N-CSRS 1 d498324dncsrs.htm OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-3105

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Arthur S. Gabinet

OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

Two World Financial Center, New York, New York 10281-1008

(Name and address of agent for service)

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

Date of fiscal year end:  August 31

Date of reporting period:  2/28/2013


Item 1.  Reports to Stockholders.


   
2   28   2013

SEMIANNUAL REPORT

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund

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Table of Contents

 

Fund Performance Discussion

     3      

Top Holdings and Allocations

     6      

Fund Expenses

     9      

Statement of Investments

     11      

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     14      

Statement of Operations

     16      

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     18      

Financial Highlights

     19      

Notes to Financial Statements

     31      

Board Approval of the Fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement

     47      

Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures; Updates to Statement of Investments

     50      

Trustees and Officers

     51      

Privacy Policy Notice

     52      
               

Class A Shares

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS AT 2/28/13

 

     Class A Shares of the Fund          
         Without Sales Charge        With Sales Charge        S&P 500 Index    Russell 1000 Growth  
Index

6-Month

   5.99%    -0.10%    8.95%    6.23%

 

1-Year

   7.77       1.58      13.46        9.60   

 

5-Year

   2.36       1.16      4.94      6.38   

 

10-Year

   6.28       5.65      8.24      8.42   

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund returns include changes in share price, reinvested distributions, and a 5.75% maximum applicable sales charge except where “without sales charge” is indicated. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Returns do not consider capital gains or income taxes on an individual’s investment. Returns for periods of less than one year are cumulative and not annualized. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit oppenheimerfunds.com or call 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677).

 

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Fund Performance Discussion

The Fund’s Class A shares (without sales charge) produced a cumulative total return of 5.99% during the reporting period. On a relative basis, the Fund underperformed the Russell 1000 Growth Index (the “Index”), which returned 6.23%. The Fund underperformed the Index primarily within the consumer discretionary sector due to weaker relative stock selection, and outperformed within the industrials and materials sectors as a result of stronger stock selection.

 

MARKET OVERVIEW

While macroeconomic concerns remained throughout the period, U.S. equities generally performed positively, bolstered by the continued improvement of the U.S. housing market and lowered market volatility. The Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) helped soothe market jitters, as it introduced a third round of quantitative easing early in the period, under which it announced plans to purchase mortgage-backed bonds on a monthly basis until the labor market shows signs of substantial improvement. However, the market did experience a degree of volatility during the reporting period due to uncertainty over the outcome of the Presidential election. The lack of visibility about resolution of the “fiscal cliff” also weighed further on both business and consumer spending before the U.S. Congress enacted a last minute temporary resolution in early January 2013. In addition, the onset of a package of broad federal spending cuts, known as the sequestration, kicked in at the end of the period after Congress could not come to an agreement on the federal budget. These developments were not enough to halt the overall positive performance of equities,

which resumed an upward trend through the end of the reporting period.

Outside of the U.S., the European Central Bank also increased its efforts to stimulate economic growth, as it committed to potentially unlimited bond purchases to ease financing pressure on countries such as Spain and Italy. Under the plan, these and other members of the European Union (excluding Greece) would be able to maintain access to funding at sustainable interest rates, on the condition that they continue with strict reform programs.

FUND REVIEW

Among the top performing holdings of the Fund this period were information technology stocks Google, Inc. and QUALCOMM, Inc. After experiencing volatility over the first half of the period, search engine giant Google rallied to start 2013. The company released strong revenue growth for its fourth quarter of 2012, alleviating concerns over its ability to generate revenue through mobile advertising. QUALCOMM, a manufacturer of digital wireless communication equipment,

 

 

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performed particularly well as its involvement in a new round of Apple products boosted its outlook. Also benefiting performance in the information technology sector was Visa, Inc., a global financial services firm that operates an electronic payment system. Visa outperformed on continued strong financial results and guidance for earnings per share (EPS) growth in 2013. The company is a beneficiary of the switch from cash and check to electronic payments, and the rapid growth in personal consumption expenditures in developing markets.

Outside of information technology, health care stock Allergan, Inc. and industrials stock Kansas City Southern benefited the Fund’s performance. Allergan is a leading maker of eye care, skin care and aesthetic products, including Botox. Strong sales of Botox helped boost Allergan’s profits this period. Kansas City Southern is a transportation holding company with domestic and international rail operations in North America that are strategically focused on the growing north/south freight corridor connecting key commercial and industrial markets in the central United States with industrial cities in Mexico. The company released quarterly profits that beat analysts’ estimates, boosted by strong intermodal and automotive volumes.

The most significant detractor from Fund performance this period was information technology stock Apple, Inc. Having realized strong investment returns earlier in 2012, Apple gave back some of its relative

outperformance during the period as investors sought to lock in gains. Production-constrained launches of the iPhone 5 and iPad mini in combination with the success of low-end competing products - particularly in emerging markets - reduced near-term earnings expectations.

Also detracting from performance to a lesser degree were information technology stock Teradata Corp. and health care stock Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Teradata, a provider of analytic data solutions through its database management service, reported disappointing third quarter results as uncertainties in the U.S. economy led to the delay of a couple of contracts from customers. Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a developer of small molecule pharmaceuticals for multiple diseases, underperformed as investors were disappointed by the level of the company’s operating spending. Investors were also concerned about the approval prospect in the U.K. for one of its key drugs.

STRATEGY & OUTLOOK

Looking forward, we believe the U.S. economy will continue to see broad improvement and the potential for this improvement will be reflected in higher stock market valuations as investors gain confidence in the equity market. We expect to see greater differentiation in valuations across the market with better valuations awarded to companies with the highest quality earnings. We employ a disciplined investment process that combines strategic, top-down sector analysis with bottom-up

 

 

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fundamental research. We continue to focus on companies with consistent revenue and earnings growth, which we believe will be

 

 

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Julie Van Cleave, CFA

Portfolio Manager

  

beneficial as investors seek to invest in companies with the brightest prospects.

 

 

 

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Michael Kotlarz

Portfolio Manager

  
 

 

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Top Holdings and Allocations

 

TOP TEN COMMON STOCK HOLDINGS

 

Apple, Inc.

     5.8%   

 

  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     4.1      

 

  

Google, Inc., Cl. A

     3.6      

 

  

McDonald’s Corp.

     2.2      

 

  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     2.1      

 

  

Monsanto Co.

     2.0      

 

  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     1.9      

 

  

Novo Nordisk AS, Cl. B

     1.9      

 

  

Allergan, Inc.

     1.8      

 

  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.

     1.7      

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of February 28, 2013, and are based on net assets. For more current Fund holdings, please visit oppenheimerfunds.com.

TOP TEN COMMON STOCK INDUSTRIES

 

Pharmaceuticals

     7.4%   

 

  

Computers & Peripherals

     6.1      

 

  

Energy Equipment & Services

     5.5      

 

  

Internet Software & Services

     5.3      

 

  

IT Services

     4.7      

 

  

Chemicals

     4.4      

 

  

Beverages

     4.2      

 

  

Aerospace & Defense

     4.1      

 

  

Communications Equipment

     4.1      

 

  

Specialty Retail

     4.0      

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of February 28, 2013, and are based on net assets.

 

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

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Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of February 28, 2013, and are based on the total market value of common stocks.

 

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Share Class Performance

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS WITHOUT SALES CHARGE AS OF 2/28/13

 

    

Inception        

Date         

     6-Month      1-Year      5-Year      10-Year  

Class A (OPTFX)

     1/22/81                 5.99%         7.77%         2.36%         6.28%   

Class B (OTGBX)

     11/1/95                 5.55%         6.81%         1.52%         5.76%   

Class C (OTFCX)

     12/1/93                 5.58%         6.93%         1.58%         5.47%   

Class I (OPTIX)

     12/29/11                 6.22%         8.28%         17.00%      N/A       

Class N (OTCNX)

     3/1/01                 5.84%         7.47%         2.11%         5.97%   

Class Y (OTCYX)

     11/3/97                 6.20%         8.19%         2.78%         6.70%   

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS WITH SALES CHARGE AS OF 2/28/13

 

     Inception         
Date        
     6-Month      1-Year      5-Year      10-Year  

Class A (OPTFX)

     1/22/81                 -0.10%         1.58%         1.16%         5.65%   

Class B (OTGBX)

     11/1/95                 0.55%         1.81%         1.14%         5.76%   

Class C (OTFCX)

     12/1/93                 4.58%         5.93%         1.58%         5.47%   

Class I (OPTIX)

     12/29/11                 6.22%         8.28%         17.00%      N/A       

Class N (OTCNX)

     3/1/01                 4.84%         6.47%         2.11%         5.97%   

Class Y (OTCYX)

     11/3/97                 6.20%         8.19%         2.78%         6.70%   

*Shows performance since inception.

The performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Returns do not consider capital gains or income taxes on an individual’s investment. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit oppenheimerfunds.com or call 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677). Fund returns include changes in share price, reinvested distributions, and the applicable sales charge: for Class A shares, the current maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%; for Class B shares, the contingent deferred sales charge of 5% (1-year) and 2% (5-year); and for Class C and N shares, the contingent deferred sales charge of 1% for the 1-year period. There is no sales charge for Class I and Y shares. Because Class B shares convert to Class A shares 72 months after purchase, the 10-year return for Class B shares uses Class A performance for the period after conversion. Returns for periods of less than one year are cumulative and not annualized.

The Fund’s performance is compared to the performance of the S&P 500 Index, a capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks intended to be a representative sample of leading companies in leading industries within the U.S. economy, and the Russell 1000 Growth Index, an index that measures the performance of the large-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be purchased by

 

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investors. Index performance includes reinvestment of income, but does not reflect transaction costs, fees, expenses or taxes. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only as a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, and does not predict or depict performance of the Fund. The Fund’s performance reflects the effects of the Fund’s business and operating expenses.

