0000728889-17-000397.txt : 20170228 0000728889-17-000397.hdr.sgml : 20170228 20170228144327 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000728889-17-000397 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 40-APP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170228 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170228 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Oppenheimer Rochester Minnesota Municipal Fund CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001357431 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 40-APP SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 812-14749-04 FILM NUMBER: 17646730 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 BUSINESS PHONE: 303-768-3200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER ROCHESTER INTERMEDIATE TERM MUNICIPAL FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001417386 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 40-APP SEC ACT: 1940 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FILE NUMBER: 812-14749-35 FILM NUMBER: 17646761 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 BUSINESS PHONE: 303768-3200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY STREET 2: 3RD FL CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MASSMUTUAL INTEGRITY FUNDS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19910329 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MASSMUTUAL LIQUID ASSETS TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19880403 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER ROCHESTER Ltd TERM CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001272949 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 40-APP SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 812-14749-06 FILM NUMBER: 17646732 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUSCON WAY CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 BUSINESS PHONE: 303-768-3200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER LTD TERM CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20031212 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER ROCHESTER SHORT TERM MUNICIPAL FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001416732 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 40-APP SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 812-14749-46 FILM NUMBER: 17646772 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 BUSINESS PHONE: 303-768-3200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER ROCHESTER DOUBLE TAX-FREE MUNICIPALS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20071029 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001488175 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 40-APP SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 812-14749-66 FILM NUMBER: 17646792 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 BUSINESS PHONE: 303-768-3200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Debt Fund DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100329 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER ROCHESTER AMT-FREE MUNICIPAL FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000275857 IRS NUMBER: 132882747 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 40-APP SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 812-14749-12 FILM NUMBER: 17646738 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY STREET 2: N/A CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 BUSINESS PHONE: 303-768-3200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY STREET 2: N/A CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER ROCHESTER AMT-FREE MUNICIPALS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20130123 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER AMT-FREE MUNICIPALS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20031210 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER MUNICIPAL BOND FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19961031 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Oppenheimer Rochester Michigan Municipal Fund CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001357432 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 40-APP SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 812-14749-50 FILM NUMBER: 17646776 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 BUSINESS PHONE: 303-768-3200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER LIMITED-TERM BOND FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000701382 IRS NUMBER: 136811477 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 40-APP SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 812-14749-28 FILM NUMBER: 17646754 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY STREET 2: N/A CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 BUSINESS PHONE: 303-768-3200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY STREET 2: N/A CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER U S GOVERNMENT TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER GOVERNMENT TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19820623 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER MONEY TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19820623 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000074658 IRS NUMBER: 132649093 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 40-APP SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 812-14749-63 FILM NUMBER: 17646789 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY STREET 2: N/A CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 BUSINESS PHONE: 303-768-3200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY STREET 2: N/A CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER AIM FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19870201 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER EQUITY FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000045147 IRS NUMBER: 846615607 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 40-APP SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 812-14749-65 FILM NUMBER: 17646791 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY STREET 2: N/A CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 BUSINESS PHONE: 303-768-3200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER EQUITY FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20031208 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HAMILTON FUNDS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19870507 40-APP 1 form40app-feb2017.htm FORM 40-APP


File No. 812-14570

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

BEFORE THE

 

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

 

 

 

Amended and Restated Application for an Order Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) for an Exemption from Certain Provisions of Section 15(a) of the 1940 Act and Rule 18f-2 thereunder, and Certain Disclosure Requirements under Various Rules and Forms.

  

In the Matter of

 

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund

Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund

Oppenheimer CORPORATE BOND FUND

Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund

Oppenheimer Discovery Fund

Oppenheimer Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund

Oppenheimer Dividend Opportunity Fund

Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Innovators Fund

Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund

Oppenheimer Equity Fund

Oppenheimer Equity Income Fund

Oppenheimer Global Fund

Oppenheimer Global High Yield Fund

Oppenheimer Global Multi-Alternatives Fund

Oppenheimer Global Multi-Asset GROWTH Fund

Oppenheimer Global Multi-Asset INCOME Fund

Oppenheimer Global Multi Strategies Fund

Oppenheimer Global OPPORTUNITIES Fund

Oppenheimer Global REAL ESTATE Fund

Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund

Oppenheimer Global Value Fund

Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund

OPPENHEIMER GOVERNMENT CASH RESERVES

OPPENHEIMER GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND

Oppenheimer Institutional GOVERNMENT Money Market Fund

Oppenheimer Integrity Funds

OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL BOND FUND

Oppenheimer International Diversified Fund

OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND

OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL GROWTH AND INCOME FUND

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund

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Oppenheimer International Small-MID Company Fund

Oppenheimer Limited-Term Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund

OPPENHEIMER MACQUARIE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

Oppenheimer Main Street Funds®

Oppenheimer Main Street Mid Cap Fund®

Oppenheimer Main Street Select Fund®

Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund®

Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Master Inflation Protected Securities Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Master International Value Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Multi-State Municipal Trust

oppenheimer municipal fund

Oppenheimer Portfolio Series

Oppenheimer Quest For Value Funds

Oppenheimer Real Estate Fund

Oppenheimer Revenue Weighted ETF Trust

Oppenheimer Rising Dividends Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® AMT-Free Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® AMT-Free New York Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® Arizona Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® California Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® Fund Municipals

Oppenheimer Rochester® Intermediate Term Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® Limited Term California Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® Maryland Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® Massachusetts Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® Michigan Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® Minnesota Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® North Carolina Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® Ohio Municipal Fund

Rochester® Portfolio Series

Oppenheimer Rochester® Short Term Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® Virginia Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund

OPPENHEIMER SENIOR FLOATING RATE PLUS FUND

Oppenheimer Series Fund

Oppenheimer Small Cap Value Fund

Oppenheimer SteelPath MLP Funds Trust

Oppenheimer SteelPath Panoramic Fund

Oppenheimer Ultra-Short Duration Fund

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

(each, an “Oppenheimer Investment Company” and collectively,
the “Oppenheimer Investment Companies”)

6803 South Tucson Way

Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924

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and

OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

225 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10281

and

OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

225 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10281

and

OFI SteelPath, Inc.

2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1401

Dallas, TX

75201

 

and

 

VTL Associates, LLC

2005 Market Street, Suite 2020

Philadelphia, PA 19103


Please send all communications, notices and orders to:

 

Cynthia Lo Bessette, Esq.

OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
225 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10281

 

With a copy to:

 

Margery K. Neale, Esq.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

 

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2017

 

Page 1 of 33 sequentially numbered pages (including exhibits)

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

I. Introduction    
II. The Oppenheimer Investment Companies    
III. The Adviser    
IV. The Sub-Advisers    
V. Request for Exemptive Relief    
VI. Exemptive Relief Requested and Applicable Law    
    A. Regulatory Background    
    B. Requested Relief    
      1. Operation of the Oppenheimer Investment Companies    
      2. Economic Incentives    
      3. Benefits to Shareholders    
      4. Shareholder Notification    
    C. Fee Disclosure    
      1. Regulatory Background    
      2. Requested Relief    
    D. Precedent    
VII. Conditions    
VIII. Procedural Matters    
IX. Conclusion    
EXHIBIT A – Certifications    
EXHIBIT B – Verifications    

 

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I.          INTRODUCTION

 

Each Oppenheimer Investment Company and any series thereof (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global”), OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI”), OFI SteelPath, Inc. (“OFI SteelPath”), and VTL Associates, LLC (“VTL”, and together with OFI Global, OFI, OFI SteelPath and the Oppenheimer Investment Companies, the “Applicants”), hereby submit this amended and restated application (the “Application”) to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) for an order of exemption pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).

