EX-99.M 9 classnplan.htm CLASS N PLAN class n plan
                                                 AMENDED AND RESTATED

                                     DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE PLAN AND AGREEMENT
                                                         WITH
                                          OPPENHEIMERFUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC.
                                                FOR CLASS N SHARES OF
                                        OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND

     This Amended and Restated  Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement (the
"Plan") is dated as of the 26th day of October, 2005, by and between Oppenheimer
Capital  Appreciation Fund (the "Fund") and OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,  Inc.
(the "Distributor").

     1. The Plan. This Plan is the Fund's written  distribution and service plan
for Class N shares of the Fund (the "Shares"),  contemplated by Rule 12b-1 as it
may be amended from time to time (the "Rule") under the  Investment  Company Act
of 1940  (the  "1940  Act"),  pursuant  to which the Fund  will  compensate  the
Distributor for its services in connection with the distribution of Shares,  and
the personal  service and  maintenance of shareholder  accounts that hold Shares
("Accounts").  The Fund may act as  distributor of securities of which it is the
issuer, pursuant to the Rule, according to the terms of this Plan. The terms and
provisions of this Plan shall be interpreted and defined in a manner  consistent
with the  provisions  and  definitions  contained in (i) the 1940 Act,  (ii) the
Rule,  (iii)  Rule 2830 of the  Conduct  Rules of the  National  Association  of
Securities Dealers,  Inc., or any applicable amendment or successor to such rule
(the  "NASD  Conduct  Rules")  and  (iv) any  conditions  pertaining  either  to
distribution-related  expenses or to a plan of distribution to which the Fund is
subject under any order on which the Fund relies, issued at any time by the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

     2.  Definitions.  As used in this Plan, the following  terms shall have the
following meanings:

     (a)  "Recipient"  shall mean any broker,  dealer,  bank or other  person or
entity which: (i) has rendered  assistance  (whether direct,  administrative  or
both) in the  distribution  of Shares  or has  provided  administrative  support
services  with  respect  to  Shares  held by  Customers  (defined  below) of the
Recipient;  (ii) shall furnish the Distributor (on behalf of the Fund) with such
information as the Distributor shall reasonably request to answer such questions
as may arise  concerning the sale of Shares;  and (iii) has been selected by the
Distributor to receive payments under the Plan.

     (b)  "Independent  Trustees"  shall mean the members of the Fund's Board of
Trustees  who are not  "interested  persons" (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the
Fund and who have no direct or indirect  financial  interest in the operation of
this Plan or in any agreement relating to this Plan.

     (c) "Customers"  shall mean such brokerage or other customers or investment
advisory  or other  clients of a  Recipient,  and/or  accounts  as to which such
Recipient  provides  administrative  support services or is a custodian or other
fiduciary.

     (d) "Qualified Holdings" shall mean, as to any Recipient,  all Shares owned
beneficially  or of record  by:  (i) such  Recipient,  or (ii) such  Recipient's
Customers,  but in no event shall any such  Shares be deemed  owned by more than
one  Recipient for purposes of this Plan. In the event that more than one person
or entity would  otherwise  qualify as  Recipients  as to the same  Shares,  the
Recipient which is the dealer of record on the Fund's books as determined by the
Distributor shall be deemed the Recipient as to such Shares for purposes of this
Plan.

     3.  Payments  for  Distribution   Assistance  and  Administrative   Support
Services.

     (a) Payments to the  Distributor.  In consideration of the payments made by
the Fund to the  Distributor  under this Plan,  the  Distributor  shall  provide
administrative  support  services and  distribution  services to the Fund.  Such
services include  distribution  assistance and  administrative  support services
rendered in connection with Shares (1) sold in purchase transactions, (2) issued
in exchange for shares of another  investment  company for which the Distributor
serves as distributor or  sub-distributor,  or (3) issued  pursuant to a plan of
reorganization  to which  the Fund is a party.  If the Board  believes  that the
Distributor  may  not  be  rendering  appropriate   distribution  assistance  or
administrative  support services in connection with the sale of Shares, then the
Distributor, at the request of the Board, shall provide the Board with a written
report  or other  information  to  verify  that  the  Distributor  is  providing
appropriate  services in this regard. For such services,  the Fund will make the
following payments to the Distributor:

     (i) Administrative Support Service Fees. Within forty-five (45) days of the
end of each  calendar  quarter,  the Fund will make  payments  in the  aggregate
amount of 0.0625% (0.25% on an annual basis) of the average during the period of
the  aggregate  net asset  value of the Shares  computed as of the close of each
business day (the "Service  Fee").  Such Service Fee payments  received from the
Fund will  compensate  the  Distributor  for  providing  administrative  support
services  with  respect to  Accounts.  The  administrative  support  services in
connection  with  Accounts  may  include,  but  shall  not be  limited  to,  the
administrative  support  services  that a Recipient  may render as  described in
Section 3(b)(i) below.