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

Before investing in any of the Oppenheimer funds, investors should carefully consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses contain this and other information about the funds, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor, visiting oppenheimerfunds.com, or calling 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677). Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.

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

 

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Fund Expenses

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

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire 6-month period ended February 28, 2013.

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

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

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as front-end or contingent deferred sales charges (loads), or a $12.00 fee imposed annually on accounts valued at less than $500.00 (subject to exceptions described in the Statement of Additional Information). Therefore, the “hypothetical” section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

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Actual   

Beginning

Account

Value
September 1, 2012

    

Ending

Account

Value
February 28, 2013

     Expenses
Paid During
6 Months Ended
February 28, 2013        
 

 

 

Class A

   $ 1,000.00           $ 1,059.90           $ 5.68               

 

 

Class B

     1,000.00             1,055.50             9.93               

 

 

Class C

     1,000.00             1,055.80             9.68               

 

 

Class I

     1,000.00             1,062.20             3.28               

 

 

Class N

     1,000.00             1,058.40             7.02               

 

 

Class Y

     1,000.00             1,062.00             3.64               
Hypothetical                     

(5% return before expenses)

        

 

 

Class A

     1,000.00             1,019.29             5.57               

 

 

Class B

     1,000.00             1,015.17             9.74               

 

 

Class C

     1,000.00             1,015.42             9.49               

 

 

Class I

     1,000.00             1,021.62             3.21               

 

 

Class N

     1,000.00             1,018.00             6.88               

 

 

Class Y

     1,000.00             1,021.27             3.56               

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for that class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). Those annualized expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated fund, based on the 6-month period ended February 28, 2013 are as follows:

 

Class    Expense Ratios                 

 

    

Class A

     1.11%            

 

    

Class B

     1.94               

 

    

Class C

     1.89               

 

    

Class I

     0.64               

 

    

Class N

     1.37               

 

    

Class Y

     0.71               

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

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS    February 28, 2013 / Unaudited

  
        

 

Shares

     Value                     Shares      Value   
 

 

          

 

 
 

Common Stocks—98.2%

  

        

Energy Equipment & Services (Continued)

  

 

 

                
 

Consumer Discretionary—15.1%

              

Ensco plc, Cl. A

     767,030       $ 46,129,184     
 

 

          

 

 
 

Auto Components—0.7%

  

        

FMC Technologies, Inc.1

     683,140         35,461,798     
          

 

 
 

Johnson Controls, Inc.

     1,075,062       $ 33,832,201              

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

  

 

 

 

 

 

182,110

 

 

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

12,407,154  

 

 

  

 

 

          

 

 
 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—3.2%

  

        

Oceaneering International, Inc.

     424,250         26,978,058     
      

 

 
 

McDonald’s Corp.

     1,055,790         101,250,261              

Schlumberger Ltd.

  

 

 

 

 

 

978,206

 

 

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

76,153,337  

 

 

  

 

 

                

 

 

 
 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     746,300         48,867,724                       257,441,148     
       

 

 

          

 

 
          150,117,985              

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—3.3%

  

 

 

                
 

Internet & Catalog Retail—1.7%

  

        

Chevron Corp.

     339,200         39,737,280     
          

 

 
 

Amazon.com, Inc.1

     300,520         79,418,420              

Concho Resources, Inc.1

     234,590         21,103,716     
 

 

          

 

 
 

Media—2.1%

              

Noble Energy, Inc.

     511,480         56,687,328     
      

 

 
 

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     1,768,994         96,569,383              

Phillips 66

     594,362         37,421,032     
 

 

                

 

 

 
 

Specialty Retail—4.0%

                       154,949,356     
                

 

 
 

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.1

     796,733         81,059,615              

Financials—3.9%

     
 

 

          

 

 
 

Tiffany & Co.

     621,279         41,725,098              

Capital Markets—1.7%

     
 

 

                
 

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

     1,492,442         67,115,117              

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     286,860         42,960,154     
       

 

 

          

 

 
          189,899,830              

Northern Trust Corp.

     723,860         38,487,636     
 

 

                

 

 

 
 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—3.4%

  

                 81,447,790     
          

 

 
 

Coach, Inc.

     940,330         45,446,149              

Commercial Banks—1.1%

     
 

 

                
 

Nike, Inc., Cl. B

     1,268,256         69,069,222              

Standard Chartered plc

     1,837,151         50,055,415     
 

 

          

 

 
 

Ralph Lauren Corp., Cl. A

     250,877         43,519,633              

Consumer Finance—1.1%

     
       

 

 

                
          158,035,004              

American Express Co.

     817,213         50,789,788     
 

 

          

 

 
 

Consumer Staples—12.0%

              

Health Care—13.6%

     
 

 

          

 

 
 

Beverages—4.2%

              

Biotechnology—3.0%

     
 

Brown-Forman Corp., Cl. B

     746,193         48,965,185              

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1

     162,880         14,128,211     
 

 

          

 

 
 

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     1,841,056         71,285,688              

Biogen Idec, Inc.1

     289,960         48,231,946     
 

 

          

 

 
 

SABMiller plc

     1,524,690         75,798,023              

Medivation, Inc.1

     276,120         13,568,537     
       

 

 

          

 

 
          196,048,896              

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1

     1,379,830                     64,603,641     
 

 

                

 

 

 
 

Food & Staples Retailing—1.9%

  

                 140,532,335     
          

 

 
 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     894,585         90,612,515              

Health Care Equipment & Supplies—1.1%

  

 

 

                
 

Food Products—2.6%

  

        

Baxter International, Inc.

     735,132         49,694,923     
          

 

 
 

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co., Cl. A

     641,070         48,022,554              

Health Care Technology—1.2%

  

 

 

          
 

Nestle SA

     1,042,394                     72,844,134              

Cerner Corp.1

     621,450         54,352,017     
       

 

 

          

 

 
          120,866,688              

Life Sciences Tools & Services—0.9%

  

 

 

                
 

Household Products—1.3%

              

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.1

     191,196         40,686,509     
                

 

 
 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     539,490         61,733,841              

Pharmaceuticals—7.4%

  

 

 

          
 

Personal Products—1.1%

              

Allergan, Inc.

     772,830         83,790,229     
                

 

 
 

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Cl. A

     839,630         53,820,283              

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     1,847,563         68,304,404     
 

 

          

 

 
 

Tobacco—0.9%

              

Novo Nordisk AS, Cl. B

     501,803         87,636,408     
 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     485,960         44,586,830                    
 

 

                
 

Energy—8.8%

                    
 

 

                
 

Energy Equipment & Services—5.5%

  

              
 

Cameron International Corp.1

     946,510         60,311,617                    

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS    Unaudited / (Continued)

  
        

 

Shares

     Value                          Shares      Value   
 

 

          

 

 
 

Pharmaceuticals (Continued)

              

IT Services—4.7%

        
 

Perrigo Co.

     370,050       $ 41,878,559              

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Cl.  A1

   454,620
  
   $ 34,901,177     
 

 

          

 

 
 

Roche Holding AG

     286,681         65,363,016              

Fiserv, Inc.1

   560,920         46,057,141     
       

 

 

          

 

 
          346,972,616              

Teradata Corp.1

   1,144,235         66,434,284     
 

 

          

 

 
 

Industrials—13.4%

              

Visa, Inc., Cl. A

   472,579         74,969,933     
 

 

                   

 

 

 
 

Aerospace & Defense—4.1%

  

                    222,362,535     
          

 

 
 

Honeywell International, Inc.

     667,040         46,759,504              

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—2.7%

  

 

 

                   
 

Precision Castparts Corp.

     262,540         48,987,338              

Avago Technologies Ltd.

   1,159,820         39,689,041     
 

 

          

 

 
 

TransDigm Group, Inc.

     267,340         38,053,176              

Broadcom Corp., Cl. A

   1,833,357         62,535,807     
 

 

          

 

 
 

United Technologies Corp.

     647,124         58,597,078              

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   659,290         22,659,797     
       

 

 

                   

 

 

 
          192,397,096                          124,884,645     
 

 

          

 

 
 

Electrical Equipment—2.2%

              

Software—3.2%

        
 

AMETEK, Inc.

     593,700         24,834,471              

Intuit, Inc.

   852,276         54,954,757     
 

 

          

 

 
 

Eaton Corp. plc

     791,840         49,070,325              

Salesforce.com, Inc.1

   457,720         77,455,378     
 

 

          

 

 
 

Roper Industries, Inc.

     228,760         28,505,783              

VMware, Inc., Cl. A1

   220,819         15,861,429     
       

 

 

                   

 

 

 
          102,410,579                          148,271,564     
 

 

          

 

 
 

Machinery—2.3%

  

        

Materials—5.3%

        
          

 

 
 

Cummins, Inc.

     462,270         53,563,225              

Chemicals—4.4%

        
 

 

                   
 

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     563,111         53,202,727              

Ecolab, Inc.

   835,363         63,947,038     
       

 

 

          

 

 
          106,765,952              

Monsanto Co.

   910,980         92,036,309     
 

 

          

 

 
 

Road & Rail—3.5%

              

PPG Industries, Inc.

   386,310         52,020,505     
                         

 

 

 
 

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     667,710         46,419,199                          208,003,852     
 

 

          

 

 
 

Kansas City Southern

     557,570         57,412,983              

Containers & Packaging—0.9%

  

 

 

                   
 

Union Pacific Corp.

