
             
 
               
 
            1,330,170  
 
               
Diversified Financial Services—0.4%
               
BM&F BOVESPA SA, 5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/16/204
    140,000       146,202  
 
               
Industrials—0.3%
               
Construction & Engineering—0.3%
               
Odebrecht Finance Ltd., 7% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/21/204
    100,000       107,750  
 
               
Road & Rail—0.0%
               
Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Finance BV, 6.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/6/204
    20,000       20,400  
 
               
Materials—1.8%
               
Chemicals—0.5%
               
Braskem Finance Ltd., 7.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/5/184
    100,000       107,500  
Braskem SA, 7% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/7/204
    100,000       104,500  
 
             
 
               
 
            212,000  
 
               
Construction Materials—0.2%
               
CEMEX Espana SA, 9.25% Sr. Sec. Nts., 5/12/204
    100,000       95,500  
 
               
Metals & Mining—1.1%
               
Alrosa Finance SA, 7.75% Nts., 11/3/204
    60,000       60,300  
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued
                 
    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Metals & Mining Continued
               
JSC Severstal, 6.70% Nts., 10/25/174
  $ 60,000     $ 58,350  
Steel Capital SA for OAO Severstal, 9.75% Sec. Nts., 7/29/134
    100,000       111,000  
Vedanta Resources plc, 9.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/18/184
    205,000       218,325  
 
             
 
       
 
            447,975  
 
               
Telecommunication Services—1.3%
               
Diversified Telecommunication Services—0.7%
               
Axtel SAB de CV, 9% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/22/194
    95,000       87,875  
Telemar Norte Leste SA, 5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/23/204
    199,000       198,503  
 
             
 
       
 
            286,378  
 
               
Wireless Telecommunication Services—0.6%
               
MTS International Funding Ltd., 8.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/22/204
    100,000       111,750  
VIP Finance Ireland Ltd., 9.125% Bonds, 4/30/184
    130,000       147,225  
 
             
 
       
 
            258,975  
 
               
Utilities—2.5%
               
Electric Utilities—1.9%
               
Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA, 6.875% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 7/30/194
    100,000       115,750  
Eskom Holdings Ltd., 10% Nts., Series ES23, 1/25/23
    2,000,000  ZAR      299,818  
Israel Electric Corp. Ltd., 7.25% Nts., 1/15/194
    125,000       138,768  
Majapahit Holding BV, 7.75% Nts., 10/17/164
    120,000       142,200  
TGI International Ltd., 9.50% Nts., 10/3/174
    100,000       112,500  
 
             
 
       
 
            809,036  
 
               
Energy Traders—0.6%
               
Colbun SA, 6% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/21/204
    100,000       106,800  
Power Sector Assets & Liabilities Management Corp., 7.25% Sr. Gtd. Unsec. Nts., 5/27/194
    100,000       120,875  
 
             
 
       
 
            227,675  
 
             
 
       
Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $6,387,949)
            6,444,306  
 
               
Structured Securities—7.1%
               
Barclays Bank plc:
               
Indonesia (Republic of) Total Return Linked Bonds, 10.50%, 8/19/30
    4,276,000,000  IDR      542,481  
Indonesia (Republic of) Total Return Linked Bonds, 11%, 9/17/25
    3,069,000,000  IDR      403,297  
Indonesia (Republic of) Total Return Linked Bonds, 11.50%, 9/18/19
    2,871,000,000  IDR      401,283  
Indonesia (Republic of) Total Return Linked Bonds, Series 10, 10.50%, 8/19/30
    1,211,000,000  IDR      153,635  
Indonesia (Republic of) Total Return Linked Bonds, Series 105, 11%, 9/17/25
    1,045,000,000  IDR      137,323  
Indonesia (Republic of) Total Return Linked Bonds, Series 12, 10.50%, 8/19/30
    930,000,000  IDR      117,986  
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    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Structured Securities Continued
               
Barclays Bank plc Continued
               
Indonesia (Republic of) Total Return Linked Bonds, Series 15, 11%, 9/17/25
    435,000,000  IDR    $ 57,163  
Citigroup Funding, Inc.:
               
Ghana (Republic of) Credit Linked Bonds, 14%, 3/9/112,3
    240,000  GHS      166,587  
Instituto Costarricense De Eletricidad Total Return Linked Nts., 2.288%, 10/25/112
    50,000       50,110  
Ukraine (Republic of) Credit Linked Nts., 5.50%, 9/1/152
    970,000  UAH      104,531  
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc., Colombia (Republic of) Total Return Linked Bonds, Series 2, 11%, 7/27/20
    180,000,000  COP      113,341  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.:
               
Colombia (Republic of) Credit Linked Nts., 11%, 7/28/203
    265,000,000  COP      166,863  
Colombia (Republic of) Credit Linked Nts., Series 2, 11%, 7/28/203
    51,000,000  COP      32,113  
Indonesia (Republic of) Credit Linked Bonds, 8.25%, 7/19/214
    3,960,000,000  IDR      453,776  
Standard Bank Group Ltd., Ghana (Republic of) Credit Linked Bonds, 10.915%, 3/23/113,5
    150,000  GHS      99,910  
 
             
 
               
Total Structured Securities (Cost $2,988,432)
            3,000,399  
                 
    Shares        
 
Investment Companies—8.0%
               
JPMorgan U.S. Treasury Plus Money Market Fund, Agency Shares, 0.00%6,7
    212,435       212,435  
Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 0.21%6,8
    3,166,282       3,166,282  
 
             
 
       
Total Investment Companies (Cost $3,378,717)
            3,378,717  
 
               
Total Investments, at Value (Cost $41,128,599)
    98.2 %     41,230,474  
Other Assets Net of Liabilities
    1.8       755,758  
     
 
               
Net Assets
    100.0 %   $ 41,986,232  
     
Footnotes to Statement of Investments
Principal amount is reported in U.S. Dollars, except for those denoted in the following currencies:
     
ARP
  Argentine Peso
BRR
  Brazilian Real
COP
  Colombian Peso
EGP
  Egyptian Pound
EUR
  Euro
GHS
  Ghana Cedi
HUF
  Hungarian Forint
IDR
  Indonesia Rupiah
ILS
  Israeli Shekel
KRW
  South Korean Won
MXN
  Mexican Nuevo Peso
PEN
  Peruvian New Sol
PHP
  Philippines Peso
PLZ
  Polish Zloty
TRY
  New Turkish Lira
UAH
  Ukraine Hryvnia
ZAR
  South African Rand
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued
Footnotes to Statement of Investments Continued
 
1.   All or a portion of the security position is held in collateralized accounts to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts and written options on futures, if applicable. The aggregate market value of such securities is $74,648. See Note 5 of the accompanying Notes.
 