 

            Applicants request an order exempting Applicants from Section 15(a) of the 1940 Act and Rule 18f-2 thereunder to permit the Adviser,[1] subject to the approval of the board of directors/trustees of the applicable Fund (the “Board”),[2] including a majority of those directors/trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Funds or the Adviser as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act (the “Independent Board Members”), to, without obtaining shareholder approval: (i) select certain wholly-owned and non-affiliated investment sub-advisers, including any sub-advisers thereto (each, a “Sub-Adviser” and collectively, the “Sub-Advisers”) to manage all or a portion of the assets of a Fund and enter into investment sub-advisory agreements with the Sub-Advisers (each, a “Sub-Advisory Agreement” and collectively, the “Sub-Advisory Agreements”); and (ii) materially amend Sub-Advisory Agreements with the Sub-Advisers. As used herein, a Sub-Adviser for a Fund is (1) an indirect or direct “wholly owned subsidiary” (as such term is defined in Section 2(a)(43) of the 1940 Act) of the Adviser for that Fund, or (2) a sister company of the Adviser for that Fund that is an indirect or direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the same company that, indirectly or directly, wholly owns the Adviser, or (3) a company of which the Adviser for that Fund is an indirect or direct “wholly-owned subsidiary” (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) (each of (1), (2) and (3) a “Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser” and collectively, the “Wholly-Owned Sub-Advisers”), or (4) not an “affiliated person” (as such term is defined in Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act) of the Fund, any Feeder Fund (as defined below) invested in a Master Fund (as defined below), the Funds, or the Adviser, except to the extent that an affiliation arises solely because the Sub-Adviser serves as a sub-adviser to a Fund (each, a “Non-Affiliated Sub-Adviser” and collectively, the “Non-Affiliated Sub-Advisers”).[3]

 


 

[1] The term “Adviser” includes (i) OFI Global, OFI, OFI SteelPath, or VTL and (ii) any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with, OFI Global, OFI, OFI SteelPath, or VTL or their successors that serves as investment adviser to the Funds. For the purposes of the requested order, “successor” is limited to an entity that results from a reorganization into another jurisdiction or a change in the type of business organization.

[2] The term “Board” also includes the board of trustees or directors of a future Subadvised Fund (as that term is defined herein), if different.

[3] Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act defines “affiliated person” as follows:

“Affiliated person of another person means (A) any person directly or indirectly owning, controlling, or holding with power to vote, 5 per centum or more of the outstanding voting securities of such other person; (B) any person 5 per centum or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or held with power to vote, by such other person; (C) any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such other person; (D) any officer, director, partner, copartner, or employee of such other person; (E) if such other person is an investment company, any investment adviser thereof or any member of an advisory board thereof; and (F) if such other person is an unincorporated investment company not having a board of directors, the depositor thereof.

 Section 2(a)(43) of the 1940 Act defines “wholly owned subsidiary” of a person as a company 95 per centum or more of the outstanding voting securities of which are, directly or indirectly, owned by such person.

 

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             Applicants also apply for an order of the Commission under Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act exempting the Funds from certain disclosure obligations under the following rules and forms: (i) Item 19(a)(3) of Form N-1A; (ii) Items 22(c)(1)(ii), 22(c)(1)(iii), 22(c)(8), and 22(c)(9) of Schedule 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”); and (iii) Sections 6-07(2)(a), (b), and (c) of Regulation S-X (sometimes referred to herein as the “Fee Disclosure Relief”).

 

Applicants request that the relief sought herein apply to the named Applicants, as well as to any future Fund and any other existing or future registered open-end management investment company or series thereof[4] that is advised by the Adviser, uses the multi-manager structure described in this Application, and complies with the terms and conditions set forth herein (“Subadvised Funds”). All registered open-end investment companies that currently intend to rely on the requested order are named as Applicants. All Funds that currently are, or that currently intend to be, Subadvised Funds are identified in the Application. Any entity that relies on the requested order will do so only in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in this Application.[5]

 

Applicants are seeking this exemption primarily to enable the Adviser and the Board to obtain for each Subadvised Fund the services of one or more Sub-Advisers believed by the Adviser and the Board to be particularly well suited to manage all or a portion of the assets of the Subadvised Funds, and to make material amendments to Sub-Advisory Agreements believed by the Adviser and the Board to be appropriate, without the delay and expense of convening special meetings of shareholders to approve the Sub-Advisory Agreements. Under this structure, the Adviser, in its capacity as investment adviser, evaluates, allocates assets to, and oversees, the Sub-Advisers, and makes recommendations about their hiring, termination and replacement to the Board, at all times subject to the authority of the Board. This structure is commonly referred to as a “multi-manager” structure.

 

If the relief sought is granted, the Adviser, with the approval of the Board, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, would on behalf of each Subadvised Fund, and without obtaining shareholder approval, be permitted to (i) hire a Non-Affiliated Sub-Adviser or a Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser, including terminating an existing sub-adviser and replacing it with one or more Non-Affiliated Sub-Advisers or Wholly-Owned Sub-Advisers, and (ii)

 


[4] The term “Fund” as used herein includes the Oppenheimer Investment Companies that do not offer multiple series. Certain Oppenheimer Investment Companies are operated in a master-feeder structure pursuant to Section 12(d)(1)(E) of the 1940 Act. In such a structure, certain Funds (each, a “Feeder Fund”) may invest substantially all of their assets in a Fund (a “Master Fund”) pursuant to Section 12(d)(1)(E) of the 1940 Act. No Feeder Fund will engage any sub-advisers other than through approving the engagement of one or more of the Master Fund’s sub-advisers.

[5] The requested relief will not extend to any sub-adviser, other than a Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser, who is an affiliated person, as defined in Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, of the Subadvised Fund, of any Feeder Fund, or of the Adviser, other than by reason of serving as a sub-adviser to one or more of the Subadvised Funds (“Affiliated Sub-Adviser”).

 

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materially amend Sub-Advisory Agreements with Non-Affiliated Sub-Advisers and Wholly-Owned Sub-Advisers. Shareholder approval will continue to be required for any other sub-adviser changes (not otherwise permitted by rule) and material amendments to an existing sub-advisory agreement with any sub-adviser other than a Non-Affiliated Sub-Adviser or Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser (all such changes referred to herein as “Ineligible Sub-Adviser Changes”).

 

Applicants received an order from the Commission granting the relief requested herein solely with respect to Non-Affiliated Sub-Advisers (Oppenheimer Select Managers, et al., Investment Company Act Release Nos. 25928 (Feb. 6, 2003) (notice) and 25952 (March 4, 2003) (order) (File no. 812-12366)) (the “Prior Order”). Any order granted by the Commission with respect to this Application will supersede the Prior Order.

 

For the reasons discussed below, Applicants believe that the requested relief is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. Applicants believe that the Subadvised Funds would benefit from the requested relief by avoiding delays in hiring or replacing Sub-Advisers and costs associated with the proxy solicitation to approve new or amended Sub-Advisory Agreements.

  

II.        THE OPPENHEIMER INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Each Oppenheimer Investment Company is organized as either a Delaware statutory trust or a Delaware limited liability company and is registered with the Commission as an open-end management investment company under the 1940 Act. Each Oppenheimer Investment Company is managed by its Board, the majority of whom are Independent Board Members. An Adviser will serve as “investment adviser,” as defined in Section 2(a)(20)(A) of the 1940 Act, to each Fund. The Funds are not required to hold annual shareholder meetings.

 

            Each Oppenheimer Investment Company may offer shares of one or more Funds that are structured as exchange-traded funds (each, an “ETF”) or mutual funds. Each existing Fund has and any future Fund would have its own distinct investment objectives, policies and restrictions. Shares of some Funds may be sold as a funding option for variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts issued by an insurance company.[6] Each Fund will operate as an ETF or mutual fund. Each Fund may pay fees in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Shares of each Fund will be offered pursuant to a registration statement filed on Form N-1A. 

 

III.       THE ADVISER


[6] Depending upon applicable law or the terms of the insurance contract, the right to vote shares is held by variable contract owners and insurance companies. Therefore, the term “shareholder” as used in this Application shall include variable contract owners and insurance companies entitled to give voting instructions with respect to a Fund. Pursuant to current Commission requirements and Commission staff interpretations, insurance companies vote Fund shares held in registered separate accounts in accordance with voting instructions received from variable contract owners. 