     (ii) Distribution  Assistance Fees (Asset-Based  Sales Charge).  Within ten
(10) days of the end of each month, the Fund will make payments in the aggregate
amount of 0.02083% (0.25% on an annual basis) of the average during the month of
the  aggregate  net  asset  value of  Shares  computed  as of the  close of each
business day (the  "Asset-Based  Sales Charge").  Such Asset-Based  Sales Charge
payments  received from the Fund will  compensate the  Distributor for providing
distribution assistance in connection with the sale of Shares.

     The distribution  assistance  services to be rendered by the Distributor in
connection  with the  Shares  may  include,  but shall not be  limited  to,  the
following:  (i) paying sales  commissions to any broker,  dealer,  bank or other
person or entity that sells Shares,  and/or paying such persons "Advance Service
Fee Payments" (as defined below) in advance of, and/or in amounts  greater than,
the  amount  provided  for in  Section  3(b)  of  this  Agreement;  (ii)  paying
compensation  to and  expenses  of  personnel  of the  Distributor  who  support
distribution  of Shares by Recipients;  (iii)  obtaining  financing or providing
such financing from its own  resources,  or from an affiliate,  for the interest
and other borrowing costs of the Distributor's unreimbursed expenses incurred in
rendering  distribution  assistance and  administrative  support services to the
Fund;  and (iv)  paying  other  direct  distribution  costs,  including  without
limitation the costs of sales  literature,  advertising and prospectuses  (other
than  those  prospectuses  furnished  to current  holders  of the Fund's  shares
("Shareholders")) and state "blue sky" registration expenses.

     (b) Payments to Recipients. The Distributor is authorized under the Plan to
pay  Recipients  (1)  distribution  assistance  fees for rendering  distribution
assistance  in  connection  with the sale of Shares  and/or (2) service fees for
rendering administrative support services with respect to Accounts.  However, no
such  payments  shall be made to any  Recipient  for any  period  in  which  its
Qualified  Holdings  do not  equal or  exceed,  at the end of such  period,  the
minimum amount ("Minimum Qualified Holdings"), if any, that may be set from time
to time by a majority of the Independent Trustees.  All fee payments made by the
Distributor  hereunder  are  subject  to  reduction  or  chargeback  so that the
aggregate  service fee payments  and Advance  Service Fee Payments do not exceed
the limits on payments to  Recipients  that are, or may be,  imposed by the NASD
Conduct Rules. The Distributor may make Plan payments to any "affiliated person"
(as  defined  in the 1940  Act) of the  Distributor  if such  affiliated  person
qualifies as a Recipient or retain such payments if the Distributor qualifies as
a Recipient.

     In  consideration of the services  provided by Recipients,  the Distributor
may make the following payments to Recipients:

     (i) Service  Fee.  In  consideration  of  administrative  support  services
provided by a Recipient, the Distributor shall make service fee payments to that
Recipient  quarterly  or at such other  interval  as deemed  appropriate  by the
Distributor,  within forty-five (45) days of the end of each calendar quarter or
other period,  at a rate not to exceed 0.0625% (0.25% on an annual basis) of the
average  during the period of the aggregate net asset value of Shares,  computed
as of the close of each  business day,  constituting  Qualified  Holdings  owned
beneficially  or of record by the  Recipient or by its Customers for a period of
more than the minimum period (the "Minimum Holding Period"), if any, that may be
set from time to time by a majority of the Independent Trustees.

     Alternatively,  the Distributor may, at its sole option, make the following
service fee payments to any Recipient, within forty-five (45) days of the end of
each calendar  quarter or at such other  interval as deemed  appropriate  by the
Distributor: (A) "Advance Service Fee Payments" at a rate not to exceed 0.25% of
the average  during the calendar  quarter or other period of the  aggregate  net
asset  value of Shares,  computed  as of the close of  business  on the day such
Shares are sold,  constituting Qualified Holdings,  sold by the Recipient during
that  period  and owned  beneficially  or of record by the  Recipient  or by its
Customers,  plus (B) service fee payments at a rate not to exceed 0.0625% (0.25%
on an annual basis) of the average  during the period of the aggregate net asset
value of Shares,  computed as of the close of each  business  day,  constituting
Qualified  Holdings owned  beneficially  or of record by the Recipient or by its
Customers  for a period  of more  than one (1) year.  In the  event  Shares  are
redeemed less than one year after the date such Shares were sold,  the Recipient
is obligated to and will repay the  Distributor  on demand a pro rata portion of
such Advance  Service Fee  Payments,  based on the ratio of the time such Shares
were held to one (1) year.