     453,728         62,210,646              

Crown Holdings, Inc.1

   1,147,620         44,607,989     
       

 

 

          

 

 
          166,042,828              

Total Common Stocks

(Cost $3,024,337,537)

        

 

4,603,338,840  

  

 

 

                   
 

Trading Companies & Distributors—1.3%

  

                 
                

 

 
 

United Rentals, Inc.1

     397,500         21,230,475              

Investment Company—0.9%

        
 

 

                   
 

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

     175,580         39,761,847              

Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 0.14%2,3

        
       

 

 

                   
          60,992,322              

(Cost $43,268,679)

   43,268,679         43,268,679     
 

 

          

 

 
 

Information Technology—26.1%

  

        

Total Investments,at Value

        
 

 

                   
 

Communications Equipment—4.1%

  

        

(Cost $3,067,606,216)

        99.1%         4,646,607,519     
          

 

 
 

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     2,901,880         190,450,384              

Assets in Excess of Other Liabilities

        0.9           41,382,693     
 

 

                

 

 

 
 

Computers & Peripherals—6.1%

  

        

Net Assets

        100.0%       $   4,687,990,212     
                

 

 

 
 

Apple, Inc.

     618,754         273,118,016                       
 

 

                   
 

SanDisk Corp.1

     278,450         14,031,095                       
       

 

 

                   
          287,149,111                       
 

 

                   
 

Internet Software & Services—5.3%

  

                 
 

eBay, Inc.1

     1,460,735         79,872,990                       
 

 

                   
 

Google, Inc., Cl. A1

     208,017                   166,663,220                       
       

 

 

                   
          246,536,210                       
                         

 

12      OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND


Footnotes to Statement of Investments

1. Non-income producing security.

2. Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, at or during the period ended February 28, 2013, by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment adviser. Transactions during the period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:

 

     Shares
August 31,
2012
     Gross
Additions
     Gross
Reductions
     Shares    
February 28,    
2013    
 

 

 

Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E

     47,634,088         442,037,244         446,402,653         43,268,679     
                   Value      Income    

 

 

Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E

           $    43,268,679          $            45,744       

 

3. Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of February 28, 2013.

           
           

 

Spot Currency Exchange Contracts as of February 28, 2013 are as follows:

           

 

Broker/Contract

Description

   Buy/
Sell
     Contract
Amount
(000’s)
        Expiration
Date
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

 

 

State Street:

                

British Pound (GBP)

     Sell         460  GBP      3/1/13        $ 697,136         $        —          $   1,709     

Swiss Franc (CHF)

     Sell         1,199  CHF      3/1/13          1,279,410         6,891          —     
             

 

 

 

Total unrealized appreciation and depreciation

  

               $   6,891          $   1,709     
             

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND    13


  

 

STATEMENT OF

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES        February 28, 2013 / Unaudited

 

 

 

 

    
 

Assets

     
 

Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments:

     
 

Unaffiliated companies (cost $3,024,337,537)

   $ 4,603,338,840        
 

Affiliated companies (cost $43,268,679)

     43,268,679        
    

 

 

    
       4,646,607,519        
 

 

    
 

Cash

     722,551        
 

 

    
 

Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts

     6,891        
 

 

    
 

Receivables and other assets:

     
 

Investments sold

     75,267,696        
 

Dividends

     5,633,360        
 

Other

     867,669        
    

 

 

    
  Total assets     
4,729,105,686  
  
  
       
 

 

    
 

Liabilities

     
 

Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts

     1,709        
 

 

    
 

Payables and other liabilities:

     
 

Investments purchased

     32,698,772        
 

Shares of beneficial interest redeemed

     4,769,004        
 

Trustees’ compensation

     1,812,676        
 

Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees

     789,148        
 

Distribution and service plan fees

     672,566        
 

Shareholder communications

     309,787        
 

Other

     61,812        
    

 

 

    
 

Total liabilities

    
41,115,474  
  
  
       
 

 

    
 

Net Assets

   $ 4,687,990,212        
    

 

 

    
 

 

    
 

Composition of Net Assets

     
 

Par value of shares of beneficial interest

   $ 92,592        
 

 

    
 

Additional paid-in capital

     3,678,892,928        
 

 

    
 

Accumulated net investment loss

     (2,735,088)       
 

 

    
 

Accumulated net realized loss on investments and foreign currency transactions

     (567,236,993)       
 

 

    
 

Net unrealized appreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

     1,578,976,773        
    

 

 

    
 

Net Assets

   $   4,687,990,212        
    

 

 

    

 

14    OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND


 

 

    
  Net Asset Value Per Share      
 

 

Class A Shares:

     
 

 

Net asset value and redemption price per share (based on net assets of $2,911,495,665 and 57,137,419 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

   $ 50.96        
  Maximum offering price per share (net asset value plus sales charge of 5.75% of offering price)    $ 54.07        
 

 

    
 

 

Class B Shares:

     
 

 

Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $162,740,448 and 3,653,511 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

   $ 44.54        
 

 

    
 

 

Class C Shares:

     
 

 

Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $361,100,948 and 8,154,011 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

   $ 44.29        
 

 

    
 

 

Class I Shares:

     
 

 

Net asset value, redemption price and offering price per share (based on net assets of $25,149,455 and 471,923 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

   $ 53.29        
 

 

    
 

 

Class N Shares:

     
 

 

Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $98,610,255 and 1,988,738 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

   $ 49.58        
 

 

    
 

 

Class Y Shares:

     
 

 

Net asset value, redemption price and offering price per share (based on net assets of $1,128,893,441 and 21,186,595 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

   $ 53.28        
  See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.      

 

 

OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND    15


 

STATEMENT OF

OPERATIONS    For the Six Months Ended February 28, 2013 / Unaudited

  

 

 

 

Investment Income

   

Dividends:

   

Unaffiliated companies

    $       43,943,812        

Affiliated companies

      45,744        

 

 

Interest

      1,619        

 

 

Other income

      182,212        
   

 

 

 

Total investment income

 

      44,173,387        

 

 

Expenses

   

Management fees

      13,698,593        

 

 

Distribution and service plan fees:

   

Class A

      3,366,905        

Class B

      823,176        

Class C

      1,753,440        

Class N

      240,300        

 

 

Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:

   

Class A

      3,776,180        

Class B

      425,399        

Class C

      523,385        

Class I

      1,364        

Class N

      134,786        

Class Y

      532,096        

 

 

Shareholder communications:

   

Class A

      159,140        

Class B

      11,542        

Class C

      22,519        

Class N

      3,992        

Class Y

      53,815        

 

 

Trustees’ compensation

      142,972        

 

 

Custodian fees and expenses

      32,271        

 

 

Other

      106,020        
   

 

 

 

Total expenses

      25,807,895        

Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses

      (169,067)       
   

 

 

 

Net expenses

 

      25,638,828        

 

   

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

      18,534,559        

 

16    OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND


 

 

    
  Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)      
  Net realized gain on:      
  Investments from unaffiliated companies     $     249,260,596           
  Foreign currency transactions      23,834           
    

 

 

    
  Net realized gain      249,284,430           
 

 

    
  Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:      
  Investments      1,713,614           
  Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies      (2,676,199)          
    

 

 

    
  Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation      (962,585)          
 

 

    
  Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations     $     266,856,404           
    

 

 

    
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

     

 

OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND    17


  STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS  

 

            Six Months Ended
February 28, 2013
(Unaudited)
     Year Ended
August 31, 2012
      
 

 

    
 

Operations

         
 

Net investment income

    $ 18,534,559           $        12,810,963        
 

 

    
 

Net realized gain

      249,284,430           293,693,549        
 

 

    
 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

      (962,585)          295,125,582        
     

 

 

    

 

 

    
 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      266,856,404           601,630,094        
           
 

 

    
 

Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders

         
 

Dividends from net investment income:

         
 

Class A

      (17,674,621)          (4,859,763)       
 

Class B

      —           —        
 

Class C

      —           —        
 

Class I

      (122)          —        
 

Class N

      (353,022)          —        
 

Class Y

      (10,993,756)          (6,575,028)       
     

 

 

    
        (29,021,521)          (11,434,791)       
           
 

 

    
 

Beneficial Interest Transactions

         
 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:

         
 

Class A

      (183,842,191)          (363,176,548)       
 

Class B

      (29,542,536)          (54,834,532)       
 

Class C

      (27,656,289)          (60,768,325)       
 

Class I

      24,011,769           10,000        
 

Class N

      (9,715,050)          (31,148,239)       
 

Class Y

      (70,640,314)          (114,426,082)       
     

 

 

    

 

 

    
        (297,384,611)          (624,343,726)       
           
 

 

    
 

Net Assets

         
 

Total decrease

      (59,549,728)          (34,148,423)       
 

 

    
 

Beginning of period

      4,747,539,940           4,781,688,363        
     

 

 

    

 

 

    
 

End of period (including accumulated net investment income (loss) of $(2,735,088) and $7,751,874, respectively)

     $ 4,687,990,212         $   4,747,539,940        
     

 

 

    
  See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.       