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An Adviser will be the investment adviser to each Fund. Each of OFI Global, OFI SteelPath and VTL is a direct “wholly-owned subsidiary” (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) of OFI. Any Adviser will be registered as an “investment adviser” under Section 203 of the Advisers Act. The Investment Management Agreement has been approved by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, and by the shareholders of each Fund in the manner required by Sections 15(a) and 15(c) of the 1940 Act and Rule 18f-2 thereunder, unless shareholder approval is not required pursuant to a rule, no-action letter or interpretative guidance promulgated or issued by the Commission or its staff. The terms of the Investment Management Agreement comply with Section 15(a) of the 1940 Act. Each other investment management agreement with respect to a Fund (included in the term “Investment Management Agreement”) will comply with Section 15(a) of the 1940 Act and will be similarly approved. Applicants will not seek an exemption from the 1940 Act with respect to the Investment Management Agreement. The Adviser, subject to the oversight and authority of the Board, will develop the overall investment program for each Fund.[7]

 

 

            Consistent with the terms of the Investment Management Agreement, the Adviser may, subject to the approval of the Board, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, and the shareholders of the applicable Subadvised Fund (if required), delegate portfolio management responsibilities of all or a portion of the assets of a Subadvised Fund to one or more Sub-Advisers. In accordance with an Investment Management Agreement, the Adviser would supervise each Sub-Adviser in its performance of its duties with a view to preventing violations of the federal securities laws. The Adviser would continue to have overall responsibility for the management and investment of the assets of each Subadvised Fund, and the Adviser’s responsibilities would include, for example, recommending the removal or replacement of Sub-Advisers and determining the portion of that Subadvised Fund’s assets to be managed by any given Sub-Adviser and reallocating those assets as necessary from time to time. If the Adviser determined to delegate portfolio management responsibilities to one or more sub-advisers, the Adviser would evaluate, select and recommend Sub-Advisers to manage the assets (or portion thereof) of a Subadvised Fund, and oversee, monitor and review the Sub-Advisers and their performance and their compliance with the Subadvised Fund’s investment policies and restrictions. If the name of any Advised Fund contains the name of a subadviser, the name of the Adviser that serves as the primary adviser to the Subadvised Fund, or a trademark or trade name that is owned by the Adviser, will precede the name of the subadviser.

 

    For its services to a Fund under an Investment Management Agreement, the Adviser would receive an investment management fee from that Fund based on the average net assets of that Fund. A Sub-Adviser would receive an investment management fee from the Adviser based on the percentage of assets overseen by the Sub-Adviser or based on a percentage of the assets of the Subadvised Fund. The fee paid to a Sub-Adviser would be a result of negotiations between the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser and would be approved by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Board Members.

 

IV.       THE SUB-ADVISERS

 


[7] The term “Board” also includes any board of directors or trustees of a Future Fund, if different.

 

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OFI Global has entered into Sub-Advisory Agreements with OFI with respect to each Fund other than Oppenheimer SteelPath MLP Select 40 Fund, Oppenheimer SteelPath MLP Alpha Fund, Oppenheimer SteelPath MLP Income Fund, Oppenheimer SteelPath MLP Alpha Plus Fund and each series of Oppenheimer Revenue Weighted ETF Trust.

 

OFI has entered into Sub-Advisory Agreements with the following Sub-Advisers:

 

(1) OFI SteelPath with respect to Oppenheimer Global Multi-Alternatives Fund, Oppenheimer Global Multi-Asset Growth Fund, Oppenheimer Global Multi-Asset Income Fund and Oppenheimer Global Multi-Alternatives Fund/VA, a series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds;

 

(2) Barings LLC (formerly known as Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, LLC), an indirect subsidiary of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, the indirect parent company of OFI Global, OFI, OFI SteelPath and VTL, with respect to Oppenheimer Global Multi-Alternatives Fund, Oppenheimer Global Multi-Asset Growth Fund, Oppenheimer Global Multi-Asset Income Fund, Oppenheimer Global Real Estate Fund, Oppenheimer Real Estate Fund and Oppenheimer Global Multi-Alternatives Fund/VA, a series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds;

 

and

 

(3) Macquarie Capital Investment Management LLC (“Macquarie”) with respect to Oppenheimer Macquarie Global Infrastructure Fund.

 

All the Sub-Advisers are “Wholly-Owned Sub-Advisers,” as defined in this Application, except Macquarie, which are Non-Affiliated Sub-Advisers. The Adviser may also, in the future, enter into Sub-Advisory Agreements with respect to particular Funds (each, a “Subadvised Fund”).

 

    The Sub-Advisers are, and any future Sub-Advisers will be, “investment advisers” to the Subadvised Funds within the meaning of Section 2(a)(20) of the 1940 Act and provide, or will provide, investment management services to the Subadvised Funds subject to, without limitation, the requirements of Sections 15(c) and 36(b) of the 1940 Act. In addition, the Sub-Advisers are, and any future Sub-Advisers will be, registered with the Commission as investment advisers under the Advisers Act or not subject to such registration. The Adviser selects Sub-Advisers based on the Adviser’s evaluation of the Sub-Advisers’ skills in managing assets pursuant to particular investment styles, and recommends their hiring to the Board. The Adviser may employ multiple Sub-Advisers for certain Subadvised Funds. In those instances, the Adviser would allocate and, as appropriate, reallocate a Subadvised Fund’s assets among the Sub-Advisers, and the Sub-Advisers would have management oversight of that portion of the Subadvised Fund allocated to each of them.

 

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            The Adviser engages or will engage in an on-going analysis of the continued advisability of retaining a Sub-Adviser and makes recommendations to the Board as needed. The Adviser also negotiates and renegotiates the terms of the Sub-Advisory Agreements with the Sub-Advisers, including the fees paid to the Sub-Advisers, and makes recommendations to the Board as needed.

 

            The Sub-Advisers, subject to the supervision of the Adviser and oversight of the Board, determine or will determine the securities and other instruments to be purchased, sold or entered into by a Subadvised Fund’s portfolio or a portion thereof, and place orders with brokers or dealers that they select. The Sub-Advisers keep or will keep certain records required by the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act to be maintained on behalf of the relevant Subadvised Fund, and assist or will assist the Adviser to maintain the Subadvised Fund’s compliance with the relevant requirements of the 1940 Act. The Sub-Advisers monitor or will monitor the respective Subadvised Fund’s investments and provide periodic reports to the Board and the Adviser. The Sub-Advisers also make or will make their officers and employees available to the Adviser and the applicable Board to review the investment performance and investment policies of the Subadvised Funds.

 

            Any Sub-Advisory Agreements will be approved by the applicable Board, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, in accordance with Sections 15(a) and 15(c) of the 1940 Act and Rule 18f-2 thereunder. The terms of each Sub-Advisory Agreement comply or will comply fully with the requirements of Section 15(a) of the 1940 Act. Each Sub-Advisory Agreement will precisely describe the compensation that the Sub-Adviser will receive for providing services to the relevant Subadvised Fund, and will provide that (1) it will continue in effect for more than an initial term of up to two years from the date of its original approval only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by the Board at the times and in the manner required by Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act, (2) it may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by the Adviser, the Board or by the shareholders of the relevant Subadvised Fund on not more than sixty days’ written notice to the Sub-Adviser, and (3) it will terminate automatically in the event of its “assignment,” as defined in Section 2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act. To the extent required by law, the Applicants will continue the shareholder approval process for Sub-Advisory Agreements until such time as the Commission grants exemptive relief to the Applicants. The Sub-Advisory Agreements set forth the duties of the Sub-Advisers and precisely describe the compensation to be paid by the Adviser to the Sub-Advisers.

 

            The terms of any Sub-Advisory Agreements also will be reviewed and renewed on an annual basis by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Board Members in accordance with Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act. The Board will dedicate substantial time each year to the review of contract matters, including matters relating to the Investment Management Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreements. The Board will request and review comprehensive materials received from the Adviser, the Sub-Advisers, fund counsel and, when appropriate or necessary, independent third parties. The Applicants will continue this annual review and renewal process for Sub-Advisory Agreements in accordance with the 1940 Act if the relief requested herein is granted by the Commission.

 

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            The Board will review information provided by the Adviser and Sub-Advisers when it is asked to approve or renew Sub-Advisory Agreements. A Subadvised Fund will disclose in its statutory prospectus that a discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval and renewal of the Investment Management Agreement and any applicable Sub-Advisory Agreements is available in the Subadvised Fund’s annual or semi-annual report to shareholders for the relevant period in accordance with Item 10(a)(1)(iii) of Form N-1A. The information provided to the Board will be maintained as part of the records of the respective Subadvised Fund pursuant to Rule 31a-1(b)(4) and Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act.