2.   Represents the current interest rate for a variable or increasing rate security.
 
3.   Restricted security. The aggregate value of restricted securities as of November 30, 2010 was $808,625, which represents 1.93% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 6 of the accompanying Notes. Information concerning restricted securities is as follows:
                                 
                            Unrealized  
    Acquisition                     Appreciation  
Security   Date     Cost     Value     (Depreciation)  
 
Arcor, 7.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/9/17
    11/4/10     $ 30,000     $ 31,350     $ 1,350  
Banco BMG SA, 9.15% Nts., 1/15/16
    6/30/10       106,487       106,500       13  
Belize (Government of) Unsec. Unsub. Bonds, 6%, 2/20/29
    9/29/10       17,461       17,700       239  
Citigroup Funding, Inc., Ghana (Republic of) Credit Linked Bonds, 14%, 3/9/11
    8/5/10       168,337       166,587       (1,750 )
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Colombia (Republic of) Credit Linked Nts., 11%, 7/28/20
    8/24/10       185,029       166,863       (18,166 )
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Colombia (Republic of) Credit Linked Nts., Series 2, 11%, 7/28/20
    10/6/10       36,060       32,113       (3,947 )
Peru (Republic of) Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7.84%, 8/12/20
    11/10/10       192,633       187,602       (5,031 )
Standard Bank Group Ltd., Ghana (Republic of) Credit Linked Bonds, 10.915%, 3/23/11
    9/22/10       101,649       99,910       (1,739 )
             
 
          $ 837,656     $ 808,625     $ (29,031 )
             
 
4.   Represents securities sold under Rule 144A, which are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities have been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. These securities amount to $7,347,385 or 17.50% of the Fund’s net assets as of November 30, 2010.
 
5.   Zero coupon bond reflects effective yield on the date of purchase.
 
6.   Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of November 30, 2010.
 
7.   Interest rate is less than 0.0005%.
 
8.   Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, at or during the period ended November 30, 2010, 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 30, 2010     Additions     Reductions     November 30, 2010  
 
Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E
          9,296,184       6,129,902       3,166,282  
                 
    Value     Income  
 
Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E
  $ 3,166,282     $ 1,062  
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—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 (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).
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The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of November 30, 2010 based on valuation input level:
                                 
            Level 2-     Level 3-        
    Level 1-     Other Significant     Significant        
    Unadjusted     Observable     Unobservable        
    Quoted Prices     Inputs     Inputs     Value  
 
Assets Table
                               
Investments, at Value:
                               
U.S. Government Obligations
  $     $ 271,934     $     $ 271,934  
Foreign Government Obligations
          28,135,118             28,135,118  
Corporate Bonds and Notes
          6,444,306             6,444,306  
Structured Securities
          3,000,399             3,000,399  
Investment Companies
    3,378,717                   3,378,717  
     
Total Investments, at Value
    3,378,717       37,851,757             41,230,474  
 
                               
Other Financial Instruments:
                               
Foreign currency exchange contracts
          167,271             167,271  
Futures margins
    2,063                   2,063  
Appreciated swaps, at value
          19,228             19,228  
     
Total Assets
  $ 3,380,780     $ 38,038,256     $     $ 41,419,036  
     
 
                               
Liabilities Table
                               
Other Financial Instruments:
                               
Foreign currency exchange contracts
  $     $ (285,754 )   $     $ (285,754 )
Futures margins
    (7,313 )                 (7,313 )
Depreciated swaps, at value
          (23,919 )           (23,919 )
     
Total Liabilities
  $ (7,313 )   $ (309,673 )   $     $ (316,986 )
     
Currency contracts and forwards, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. Futures, if any, are reported at their variation margin at measurement date, which represents the amount due to/from the Fund at that date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table 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 methodologies, if any, during the reporting period.
Distribution of investments representing geographic holdings, as a percentage of total investments at value, is as follows:
                 
Geographic Holdings   Value     Percent  
 
Brazil
  $ 5,058,593       12.3 %
Turkey
    4,436,319       10.8  
Mexico
    4,152,898       10.1  
United States
    3,650,651       8.9  
South Africa
    3,060,634       7.4  
Indonesia
    3,059,044       7.4  
Poland
    2,366,005       5.7  
Colombia
    2,112,669       5.1  
Israel
    2,023,662       4.9  
Russia
    1,927,546       4.7  
Korea, Republic of South
    1,503,125       3.6  
Egypt
    1,486,402       3.6  
Argentina
    738,258       1.8  
Kazakhstan
    716,952       1.7  
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued
Footnotes to Statement of Investments Continued
                 
Geographic Holdings Continued   Value     Percent  
 
Peru
  $ 680,952       1.7 %
Ukraine
    680,227       1.7  
Venezuela
    641,686       1.6  
India
    423,114       1.0  
Philippines
    422,898       1.0  
Ghana
    380,497       0.9  
Uruguay
    374,050       0.9  
Panama
    358,375       0.9  
Hungary
    305,462       0.7  
Chile
    132,505       0.3  
Trinidad & Tobago
    122,000       0.3  
Dominican Republic
    110,510       0.3  
Malaysia
    104,715       0.3  
United Arab Emirates
    58,665       0.1  
Costa Rica
    50,110       0.1  
Qatar
    43,200       0.1  
Sri Lanka
    31,050       0.1  
Belize
    17,700       0.0  
     
Total
  $ 41,230,474       100.0 %
     
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts as of November 30, 2010 are as follows:
                                                 
            Contract                            
Counterparty/           Amount     Expiration             Unrealized     Unrealized  
Contract Description   Buy/Sell     (000’s)     Dates     Value     Appreciation     Depreciation  
 
Banc of America:
                                               
Argentine Peso (ARP)
  Buy     360  ARP      3/29/11     $ 88,010     $ 1,159     $  
Chinese Renminbi (Yuan) (CNY)
  Buy     3,900  CNY      6/7/11       587,354       1,801       5,667  
Kazakhstan Tenge (KZT)
  Sell     10,000  KZT      2/28/11       67,815             87  
Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
  Buy     1,900  MYR      2/18/11       596,909             4,395  
South Korean Won (KRW)
  Buy     1,003,000  KRW      1/24/11       862,505             22,404  
South Korean Won (KRW)
  Sell     224,000  KRW      1/3/11       192,838             1,221  
                                     
 
                                    2,960       33,774  
 
                                               
Banc of America EM
                                               
Kazakhstan Tenge (KZT)
  Buy     10,000  KZT      2/28/11       67,815       293        
 
                                               
Barclay’s Capital
                                               
Hungarian Forint (HUF)
  Buy     12,000  HUF      2/10/11       54,959             5,222  
 
                                               
Citigroup EM:
                                               
Colombian Peso (COP)
  Sell     683,000  COP      2/18/11       352,607       8,782        
Indonesia Rupiah (IDR)
  Buy     3,341,000  IDR      12/15/10-2/18/11       367,299             3,770  
Mexican Nuevo Peso (MXN)
  Buy     10,390  MXN      1/18/11       828,568             15,972  
                                     
 
                                    8,782       19,742  
 
                                               
Credit Suisse:
                                               
Euro (EUR)
  Sell     560  EUR      2/10/11       726,699       48,527        
Hungarian Forint (HUF)
  Buy     114,000  HUF      2/10/11       522,109       82       44,012  
Hungarian Forint (HUF)
  Sell     36,207  HUF      12/1/10-12/2/10       167,242             177  
New Turkish Lira (TRY)
  Sell     280  TRY      12/13/10       185,779       7,746        
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Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts Continued
                                                 
            Contract                            
Counterparty/           Amount     Expiration             Unrealized     Unrealized  
Contract Description   Buy/Sell     (000’s)     Dates     Value     Appreciation     Depreciation  
 
Credit Suisse Continued
                                               
Polish Zloty (PLZ)
  Buy     500  PLZ      2/2/11     $ 160,580     $     $ 12,250  
South African Rand (ZAR)
  Buy     1,000  ZAR      2/1/11       139,624             2,803  
                                     