 

18    OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND


  FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS   

 

Class A   

Six Months

Ended

February 28,
2013
(Unaudited)

    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2012  

    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2011  

    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2010  

    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2009  

    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2008   

 

 

 

Per Share Operating Data

                 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 48.38            $ 42.66            $ 35.63            $ 35.42            $ 45.49            $ 50.67         

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                 

Net investment income (loss)1

     0.20              0.13              0.07              (0.05)             (0.04)             (0.09)        

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     2.68              5.66              6.96              0.26              (10.03)             (4.00)        
  

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     2.88              5.79              7.03              0.21              (10.07)             (4.09)        

 

 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

                 

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.30)             (0.07)             0.00              0.00              0.00              0.00         

Distributions from net realized gain

     0.00              0.00              0.00              0.00              0.00              (1.09)        
  

 

 

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

     (0.30)             (0.07)             0.00              0.00              0.00              (1.09)        

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 50.96            $ 48.38            $ 42.66            $ 35.63            $ 35.42            $ 45.49         
  

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value2

     5.99%           13.61%           19.73%           0.59%           (22.14)%           (8.33)%     

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 2,911,496         $   2,945,709         $   2,942,695         $   3,109,737         $   3,596,953         $   5,570,287     

 

 

Average net assets (in thousands)

   $ 2,892,312         $   2,918,247         $ 3,466,080         $   3,621,517         $   3,413,157         $   6,174,248     

 

 

Ratios to average net assets:3

                 

Net investment income (loss)

     0.80%           0.28%           0.16%           (0.14)%           (0.12)%           (0.18)%     

Total expenses4

     1.11%           1.13%           1.15%           1.19%            1.28%            1.07%      

Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses

     1.11%           1.13%           1.15%           1.19%           1.19%           1.07%     

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

     16%           26%           30%           63%           60%           64%     

 

OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND    19


  FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS    (Continued)  
   

 

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

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

3. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

4. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:

Six Months Ended February 28, 2013

     1.11

Year Ended August 31, 2012

     1.13

Year Ended August 31, 2011

     1.15

Year Ended August 31, 2010

     1.19

Year Ended August 31, 2009

     1.28

Year Ended August 31, 2008

     1.07

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

20    OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND


    Class B    Six Months
Ended
February 28,
2013
(Unaudited)
    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2012  

    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2011  

    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2010  

    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2009  

    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2008  

      
 

 

    
  Per Share Operating Data                     
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 42.20            $ 37.46            $ 31.57            $ 31.64            $ 40.95            $ 46.05           
 

 

    
 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    
 

Net investment loss1

     0.002             (0.22)             (0.27)             (0.33)             (0.25)             (0.42)          
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     2.34              4.96              6.16              0.26              (9.06)             (3.59)          
    

 

 

    
 

Total from investment operations

     2.34              4.74              5.89              (0.07)             (9.31)             (4.01)          
 

 

    
 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

                    
 

Dividends from net investment income

     0.00              0.00              0.00              0.00              0.00              0.00           
 

Distributions from net realized gain

     0.00              0.00              0.00              0.00              0.00              (1.09)          
    

 

 

    
 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

     0.00              0.00              0.00              0.00              0.00              (1.09)          
 

 

    
 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 44.54            $ 42.20            $ 37.46            $ 31.57            $ 31.64            $ 40.95           
    

 

 

    
 

 

    
 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

     5.55%           12.65%           18.66%           (0.22)%          (22.74)%          (9.01)%       
 

 

    
 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                    
 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 162,741         $ 183,302         $ 214,595         $ 263,009         $ 355,286         $ 602,981        
 

 

    
 

Average net assets (in thousands)

   $ 169,223         $ 198,133         $ 270,227         $ 328,873         $ 350,743        $ 731,493        
 

 

    
 

Ratios to average net assets:4

                    
 

Net investment loss

     (0.02)%          (0.57)%          (0.71)%          (0.95)%          (0.91)%          (0.94)%       
 

Total expenses5

     2.11%           2.17%           2.19%           2.24%           2.20%           1.83%        
 

Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses

     1.94%           1.97%           2.02%           2.01%           1.97%           1.83%        
 

 

    
 

Portfolio turnover rate

     16%           26%           30%           63%           60%           64%        

 

OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND    21


  FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS    (Continued)  
   

 

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

2. Less than $0.005 per share.

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

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:

Six Months Ended February 28, 2013

     2.11

Year Ended August 31, 2012

     2.17

Year Ended August 31, 2011

     2.19

Year Ended August 31, 2010

     2.24

Year Ended August 31, 2009

     2.20

Year Ended August 31, 2008

     1.83

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

22    OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND


    Class C    Six Months
Ended
February 28,
2013
(Unaudited)
    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2012  

    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2011  

    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2010  

    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2009  

    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2008  

      
 

 

    
  Per Share Operating Data                     
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 41.95            $ 37 .22            $ 31.33            $ 31.39            $ 40.62            $ 45.68           
 

 

    
 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    
 

Net investment income (loss)1

     0.01              (0.20)             (0.24)             (0.31)             (0.24)             (0.40)          
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     2.33              4.93              6.13              0.25              (8.99)             (3.57)          
    

 

 

    
 

Total from investment operations

     2.34              4.73              5.89              (0.06)             (9.23)             (3.97)          
 

 

    
 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

                    
 

Dividends from net investment income

     0.00              0.00              0.00              0.00              0.00              0.00           
 

Distributions from net realized gain

     0.00              0.00              0.00              0.00              0.00              (1.09)          
    

 

 

    
 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

     0.00              0.00              0.00              0.00              0.00              (1.09)          
 

 

    
 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 44.29            $ 41.95            $ 37.22            $ 31.33            $ 31.39            $ 40.62           
    

 

 

    
 

 

    
 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value2

     5.58%           12.71%           18.80%           (0.19)%          (22.72)%          (9.00)%       
 

 

    
 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                    
 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 361,101         $ 369,379         $ 385,530         $ 390,864         $ 448,301         $ 679,778        
 

 

    
 

Average net assets (in thousands)

   $ 360,858         $ 372,103         $ 433,187         $ 455,897         $ 420,699        $ 742,287        
 

 

    
 

Ratios to average net assets:3

                    
 

Net investment income (loss)

     0.03%          (0.52)%          (0.62)%           (0.91)%           (0.89)%           (0.92)%       
 

Total expenses4

     1.89%           1.93%           1.93%           1.97%           2.01%           1.81%        
 

Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses

     1.89%           1.93%           1.93%           1.96%           1.95%           1.81%        
 

 

    
 

Portfolio turnover rate

     16%           26%           30%           63%           60%           64%        

 

OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND    23


  FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS    (Continued)  
   

 

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

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

3. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

4. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:

Six Months Ended February 28, 2013

     1 .89

Year Ended August 31, 2012

     1 .93

Year Ended August 31, 2011

     1 .93

Year Ended August 31, 2010

     1 .97

Year Ended August 31, 2009

     2 .01

Year Ended August 31, 2008

     1 .81

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

24    OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND


Class I    Six Months
Ended
February 28,
2013
(Unaudited)
    Period Ended
August 31,
20121
      

 

    

Per Share Operating Data

       

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 50.71         $ 44.87          

 

    

Income (loss) from investment operations:

       

Net investment income2

     0.10           0.28          

Net realized and unrealized gain

     3.03           5.56          
  

 

 

    

Total from investment operations

     3.13           5.84          

 

    

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

       

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.55)          0.00          

Distributions from net realized gain

     0.00           0.00          
  

 

 

    

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

     (0.55)          0.00          

 

    

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 53.29         $ 50.71          
  

 

 

    

 

    

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

     6.22%        13.02%       

 

    

Ratios/Supplemental Data

       

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

    $ 25,149      $ 12        

 

    

Average net assets (in thousands)

    $ 9,580      $ 11        

 

    

Ratios to average net assets:4

       

Net investment income

     0.41%        0.86%       

Total expenses5

     0.64%        0.62%       

Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses

     0.64%        0.62%       

 

    

Portfolio turnover rate

     16%        26%       

 

OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND    25


  FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS     (Continued)  
   

 

1. For the period from December 29, 2011 (inception of offering) to August 31, 2012.

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

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

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:

Six Months Ended February 28, 2013

     0.64

Period Ended August 31, 2012

     0.62

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

26    OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND


    Class N   

Six Months

Ended

February 28,
2013
(Unaudited)

    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2012  

    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2011  

    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2010  

    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2009  

    

Year Ended
August 31,

 

2008  

      
 

 

    
 

Per Share Operating Data

                    
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 47.01        $ 41.49         $ 34.75         $ 34.60         $ 44.55         $ 49.80          
 

 

    
 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    
 

Net investment income (loss)1

     0.13          0.002         (0.05)          (0.11)          (0.12)          (0.25)          
 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     2.61          5.52           6.79           0.26           (9.83)          (3.91)          
    

 

 

    
 

Total from investment operations

     2.74           5.52           6.74           0.15           (9.95)          (4.16)          
 

 

    
 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

                    
 

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.17)          0.00           0.00           0.00           0.00           0.00          
 

Distributions from net realized gain

     0.00           0.00           0.00           0.00           0.00           (1.09)          
    

 

 

    
 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

     (0.17)          0.00           0.00           0.00           0.00           (1.09)          
 

 

    
 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 49.58         $ 47.01         $ 41.49         $ 34.75         $ 34.60         $ 44.55          
    

 

 

    
 

 

    
 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

     5.84%         13.30%         19.40%         0.43%         (22.33)%         (8.63)%       
 

 

    
 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                    
 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 98,610       $ 103,023       $ 120,751       $ 135,235       $ 152,558       $ 251,081       
 

 

    
 

Average net assets (in thousands)

   $ 99,401       $ 109,283       $ 142,248       $ 155,296       $ 150,598       $ 277,096       
 

 

    
 

Ratios to average net assets:4

                    
 

Net investment income (loss)

     0.54%         0.01%         (0.11)%         (0.29)%         (0.40)%         (0.52)%       
 

Total expenses5

     1.37%          1.39%          1.41%          1.35%          1.77%          1 .42%        
 

Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses

     1.37%         1.39%         1.41%         1.34%         1.45%         1.40%       
 

 

    
 

Portfolio turnover rate

     16%          26%          30%          63%          60%          64%        

 

OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND    27


  FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS    (Continued)  
   

 

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

2. Less than $0.005 per share.

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

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:

Six Months Ended February 28, 2013

     1.37

Year Ended August 31, 2012

     1.39

Year Ended August 31, 2011

     1.41

Year Ended August 31, 2010

     1.35

Year Ended August 31, 2009

     1.77

Year Ended August 31, 2008

     1.42

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

28    OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND


Class Y    Six Months
Ended
February 28,
2013
(Unaudited)
     Year Ended
August 31,
2012  
     Year Ended
August 31,
2011  
     Year Ended
August 31,
2010  
     Year Ended
August 31,
2009  
     Year Ended
August 31,
2008  
 

 

 

Per Share Operating Data

                 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 50.67             $ 44.70            $ 37.18            $ 36 .81            $ 47.07            $ 52.20        

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                 

Net investment income1

     0.31               0.33              0.26              0.11              0.09              0.10        

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     2.80               5.91              7.26              0.26              (10.35)             (4.14)       
  

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     3.11               6.24              7.52              0.37              (10.26)             (4.04)       

 

 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

                 

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.50)              (0.27)             0.00              0.00              0.00              0.00        

Distributions from net realized gain

     0.00               0.00              0.00              0.00              0.00              (1.09)       
  

 

 

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

     (0.50)              (0 27)             0.00              0.00              0.00              (1.09)       

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 53.28             $ 50.67            $ 44.70            $ 37.18            $ 36.81            $ 47.07        
  

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value2

     6.20%            14.05%           20.23%           1.01%           (21.80)%          (7.99)%    

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $      1,128,893         $     1,146,115        $     1,118,117        $     1,081,226        $     1,042,550        $     1,422,571    

 

 

Average net assets (in thousands)

   $      1,114,465         $     1,122,130        $     1,238,025        $     1,096,076        $ 974,326        $     1,259,666    

 

 

Ratios to average net assets:3

                 

Net investment income

     1.21%            0.69%           0.58%           0.28%           0.29%           0.20%     

Total expenses4

     0.71%            0.72%           0.72%           0.77%           0.81%           0.69%     

Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses

     0.71%            0.72%           0.72%           0.77%           0.78%           0.69%     

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

     16%            26%          30%           63%           60%           64%     

 

OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND    29


  FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS    (Continued)  
   

 

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

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

3. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

4. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:

 

Six Months Ended February 28, 2013

     0.71

Year Ended August 31, 2012

     0.72

Year Ended August 31, 2011

     0.72

Year Ended August 31, 2010

     0.77

Year Ended August 31, 2009

     0.81

Year Ended August 31, 2008

     0.69

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

30    OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND


  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  

 

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund (the “Fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation. The Fund’s investment adviser was OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”) through December 31, 2012. Effective January 1, 2013, the Fund’s investment adviser is OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFI. The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI, as of the same effective date.

The Fund offers Class A, Class C, Class I, Class N and Class Y shares, and previously offered Class B shares for new purchase through June 29, 2012. Subsequent to that date, no new purchases of Class B shares are permitted, however reinvestment of dividend and/or capital gain distributions and exchanges of Class B shares into and from other Oppenheimer funds will be allowed. Class A shares are sold at their offering price, which is normally net asset value plus a front-end sales charge. Class C and Class N shares are sold, and Class B shares were sold, without a front-end sales charge but may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”). Class N shares are sold only through retirement plans. Retirement plans that offer Class N shares may impose charges on those accounts. Class I and Class Y shares are sold to certain institutional investors or intermediaries without either a front-end sales charge or a CDSC, however, the intermediaries may impose charges on their accountholders who beneficially own Class I and Class Y shares. All classes of shares have identical rights and voting privileges with respect to the Fund in general and exclusive voting rights on matters that affect that class alone. Earnings, net assets and net asset value per share may differ due to each class having its own expenses, such as transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees and shareholder communications, directly attributable to that class. Class A, B, C and N shares have separate distribution and/or service plans under which they pay fees. Class I and Class Y shares do not pay such fees. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares 72 months after the date of purchase.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund.

Investment in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund. The Fund is permitted to invest daily available cash balances in an affiliated money market fund. The Fund may invest the available cash in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund (“IMMF”) to seek current income while preserving liquidity. IMMF is a registered open-end management investment company, regulated as a money market fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Manager is the investment adviser of IMMF, and the Sub-Adviser provides investment and related advisory services to IMMF. When applicable, the Fund’s investment in IMMF is included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of IMMF are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of IMMF’s Class E expenses, including its management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in IMMF.

 

OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND    31


  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS    Unaudited / (Continued)  
 

 

 
  1. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)  

 

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

Reported net realized gains and losses from foreign currency transactions arise from sales of portfolio securities, sales and maturities of short-term securities, sales of foreign currencies, exchange rate fluctuations between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized appreciation and depreciation on the translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies arise from changes in the values of assets and liabilities, including investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments is separately identified from the fluctuations arising from changes in market values of securities held and reported with all other foreign currency gains and losses in the Fund’s Statement of Operations.

Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other than those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated on a daily basis to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a specific class are charged against the operations of that class.

Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income, including any net realized gain on investments not offset by capital loss carryforwards, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s tax return filings generally remain open for the three preceding fiscal reporting period ends.

During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2012, the Fund utilized $375,466,474 of capital loss carryforward to offset capital gains realized in that fiscal year. The Fund had post-October losses of $97,013,535. Details of the fiscal year ended August 31, 2012 capital loss carryforwards are included in the table below. Capital loss carryforwards with no expiration, if any, must be utilized prior to those with expiration dates. Capital losses with no expiration will be carried forward to future years if not offset by gains.

 

32      OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND


   
 

 

 
  1. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)  

 

Expiring       

 

 

2017

   $ 10,523,267   

2018

     696,385,676   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 706,908,943   
  

 

 

 

As of February 28, 2013, it is estimated that the capital loss carryforwards would be $457,624,513 expiring by 2018. The estimated capital loss carryforward represents the carryforward as of the end of the last fiscal year, increased or decreased by capital losses or gains realized in the first six months of the current fiscal year. During the six months ended February 28, 2013, it is estimated that the Fund will utilize $249,284,430 of capital loss carryforward to offset realized capital gains.

Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes. The character of dividends and distributions made during the fiscal year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. Also, due to timing of dividends and distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or net realized gain was recorded by the Fund.

The aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes as of February 28, 2013 are noted in the following table. The primary difference between book and tax appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments, if applicable, is attributable to the tax deferral of losses or tax realization of financial statement unrealized gain or loss.

 

Federal tax cost of securities

    $   3,080,049,468     
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

    $ 1,589,234,292     

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (22,676,241)    
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

    $ 1,566,558,051    
  

 

 

 

Trustees’ Compensation. The Fund has adopted an unfunded retirement plan (the “Plan”) for the Fund’s independent trustees. Benefits are based on years of service and fees paid to each trustee during their period of service. The Plan was frozen with respect to adding new participants effective December 31, 2006 (the “Freeze Date”) and existing Plan Participants as of the Freeze Date will continue to receive accrued benefits under the Plan. Active independent trustees as of the Freeze Date have each elected a distribution method with respect to their benefits under the Plan. During the six months ended February 28, 2013, the Fund’s projected benefit obligations, payments to retired trustees and accumulated liability were as follows:

 

Projected Benefit Obligations Increased

   $ 99,821   

Payments Made to Retired Trustees

     131,877   

Accumulated Liability as of February 28, 2013

     967,014   

 

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1. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

 

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

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually or at other times as deemed necessary by the Manager. The tax character of distributions is determined as of the Fund’s fiscal year end. Therefore, a portion of the Fund’s distributions made to shareholders prior to the Fund’s fiscal year end may ultimately be categorized as a tax return of capital.

Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.

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

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

 

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

Other. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

 

2. Securities Valuation

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

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

Valuation Methods and Inputs

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

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

Securities traded on a registered U.S. securities exchange (including exchange-traded derivatives other than futures and futures options) are valued based on the last sale price of the security reported on the principal exchange on which it is traded, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. In the absence of a sale, the security is valued at the last sale price on the prior trading day, if it is within the spread of the current day’s closing “bid” and “asked” prices, and if not, at the current day’s closing bid price. A security of a foreign issuer traded on a foreign exchange but not listed on a registered U.S. securities exchange is valued based on the last sale price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the third party pricing service used by the Manager, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. If the last sale price is unavailable, the security is valued at the most recent official closing price on the principal exchange on which it is traded. If the last sales price or official closing price for a foreign security is not available, the security is valued at the

 

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  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS    Unaudited / (Continued)  
 

 

 
  2. Securities Valuation (Continued)  

 

mean between the bid and asked price per the exchange or, if not available from the exchange, obtained from two dealers. If bid and asked prices are not available from either the exchange or two dealers, the security is valued by using one of the following methodologies (listed in order of priority); (1) using a bid from the exchange, (2) the mean between the bid and asked price as provided by a single dealer, or (3) a bid from a single dealer.

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

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

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

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

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

 

Security Type    Standard inputs generally considered by third-party pricing
vendors

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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  2. Securities Valuation (Continued)  

 

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

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

Classifications

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

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

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

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

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

 

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  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS    Unaudited / (Continued)  
 

 

 
  2. Securities Valuation (Continued)  

 

The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of February 28, 2013 based on valuation input level:

 

     Level 1—
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
     Level 2—
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
     Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Value    

 

 

Assets Table

           

Investments, at Value:

           

Common Stocks

           

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 707,872,823       $       $       $ 707,872,823     

Consumer Staples

     567,669,053                         567,669,053     

Energy

     412,390,504                         412,390,504     

Financials

     182,292,993                         182,292,993     

Health Care

     566,875,384         65,363,016                 632,238,400     

Industrials

     628,608,777                         628,608,777     

Information Technology

     1,219,654,449                         1,219,654,449     

Materials

     252,611,841                         252,611,841     

Investment Company

     43,268,679                         43,268,679     
  

 

 

 

Total Investments, at Value

     4,581,244,503         65,363,016                 4,646,607,519     

Other Financial Instruments:

           

Foreign currency exchange contracts

             6,891                 6,891     
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $   4,581,244,503       $ 65,369,907       $       $   4,646,614,410     
  

 

 

 

Liabilities Table

           

Other Financial Instruments:

           

Foreign currency exchange contracts

   $       $ (1,709)       $       $ (1,709)    
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

   $       $ (1,709)       $       $ (1,709)    
  

 

 

 

Currency contracts and forwards, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/ depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. Futures, if any, are reported at their variation margin at measurement date, which represents the amount due to/from the Fund at that date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.