 

            Pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Adviser will agree to pay the Sub-Advisers a fee out of the fee paid to the Adviser under the Investment Management Agreement. Each Sub-Adviser will bear its own expenses of providing investment management services to the relevant Subadvised Fund. Neither the Oppenheimer Investment Companies nor any Subadvised Fund are responsible for paying sub-advisory fees to any Sub-Adviser.

 

 V.         REQUEST FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF

 

Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act provides that the Commission may exempt any person, security, or transaction or any class or classes of persons, securities, or transactions from any provisions of the 1940 Act, or any rule thereunder, if such relief is necessary or appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act. Applicants believe that the requested relief described in this Application meets this standard.

  

VI.       EXEMPTIVE RELIEF REQUESTED AND APPLICABLE LAW

 

 A.         Regulatory Background

 

Section 15(a) of the 1940 Act states, in part, that it is unlawful for any person to act as an investment adviser to a registered investment company “except pursuant to a written contract, which contract, whether with such registered company or with an investment adviser of such registered company, has been approved by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of such registered company.” Rule 18f-2(a) under the 1940 Act states that any “matter required to be submitted to the holders of the outstanding voting securities of a series company shall not be deemed to have been effectively acted upon unless approved by the holders of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of each class or series of stock affected by such matter.” Further, Rule 18f-2(c)(1) under the 1940 Act provides that a vote to approve an investment advisory contract required by Section 15(a) of the 1940 Act “shall be deemed to be effectively acted upon with respect to any class or series of securities of such registered investment company if a majority of the outstanding voting securities of such class or series vote for the approval of such matter.”

 

            Section 2(a)(20) of the 1940 Act defines an “investment adviser” as including any person who, pursuant to an agreement with such registered investment company or with an investment adviser of such registered investment company, is empowered to determine what securities or other property shall be purchased or sold by such registered investment company. Consequently,

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the Sub-Advisers are deemed to be within the definition of an “investment adviser” and therefore, the Sub-Advisory Agreements are each subject to Section 15(a) of the 1940 Act and Rule 18f-2 thereunder to the same extent as the Investment Management Agreement.

 

            Taken together, Section 15(a) of the 1940 Act and Rule 18f-2 thereunder require a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Subadvised Fund to approve Sub-Advisory Agreements whenever the Adviser proposes to the Board to hire new Sub-Advisers to manage the assets of a Subadvised Fund.[8] These provisions would also require shareholder approval by a majority vote for any material amendment to Sub-Advisory Agreements.

 

The Sub-Advisory Agreement must precisely describe all compensation to be paid thereunder and provide for its termination without penalty by the Board on not more than 60 days’ notice.[9] In addition, the Sub-Advisory Agreements are required to terminate automatically and immediately upon their “assignment,” which could occur upon a change in control of the Sub-Advisers.[10]

 

            Each Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser is expected to run its own day-to-day operations and each will have its own investment personnel.[11] Therefore, in certain instances, appointing certain Wholly-Owned Sub-Advisers could be viewed as a change in management and, as a result, an “assignment” within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Rule 2a-6 under the 1940 Act provides an exemption from the shareholder voting requirements in Section 15(a) of the 1940 Act and Rule 18f-2 thereunder for certain transactions that do not result in a “change in actual control or management of the investment adviser” to a registered investment company. The Applicants do not believe that Rule 2a-6 under the 1940 Act generally provides a safe harbor to approve or materially amend Sub-Advisory Agreements with Wholly-Owned Sub-Advisers without obtaining shareholder approval as required under Section 15(a) of the 1940 Act and Rule 18f-2 thereunder.

 

B.         Requested Relief

 

Applicants seek relief to (i) select Sub-Advisers to manage all or a portion of the assets of a Subadvised Fund and enter into Sub-Advisory Agreements and (ii) materially amend Sub-Advisory Agreements with the Sub-Advisers, each subject to the approval of the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, without obtaining shareholder approval required under Section 15(a) of the 1940 Act and Rule 18f-2 thereunder. The Applicants believe that the relief sought should be granted by the Commission because (1) the Adviser either operates the Subadvised Funds, or may operate the Subadvised Funds, in a manner that is different from conventional investment companies; (2) the relief will benefit shareholders by enabling the Subadvised Funds to operate in a less costly and more efficient manner; and (3) the

 


[8] In the case of a Subadvised Fund that is a Master Fund, shareholder approval requirements under Section 15(a) and Rule 18f-2 thereunder are also governed by the voting provisions set forth in Section 12(d)(1)(E) of the 1940 Act.

[9] See Section 15(a)(3) of the 1940 Act.

[10] See Section 15(a)(4) of the 1940 Act. Section 2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act defines “assignment” as any direct or indirect transfer or hypothecation of a contract.

[11] It is possible, however, that a Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser may share certain investment personnel with an Adviser. 

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Applicants will consent to a number of conditions that adequately address the policy concerns of Section 15(a) of the 1940 Act, including conditions designed to ensure that shareholder interests are adequately protected through Board oversight.

 

1.         Operation of the Oppenheimer Investment Companies

 

Section 15(a) was designed to protect the interests and expectations of a registered investment company’s shareholders by requiring that they approve investment advisory contracts, including sub-advisory contracts.[12] Section 15(a) is predicated on the belief that if a registered investment company is to be managed by an investment adviser different from the investment adviser selected by shareholders at the time of the investment, the new investment adviser should be approved by shareholders.[13] The relief sought in this Application is consistent with this public policy.

 

            In the case of a traditional investment company, the investment adviser is a single entity that employs one or more individuals as portfolio managers to make the day-to-day investment decisions. The investment adviser may terminate or hire portfolio managers without board or shareholder approval and has sole discretion to set the compensation it pays to the portfolio managers. Alternatively for multi-manager funds, the investment adviser is not normally responsible for the day-to-day investment decisions, and instead the investment adviser selects, supervises, and evaluates sub-advisers who ultimately are responsible for the day-to-day investment decisions.

 

            Primary responsibility for management of a Subadvised Fund’s assets, including the selection and supervision of the Sub-Advisers, is vested in the Adviser, subject to the oversight of the Board. Applicants believe that it is consistent with the protection of investors to vest the selection and supervision of the Sub-Advisers in the Adviser in light of the management structure of the Subadvised Funds, as well as the shareholders’ expectation that the Adviser is in possession of information necessary to select the most capable Sub-Advisers. The Adviser has the requisite expertise to evaluate, select and supervise the Sub-Advisers. The Adviser will not normally make day-to-day investment decisions for a Subadvised Fund.[14]

 

From the perspective of the shareholder, the role of the Sub-Advisers is substantially equivalent to the role of the individual portfolio managers employed by an investment adviser to a traditional investment company. The individual portfolio managers and the Sub-Advisers are each charged with the selection of portfolio investments in accordance with a Subadvised Fund’s investment objectives and policies and have no broad supervisory, management or administrative responsibilities with respect to a Subadvised Fund. Shareholders expect the Adviser, subject to review and approval of the Board to select the Sub-Advisers who are in the best position to achieve the Subadvised Funds’ investment objectives. Shareholders also rely on the Adviser for

 


[12] See Section 1(b)(6) of the 1940 Act.

[13] Hearing on S.3580 before a Subcomm. Of the Senate Comm. on Banking and Currency, 76th Cong., 3d Sess. 253 (1940) (statement of David Schenker).

[14] Although the Adviser will not normally make such day-to-day investment decisions, it may manage all or a portion of a Subadvised Fund. 

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the overall management of a Subadvised Fund and the Subadvised Fund’s total investment performance.

 

            Whenever required by Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act, the Board will request and the Adviser and each Sub-Adviser will furnish such information as may be reasonably necessary for the Board to evaluate the terms of the Investment Management Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreements. The information that is provided to the Board will be maintained as part of the records of the Subadvised Funds in accordance with the applicable recordkeeping requirements under the 1940 Act and made available to the Commission in the manner prescribed by the 1940 Act.