 
                                    56,355       59,242  
 
                                               
Deutsche Bank EM
                                               
Russian Ruble (RUR)
  Buy     32,400  RUR      1/12/11       1,022,277             41,421  
 
                                               
Goldman Sachs EM:
                                               
Brazilian Real (BRR)
  Buy     1,040  BRR      12/2/10-1/4/11       601,866       2,533       375  
Hungarian Forint (HUF)
  Buy     8  HUF      12/2/10       38              
Mexican Nuevo Peso (MXN)
  Buy     7,290  MXN      2/16/11       579,929             11,480  
South Korean Won (KRW)
  Sell     280,000  KRW      1/3/11       241,048             1,321  
                                     
 
                                    2,533       13,176  
 
                                               
HSBC EM
                                               
Israeli Shekel (ILS)
  Sell     3,860  ILS      1/31/11       1,048,438       14,582        
 
                                               
JP Morgan Chase:
                                               
Chinese Renminbi (Yuan) (CNY)
  Buy     3,600  CNY      6/7/11       542,173       3,251        
Euro (EUR)
  Sell     465  EUR      2/10/11       603,420       39,593        
Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
  Buy     470  MYR      1/6/11       148,031             4,319  
Philippines Peso (PHP)
  Buy     9,000  PHP      1/4/11       204,367             1,330  
                                     
 
                                    42,844       5,649  
 
                                               
JP Morgan EM:
                                               
Argentine Peso (ARP)
  Buy     530  ARP      3/29/11       129,570       1,159       55  
Chinese Renminbi (Yuan) (CNY)
  Buy     900  CNY      6/20/11       135,604             2,539  
Indonesia Rupiah (IDR)
  Buy     2,384,000  IDR      12/15/10       263,282             5,036  
Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
  Buy     1,700  MYR      2/18/11       534,077             6,241  
Philippines Peso (PHP)
  Buy     24,000  PHP      1/4/11       544,980             7,535  
South Korean Won (KRW)
  Sell     330,000  KRW      1/3/11       284,092             1,233  
                                     
 
                                    1,159       22,639  
 
                                               
Morgan Stanley EM:
                                               
Brazilian Real (BRR)
  Sell     40  BRR      12/2/10       23,329             76  
Indian Rupee (INR)
  Buy     67,000  INR      1/3/11-2/1/11       1,448,173             38,916  
                                     
 
                                          38,992  
 
                                               
Nomura Securities
                                               
Polish Zloty (PLZ)
  Sell     1,250  PLZ      2/2/11       401,449       29,310        
 
                                               
Standard NY EM
                                               
South African Rand (ZAR)
  Buy     1,220  ZAR      2/1/11       170,342             3,763  
 
                                               
State Street:
                                               
Polish Zloty (PLZ)
  Buy     1,595  PLZ      2/2/11       512,249       40       41,971  
South African Rand (ZAR)
  Sell     2,710  ZAR      2/1/11       378,382       8,413       163  
                                     
 
                                    8,453       42,134  
                                     
Total unrealized appreciation and depreciation
                                  $ 167,271     $ 285,754  
                                     
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued
Footnotes to Statement of Investments Continued
Futures Contracts as of November 30, 2010 are as follows:
                                         
                                    Unrealized  
            Number of     Expiration             Appreciation  
Contract Description   Buy/Sell     Contracts     Date     Value     (Depreciation)  
 
U.S. Treasury Nts., 10 yr.
  Buy     11       3/22/11     $ 1,365,203     $ (1,056 )
U.S. Treasury Nts., 10 yr.
  Sell     39       3/22/11       4,840,266       3,712  
 
                                     
 
                                  $ 2,656  
 
                                     
Interest Rate Swap Contracts as of November 30, 2010 are as follows:
                                         
    Notional                          
Interest Rate/   Amount     Paid by     Received by     Termination        
Swap Counterparty   (000’s)     the Fund     the Fund     Date     Value  
 
BZDI:
                                       
Barclays Bank plc
  1,400  BRR BZDI     12.050 %     1/2/17     $ 1,843  
Barclays Bank plc
  1,875  BRR BZDI     12.040       1/4/17       17,385  
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
  710  BRR BZDI     11.390       1/5/15       (7,354 )
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
  660  BRR BZDI     11.420       1/3/14       (1,070 )
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
  2,115  BRR BZDI     11.490       1/4/17       (15,495 )
 
                                 
 
  6,760  BRR                           (4,691 )
 
                                     
Total Interest Rate Swaps
  $ (4,691 )
 
                                     
Notional amount is reported in U.S. Dollars (USD), except for those denoted in the following currency:
     
BRR
  Brazilian Real
 
   
Abbreviations/Definitions are as follows:
 
   
BZDI
  Brazil Interbank Deposit Rate
The following table aggregates, as of period end, the amount receivable from/(payable to) each counterparty with whom the Fund has entered into a swap agreement. Swaps are individually disclosed in the preceding tables.
Swap Summary as of November 30, 2010 is as follows:
                         
            Notional        
    Swap Type from     Amount        
Swap Counterparty   Fund Perspective     (000’s)     Value  
 
Barclays Bank plc
  Interest Rate     3,275  BRR    $ 19,228  
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
  Interest Rate     3,485  BRR      (23,919 )
 
                     
Total Swaps
  $ (4,691 )
 
                     
Notional amount is reported in U.S.Dollars (USD), except for those denoted in the following currency:
     
BRR
  Brazilian Real
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES Unaudited
         
November 30, 2010
       
 
Assets
       
Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments:
       
Unaffiliated companies (cost $37,962,317)
  $ 38,064,192  
Affiliated companies (cost $3,166,282)
    3,166,282  
 
     
 
    41,230,474  
Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts
    167,271  
Appreciated swaps, at value (upfront payments $0)
    19,228  
Receivables and other assets:
       
Interest and dividends
    951,416  
Shares of beneficial interest sold
    275,756  
Investments sold
    167,241  
Closed foreign currency contracts
    23,295  
Futures margins
    2,063  
Other
    3,078  
 
     
Total assets
    42,839,822  
 
       
Liabilities
       
Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts
    285,754  
Depreciated swaps, at value (upfront payments $0)
    23,919  
Payables and other liabilities:
       
Investments purchased
    212,655  
Dividends
    98,076  
Shares of beneficial interest redeemed
    90,307  
Closed foreign currency contracts
    78,501  
Distribution and service plan fees
    20,808  
Futures margins
    7,313  
Shareholder communications
    3,460  
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees
    2,738  
Trustees’ compensation
    451  
Foreign capital gains tax
    58  
Other
    29,550  
 
     
Total liabilities
    853,590  
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 41,986,232  
 
     
 
       
Composition of Net Assets
       
Par value of shares of beneficial interest
  $ 4,040  
Additional paid-in capital
    41,820,266  
Accumulated net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions
    192,096  
Net unrealized depreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies
    (30,170 )
 
     
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 41,986,232  
 
     
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES Unaudited / Continued
         
Net Asset Value Per Share
       
Class A Shares:
       
Net asset value and redemption price per share (based on net assets of $36,715,988 and 3,532,587 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
  $ 10.39  
Maximum offering price per share (net asset value plus sales charge of 4.75% of offering price)
  $ 10.91  
Class C Shares:
       