The table below shows the transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the beginning of the reporting period.

 

           Transfers out of
Level 1*
           Transfers into 
Level 2* 
 

 

 

Assets Table

         

Investments, at Value:

         

Common Stocks Health Care

   $          (60,760,822   $           60,760,822    

*Transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 because of the absence of a readily available unadjusted quoted market price due to a significant event occurring before the Fund’s assets were valued but after the close of the securities’ respective exchanges.

 

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  3. Shares of Beneficial Interest  

 

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

 

     Shares        Six Months Ended
February 28, 2013
Amount
     Shares        Year Ended   
August 31, 20121   
Amount   
 

 

 

Class A

           

Sold

     2,156,156        $ 105,682,419          4,405,927        $ 199,309,910      

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     351,645          17,019,642          110,226          4,672,488      

Redeemed

     (6,260,822)         (306,544,252)         (12,608,099)         (567,158,946)     
  

 

 

 

Net decrease

             (3,753,021)       $     (183,842,191)         (8,091,946)       $     (363,176,548)     
  

 

 

 
           

 

 

Class B

           

Sold

     27,613        $ 1,195,858          518,456        $ 20,334,659      

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     —          —          —          —      

Redeemed

     (717,519)         (30,738,394)         (1,903,364)         (75,169,191)     
  

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (689,906)       $ (29,542,536)         (1,384,908)       $ (54,834,532)     
  

 

 

 
           

 

 

Class C

           

Sold

     366,915        $ 15,667,222          864,325        $ 33,942,330      

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     —          —          —          —      

Redeemed

     (1,018,740)         (43,323,511)         (2,416,989)         (94,710,655)     
  

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (651,825)       $ (27,656,289)         (1,552,664)       $ (60,768,325)     
  

 

 

 
           

 

 

Class I

           

Sold

     487,481        $ 24,838,560          223        $ 10,000      

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     —          —          —          —      

Redeemed

     (15,781)         (826,791)         —          —      
  

 

 

 

Net increase

     471,700        $ 24,011,769          223        $ 10,000      
  

 

 

 
           

 

 

Class N

           

Sold

     145,048        $ 6,891,844          367,060        $ 16,087,779      

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     6,978          328,809          —          —      

Redeemed

     (354,588)         (16,935,703)         (1,085,903)         (47,236,018)     
  

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (202,562)       $ (9,715,050)         (718,843)       $ (31,148,239)     
  

 

 

 
           

 

 

Class Y

           

Sold

     2,543,601        $ 131,370,610          3,517,156        $ 163,672,782      

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     211,758          10,706,472          144,845          6,412,278      

Redeemed

     (4,185,900)         (212,717,396)         (6,059,721)         (284,511,142)     
  

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (1,430,541)       $ (70,640,314)         (2,397,720)       $ (114,426,082)     
  

 

 

 

 

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  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS    Unaudited / (Continued)  
 

 

 
  3. Shares of Beneficial Interest (Continued)  

 

1. For the year ended August 31, 2012, for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class N and Class Y shares, and for the period from December 29, 2011 (inception of offering) to August 31, 2012, for Class I shares.

 

 

4. Purchases and Sales of Securities

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term obligations and investments in IMMF, for the six months ended February 28, 2013, were as follows:

 

     Purchases                                       Sales  

 

 

Investment securities

     $747,768,540         $1,093,148,305   

 

 

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:

 

Fee Schedule       

 

 

Up to $200 million

     0.75%     

Next $200 million

     0.72        

Next $200 million

     0.69        

Next $200 million

     0.66        

Next $700 million

     0.60        

Next $1 billion

     0.58        

Next $2 billion

     0.56        

Next $2 billion

     0.54        

Next $2 billion

     0.52        

Next $2.5 billion

     0.50        

Over $11 billion

     0.48        

Sub-Adviser Fees. The Manager has retained the Sub-Adviser to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Manager pays the Sub-Adviser an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the investment management fee collected by the Manager from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any investment management fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Adviser is paid by the Manager, not by the Fund.

Transfer Agent Fees. OppenheimerFunds Services (“OFS”), a division of OFI, acted as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund through December 31, 2012. Effective January 1, 2013, OFI Global (the “Transfer Agent”) serves as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a per account fee.

Additionally, Class Y shares are subject to minimum fees of $10,000 annually for assets of $10 million or more. The Class Y shares are subject to the minimum fees in the event that the per account fee does not equal or exceed the applicable minimum fees. The Transfer Agent may voluntarily waive the minimum fees.

 

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  5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)  

 

Sub-Transfer Agent Fees. Effective January 1, 2013, the Transfer Agent has retained Shareholder Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFI, (the “Sub-Transfer Agent”) to provide the day-to-day transfer agent and shareholder servicing of the Fund. Under the Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement, the Transfer Agent pays the Sub-Transfer Agent an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the transfer agent fee collected by the Transfer Agent from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any applicable fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Transfer Agent is paid by the Transfer Agent, not by the Fund.

Distribution and Service Plan (12b-1) Fees. Under its General Distributor’s Agreement with the Fund, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the “Distributor”) acts as the Fund’s principal underwriter in the continuous public offering of the Fund’s classes of shares.

Service Plan for Class A Shares. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan (the “Plan”) for Class A shares under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Under the Plan, the Fund reimburses the Distributor for a portion of its costs incurred for services provided to accounts that hold Class A shares. Reimbursement is made periodically at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the daily net assets of Class A shares of the Fund. The Distributor currently uses all of those fees to pay dealers, brokers, banks and other financial institutions periodically for providing personal service and maintenance of accounts of their customers that hold Class A shares. Any unreimbursed expenses the Distributor incurs with respect to Class A shares in any fiscal year cannot be recovered in subsequent periods. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plan are detailed in the Statement of Operations.

Distribution and Service Plans for Class B, Class C and Class N Shares. The Fund has adopted Distribution and Service Plans (the “Plans”) for Class B, Class C and Class N shares under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to compensate the Distributor for its services in connection with the distribution of those shares and servicing accounts. Under the Plans, the Fund pays the Distributor an annual asset-based sales charge of 0.75% on Class B and Class C shares daily net assets and 0.25% on Class N shares daily net assets. The Distributor also receives a service fee of 0.25% per year under each plan. If either the Class B, Class C or Class N plan is terminated by the Fund or by the shareholders of a class, the Board of Trustees and its independent trustees must determine whether the Distributor shall be entitled to payment from the Fund of all or a portion of the service fee and/or asset-based sales charge in respect to shares sold prior to the effective date of such termination. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plans are detailed in the Statement of Operations. The Distributor determines its uncompensated expenses under the Plans at calendar quarter ends. The Distributor’s aggregate uncompensated expenses under the Plans at December 31, 2012 were as follows:

 

Class B

   $ 31,335,407   

Class C

     22,641,003   

Class N

     6,664,164   

 

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  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS    Unaudited / (Continued)  
 

 

 
  5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)  

 

Sales Charges. Front-end sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”) do not represent expenses of the Fund. They are deducted from the proceeds of sales of Fund shares prior to investment or from redemption proceeds prior to remittance, as applicable. The sales charges retained by the Distributor from the sale of shares and the CDSC retained by the Distributor on the redemption of shares is shown in the following table for the period indicated.

 

Six Months Ended    Class A
Front-End
Sales Charges
Retained by
Distributor
     Class A
Contingent
Deferred Sales
Charges
Retained by
Distributor
     Class B
Contingent
Deferred Sales
Charges
Retained by
Distributor
     Class C
Contingent
Deferred Sales
Charges
Retained by
Distributor
     Class N
Contingent
Deferred Sales
Charges
Retained by
Distributor
 

 

 

February 28, 2013

     $360,324         $617         $128,281         $8,526         $446   

Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in IMMF. During the six months ended February 28, 2013, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $27,912 for IMMF management fees.

The Transfer Agent has voluntarily agreed to limit transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees for Classes B, C, N and Y shares to 0.35% of average annual net assets per class and for Class A shares to 0.30% of average annual net assets of the class.

During the six months ended February 28, 2013, the Transfer Agent waived transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees as follows:

 

Class A

   $ 2,559   

Class B

     137,472   

Class C

     257   

Class N

     71   

Class Y

     796   

Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time; some may not be modified or terminated until after one year from the date of the current prospectus, as indicated therein.

 

 

6. Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments

The Fund’s investment objectives not only permit the Fund to purchase investment securities, they also allow the Fund to enter into various types of derivatives contracts, including, but not limited to, futures contracts, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, total return swaps, and purchased and written options. In doing so, the Fund will employ strategies in differing combinations to permit it to increase, decrease, or change the level or types of exposure to market risk factors. Central to those

 

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  6. Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments (Continued)  

 

strategies are features inherent to derivatives that make them more attractive for this purpose than equity and debt securities: they require little or no initial cash investment, they can focus exposure on only certain selected risk factors, and they may not require the ultimate receipt or delivery of the underlying security (or securities) to the contract. This may allow the Fund to pursue its objectives more quickly and efficiently than if it were to make direct purchases or sales of securities capable of effecting a similar response to market factors.