 

In addition, the Adviser and the Board will consider the reasonableness of a Sub-Adviser’s compensation with respect to each Subadvised Fund for which the Sub-Adviser will provide portfolio management services. Although only the Adviser’s fee is payable directly by a Subadvised Fund, and the Sub-Adviser’s fee is payable by the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser’s fee directly bears on the amount and reasonableness of the Adviser’s fee payable by a Subadvised Fund. Accordingly, the Adviser and the Board will consider the fees paid to Sub-Advisers in evaluating the reasonableness of the overall arrangements, consistent with the requirements of Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act.

 

2.         Economic Incentives

 

With respect to the relief sought herein, and in particular with respect to relief permitting selection of a Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser to manage all or a portion of the assets of a Subadvised Fund, the Applicants believe that the terms and conditions of this Application will prevent the Adviser from engaging in self-dealing to the detriment of the shareholders of the Subadvised Funds. Applicants assert that conditions 6, 10, and 11 are designed to provide the Board with sufficient independence and the resources and information it needs to monitor and address any conflicts of interest. A majority of the entire Board will be Independent Board Members. For any Subadvised Fund that uses a sub-adviser that is an “affiliated person” (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) of the Adviser, including, but not limited to, a Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser, a condition requires the Board to make a separate finding, reflected in the Board minutes, that any change in Sub-Advisers to manage all or a portion of the assets of that Subadvised Fund is in the best interests of the Subadvised Fund and its shareholders. A new Sub-Adviser would also need to be approved by a majority of the Directors/Trustees who are subject to limits on their ability to have a financial interest in that Sub-Adviser. If the Adviser proposes to terminate a Non-Affiliated Sub-Adviser and hire a Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser for a Subadvised Fund, the fees and other terms of the Sub-Advisory Agreement will be reviewed by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, under Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act, and the management fee paid to the Adviser by the Subadvised Fund would remain subject to annual review by the Board. Each Sub-Advisory Agreement would also remain subject to the annual review by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Board Members.

 

3.         Benefits to Shareholders

 

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If a new Sub-Adviser were retained by the Adviser on behalf of a Subadvised Fund today, the shareholders of the Subadvised Fund would be required to approve the Sub-Advisory Agreement (unless the Subadvised Fund were able to rely on the Prior Order with respect to Non-Affiliated Sub-Advisers). Similarly, if existing Sub-Advisory Agreements were amended in any material respect, approval by the shareholders of the affected Subadvised Fund would be required. Moreover, if Sub-Advisory Agreements were “assigned” as a result of a change in control of the Sub-Advisers, the shareholders of the affected Subadvised Funds would be required to approve retaining the existing Sub-Adviser. In all these instances, the need for shareholder approval requires the Subadvised Fund to call and hold a shareholder meeting, create and distribute proxy materials, and solicit votes from shareholders on behalf of the Subadvised Fund, and generally necessitates the retention of a proxy solicitor. This process is time-intensive, expensive and slow, and, in the case of a poorly performing Sub-Adviser or one whose management team has parted ways with the Sub-Adviser, potentially harmful to the Subadvised Fund and its shareholders.

 

As noted above, shareholders investing in a Subadvised Fund that has Sub-Advisers are effectively hiring the Adviser to manage the Subadvised Fund’s assets by overseeing, monitoring and evaluating the Sub-Advisers rather than by the Adviser hiring its own employees to oversee the Subadvised Fund. Applicants believe that permitting the Adviser to perform the duties for which the shareholders of the Subadvised Fund are paying the Adviser—the selection, supervision and evaluation of the Sub-Advisers—without incurring unnecessary delays or expenses is appropriate in the interest of the Subadvised Fund’s shareholders and will allow such Subadvised Fund to operate more efficiently. Without the delay inherent in holding shareholder meetings (and the attendant difficulty in obtaining the necessary quorum), the Subadvised Fund will be able to replace Sub-Advisers more quickly and at less cost, when the Board, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, and the Adviser believe that a change would benefit a Subadvised Fund and its shareholders. Without the requested relief, a Subadvised Fund may, for example, be left in the hands of a Sub-Adviser that may be unable to manage a Subadvised Fund’s assets diligently because of diminished capabilities resulting from loss of personnel or decreased motivation resulting from an impending termination of the Sub-Adviser. Moreover, if a Sub-Advisory Agreement were “assigned” as a result of a change in control of the Sub-Adviser, the shareholders of the affected Subadvised Fund would be required to approve retaining the existing Sub-Adviser.

 

            If the relief requested is granted, the Investment Management Agreement will continue to be fully subject to Section 15(a) of, and Rule 18f-2 under, the 1940 Act. Moreover, the Board will consider the Investment Management Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreements in connection with its annual contract renewal process under Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act, and the standards of Section 36(b) of the 1940 Act will be applied to the fees paid by the Adviser to each Sub-Adviser.

 

4.         Shareholder Notification

 

The prospectus and statement of additional information (the “SAI”) for each Subadvised Fund will include all information required by Form N-1A concerning the Sub-Advisers. If new Sub-Advisers are retained or Sub-Advisory Agreements are materially amended, the Subadvised

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Fund’s prospectus and SAI will be supplemented promptly pursuant to Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

            If a new Sub-Adviser is hired, the Subadvised Fund will inform shareholders of the hiring of a new Sub-Adviser pursuant to the following procedures (“Modified Notice and Access Procedures”): (a) within 90 days after a new Sub-Adviser is hired for any Subadvised Fund, that Subadvised Fund will send its shareholders[15] either a Multi-manager Notice or a Multi-manager Notice and Multi-manager Information Statement;[16] and (b) the Subadvised Fund will make the Multi-manager Information Statement available on the Website identified in the Multi-manager Notice no later than when the Multi-manager Notice (or Multi-manager Notice and Multi-manager Information Statement) is first sent to shareholders, and will maintain it on that Website for at least 90 days.

 

            In the circumstances described in this Application, a proxy solicitation to approve the appointment of new Sub-Advisers provides no more meaningful information to shareholders than the proposed Multi-manager Information Statement. Moreover, as indicated above, the Board would comply with the requirements of Sections 15(a) and 15(c) of the 1940 Act before entering into or amending Sub-Advisory Agreements.

 

            Prior to any Subadvised Fund relying on the requested relief in this Application, the Board, including its Independent Board Members, will have approved its operations as described herein.[17] Additionally, the shareholders of the applicable Subadvised Fund have approved, or will approve, its operation as described herein by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities, within the meaning of the 1940 Act. A Subadvised Fund will be required, as provided in condition 1 below, to obtain shareholder approval to operate as a “multiple manager” fund as described herein (the “Multi-Manager Arrangement”) before relying on the order requested in

 


[15] If the Subadvised Fund is a Master Fund, for purposes of the Modified Notice and Access Procedures, “shareholders” include both the shareholders of the applicable Master Fund and the shareholders of its Feeder Funds.

[16] A “Multi-manager Notice” will be modeled on a Notice of Internet Availability as defined in Rule 14a-16 under the Exchange Act, and specifically will, among other things: (a) summarize the relevant information regarding the new Sub-Adviser; (b) inform shareholders that the Multi-manager Information Statement is available on a website; (c) provide the website address; (d) state the time period during which the Multi-Manager Information Statement will remain available on that website; (e) provide instructions for accessing and printing the Multi-manager Information Statement; and (f) instruct the shareholder that a paper or email copy of the Multi-manager Information Statement may be obtained, without charge, by contacting the Subadvised Fund.

A “Multi-manager Information Statement” will meet the requirements of Regulation 14C, Schedule 14C and Item 22 of Schedule 14A under the Exchange Act for an information statement. Multi-manager Information Statements will be filed with the Commission via the EDGAR system.

[17] Before a Master Fund may rely on the relief requested in this Application, the operation of the Master Fund in the manner described herein will be approved by a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Master Fund, within the meaning of the 1940 Act, which will include voting instructions provided by the shareholders of the Feeder Funds investing in such Master Fund or other voting arrangements that in either case comply with Section 12(d)(1)(E)(iii)(aa) of the 1940 Act or, in the case of a new Master Fund or new Feeder Fund all of whose shareholders purchase shares on the basis of a prospectus containing the relevant disclosure, by the initial shareholder prior to any public offering. See Wells Fargo Funds Trust, et al., Investment Company Act Release Nos. 30830 (December 13, 2013) (notice) and 30853 (January 8, 2014) (order) and CCM Advisors Funds, et al., Investment Company Act Release Nos. 25208 (October 11, 2001) (notice) and 25251 (November 1, 2001) (order).