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $4,153,579 and 399,495 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
  $ 10.40  
Class N Shares:
       
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $301,966 and 29,050 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
  $ 10.39  
Class Y Shares:
       
Net asset value, redemption price and offering price per share (based on net assets of $814,699 and 78,410 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
  $ 10.39  
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS Unaudited
         
For the Period Ended November 30, 20101
       
 
Investment Income
       
Interest (net of foreign withholding taxes of $17,970)
  $ 830,048  
Dividends:
       
Unaffiliated companies
    117  
Affiliated companies
    1,062  
 
     
Total investment income
    831,227  
 
       
Expenses
       
Management fees
    96,621  
Distribution and service plan fees:
       
Class A
    21,447  
Class C
    6,995  
Class N
    489  
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:
       
Class A
    6,194  
Class C
    1,736  
Class N
    156  
Class Y
    92  
Shareholder communications:
       
Class A
    5,134  
Class C
    247  
Class N
    58  
Class Y
    42  
Legal, auditing and other professional fees
    24,104  
Custodian fees and expenses
    3,810  
Trustees’ compensation
    3,328  
Administration service fees
    625  
Other
    3,371  
 
     
Total expenses
    174,449  
Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses
    (6,640 )
 
     
Net expenses
    167,809  
 
       
Net Investment Income
    663,418  
 
1.   For the period from June 30, 2010 (commencement of operations) to November 30, 2010.
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS Unaudited / Continued
         
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
       
Net realized gain (loss) on:
       
Investments from unaffiliated companies
  $ 106,356  
Closing and expiration of futures contracts
    (11,305 )
Foreign currency transactions
    67,863  
Swap contracts
    29,182  
 
     
Net realized gain
    192,096  
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:
       
Investments (net of foreign capital gains tax of $58)
    46,008  
Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies
    (74,143 )
Futures contracts
    2,656  
Swap contracts
    (4,691 )
 
     
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
    (30,170 )
 
       
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ 825,344  
 
     
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
         
    Period Ended  
    November 30, 20101  
    (Unaudited)  
 
Operations
       
Net investment income
  $ 663,418  
Net realized gain
    192,096  
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
    (30,170 )
 
     
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
    825,344  
 
       
Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders
       
Dividends from net investment income:
       
Class A
    (624,299 )
Class C
    (30,415 )
Class N
    (4,923 )
Class Y
    (3,781 )
 
     
 
    (663,418 )
 
       
Beneficial Interest Transactions
       
Net increase in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:
       
Class A
    36,306,792  
Class C
    4,286,279  
Class N
    296,738  
Class Y
    834,497  
 
     
 
    41,724,306  
 
       
Net Assets
       
Total increase
    41,886,232  
Beginning of period
    100,000 2
 
     
End of period
  $ 41,986,232  
 
     
 
1.   For the period from June 30, 2010 (commencement of operations) to November 30, 2010.
 
2.   Reflects the value of the Manager’s initial seed money invested on April 26, 2010.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
         
    Period Ended  
    November 30, 20101  
Class A   (Unaudited)  
 
Per Share Operating Data
       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 10.00  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
       
Net investment income2
    .23  
Net realized and unrealized gain
    .39  
 
   
Total from investment operations
    .62  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.23 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 10.39  
 
   
 
       
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3
    6.19 %
 
       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 36,716  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 28,698  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
       
Net investment income
    5.16 %
Total expenses5
    1.28 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    1.25 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    40 %
 
1.   For the period from June 30, 2010 (commencement of operations) to November 30, 2010.
 
2.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
3.   Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
5.   Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Period Ended November 30, 2010
    1.28 %
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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    Period Ended  
    November 30, 20101  
Class C   (Unaudited)  
 
Per Share Operating Data
       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 10.00  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
       
Net investment income2
    .19  
Net realized and unrealized gain
    .41  
 
   
Total from investment operations
    .60  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.20 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 10.40  
 
   
 
       
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3
    5.96 %
 
       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 4,153  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 1,685  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
       
Net investment income
    4.29 %
Total expenses5
    2.29 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    2.00 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    40 %
 
1.   For the period from June 30, 2010 (commencement of operations) to November 30, 2010.
 
2.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
3.   Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
5.   Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Period Ended November 30, 2010
    2.29 %
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued
         
    Period Ended  
    November 30, 20101  
Class N   (Unaudited)  
 
Per Share Operating Data
       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 10.00  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
       
Net investment income2
    .22  
Net realized and unrealized gain
    .39  
 
   
Total from investment operations
    .61  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.22 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 10.39  
 
   
 
       
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3
    6.09 %
 
       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 302  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 235  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
       
Net investment income
    4.91 %
Total expenses5
    1.76 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    1.50 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    40 %
 
1.   For the period from June 30, 2010 (commencement of operations) to November 30, 2010.
 
2.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
3.   Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
5.   Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Period Ended November 30, 2010
    1.76 %
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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    Period Ended  
    November 30, 20101  
Class Y   (Unaudited)  
 
Per Share Operating Data
       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 10.00  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
       
Net investment income2
    .21  
Net realized and unrealized gain
    .42  
 
   
Total from investment operations
    .63  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.24 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 10.39  
 
   
 
       
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3
    6.30 %
 
       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 815  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 188  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
       
Net investment income
    4.71 %
Total expenses5
    1.11 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    0.95 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    40 %
 
1.   For the period from June 30, 2010 (commencement of operations) to November 30, 2010.
 
2.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
3.   Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
5.   Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Period Ended November 30, 2010
    1.11 %
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Debt Fund (the “Fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek total return. The Fund’s investment adviser is OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (the “Manager”). The Fund commenced operations June 30, 2010.
     The Fund offers Class A, Class C, Class N and Class Y shares. Class A shares are sold at their offering price, which is normally net asset value plus a front-end sales charge. Class C and Class N shares are sold without a front-end sales charge but may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”). Class N shares are sold only through retirement plans. Retirement plans that offer Class N shares may impose charges on those accounts. Class Y shares are sold to certain institutional investors without either a front-end sales charge or a CDSC, however, the institutional investor may impose charges on those accounts. All classes of shares have identical rights and voting privileges with respect to the Fund in general and exclusive voting rights on matters that affect that class alone. Earnings, net assets and net asset value per share may differ due to each class having its own expenses, such as transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees and shareholder communications, directly attributable to that class. Class A, C and N have separate distribution and/or service plans. No such plan has been adopted for Class Y shares.
     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.
     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. Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities are classified as “Level 1,” inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices for an asset that are observable are classified as “Level 2” and significant 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 unadjusted quoted market prices, when available, as supplied primarily by portfolio pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees or dealers.
     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 it is traded, prior 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
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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.
     U.S. domestic and international debt instruments (including corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and “money market-type” debt instruments with a remaining maturity in excess of sixty days are valued at the mean between the “bid” and “asked” prices utilizing price quotations obtained from independent pricing services or broker-dealers. Such prices are typically determined based upon information obtained from market participants including reported trade data, broker-dealer price quotations and inputs such as benchmark yields and issuer spreads from identical or similar securities.
     Structured securities are valued utilizing price quotations obtained from broker-dealers or independent pricing services. Values are determined based upon market inputs which typically include the price of underlying financial instruments, stock market indices, foreign currencies, interest rate spreads, commodities, or the occurrence of other specific events.
     Swap contracts are valued utilizing price quotations obtained from broker-dealer counterparties or independent pricing services. Values are determined based on relevant market information on the underlying reference assets which may include credit spreads, credit event probabilities, index values, individual security values, forward interest rates, variable interest rates, volatility measures and forward currency rates.
     Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued utilizing current and forward currency rates obtained from independent pricing services.
     “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.
     In the absence of a readily available unadjusted 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 Trustees (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
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued
1. Significant Accounting Policies Continued
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.
     There have been no significant changes to the fair valuation methodologies of the Fund during the period.
Structured Securities. The Fund invests in structured securities whose market values, interest rates and/or redemption prices are linked to the performance of underlying foreign currencies, interest rate spreads, stock market indices, prices of individual securities, commodities or other financial instruments or the occurrence of other specific events. The structured securities are often leveraged, increasing the volatility of each note’s market value relative to the change in the underlying linked financial element or event. Fluctuations in value of these securities are recorded as unrealized gains and losses in the accompanying Statement of Operations. The Fund records a realized gain or loss when a structured security is sold or matures.
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”) 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. When applicable, the Fund’s investment in IMMF is included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of IMMF are valued at their net asset value per share. 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.
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 Trustees.
     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
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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.
Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other than those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated on a daily basis to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a specific class are charged against the operations of that class.
Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income, including any net realized gain on investments not offset by capital loss carryforwards, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s tax return filings generally remain open for the three preceding fiscal reporting period ends.
     Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes. The character of dividends and distributions made during the fiscal year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. Also, due to timing of dividends and distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or net realized gain was recorded by the Fund.
The aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes as of November 30, 2010 are noted in the following table. The primary difference between book and tax appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments, if applicable, is attributable to the tax deferral of losses or tax realization of financial statement unrealized gain or loss.
         