Market Risk Factors. In accordance with its investment objectives, the Fund may use derivatives to increase or decrease its exposure to one or more of the following market risk factors:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Risks of Investing in Derivatives. The Fund’s use of derivatives can result in losses due to unanticipated changes in the market risk factors and the overall market. In instances where the Fund is using derivatives to decrease, or hedge, exposures to market risk factors for securities held by the Fund, there are also risks that those derivatives may not perform as expected resulting in losses for the combined or hedged positions.

 

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  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS    Unaudited / (Continued)  
 

 

 
  6. Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments (Continued)  

 

Derivatives may have little or no initial cash investment relative to their market value exposure and therefore can produce significant gains or losses in excess of their cost. This use of embedded leverage allows the Fund to increase its market value exposure relative to its net assets and can substantially increase the volatility of the Fund’s performance.

Additional associated risks from investing in derivatives also exist and potentially could have significant effects on the valuation of the derivative and the Fund. Typically, the associated risks are not the risks that the Fund is attempting to increase or decrease exposure to, per its investment objectives, but are the additional risks from investing in derivatives. Examples of these associated risks are liquidity risk, which is the risk that the Fund will not be able to sell the derivative in the open market in a timely manner, and counterparty credit risk, which is the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. Associated risks can be different for each type of derivative and are discussed by each derivative type in the notes that follow.

Counterparty Credit Risk. Certain derivative positions are subject to counterparty credit risk, which is the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. The Fund’s derivative counterparties are financial institutions who are subject to market conditions that may weaken their financial position. The Fund intends to enter into financial transactions with counterparties that the Manager believes to be creditworthy at the time of the transaction. As of February 28, 2013, the maximum amount of loss that the Fund would incur if the counterparties to its derivative transactions failed to perform would be $6,891, which represents gross payments to be received by the Fund on these derivative contracts were they to be unwound as of period end.

Credit Related Contingent Features. The Fund’s agreements with derivative counterparties have several credit related contingent features that if triggered would allow its derivatives counterparties to close out and demand payment or additional collateral to cover their exposure from the Fund. Credit related contingent features are established between the Fund and its derivatives counterparties to reduce the risk that the Fund will not fulfill its payment obligations to its counterparties. These triggering features include, but are not limited to, a percentage decrease in the Fund’s net assets and or a percentage decrease in the Fund’s Net Asset Value or NAV. The contingent features are established within the Fund’s International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. master agreements which govern certain positions in swaps, over-the-counter options and swaptions, and forward currency exchange contracts for each individual counterparty.

Valuations of derivative instruments as of February 28, 2013 are as follows:

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 

Derivatives Not

Accounted for as

Hedging Instruments

  

Statement of

Assets and

Liabilities

Location

       Value     

Statement of

Assets and

Liabilities

Location

       Value  

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts      $6,891       Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts      $1,709   

 

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  6. Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments (Continued)  

 

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

 

Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives  

 

 

Derivatives Not Accounted for as

Hedging Instruments

   Foreign currency
transactions
 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

     $(11,840)   

 

Amount of Change in Unrealized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives  

 

 

Derivatives Not Accounted for as

Hedging Instruments

   Translation of assets
and liabilities
denominated in foreign
currencies
 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

     $5,182   

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

The Fund may enter into foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward contracts”) for the purchase or sale of a foreign currency at a negotiated rate at a future date.

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

The Fund has purchased and sold certain forward foreign currency exchange contracts of different currencies in order to acquire currencies to pay for or sell currencies to acquire related foreign securities purchase and sale transactions, respectively, or to convert foreign currencies to U.S. dollars from related foreign securities transactions. These foreign currency exchange contracts are negotiated at the current spot exchange rate with settlement typically within two business days thereafter.

During the six months ended February 28, 2013, the Fund had daily average contract amounts on forward foreign currency contracts to buy and sell of $180,785 and $614,240, respectively.

Additional associated risk to the Fund includes counterparty credit risk. Counterparty credit risk arises from the possibility that the counterparty will default.

 

 

7. Pending Litigation

Since 2009, a number of class action lawsuits have been pending in federal courts against OFI, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., the Fund’s principal underwriter and distributor (the “Distributor”), and certain funds (but not including the Fund) advised by the Manager and distributed by the Distributor (the “Defendant Funds”). Several of these lawsuits also name as defendants certain officers and current and former trustees of the respective Defendant Funds. The lawsuits raise claims under federal securities law and allege, among other things, that the disclosure documents of the respective Defendant Funds contained misrepresentations and omissions and that the respective Defendant Funds’ investment policies were not followed. The plaintiffs in these actions seek unspecified damages, equitable relief and awards of

 

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  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS    Unaudited / (Continued)  
 

 

 
  7. Pending Litigation (Continued)  

 

attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses. The Defendant Funds’ Boards of Trustees have also engaged counsel to represent the Funds and the present and former Independent Trustees named in those suits.

Other class action and individual lawsuits have been filed since 2008 in various state and federal courts against OFI and certain of its affiliates by investors seeking to recover investments they allegedly lost as a result of the “Ponzi” scheme run by Bernard L. Madoff and his firm, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, LLC (“BLMIS”). Plaintiffs in these suits allege that they suffered losses as a result of their investments in several funds managed by an affiliate of OFI and assert a variety of claims, including breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, and violation of federal and state securities laws and regulations, among others. They seek unspecified damages, equitable relief and awards of attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses. Neither the Distributor, nor any of the Oppenheimer mutual funds, their independent trustees or directors are named as defendants in these lawsuits. None of the Oppenheimer mutual funds invested in any funds or accounts managed by Madoff or BLMIS. On February 28, 2011, a stipulation of partial settlement of three groups of consolidated putative class action lawsuits relating to these matters was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. On August 19, 2011, the court entered an order and final judgment approving the settlement as fair, reasonable and adequate. In September 2011, certain parties filed notices of appeal from the court’s order approving the settlement. The settlement does not resolve other outstanding lawsuits against OFI and its affiliates relating to BLMIS.

On April 16, 2010, a lawsuit was filed in New York state court against (i) OFI, (ii) an affiliate of OFI and (iii) AAArdvark IV Funding Limited (“AAArdvark IV”), an entity advised by OFI’s affiliate, in connection with investments made by the plaintiffs in AAArdvark IV. Plaintiffs allege breach of contract and common law fraud claims against the defendants and seek compensatory damages, costs and disbursements, including attorney fees. On July 15, 2011, a lawsuit was filed in New York state court against OFI, an affiliate of OFI and AAArdvark Funding Limited (“AAArdvark I”), an entity advised by OFI’s affiliate, in connection with investments made by the plaintiffs in AAArdvark I. The complaint alleges breach of contract and common law fraud claims against the defendants and seeks compensatory damages, costs and disbursements, including attorney fees. On November 9, 2011, a lawsuit was filed in New York state court against OFI, an affiliate of OFI and AAArdvark XS Funding Limited (“AAArdvark XS”), an entity advised by OFI’s affiliate, in connection with investments made by the plaintiffs in AAArdvark XS. The complaint alleges breach of contract against the defendants and seeks compensatory damages, costs and disbursements, including attorney fees.

OFI believes the lawsuits and appeals described above are without legal merit and, with the exception of actions it has settled, is defending against them vigorously. While it is premature to render any opinion as to the outcome in these lawsuits, or whether any costs that the Defendant Funds may bear in defending the suits might not be reimbursed by insurance, OFI believes that these suits should not impair the ability of OFI or the Distributor to perform their respective duties to the Fund, and that the outcome of all of the suits together should not have any material effect on the operations of any of the Oppenheimer mutual funds.

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT

ADVISORY AGREEMENT Unaudited

 

 

 

The Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of the independent Trustees, approved a restated investment advisory agreement between OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”) (“OFI Global” and “OFI” together the “Managers”) and the Fund and a sub-advisory agreement between OFI Global and OFI whereby OFI will provide investment sub-advisory services to the Fund (collectively, the “Agreements”). The Agreements were approved in connection with OFI’s proposal to modify its corporate structure effective January 1, 2013. The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that the Board request and evaluate, and that the Managers provide, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreement. The Board employs an independent consultant to prepare a report that provides information, including comparative information that the Board requests for that purpose. In addition to in-person meetings focused on this evaluation, the Board receives information throughout the year regarding Fund services, fees, expenses and performance.

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

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

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

The Board also considered the quality of the services to be provided and the quality of the Managers’ resources that are available to the Fund. The Board took account of the fact that the Sub-Adviser has had over fifty years of experience as an investment adviser and that its assets under management rank it among the top mutual fund managers in the United States.

 

OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND    47


The Board evaluated the Sub-Adviser’s advisory, administrative, accounting, legal, compliance services and risk management, and information the Board has received regarding the experience and professional qualifications of the Managers’ key personnel and the size and functions of its staff. In its evaluation of the quality of the portfolio management services provided, the Board considered the experience of Julie Van Cleave and Michael Kotlarz, the portfolio managers for the Fund, and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team and analysts. The Board members also considered the totality of their experiences with the Managers as directors or trustees of the Fund and other funds advised by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the quality of services provided by affiliates of the Manager, which its members have become knowledgeable about in connection with the renewal of the Fund’s service agreements. The Board concluded, in light of the Managers’ experience, reputation, personnel, operations and resources that the Fund benefits from the services provided under the Agreement.

Investment Performance of the Manager, Sub-Adviser and the Fund. Throughout the year, the Sub-Adviser provided information on the investment performance of the Fund, the Manager and the Sub-Adviser, including comparative performance information. The Board also reviewed information, prepared by the Manager, Sub-Adviser and by the independent consultant, comparing the Fund’s historical performance to relevant market indices and to the performance of other retail front-end load and no-load large-cap growth funds. The Board noted that the Fund’s three-year performance was better than its peer group median although its one-year, five-year and ten-year performance was below its peer group median.