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this Application. If a Subadvised Fund obtains or has obtained shareholder approval of the Multi-Manager Arrangement before the order requested in the Application is issued, the prospectus for such Subadvised Fund will contain, at all times following that approval, the disclosures required by condition 2 to this Application. A Subadvised Fund whose prospectus did not, at all times following shareholder approval of the Multi-Manager Arrangement, contain the disclosures required by condition 2 will obtain shareholder approval before relying on the requested order.[18]

 

C.         Fee Disclosure

 

1.         Regulatory Background

 

Form N-1A is the registration statement used by open-end investment companies. Item 19(a)(3) of Form N-1A requires a registered investment company to disclose in its SAI the method of computing the “advisory fee payable” by the investment company, including the total dollar amounts that the investment company “paid to the adviser (aggregated with amounts paid to affiliated advisers, if any), and any advisers who are not affiliated persons of the adviser, under the investment advisory contract for the last three fiscal years.”

 

            Rule 20a-1 under the 1940 Act requires proxies solicited with respect to a registered investment company to comply with Schedule 14A under the Exchange Act. Item 22 of Schedule 14A sets forth the information that must be included in a registered investment company’s proxy statement. Item 22(c)(1)(ii) requires a proxy statement for a shareholder meeting at which action will be taken on an investment advisory agreement to describe the terms of the advisory contract, “including the rate of compensation of the investment adviser.” Item 22(c)(1)(iii) requires a description of the “aggregate amount of the investment adviser’s fees and the amount and purpose of any other material payments” by the investment company to the investment adviser, or any affiliated person of the investment adviser during the fiscal year. Item 22(c)(8) requires a description of “the terms of the contract to be acted upon and, if the action is an amendment to, or a replacement of, an investment advisory contract, the material differences between the current and proposed contract.” Finally, Item 22(c)(9) requires a proxy statement for a shareholder meeting at which a change in the advisory fee will be sought to state (i) the aggregate amount of the investment adviser’s fee during the last year; (ii) the amount that the adviser would have received had the proposed fee been in effect; and (iii) the difference between (i) and (ii) stated as a percent of the amount in (i). Together, these provisions may require a Subadvised Fund to disclose the fees paid to Sub-Advisers in connection with shareholder action with respect to entering into, or materially amending, an advisory agreement or establishing, or increasing, advisory fees.

 

            Regulation S-X sets forth the requirements for financial statements required to be included as part of a registered investment company’s registration statement and shareholder reports filed with the Commission. Sections 6-07(2)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation S-X require a

 


[18] If a Subadvised Fund has obtained shareholder approval to operate pursuant to the Prior Order and has met all other terms and conditions of the requested order, the Subadvised Fund may rely on the applicable part of the order requested in this Application (i.e., hiring Non-Affiliated Sub-Advisers and amending Sub-Advisory Agreements with Non-Affiliated Sub-Advisers).

 

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registered investment company to include in its financial statement information about the investment advisory fees. These provisions may be deemed to require the Subadvised Funds’ financial statements to include information concerning fees paid to the Sub-Advisers. An exemption is requested to permit the Funds to include only the Aggregate Fee Disclosure. All other items required by Sections 6-07(2)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation S-X will be disclosed.

 

2.         Requested Relief

 

Applicants seek relief to permit each Subadvised Fund to disclose (as a dollar amount and a percentage of a Subadvised Fund’s net assets) (a) the aggregate fees paid to the Adviser and any Wholly-Owned Sub-Advisers; (b) the aggregate fees paid to Non-Affiliated Sub-Advisers; and (c) the fee paid to each Affiliated Sub-Adviser (collectively, the “Aggregate Fee Disclosure”) in lieu of disclosing the fees that may be required by Item 19(a)(3) of Form N-1A, Items 22(c)(1)(ii), 22(c)(1)(iii), 22(c)(8) and 22(c)(9) of Schedule 14A, and Section 6-07(2)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation S-X. Applicants request that, for any Subadvised Fund that is a Master Fund, this relief also permit any Feeder Fund invested in that Master Fund to disclose Aggregate Fee Disclosure. The Aggregate Fee Disclosure would be presented as both a dollar amount and as a percentage of the Subadvised Fund’s net assets. Applicants believe that the relief sought in this Application should be granted because the Adviser intends to operate Subadvised Funds under a multi-manager structure and no Subadvised Fund would be responsible for the payment of advisory fees to the Sub-Advisers. As a result, disclosure of the individual fees that the Adviser pays to the Sub-Advisers would not serve any meaningful purpose.

 

            As noted above, the Adviser may operate Subadvised Funds in a manner different from a traditional investment company. By investing in a Subadvised Fund, shareholders are hiring the Adviser to manage the Subadvised Fund’s assets by overseeing, evaluating, monitoring and recommending Sub-Advisers rather than by hiring its own employees to manage the assets directly. The Adviser, under the supervision of the Board, is responsible for overseeing the Sub-Advisers and recommending their hiring and replacement. In return, the Adviser receives an advisory fee from each Subadvised Fund. Pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement, the Adviser will compensate the Sub-Advisers directly. Disclosure of the individual fees that the Adviser would pay to the Sub-Advisers does not serve any meaningful purpose since investors pay the Adviser to oversee, monitor, evaluate and compensate the Sub-Advisers. Applicants contend that the primary reasons for requiring disclosure of individual fees paid to Sub-Advisers are to inform shareholders of expenses to be charged by a particular Subadvised Fund and to enable shareholders to compare the fees to those of other comparable investment companies. Applicants believe that the requested relief satisfies these objectives because the advisory fee paid to the Adviser will be fully disclosed and therefore, shareholders will know what the Subadvised Fund’s fees and expenses are and will be able to compare the advisory fees a Subadvised Fund is charged to those of other investment companies.

 

            Indeed, in a more conventional arrangement, requiring the Subadvised Fund to disclose the fees negotiated between the Adviser and the Sub-Advisers would be the functional equivalent of requiring single adviser investment companies to disclose the salaries of individual portfolio managers employed by that investment adviser. In the case of a single adviser or traditional investment company, disclosure is made of the compensation paid to the investment adviser, but

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shareholders are not told or asked to vote on the salary paid by the investment adviser to individual portfolio managers. Similarly, in the case of the Subadvised Funds, the shareholders will have chosen to employ the Adviser and to rely upon the Adviser’s expertise in monitoring the Sub-Advisers, recommending the Sub-Advisers’ selection and termination (if necessary), and negotiating the compensation of the Sub-Advisers. There are no policy reasons that require shareholders of the Subadvised Funds to be informed of the individual Sub-Adviser’s fees any more than shareholders of a traditional investment company (single investment adviser) would be informed of the particular investment adviser’s portfolio managers’ salaries.[19]

 

            The requested relief would benefit shareholders of the Subadvised Funds because it would improve the Adviser’s ability to negotiate the fees paid to Sub-Advisers. The Adviser’s ability to negotiate with the various Sub-Advisers would be adversely affected by public disclosure of fees paid to each Sub-Adviser. If the Adviser is not required to disclose the Sub-Advisers’ fees to the public, the Adviser may be able to negotiate rates that are below a Sub-Adviser’s “posted” amounts. Moreover, if one Sub-Adviser is aware of the advisory fee paid to another Sub-Adviser, the Sub-Adviser is unlikely to decrease its advisory fee below that amount. The relief will also encourage Sub-Advisers to negotiate lower sub-advisory fees with the Adviser if the lower fees are not required to be made public.