Federal tax cost of securities
  $ 41,128,599  
Federal tax cost of other investments
    (3,719,087 )
 
     
Total federal tax cost
  $ 37,409,512  
 
     
 
       
Gross unrealized appreciation
  $ 655,475  
Gross unrealized depreciation
    (555,696 )
 
     
Net unrealized appreciation
  $ 99,779  
 
     
Certain foreign countries impose a tax on capital gains which is accrued by the Fund based on unrealized appreciation, if any, on affected securities. The tax is paid when the gain is realized.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued
1. Significant Accounting Policies Continued
Trustees’ Compensation. The Board of Trustees has adopted a compensation deferral plan for independent trustees that enables trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Trustee under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustee. The Fund purchases shares of the funds selected for deferral by the Trustee in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of “Other” within the asset section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of trustees’ fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund, and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the compensation deferral plan.
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income distributions and capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually or at other times as deemed necessary by the Manager. The tax character of distributions is determined as of the Fund’s fiscal year end. Therefore, a portion of the Fund’s distributions made to shareholders prior to the Fund’s fiscal year end may ultimately be categorized as a tax return of capital.
Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair 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.
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Indemnifications. The Fund’s organizational documents provide current and former trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
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 of each class. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:
                 
    Period Ended November 30, 20101,2  
    Shares     Amount  
 
Class A
               
Sold
    3,722,813     $ 38,406,828  
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    13,806       146,495  
Redeemed
    (211,032 )     (2,246,531 )
     
Net increase
    3,525,587     $ 36,306,792  
     
 
               
Class C
               
Sold
    423,637     $ 4,555,576  
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    2,356       24,978  
Redeemed
    (27,498 )     (294,275 )
     
Net increase
    398,495     $ 4,286,279  
     
 
               
Class N
               
Sold
    34,606     $ 365,157  
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    336       3,578  
Redeemed
    (6,892 )     (71,997 )
     
Net increase
    28,050     $ 296,738  
     
 
               
Class Y
               
Sold
    78,920     $ 850,546  
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    333       3,503  
Redeemed
    (1,843 )     (19,552 )
     
Net increase
    77,410     $ 834,497  
     
 
1.   For the period from June 30, 2010 (commencement of operations) to November 30, 2010.
 
2.   The Fund sold 7,000 shares of Class A at a value of $70,000 and 1,000 shares each of Class C, Class N and Class Y at a value of $10,000, respectively, to the Manager upon seeding of the Fund on April 26, 2010.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued
3. 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 period ended November 30, 2010, were as follows:
                 
    Purchases     Sales  
 
Investment securities
  $ 34,880,864     $ 6,614,805  
U.S. government and government agency obligations
    264,722        
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 daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:
         
Fee Schedule        
 
Up to $500 million
    0.75 %
Next $500 million
    0.70  
Next $4 billion
    0.65  
Over $5 billion
    0.60  
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 November 30, 2010, the Fund paid $5,397 to OFS for services to the Fund.
     Additionally, Class Y shares are subject to minimum fees of $10,000 annually for assets of $10 million or more. The Class Y shares are subject to the minimum fees in the event that the per account fee does not equal or exceed the applicable minimum fees. OFS may voluntarily waive the minimum fees.
Administration Service Fees. The Fund pays the Manager a fee of $1,500 per year for preparing and filing the Fund’s tax returns.
Distribution and Service Plan (12b-1) Fees. Under its General Distributor’s Agreement with the Fund, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the “Distributor”) acts as the Fund’s principal underwriter in the continuous public offering of the Fund’s classes of shares.
Service Plan for Class A Shares. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan (the “Plan”) for Class A shares under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Under the Plan, the Fund reimburses the Distributor for a portion of its costs incurred for services provided to accounts that hold Class A shares. Reimbursement is made periodically at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the daily net assets of Class A shares of the Fund. The Distributor currently uses all of those fees to pay dealers, brokers, banks and other financial institutions periodically for providing personal service and maintenance of accounts of their customers that hold Class A shares. Any unreimbursed expenses the Distributor incurs with respect to Class A shares in any fiscal year cannot be recovered in subsequent periods. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plan are detailed in the Statement of Operations.
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Distribution and Service Plans for Class C and Class N Shares. The Fund has adopted Distribution and Service Plans (the “Plans”) for Class C and Class N shares under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to compensate the Distributor for its services in connection with the distribution of those shares and servicing accounts. Under the Plans, the Fund pays the Distributor an annual asset-based sales charge of 0.75% on Class C shares daily net assets and 0.25% on Class N shares daily net assets. The Distributor also receives a service fee of 0.25% per year under each plan. If either the Class C or Class N plan is terminated by the Fund or by the shareholders of a class, the Board of Trustees and its independent trustees must determine whether the Distributor shall be entitled to payment from the Fund of all or a portion of the service fee and/or asset-based sales charge in respect to shares sold prior to the effective date of such termination. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plans are detailed in the Statement of Operations. The Distributor determines its uncompensated expenses under the Plans at calendar quarter ends. The Distributor’s aggregate uncompensated expenses under the Plans at September 30, 2010 were as follows:
         
Class C
  $ 4,829  
Class N
    1,177  
Sales Charges. Front-end sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”) do not represent expenses of the Fund. They are deducted from the proceeds of sales of Fund shares prior to investment or from redemption proceeds prior to remittance, as applicable. The sales charges retained by the Distributor from the sale of shares and the CDSC retained by the Distributor on the redemption of shares is shown in the following table for the period indicated.
                                 