     The  administrative  support  services  to be  rendered  by  Recipients  in
connection  with the  Accounts  may  include,  but shall not be limited  to, the
following:  answering  routine inquiries  concerning the Fund,  assisting in the
establishment  and  maintenance  of  accounts  or  sub-accounts  in the Fund and
processing Share redemption transactions, making the Fund's investment plans and
dividend  payment options  available,  and providing such other  information and
services  in  connection  with the  rendering  of personal  services  and/or the
maintenance of Accounts, as the Distributor or the Fund may reasonably request.

     (ii)  Distribution  Assistance  Fee  (Asset-Based  Sales Charge)  Payments.
Irrespective of whichever  alternative  method of making service fee payments to
Recipients  is selected by the  Distributor,  the  Distributor  may, at its sole
option, make distribution  assistance fee payments to each Recipient  quarterly,
or at such other  interval  as deemed  appropriate  by the  Distributor,  within
forty-five (45) days after the end of each calendar quarter or other period,  at
a rate not to exceed  0.0625%  (0.25% on an annual basis) of the average  during
the period of the aggregate  net asset value of Shares  computed as of the close
of each business day constituting  Qualified  Holdings owned  beneficially or of
record by the Recipient or its Customers for a period of more than one (1) year.
Alternatively,  at its  sole  option,  the  Distributor  may  make  distribution
assistance fee payments to a Recipient  quarterly,  at the rate described above,
on Shares constituting Qualified Holdings owned beneficially or of record by the
Recipient or its Customers without regard to the 1-year holding period described
above.  Distribution  assistance  fee payments  shall be made only to Recipients
that  are  registered  with  the  SEC  as a  broker-dealer  or are  exempt  from
registration.

     The distribution  assistance to be rendered by the Recipients in connection
with the sale of Shares may include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
distributing  sales  literature and  prospectuses  other than those furnished to
current Shareholders, providing compensation to and paying expenses of personnel
of the Recipient who support the  distribution  of Shares by the Recipient,  and
providing  such  other   information   and  services  in  connection   with  the
distribution of Shares as the Distributor or the Fund may reasonably request.

     (c) A majority of the Independent  Trustees may at any time or from time to
time (i) increase or decrease the rate of fees to be paid to the  Distributor or
to any  Recipient,  but not to exceed  the rates set forth  above,  and/or  (ii)
direct the Distributor to increase or decrease any Minimum  Holding Period,  any
maximum period set by a majority of the  Independent  Trustees during which fees
will be paid on Shares constituting  Qualified Holdings owned beneficially or of
record by a Recipient or by its Customers  (the "Maximum  Holding  Period"),  or
Minimum Qualified  Holdings.  The Distributor shall notify all Recipients of any
Minimum  Qualified  Holdings,  Maximum Holding Period and Minimum Holding Period
that  are  established  and  the  rate  of  payments  hereunder   applicable  to
Recipients,  and shall provide each  Recipient with written notice within thirty
(30) days after any change in these provisions.  Inclusion of such provisions or
a change in such  provisions  in a supplement or amendment to or revision of the
prospectus of the Fund shall constitute sufficient notice.

     (d) The Service Fee and the Asset-Based  Sales Charge on Shares are subject
to reduction or elimination under the limits to which the Distributor is, or may
become, subject under the NASD Conduct Rules.

     (e)  Under  the  Plan,  payments  may  also be made to  Recipients:  (i) by
OppenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI") from its own resources (which may include profits
derived  from  the  advisory  fee it  receives  from the  Fund),  or (ii) by the
Distributor  (a subsidiary of OFI),  from its own  resources,  from  Asset-Based
Sales Charge payments or from the proceeds of its borrowings, in either case, in
the discretion of OFI or the Distributor, respectively.