  

D.         Precedent

 

Applicants note that substantially the same exemptions requested herein with respect to relief from Section 15(a) and Rule 18f-2 for Non-Affiliated Sub-Advisers and Wholly-Owned Sub-Advisers, as well as relief from the disclosure requirements of the rules and forms discussed herein, have been granted previously by the Commission. See, e.g., ETF Series Solutions, et al., Investment Company Act Release Nos. 31905 (November 18, 2015) (notice) and 31937 (December 15, 2015) (order); ETFS Trust, et al., Investment Company Act Release Nos. 31511 (March 25, 2015) (notice) and 31557 (April 20, 2015) (order); Wells Fargo Funds Trust, et al., Investment Company Act Release Nos. 30830 (December 13, 2013) (notice) and 30853 (January 8, 2014) (order); Munder Series Trust, et al., Investment Company Act Rel. Nos. 30441 (March 29, 2013) (notice) and 30493 (April 24, 2013) (order); Blackstone Alternative Investment Funds, et al., Investment Company Act Rel. Nos. 30416 (March 7, 2013) (notice) and 30444 (April 2, 2013) (order); Cash Account Trust, et al., Investment Company Act Release Nos. 30151 (July 25, 2012) (notice) and 30172 (August 20, 2012) (order).

 

 

VII.      CONDITIONS

 


[19] The relief would be consistent with the Commission’s disclosure requirements applicable to fund portfolio managers that were previously adopted. See Investment Company Act Release No. 26533 (Aug. 23, 2004). Under these disclosure requirements, a fund is required to include in its statement of additional information, among other matters, a description of the structure of and the method used to determine the compensation structure of its “portfolio managers.” Applicants state that with respect to each Subadvised Fund, the statement of additional information will describe the structure and method used to determine the compensation received by each portfolio manager employed by any Sub-Adviser. In addition to this disclosure with respect to portfolio managers, Applicants state that with respect to each Subadvised Fund, the statement of additional information will describe the structure of, and method used to determine, the compensation received by each Sub-Adviser.

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Applicants agree that any order of the Commission granting the requested relief will be subject to the following conditions[20]:

 

  1.

Before a Subadvised Fund may rely on the order requested in the Application, the operation of the Subadvised Fund in the manner described in this Application, including the hiring of Wholly-Owned Sub-Advisers, will be, or has been, approved by a majority of the Subadvised Fund’s outstanding voting securities as defined in the 1940 Act, which in the case of a Master Fund will include voting instructions provided by shareholders of the Feeder Funds investing in such Master Fund or other voting arrangements that comply with Section 12(d)(1)(E)(iii)(aa) of the 1940 Act (or, in the case of an insurance-related Subadvised Fund, pursuant to the voting instructions provided by contract owners with assets allocated to any registered separate account for which the Subadvised Fund serves as a funding medium) or, in the case of a new Subadvised Fund whose public shareholders purchase shares on the basis of a prospectus containing the disclosure contemplated by condition 2 below, by the initial shareholder(s) before offering the Subadvised Fund’s shares to the public (or the variable contract owners through a separate account).

 

  2. The prospectus for each Subadvised Fund, and in the case of a Master Fund relying on the requested relief, the prospectus for each Feeder Fund investing in such Master Fund, will disclose the existence, substance and effect of any order granted pursuant to this Application. Each Subadvised Fund (and any such Feeder Fund) will hold itself out to the public as employing the multi-manager structure described in this Application. Each prospectus will prominently disclose that the Adviser has the ultimate responsibility, subject to oversight by the Board, to oversee the Sub-Advisers and recommend their hiring, termination, and replacement.

 

  3.

The Adviser will provide general management services to a Subadvised Fund, including overall supervisory responsibility for the general management and investment of the Subadvised Fund’s assets. Subject to review and approval of the Board, the Adviser will (a) set a Subadvised Fund’s overall investment strategies, (b) evaluate, select, and recommend Sub-Advisers to manage all or a portion of a Subadvised Fund’s assets, and (c) implement procedures reasonably designed to ensure that Sub-Advisers comply with a Subadvised Fund’s investment objective, policies and restrictions. Subject to the review by the Board, the Adviser will (a) when appropriate, allocate and reallocate a Subadvised Fund’s assets among Sub-Advisers; and (b) monitor and evaluate the performance of Sub-Advisers.

 

 


[20] Applicants will only comply with conditions 7, 8, 9, and 12 if they rely on the Fee Disclosure Relief that would allow them to provide Aggregate Fee Disclosure.

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  4.

A Subadvised Fund will not make any Ineligible Sub-Adviser Changes without such agreement, including the compensation to be paid thereunder, being approved by the shareholders (or if the Subadvised Fund serves as a funding medium for any sub-account of a registered separate account, the Adviser will inform the unitholders of the sub-account) of the applicable Subadvised Fund, which in the case of a Master Fund will include voting instructions provided by shareholders of the Feeder Fund investing in such Master Fund or other voting arrangements that comply with Section 12(d)(1)(E)(iii)(aa) of the 1940 Act.

 

  5.

Subadvised Funds will inform shareholders (or if the Subadvised Fund serves as a funding medium for any sub-account of a registered separate account, the Adviser will inform the unitholders of the sub-account), and if the Subadvised Fund is a Master Fund, shareholders of any Feeder Funds, of the hiring of a new Sub-Adviser within 90 days after the hiring of the new Sub-Adviser pursuant to the Modified Notice and Access Procedures.

 

  6.

At all times, at least a majority of the Board will be Independent Board Members, and the selection and nomination of new or additional Independent Board Members will be placed within the discretion of the then-existing Independent Board Members.

 

  7.

Independent Legal Counsel, as defined in Rule 0-1(a)(16) under the 1940 Act, will be engaged to represent the Independent Board Members. The selection of such counsel will be within the discretion of the then-existing Independent Board Members.

 

  8.

The Adviser will provide the Board, no less frequently than quarterly, with information about the profitability of the Adviser on a per Subadvised Fund basis. The information will reflect the impact on profitability of the hiring or termination of any sub-adviser during the applicable quarter.

 

  9.

Whenever a sub-adviser is hired or terminated, the Adviser will provide the Board with information showing the expected impact on the profitability of the Adviser.

 

  10.

Whenever a sub-adviser change is proposed for a Subadvised Fund with an Affiliated Sub-Adviser or a Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, will make a separate finding, reflected in the Board minutes, that such change is in the best interests of the Subadvised Fund and its shareholders, and if the Subadvised Fund is a Master Fund, the best interests of any applicable Feeder Funds and their respective shareholders, and does not involve a conflict of interest from which the Adviser or the Affiliated Sub-Adviser or Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser derives an inappropriate advantage.

 

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  11.

No Director/Trustee or officer of an Oppenheimer Investment Company, a Fund or a Feeder Fund, or partner, director, manager or officer of the Adviser, will own directly or indirectly (other than through a pooled investment vehicle that is not controlled by such person) any interest in a Sub-Adviser except for (a) ownership of interests in the Adviser or any entity, except a Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser, that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Adviser, or (b) ownership of less than 1% of the outstanding securities of any class of equity or debt of any publicly traded company that is either a Sub-Adviser or an entity that controls, is controlled by, or under common control with a Sub-Adviser.

 

  12.

Each Subadvised Fund and any Feeder Fund that invests in a Subadvised Fund that is a Master Fund will disclose the Aggregate Fee Disclosure in its registration statement.

 

  13.

Any new Sub-Advisory Agreement or any amendment to a Subadvised Fund’s existing Investment Management Agreement or Sub-Advisory Agreement that directly or indirectly results in an increase in the aggregate advisory fee rate payable by the Subadvised Fund will be submitted to the Subadvised Fund’s shareholders (or if the Subadvised Fund serves as a funding medium for any sub-account of a registered separate account, the Adviser will inform the unitholders of the sub-account) for approval.

 

  14.

In the event the Commission adopts a rule under the 1940 Act providing substantially similar relief to that requested in the Application, the requested order will expire on the effective date of that rule.

 

 

VIII.    PROCEDURAL MATTERS

 

All the requirements for execution and filing of this Application on behalf of the Applicants have been complied with in accordance with the applicable organizational documents of the Applicants, and the undersigned officers of the Applicants are fully authorized to execute this Application. The certifications of the Applicants, including the resolutions of the Trust authorizing the filing of the Application, required by Rule 0-2(c) under the 1940 Act are included as Exhibit A to this Application. The verifications required by Rule 0-2(d) under the 1940 Act are included as Exhibit B to this Application.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 0-2(f) under the 1940 Act, the address of the Oppenheimer Investment Companies is: 6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924.

 

The address of OFI is: 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281.

 

The address of OFI Global is: 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281.