            Class A     Class C     Class N  
    Class A     Contingent     Contingent     Contingent  
    Front-End     Deferred     Deferred     Deferred  
    Sales Charges     Sales Charges     Sales Charges     Sales Charges  
    Retained by     Retained by     Retained by     Retained by  
Period Ended   Distributor     Distributor     Distributor     Distributor  
 
November 30, 2010
  $ 17,377     $ 37     $ 3,863     $  
Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. The Manager has agreed to voluntarily waive a portion of its management fees and/or reimburse the Fund for certain expenses so that “Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses” will not exceed 1.25% of average annual net assets for Class A shares, 2.00% for Class C shares, 1.50% for Class N shares and 0.95% for Class Y shares. During the period ended November 30, 2010, the Manager reimbursed the Fund $3,766, $2,012, $249 and $115 for Class A, Class C, Class N and Class Y shares, respectively.
     The Manager will voluntarily 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 period ended November 30, 2010, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $455 for IMMF management fees.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued
4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates Continued
     OFS has voluntarily agreed to limit transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees for all classes to 0.35% of average annual net assets per class.
During the period ended November 30, 2010, OFS waived transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees as follows:
         
Class C
  $ 30  
Class N
    4  
Class Y
    9  
Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time; some may not be modified or terminated until after one year from the date of the current prospectus, as indicated therein.
5. Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments
The Fund’s investment objectives not only permit the Fund to purchase investment securities, they also allow the Fund to enter into various types of derivatives contracts, including, but not limited to, futures contracts, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, total return 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. Central to those strategies are features inherent to derivatives that make them more attractive for this purpose than equity and debt securities: they require little or no initial cash investment, they can focus exposure on only certain selected risk factors, and they may not require the ultimate receipt or delivery of the underlying security (or securities) to the contract. This 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.
Market Risk Factors. In accordance with its investment objectives, the Fund may use derivatives to increase or decrease its exposure to one or more of the following 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 to meet interest and principal payments, or both, as they come due. In general, lower-grade, higher-yield bonds are subject to credit risk to a greater extent than lower-yield, higher-quality bonds.
    Equity Risk. Equity risk relates to the change in value of equity securities as they relate to increases or decreases in the general market.
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    Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.
    Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk refers to the fluctuations in value of fixed-income securities resulting from the inverse relationship between price and yield. For example, an increase in general interest rates will tend to reduce the market value of already issued fixed-income investments, and a decline in general interest rates will tend to increase their value. In addition, debt securities with longer maturities, which tend to have higher yields, are subject to potentially greater fluctuations in value from changes in interest rates than obligations with shorter maturities.
    Volatility Risk. Volatility risk refers to the magnitude of the movement, but not the direction of the movement, in a financial instrument’s price over a defined time period. Large increases or decreases in a financial instrument’s price over a relative time period typically indicate greater volatility risk, while small increases or decreases in its price typically indicate lower volatility risk.
The Fund’s actual exposures to these market risk factors during the period are discussed in further detail, by derivative type, below.
Risks of Investing in Derivatives. The Fund’s use of derivatives can result in losses due to unanticipated changes in the market risk factors and the overall market. 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.
     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. 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.
     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. 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. Associated risks can be different for each type of derivative and are discussed by each derivative type in the notes that follow.
    Counterparty Credit Risk. Certain derivative positions are subject to counterparty credit risk, which is the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. The Fund’s derivative counterparties are financial institutions who are subject to market conditions that may weaken their financial position. The Fund intends to
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued
5. Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments Continued
    enter into financial transactions with counterparties that the Manager believes to be creditworthy at the time of the transaction. As of November 30, 2010, the maximum amount of loss that the Fund would incur if the counterparties to its derivative transactions failed to perform would be $186,499, which represents gross payments to be received by the Fund on these derivative contracts were they to be unwound as of period end. To reduce this risk the Fund has entered into master netting arrangements, established within the Fund’s International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. master agreements, which allow the Fund to net unrealized appreciation and depreciation for certain positions in swaps, over-the-counter options, swaptions, and forward currency exchange contracts for each individual counterparty. The amount of loss that the Fund would incur taking into account these master netting arrangements would be $29,721 as of November 30, 2010. 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 International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. 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.
     As of November 30, 2010 the Fund has not required certain counterparties to post collateral.
    Credit Related Contingent Features. The Fund’s agreements with derivative counterparties have several credit related contingent features that if triggered would allow its derivatives counterparties to close out and demand payment or additional collateral to cover their exposure from the Fund. Credit related contingent features are established between the Fund and its derivatives counterparties to reduce the risk that the Fund will not fulfill its payment obligations to its counterparties. These triggering features include, but are not limited to, a percentage decrease in the Fund’s net assets and or a percentage decrease in the Fund’s Net Asset Value or NAV. The contingent features are established within the Fund’s International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. master agreements which govern certain positions in swaps, over-the-counter options and swaptions, and forward currency exchange contracts for each individual counterparty.
     As of November 30, 2010, the aggregate fair value of derivative instruments with credit related contingent features in a net liability position was $159,166 for which collateral was not posted by the Fund. If a contingent feature would have been triggered as of November 30, 2010, the Fund could have been required to pay this amount in cash to its counterparties.
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Valuations of derivative instruments as of November 30, 2010 are as follows:
                         
    Asset Derivatives     Liability Derivatives  
    Statement of           Statement of      
Derivatives   Assets and           Assets and      
Not Accounted for as   Liabilities           Liabilities      
Hedging Instruments   Location   Value     Location   Value  
 
Interest rate contracts
  Appreciated swaps, at value   $ 19,228     Depreciated swaps, at value   $ 23,919  
Interest rate contracts
  Futures margins     2,063 *   Futures margins     7,313 *
Foreign exchange contracts
  Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts     167,271     Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts     285,754  
 
                   
Total
      $ 188,562         $ 316,986  
 
                   
 
*   Includes only the current day’s variation margin. Prior variation margin movements have been reflected in cash on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities upon receipt or payment.
The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations is as follows:
                                 
Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives  
    Closing and     Foreign              
Derivatives Not Accounted   expiration of     currency     Swap        
for as Hedging Instruments   futures contracts     transactions     contracts     Total  
 
Foreign exchange contracts
  $     $ 11,445     $     $ 11,445  
Interest rate contracts
    (11,305 )           29,182       17,877  
     
Total
  $ (11,305 )   $ 11,445     $ 29,182     $ 29,322  
     
                                 
Amount of Change in Unrealized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives  
            Translation              
            of assets and              
            liabilities              
            denominated              
Derivatives Not Accounted           in foreign     Swap        
for as Hedging Instruments   Futures contracts     currencies     contracts     Total  
 
Foreign exchange contracts
  $     $ (118,483 )   $     $ (118,483 )
Interest rate contracts
    2,656             (4,691 )     (2,035 )
     
Total
  $ 2,656     $ (118,483 )   $ (4,691 )   $ (120,518 )
     