Costs of Services by the Manager. The Board reviewed the fees to be paid to the Manager and the other expenses borne by the Fund. The Board also considered the comparability of the fees charged and the services provided to the Fund to the fees and services for other clients or accounts advised by the Manager. The independent consultant provided comparative data in regard to the fees and expenses of the Fund and other retail front-end load large-cap growth funds with comparable asset levels and distribution features. The Board noted that the Fund’s actual and contractual management fees were lower than its expense group median and average. The Fund’s total expenses were equal to its expense group median and higher than its expense group average.

Economies of Scale and Profits Realized by the Manager and Sub-Adviser. The Board considered information regarding the Sub-Adviser’s costs in serving as the Fund’s investment adviser, including the costs associated with the personnel and systems necessary to manage the Fund, and information regarding the Managers’ profitability from their relationship with the Fund. The Board reviewed whether the Managers may realize economies of scale in managing and supporting the Fund. The Board noted that the Fund currently has management fee breakpoints, which are intended to share with Fund shareholders economies of scale that may exist as the Fund’s assets grow.

Other Benefits to the Manager. In addition to considering the profits realized by the Managers, the Board considered information that was provided regarding the direct and indirect benefits the Managers receives as a result of its relationship with the Fund, including compensation paid to the Manager’s affiliates and research provided to the Manager in connection with permissible brokerage arrangements (soft dollar arrangements). The Board also considered that the Managers must be able to pay and retain experienced professional personnel at competitive rates to provide quality services to the Fund.

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT

ADVISORY AGREEMENT    Unaudited / (Continued)

 

 

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

Based on its review of the information it received and its evaluations described above, the Board, including a majority of the independent Trustees, approved the restructuring of the Fund’s investment advisory arrangement so that effective January 1, 2013, (i) OFI Global Asset Management will serve as the investment adviser to the Fund in place of OFI under a Restated Advisory Agreement (“Restated Advisory Agreement”), and (ii) OFI Global entered into a Sub-Advisory Agreement (“Sub-Advisory Agreement”) with OFI to provide investment sub-advisory services to the Fund. OFI Global will pay the Sub-Adviser a percentage of the net investment advisory fee (after all applicable waivers have been deducted) that it receives from the Fund. The Restated Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement will continue until September 30, 2013. Prior to January 1, 2013, the Board decided to continue the investment advisory agreement with OFI, which terminated upon the effectiveness of the Restated Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement (“Prior Agreement”).

In arriving at its decisions, the Board did not single out any factor or factors as being more important than others, but considered all of the above information, and considered the terms and conditions of the Prior Agreement, Restated Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement, including the management fees, in light of all the surrounding circumstances.

 

OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND    49


 

PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES;

UPDATES TO STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited

  

 

 

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

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

Householding—Delivery of Shareholder Documents

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

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

 

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  OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND   

 

Trustees and Officers    Brian F. Wruble, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Trustee
   David K. Downes, Trustee
   Matthew P. Fink, Trustee
   Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., Advisory Board Member
   Phillip A. Griffiths, Trustee
   Mary F. Miller, Trustee
   Joel W. Motley, Trustee
   Joanne Pace, Advisory Board Member
   Mary Ann Tynan, Trustee
   Joseph M. Wikler, Trustee
   Peter I. Wold, Trustee
   William F. Glavin, Jr., President and Principal Executive Officer
   Julie Van Cleave, Vice President
   Michael Kotlarz, Vice President
   Arthur S. Gabinet, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
   Christina M. Nasta, Vice President and Chief Business Officer
   Mark S. Vandehey, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
   Brian W. Wixted, Treasurer and Principal Financial & Accounting Officer
Manager    OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser    OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Distributor    OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Transfer and

Shareholder Servicing

Agent

   OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Transfer Agent   

Shareholder Services, Inc.

DBA OppenheimerFunds Services

Independent

Registered Public

Accounting Firm

   KPMG LLP
Legal Counsel    Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
   The financial statements included herein have been taken from the records of the Fund without examination of those records by the independent registered public accounting firm.

 

© 2013 OppenheimerFunds, Inc.   All rights reserved.

 

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  PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE   

As an Oppenheimer fund shareholder, you are entitled to know how we protect your personal information and how we limit its disclosure.

Information Sources

We obtain nonpublic personal information about our shareholders from the following sources:

  Applications or other forms
  When you create a user ID and password for online account access
  When you enroll in eDocs Direct, our electronic document delivery service
  Your transactions with us, our affiliates or others
  A software program on our website, often referred to as a “cookie,” which indicates which parts of our site you’ve visited
  When you set up challenge questions to reset your password online

If you visit oppenheimerfunds.com and do not log on to the secure account information areas, we do not obtain any personal information about you. When you do log on to a secure area, we do obtain your user ID and password to identify you. We also use this information to provide you with products and services you have requested, to inform you about products and services that you may be interested in and assist you in other ways.

We do not collect personal information through our website unless you willingly provide it to us, either directly by email or in those areas of the website that request information. In order to update your personal information (including your mailing address, email address and phone number) you must first log on and visit your user profile.

If you have set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. However, doing so may limit your access to certain sections of our website.

We use cookies to help us improve and manage our website. For example, cookies help us recognize new versus repeat visitors to the site, track the pages visited, and enable some special features on the website. This data helps us provide a better service for our website visitors.

Protection of Information

We do not disclose any non-public personal information (such as names on a customer list) about current or former customers to anyone, except as permitted by law.

Disclosure of Information

We send your financial advisor (as designated by you) copies of confirmations, account statements and other documents reporting activity in your fund accounts. We may also use details about you and your investments to help us, our financial service affiliates, or firms that jointly market their financial products and services with ours, to better serve your investment needs or suggest financial services or educational material that may be of interest to you. If this requires us to provide you with an opportunity to “opt in” or “opt out” of such information sharing with a firm not affiliated with us, you will receive notification on how to do so, before any such sharing takes place.

Right of Refusal

We will not disclose your personal information to unaffiliated third parties (except as permitted by law), unless we first offer you a reasonable opportunity to refuse or “opt out” of such disclosure.

 

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  PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE    (Continued)  

 

Internet Security and Encryption

In general, the email services provided by our website are encrypted and provide a secure and private means of communication with us. To protect your own privacy, confidential and/or personal information should only be communicated via email when you are advised that you are using a secure website.

As a security measure, we do not include personal or account information in non-secure emails, and we advise you not to send such information to us in non-secure emails. Instead, you may take advantage of the secure features of our website to encrypt your email correspondence. To do this, you will need to use a browser that supports Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

We do not guarantee or warrant that any part of our website, including files available for download, are free of viruses or other harmful code. It is your responsibility to take appropriate precautions, such as use of an anti-virus software package, to protect your computer hardware and software.

  All transactions, including redemptions, exchanges and purchases, are secured by SSL and 128-bit encryption. SSL is used to establish a secure connection between your PC and OppenheimerFunds’ server. It transmits information in an encrypted and scrambled format.
  Encryption is achieved through an electronic scrambling technology that uses a “key” to code and then decode the data. Encryption acts like the cable converter box you may have on your television set. It scrambles data with a secret code so that no one can make sense of it while it is being transmitted. When the data reaches its destination, the same software unscrambles the data.
  You can exit the secure area by either closing your browser, or for added security, you can use the Log Out button before you close your browser.

Other Security Measures

We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal account information. Our employees and agents have access to that information only so that they may offer you products or provide services, for example, when responding to your account questions.

How You Can Help

You can also do your part to keep your account information private and to prevent unauthorized transactions. If you obtain a user ID and password for your account, do not allow it to be used by anyone else. Also, take special precautions when accessing your account on a computer used by others.

Who We Are

This joint notice describes the privacy policies of the Oppenheimer funds, OppenheimerFunds, Inc., and each of its financial institution subsidiaries, the trustee of OppenheimerFunds Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and the custodian of the OppenheimerFunds 403(b)(7) tax sheltered custodial accounts. It applies to all Oppenheimer fund accounts you presently have, or may open in the future, using your Social Security number—whether or not you remain a shareholder of our funds. This notice was last updated November 2012. In the event it is updated or changed, we will post an updated notice on our website at oppenheimerfunds.com. If you have any questions about these privacy policies, write to us at P.O. Box 5270, Denver, CO 80217-5270, email us by clicking on the Contact Us section of our website at oppenheimerfunds.com or call us at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677).

 

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Visit us at oppenheimerfunds.com for 24-hr access to account information and transactions or call us at 1.800.CALL OPP (1.800.225.5677) for 24-hr automated information and automated transactions. Representatives also available Mon-Fri 8am-8pm ET.

RS0320.001.0213 April 19, 2013

LOGO


Item 2.  Code of Ethics.

Not applicable to semiannual reports.

Item 3.  Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable to semiannual reports.

Item 4.  Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable to semiannual reports.

Item 5.  Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

Not applicable.

Item 6.  Schedule of Investments.

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

b) Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

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

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

None


Item 11.  Controls and Procedures.

Based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c)) as of 2/28/2013, the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer found the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures to provide reasonable assurances that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the reports that it files under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (a) is accumulated and communicated to registrant’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and (b) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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

Item 12.  Exhibits.

 

(a)    (1) Not applicable to semiannual reports.
   (2) Exhibits attached hereto.
   (3) Not applicable.
(b)    Exhibit attached hereto.


SIGNATURES

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

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund

 

By:  

/s/ William F. Glavin, Jr.

  William F. Glavin, Jr.
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   4/11/2013

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

 

By:  

/s/ William F. Glavin, Jr.

  William F. Glavin, Jr.
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   4/11/2013

 

By:  

/s/ Brian W. Wixted

  Brian W. Wixted
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   4/11/2013