 

The address of OFI SteelPath is: 2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1401, Dallas, Texas 75201.

 

The address of VTL is: 2005 Market Street, Suite 2020, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

 

Copies of all notices, orders, oral or written communications or questions regarding this Application should be directed to:

 

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Cynthia Lo Bessette

OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

225 Liberty Street

New York, New York

10281

Margery K. Neale, Esq.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

 

            In accordance with Rule 0-5 under the 1940 Act, Applicants request that the Commission issue the requested Order without holding a hearing.

 

IX.       CONCLUSION

 

For the foregoing reasons, Applicants respectfully request that the Commission issue an order under Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act granting the relief requested in the Application. Applicants submit that the requested exemption is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, consistent with the protection of investors and consistent with the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the 1940 Act.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Applicant has caused this Application to be duly executed as of the date set forth on the first page of the Application:

 

   
EACH OPPENHEIMER INVESTMENT COMPANY
   
By: /s/ Brian Petersen
Name: Brian Petersen
Title: Treasurer
   

 

   
OFI GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.
   
By: /s/ Arthur P. Steinmetz
Name: Arthur P. Steinmetz
Title: President

 

   
OPPENHEIMERFUNDS, INC.
   
By: /s/ Krishna Memani
Name: Krishna Memani
Title: President
OFI STEELPATH, INC.
By: /s/ Arthur P. Steinmetz
Name: Arthur P. Steinmetz
Title: President
   

 

VTL ASSOCIATES, LLC
   
By: /s/ Sharon French
Name: Sharon French
Title: Executive Vice President

 

 

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EXHIBITS

 

The following materials are made a part of the Application and are attached hereto:

 

   
Designation Document
   
Exhibit A Authorizing Resolutions of the Companies
Exhibits B-1 through B-4 Verifications

 

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EXHIBIT A

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

OF

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund

Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund

Oppenheimer CORPORATE BOND FUND

Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund

Oppenheimer Discovery Fund

Oppenheimer Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund

Oppenheimer Dividend Opportunity Fund

Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Innovators Fund

Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund

Oppenheimer Equity Fund

Oppenheimer Equity Income Fund

Oppenheimer Global Fund

Oppenheimer Global High Yield Fund

Oppenheimer Global Multi-Alternatives Fund

Oppenheimer Global Multi-Asset GROWTH Fund

Oppenheimer Global Multi-Asset INCOME Fund

Oppenheimer Global Multi Strategies Fund

Oppenheimer Global OPPORTUNITIES Fund

Oppenheimer Global REAL ESTATE Fund

Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund

Oppenheimer Global Value Fund

Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund

OPPENHEIMER GOVERNMENT CASH RESERVES

OPPENHEIMER GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND

Oppenheimer Institutional GOVERNMENT Money Market Fund

Oppenheimer Integrity Funds

OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL BOND FUND

Oppenheimer International Diversified Fund

OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND

OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL GROWTH AND INCOME FUND

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund

Oppenheimer International Small-MID Company Fund

Oppenheimer Limited-Term Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund

OPPENHEIMER MACQUARIE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

Oppenheimer Main Street Funds®

Oppenheimer Main Street Mid Cap Fund®

Oppenheimer Main Street Select Fund®

Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund®

Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Master Inflation Protected Securities Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Master International Value Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Multi-State Municipal Trust

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oppenheimer municipal fund

Oppenheimer Portfolio Series

Oppenheimer Quest For Value Funds

Oppenheimer Real Estate Fund

Oppenheimer Revenue Weighted ETF Trust

Oppenheimer Rising Dividends Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® AMT-Free Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® AMT-Free New York Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® Arizona Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® California Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® Fund Municipals

Oppenheimer Rochester® Intermediate Term Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® Limited Term California Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® Maryland Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® Massachusetts Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® Michigan Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® Minnesota Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® North Carolina Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® Ohio Municipal Fund

Rochester® Portfolio Series

Oppenheimer Rochester® Short Term Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester® Virginia Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund

OPPENHEIMER SENIOR FLOATING RATE PLUS FUND

Oppenheimer Series Fund

Oppenheimer Small Cap Value Fund

Oppenheimer SteelPath MLP Funds Trust

Oppenheimer SteelPath Panoramic Fund

Oppenheimer Ultra-Short Duration Fund

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

I, John Yoder, hereby certify that I am Assistant Secretary of each of the Oppenheimer Investment Companies, which are all organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, and further certify as follows:

Attached hereto is a true, correct and complete copy of the resolutions of each of the Board of Directors/Trustees of the Oppenheimer Investment Companies.

 

Dated: February 16, 2017

 

 

  By: /s/ John Yoder  
  Name: John Yoder  
  Title: Assistant Secretary  

 

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Resolutions of Each Oppenheimer Investment Company relating to the authorization of the Exemptive Application

 

RESOLVED, that the appropriate officers of the Funds, with the advice of counsel, be and each of them acting singly hereby is, authorized and directed, for and on behalf of each Fund, to prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission an exemptive application, and any amendments thereto, requesting an order pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 1940 Act that would grant an exemption from Section 15(a) of the 1940 Act and under Rule 18f-2 under the 1940 Act, as well as from certain disclosure requirements; and

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the proper officers of the Funds, be and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the Funds, to take all action and execute all documents which they may deem necessary or appropriate to effectuate the foregoing resolution and to carry out the purposes thereof.

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Exhibit B-1

OPPENHEIMER INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Verification

The undersigned states that he has duly executed the attached Application dated February 28, 2017 for and on behalf of each Oppenheimer Investment Company; that he is Treasurer of such companies; and that all action by shareholders, trustees, and other bodies necessary to authorize the undersigned to execute and file such instrument has been taken. The undersigned further states that he is familiar with such instrument, and the contents thereof, and that the facts therein set forth are true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.

 

       
  Each Oppenheimer Investment Company  
       
  By: /s/ Brian Petersen  
  Name: Brian Petersen  
  Title: Treasurer  

 

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Exhibit B-2

OFI GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.

Verification

The undersigned states that he has duly executed the attached Application dated February 28, 2017 for and on behalf of OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.; that he is President of such company; and that all action by shareholders, directors, and other bodies necessary to authorize the undersigned to execute and file such instrument has been taken. The undersigned further states that he is familiar with such instrument, and the contents thereof, and that the facts therein set forth are true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.

 

 

       
  OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.  
       
  By: /s/ Arthur P. Steinmetz  
  Name: Arthur P. Steinmetz  
  Title: President  

 

 

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Exhibit B-3

OPPENHEIMERFUNDS, INC.

Verification

The undersigned states that he has duly executed the attached Application dated February 28, 2017 for and on behalf of OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; that he is President of such company; and that all action by shareholders, directors, and other bodies necessary to authorize the undersigned to execute and file such instrument has been taken. The undersigned further states that he is familiar with such instrument, and the contents thereof, and that the facts therein set forth are true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.

 

       
  OppenheimerFunds, Inc.  
       
  By: /s/ Krishna Memani  
  Name: Krishna Memani  
  Title: President  

 

 

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Exhibit B-4

OFI STEELPATH, INC.

Verification

The undersigned states that he has duly executed the attached Application dated February 28, 2017 for and on behalf of OFI SteelPath, Inc.; that he is President of such company; and that all action by shareholders, directors, and other bodies necessary to authorize the undersigned to execute and file such instrument has been taken. The undersigned further states that he is familiar with such instrument, and the contents thereof, and that the facts therein set forth are true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.

 

       
  OFI SteelPath, Inc.  
       
  By: /s/ Arthur P. Steinmetz  
  Name: Arthur P. Steinmetz  
  Title: President  

 

 

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Exhibit B-5

VTL Associates, LLC

Verification

The undersigned states that she has duly executed the attached Application dated February 28, 2017 for and on behalf of VTL Associates, LLC; that she is Executive Vice President of such company; and that all action by shareholders, directors, and other bodies necessary to authorize the undersigned to execute and file such instrument has been taken. The undersigned further states that she is familiar with such instrument, and the contents thereof, and that the facts therein set forth are true to the best of her knowledge, information and belief.

 

       
 

VTL Associates, LLC

 

 
       
  By: /s/ Sharon French  
  Name: Sharon French  
  Title: Executive Vice President  

 

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