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.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued
5. Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments Continued
     The Fund has purchased and sold certain forward foreign currency exchange contracts of different currencies in order to acquire currencies to pay for related foreign securities purchase transactions, or to convert foreign currencies to U.S. dollars from related foreign securities sale transactions. These foreign currency exchange contracts are negotiated at the current spot exchange rate with settlement typically within two business days thereafter.
     The Fund has entered into forward foreign currency exchange 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 foreign currency exchange contracts seek to increase exposure to foreign exchange rate risk.
     The Fund has entered into forward foreign currency exchange 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 portfolio.
     The Fund has entered into forward foreign currency exchange 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 foreign currency exchange contracts seek to increase exposure to foreign exchange rate risk.
     The Fund has entered into forward foreign currency exchange 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 portfolio.
     During the period ended November 30, 2010, the Fund had average contract amounts on forward foreign currency contracts to buy and sell of $8,324,137 and $4,185,898, respectively.
     Additional associated risk to the Fund includes counterparty credit risk. Counterparty credit risk arises from the possibility that the counterparty will default.
Futures Contracts
A futures contract is a commitment to buy or sell a specific amount of a financial instrument at a negotiated price on a stipulated future date. The Fund may buy and sell futures contracts and may also buy or write put or call options on these futures contracts.
     Futures contracts traded on a commodities or futures exchange will be valued at the final settlement price or official closing price on the principal exchange as reported by such principal exchange at its trading session ending at, or most recently prior to, the time when the Fund’s assets are valued.
     Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract value. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by the Fund each
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day. The variation margin payments are equal to the daily changes in the contract value and are recorded as unrealized gains and losses.
     Futures contracts are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments. Securities held in collateralized accounts to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts are noted in the Statement of Investments. Cash held by the broker to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts and the receivable and/or payable for the daily mark to market for the variation margin are noted in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The net change in unrealized appreciation and depreciation is reported in the Statement of Operations. Realized gains (losses) are reported in the Statement of Operations at the closing or expiration of futures contracts.
     The Fund has purchased futures contracts on various bonds and notes to increase exposure to interest rate risk.
     The Fund has sold futures contracts on various bonds and notes to decrease exposure to interest rate risk.
     During the period ended November 30, 2010, the Fund had an average market value of $1,045,198 and $3,239,302 on futures contracts purchased and sold, respectively.
     Additional associated risks of entering into futures contracts (and related options) include the possibility that there may be an illiquid market where the Fund is unable to liquidate the contract or enter into an offsetting position and, if used for hedging purposes, the risk that the price of the contract will correlate imperfectly with the prices of the Fund’s securities.
Swap Contracts
The Fund may enter into swap contract agreements with a counterparty to exchange a series of cash flows based on either specified reference rates, or the occurrence of a credit event, over a specified period. Such contracts may include interest rate, equity, debt, index, total return, credit and currency swaps.
     Swaps are marked to market daily using primarily quotations from pricing services, counterparties and brokers. Swap contracts are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments. The values of swap contracts are aggregated by positive and negative values and disclosed separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities by contracts in unrealized appreciation and depreciation positions. Upfront payments paid or received, if any, affect the value of the respective swap. Therefore, to determine the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swaps, upfront payments paid should be subtracted from, while upfront payments received should be added to, the value of contracts reported as an asset on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Conversely, upfront payments paid should be added to, while upfront payments received should be subtracted from the value of contracts reported as a liability. The unrealized appreciation (depreciation) related to the change in the valuation of the notional amount of the swap is combined with the accrued interest due to (owed by) the Fund at termination or settlement. The net change in this amount during the period is included on the Statement of Operations. The Fund also records any periodic payments received from
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued
5. Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments Continued
(paid to) the counterparty, including at termination, under such contracts as realized gain (loss) on the Statement of Operations.
     Swap contract agreements are exposed to the market risk factor of the specific underlying reference asset. Swap contracts are typically more attractively priced compared to similar investments in related cash securities because they isolate the risk to one market risk factor and eliminate the other market risk factors. Investments in cash securities (for instance bonds) have exposure to multiple risk factors (credit and interest rate risk). Because swaps require little or no initial cash investment, they can expose the Fund to substantial risk in the isolated market risk factor.
    Interest Rate Swap Contracts. An interest rate swap is an agreement between counterparties to exchange periodic payments based on interest rates. One cash flow stream will typically be a floating rate payment based upon a specified interest rate while the other is typically a fixed interest rate.
     The Fund has entered into interest rate swaps in which it pays a fixed interest rate and receives a floating interest rate in order to decrease exposure to interest rate risk. Typically, if relative interest rates rise, payments received by the Fund under the swap agreement will be greater than the payments made by the Fund.
     For the period ended November 30, 2010, the Fund had an average notional amount of $3,607,924 on interest rate swaps which received a fixed rate.
     Additional associated risks to the Fund include counterparty credit risk and liquidity risk.
6. Restricted Securities
As of November 30, 2010, 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 Trustees 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.
7. Pending Litigation
Since 2009, a number of lawsuits have been filed in federal courts against the Manager, the Distributor, and certain mutual funds (“Defendant Funds”) advised by the Manager and distributed by the Distributor (but not including the Fund). The lawsuits naming the Defendant Funds also name as defendants certain officers, trustees and former trustees of the respective Defendant Funds. The plaintiffs seek class action status on behalf of purchasers of shares of the respective Defendant Fund during a particular time period. The lawsuits raise claims under federal securities laws alleging that, among other things, the disclosure documents of the respective Defendant Fund contained misrepresentations and omissions, that such Defendant Fund’s investment policies were not followed, and that such Defendant Fund and the other defendants violated federal securities laws and
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regulations. The plaintiffs seek unspecified damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses.
     In 2009, what are claimed to be derivative lawsuits were filed in state court against the Manager and a subsidiary (but not against the Fund), on behalf of the New Mexico Education Plan Trust. These lawsuits allege breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence and violation of state securities laws, and seek compensatory damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses.
     Other lawsuits have been filed since 2008 in various state and federal courts, against the Manager and certain of its affiliates. Those lawsuits were filed by investors who made investments through an affiliate of the Manager, and relate to the alleged investment fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff and his firm (“Madoff ”). Those suits allege a variety of claims, including breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, and violation of federal and state securities laws and regulations, among others. They seek unspecified damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses. None of the suits have named the Distributor, any of the Oppenheimer mutual funds or any of their independent Trustees or Directors as defendants. None of the Oppenheimer funds invested in any funds or accounts managed by Madoff.
     The Manager believes that the lawsuits described above are without legal merit and is defending against them vigorously. The Defendant Funds’ Boards of Trustees have also engaged counsel to defend the suits brought against those Funds and the present and former Independent Trustees named in those suits. While it is premature to render any opinion as to the outcome in these lawsuits, or whether any costs that the Defendant Funds may bear in defending the suits might not be reimbursed by insurance, the Manager believes that these suits should not impair the ability of the Manager or the Distributor to perform their respective duties to the Fund, and that the outcome of all of the suits together should not have any material effect on the operations of any of the Oppenheimer funds.
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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT Unaudited
The Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of the independent Trustees, is required to determine whether to approve or renew the Fund’s investment advisory agreement (the “Agreement”). The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that the Board request and evaluate, and that the Manager provide, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreement. The Board will employ an independent consultant to prepare a report that provides information, including comparative information. In addition, the Board anticipates receiving information throughout the year regarding Fund services, fees, expenses and performance.
     In approving the Fund’s initial 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 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, quality 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 also provides the Fund with office space, facilities and equipment.
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     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 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 Manager’s 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 Sara Zervos, the 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 of 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.
     Performance. The Board considered that the Fund has no operational history and that its performance could not be a factor in deciding whether to approve the Agreement.
     Economies of Scale and Profits Realized by the Manager. The Board considered information regarding the Manager’s expected costs in serving as the Fund’s investment adviser, including the costs associated with the personnel and systems necessary to manage the Fund, and information regarding the Manager’s profitability from its relationship with the Fund. The Board reviewed whether the Manager may realize economies of scale in managing and supporting the Fund. The Board noted that the Fund currently has management fee breakpoints, which are intended to share with Fund shareholders economies of scale that may exist as the Fund’s assets grow.
     Other Benefits to the 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
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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT Unaudited / Continued
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.
     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 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 Trustees, approved the Agreement through May 19, 2012. 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 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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OPPENHEIMER EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND
     