     (f)   Recipients  are  intended  to  have  certain  rights  as  third-party
beneficiaries  under this Plan,  subject to the  limitations set forth below. It
may be  presumed  that a  Recipient  has  provided  distribution  assistance  or
administrative  support services qualifying for payment under the Plan if it has
Qualified  Holdings of Shares that  entitle it to  payments  under the Plan.  If
either the Distributor or the Board believe that,  notwithstanding  the level of
Qualified Holdings,  a Recipient may not be rendering  appropriate  distribution
assistance  in  connection  with the sale of  Shares or  administrative  support
services for Accounts, then the Distributor,  at the request of the Board, shall
require the Recipient to provide a written report or other information to verify
that said  Recipient is providing  appropriate  distribution  assistance  and/or
services in this regard.  If the  Distributor  or the Board of Trustees still is
not  satisfied  after the receipt of such  report,  either may take  appropriate
steps to  terminate  the  Recipient's  status  as a  Recipient  under  the Plan,
whereupon such Recipient's rights as a third-party  beneficiary  hereunder shall
terminate.   Additionally,   in  their  discretion  a  majority  of  the  Fund's
Independent  Trustees at any time may remove any broker,  dealer,  bank or other
person or entity as a Recipient, whereupon such person's or entity's rights as a
third-party  beneficiary  hereof  shall  terminate.  Notwithstanding  any  other
provision of this Plan,  this Plan does not obligate or in any way make the Fund
liable  to make any  payment  whatsoever  to any  person or  entity  other  than
directly  to the  Distributor.  The  Distributor  has no  obligation  to pay any
Service Fees or Distribution Assistance Fees to any Recipient if the Distributor
has not received  payment of Service Fees or  Distribution  Assistance Fees from
the Fund.

     4. Selection and Nomination of Trustees.  While this Plan is in effect, the
selection  and  nomination  of  persons to be  Trustees  of the Fund who are not
"interested persons" of the Fund  ("Disinterested  Trustees") shall be committed
to the discretion of the incumbent Disinterested Trustees.  Nothing herein shall
prevent the incumbent  Disinterested  Trustees from  soliciting the views or the
involvement  of  others in such  selection  or  nomination  as long as the final
decision on any such  selection and  nomination is approved by a majority of the
incumbent Disinterested Trustees.

     5. Reports.  While this Plan is in effect,  the Treasurer of the Fund shall
provide written reports to the Fund's Board for its review, detailing the amount
of all payments made under this Plan and the purpose for which the payments were
made.  The reports  shall be  provided  quarterly,  and shall state  whether all
provisions of Section 3 of this Plan have been complied with.

     6.  Related  Agreements.  Any  agreement  related  to this Plan shall be in
writing and shall  provide  that:  (i) such  agreement  may be terminated at any
time, without payment of any penalty, by a vote of a majority of the Independent
Trustees  or by a vote of the  holders of a  "majority"  (as defined in the 1940
Act) of the Fund's  outstanding  voting  Class N shares;  (ii) such  termination
shall be on not more than sixty days'  written  notice to any other party to the
agreement;  (iii) such agreement shall  automatically  terminate in the event of
its "assignment" (as defined in the 1940 Act); (iv) such agreement shall go into
effect when approved by a vote of the Board and its Independent Trustees cast in
person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such agreement;  and (v)
such agreement shall,  unless terminated as herein provided,  continue in effect
from year to year only so long as such  continuance is specifically  approved at
least  annually  by a vote of the Board  and its  Independent  Trustees  cast in
person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such continuance.

     7. Effectiveness, Continuation, Termination and Amendment. This Amended and
Restated  Plan has been  approved  by a vote of the  Board  and its  Independent
Trustees and replaces the Fund's  prior  Amended and Restated  Distribution  and
Service Plan and Agreement for Class C shares.  Unless terminated as hereinafter
provided,  it shall  continue in effect until renewed by the Board in accordance
with the Rule and  thereafter  from year to year or as the  Board may  otherwise
determine but only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least
annually by a vote of the Board and its Independent Trustees cast in person at a
meeting called for the purpose of voting on such continuance.

     This Plan may not be amended to increase  materially the amount of payments
to be made under this Plan,  without  approval of the Class N Shareholders  at a
meeting called for that purpose and all material  amendments must be approved by
a vote of the Board and of the Independent Trustees.

     This  Plan may be  terminated  at any time by a vote of a  majority  of the
Independent  Trustees or by the vote of the holders of a "majority"  (as defined
in the 1940 Act) of the Fund's  outstanding  Class N voting shares. In the event
of such  termination,  the Board and its  Independent  Trustees shall  determine
whether the  Distributor  shall be entitled to payment from the Fund of all or a
portion of the Service  Fee and/or the  Asset-Based  Sales  Charge in respect of
Shares sold prior to the effective date of such termination.

     8.  Disclaimer  of  Shareholder  and  Trustee  Liability.  The  Distributor
understands  that the  obligations  of the Fund under this Plan are not  binding
upon any Trustee or shareholder of the Fund  personally,  but bind only the Fund
and the Fund's  property.  The Distributor  represents that it has notice of the
provisions of the Declaration of Trust of the Fund  disclaiming  shareholder and
Trustee liability for acts or obligations of the Fund.

                                Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund



                                 By: /s/ Robert G. Zack
                                        Robert G. Zack, Secretary


                                OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.



                                 By: /s/ James H. Ruff
                                         James H. Ruff, President