Trustees and Officers
  William L. Armstrong, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Trustee
 
  George C. Bowen, Trustee
 
  Edward L. Cameron, Trustee
 
  Jon S. Fossel, Trustee
 
  Sam Freedman, Trustee
 
  Beverly L. Hamilton, Trustee
 
  Robert J. Malone, Trustee
 
  F. William Marshall, Jr., Trustee
 
  Richard F. Grabish, Trustee
 
  William F. Glavin, Jr., Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer
 
  Sara J. Zervos, Ph.D., Vice President and Portfolio Manager
 
  Thomas W. Keffer, Vice President and Chief Business Officer
 
  Mark S. Vandehey, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
 
  Brian W. Wixted, Treasurer and Principal Financial & Accounting Officer
 
  Robert G. Zack, Secretary
 
   
Manager
  OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
 
   
Distributor
  OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.
 
   
Transfer and Shareholder Servicing Agent
  OppenheimerFunds Services
 
   
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  KPMG llp
 
   
Counsel
  K&L Gates LLP
 
   
 
  The financial statements included herein have been taken from the records of the Fund without examination of those records by the independent registered public accounting firm.
©2011 OppenheimerFunds, Inc. All rights reserved.
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PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE
As an Oppenheimer fund shareholder, you are entitled to know how we protect your personal information and how we limit its disclosure.
Information Sources
We obtain nonpublic personal information about our shareholders from the following sources:
  Applications or other forms
 
  When you create a user ID and password for online account access
 
  When you enroll in eDocs Direct, our electronic document delivery service
 
  Your transactions with us, our affiliates or others
 
  A software program on our website, often referred to as a “cookie,” which indicates which parts of our site you’ve visited
 
  When you set up challenge questions to reset your password online
If you visit www.oppenheimerfunds.com and do not log on to the secure account information areas, we do not obtain any personal information about you. When you do log on to a secure area, we do obtain your user ID and password to identify you. We also use this information to provide you with products and services you have requested, to inform you about products and services that you may be interested in and assist you in other ways.
We do not collect personal information through our website unless you willingly provide it to us, either directly by email or in those areas of the website that request information. In order to update your personal information (including your mailing address, email address and phone number) you must first log on and visit your user profile.
If you have set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. However, doing so may limit your access to certain sections of our website.
We use cookies to help us improve and manage our website. For example, cookies help us recognize new versus repeat visitors to the site, track the pages visited, and enable some special features on the website. This data helps us provide a better service for our website visitors.
Protection of Information
We do not disclose any non-public personal information (such as names on a customer list) about current or former customers to anyone, except as permitted by law.
Disclosure of Information
We send your financial advisor (as designated by you) copies of confirmations, account statements and other documents reporting activity in your fund accounts. We may also use details about you and your investments to help us, our financial service affiliates, or firms that jointly market their financial products and services with ours, to better serve your investment needs or suggest financial services or educational material that may be of interest to you. If this requires us to provide you with an opportunity to “opt in” or “opt out” of such information sharing with a firm not affiliated with us, you will receive notification on how to do so, before any such sharing takes place.
Right of Refusal
We will not disclose your personal information to unaffiliated third parties (except as permitted by law), unless we first offer you a reasonable opportunity to refuse or “opt out” of such disclosure.
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PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE
Internet Security and Encryption
In general, the email services provided by our website are encrypted and provide a secure and private means of communication with us. To protect your own privacy, confidential and/or personal information should only be communicated via email when you are advised that you are using a secure website.
As a security measure, we do not include personal or account information in non-secure emails, and we advise you not to send such information to us in non-secure emails. Instead, you may take advantage of the secure features of our website to encrypt your email correspondence. To do this, you will need to use a browser that supports Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We do not guarantee or warrant that any part of our website, including files available for download, are free of viruses or other harmful code. It is your responsibility to take appropriate precautions, such as use of an anti-virus software package, to protect your computer hardware and software.
  All transactions, including redemptions, exchanges and purchases, are secured by SSL and 128-bit encryption. SSL is used to establish a secure connection between your PC and OppenheimerFunds’ server. It transmits information in an encrypted and scrambled format.
 
  Encryption is achieved through an electronic scrambling technology that uses a “key” to code and then decode the data. Encryption acts like the cable converter box you may have on your television set. It scrambles data with a secret code so that no one can make sense of it while it is being transmitted. When the data reaches its destination, the same software unscrambles the data.
 
  You can exit the secure area by either closing your browser, or for added security, you can use the Log Out button before you close your browser.
Other Security Measures
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal account information. Our employees and agents have access to that information only so that they may offer you products or provide services, for example, when responding to your account questions.
How You Can Help
You can also do your part to keep your account information private and to prevent unauthorized transactions. If you obtain a user ID and password for your account, do not allow it to be used by anyone else. Also, take special precautions when accessing your account on a computer used by others.
Who We Are
This joint notice describes the privacy policies of the Oppenheimer funds, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., the trustee of OppenheimerFunds Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and the custodian of the OppenheimerFunds 403(b)(7) tax sheltered custodial accounts. It applies to all Oppenheimer fund accounts you presently have, or may open in the future, using your Social Security number — whether or not you remain a shareholder of our funds. This notice was last updated January 16, 2004. In the event it is updated or changed, we will post an updated notice on our website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com. If you have any questions about these privacy policies, write to us at P.O. Box 5270, Denver, CO 80217-5270, email us by clicking on the Contact Us section of our website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com or call us at 1.800.525.7048.
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Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Not applicable to semiannual reports.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not applicable to semiannual reports.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not applicable to semiannual reports.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
Not applicable.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
a) Not applicable. The complete schedule of investments is included in Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.
b) Not applicable.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Fund’s Governance Committee Provisions with Respect to Nominations of Directors/Trustees to the Respective Boards

 


 

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 11/30/2010, the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer found the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures to provide reasonable assurances that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the reports that it files under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (a) is accumulated and communicated to registrant’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and (b) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Exhibits.
(a)   (1) Not applicable to semiannual reports.
 
  (2) Exhibits attached hereto.
 
  (3) Not applicable.
 
(b)   Exhibit attached hereto.

 


 

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Debt Fund
         
By:
  /s/ William F. Glavin, Jr.
 
William F. Glavin, Jr.
   
 
  Principal Executive Officer    
Date:
  01/11/2011    
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/ William F. Glavin, Jr.
 
William F. Glavin, Jr.
   
 
  Principal Executive Officer    
Date:
  01/11/2011    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Brian W. Wixted
 
Brian W. Wixted
   
 
  Principal Financial Officer    
Date:
  01/11/2011