0001193125-12-404399.txt : 20120926 0001193125-12-404399.hdr.sgml : 20120926 20120926114626 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-404399 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120731 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120926 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120926 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20120926 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER SERIES FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000356865 IRS NUMBER: 061207374 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-03346 FILM NUMBER: 121110513 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY STREET 2: N/A CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 BUSINESS PHONE: 303-768-3200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY STREET 2: N/A CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CONNECTICUT MUTUAL INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIQUID ACCOUNT INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19851106 0000356865 S000007309 Oppenheimer Value Fund C000020080 A C000020081 B C000020082 C C000020083 N C000033091 Y C000110989 I N-Q 1 d388882dnq.htm OPPENHEIMER VALUE FUND Oppenheimer Value Fund

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-3346

 

 

Oppenheimer Series Fund, Inc.

(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

OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Two World Financial Center,

New York, New York 10281-1008

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

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

Date of fiscal year end: October 31

Date of reporting period: 7/31/2012

 

 

 


Item 1. Schedule of Investments.


Oppenheimer Value Fund

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS July 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks–96.5%

     

Consumer Discretionary–9.1%

     

Automobiles–1.3%

     

Ford Motor Co.

     3,210,090       $ 29,661,232   

Household Durables–1.7%

     

Mohawk Industries, Inc.1

     576,114         38,271,253   

Media–2.8%

     

Comcast Corp., Cl. A

     1,601,440         52,126,872   

Viacom, Inc., Cl. B

     228,500         10,673,235   
     

 

 

 
        62,800,107   

Multiline Retail–3.3%

     

Target Corp.

     1,248,200         75,703,330   

Consumer Staples–9.1%

     

Beverages–5.5%

     

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     497,800         40,222,240   

Molson Coors Brewing Co., Cl. B, Non-Vtg.

     1,143,053         48,374,003   

PepsiCo, Inc.

     480,990         34,982,403   
     

 

 

 
        123,578,646   

Food & Staples Retailing–1.3%

     

Walgreen Co.

     812,700         29,549,772   

Household Products–2.3%

     

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

     517,280         29,800,501   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     343,410         22,163,681   
     

 

 

 
        51,964,182   

Energy–11.4%

     

Energy Equipment & Services–1.1%

     

Baker Hughes, Inc.

     540,110         25,017,895   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels–10.3%

     

Apache Corp.

     225,710         19,438,145   

Chevron Corp.

     1,132,720         124,123,457   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     815,860         70,857,441   

Valero Energy Corp.

     669,960         18,423,900   
     

 

 

 
        232,842,943   

Financials–20.8%

     

Capital Markets–4.3%

     

BlackRock, Inc.

     292,980         49,882,775   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     459,958         46,409,762   
     

 

 

 
        96,292,537   

Commercial Banks–9.8%

     

M&T Bank Corp.

     603,310         51,788,130   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

     537,080         31,741,428   

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     1,696,140         40,113,711   

U.S. Bancorp

     716,230         23,993,705   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     2,181,235         73,747,555   
     

 

 

 
        221,384,529   

Diversified Financial Services–0.7%

     

Citigroup, Inc.

     567,560         15,397,903   

Insurance–6.0%

     

ACE Ltd.

     748,855         55,040,843   

 

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     Shares      Value  

Insurance Continued

     

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     1,672,977       $ 55,559,566   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     413,280         25,891,992   
     

 

 

 
     136,492,401   

Health Care–14.7%

     

Health Care Equipment & Supplies–2.0%

     

Baxter International, Inc.

     786,950         46,044,445   

Health Care Providers & Services–6.0%

     

Humana, Inc.

     1,230,573         75,803,297   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     1,145,560         58,526,660   
     

 

 

 
        134,329,957   

Pharmaceuticals–6.7%

     

Merck & Co., Inc.

     1,840,510         81,295,327   

Pfizer, Inc.

     1,490,960         35,842,678   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Sponsored ADR

     853,910         34,916,380   
     

 

 

 
        152,054,385   

Industrials–9.2%

     

Aerospace & Defense–3.6%

     

Honeywell International, Inc.

     1,389,020         80,632,611   

Construction & Engineering–1.2%

     

Quanta Services, Inc.1

     1,236,350         28,423,687   

Industrial Conglomerates–2.1%

     

Tyco International Ltd.

     856,080         47,033,035   

Machinery–0.8%

     

Navistar International Corp.1

     785,771         19,329,967   

Trading Companies & Distributors–1.5%

     

AerCap Holdings NV1

     2,976,973         33,758,874   

Information Technology–9.2%

     

Communications Equipment–4.9%

     

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     2,399,250         38,268,038   

Juniper Networks, Inc.1

     4,165,854         73,027,421   
     

 

 

 
     111,295,459   

Computers & Peripherals–1.0%

     

Apple, Inc.1

     36,810         22,482,076   

Electronic Equipment & Instruments–1.0%

     

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     684,010         22,579,170   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment–2.3%

     

Analog Devices, Inc.

     622,940         24,344,495   

Xilinx, Inc.

     839,100         27,186,840   
     

 

 

 
     51,531,335   

Materials–4.2%

     

Chemicals–2.7%

     

Celanese Corp., Series A

     301,914         11,511,981   

Mosaic Co. (The)

     847,030         49,220,913   
     

 

 

 
        60,732,894   

Containers & Packaging–1.5%

     

Rock-Tenn Co., Cl. A

     596,620         34,735,216   

 

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     Shares     Value  

Telecommunication Services–2.9%

    

Diversified Telecommunication Services–2.9%

    

AT&T, Inc.

     943,800      $ 35,788,896   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     640,110        28,894,565   
    

 

 

 
       64,683,461   

Utilities–5.9%

    

Electric Utilities–3.7%

    

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     683,660        28,877,798   

Edison International, Inc.

     1,205,280        55,659,830   
    

 

 

 
       84,537,628   

Energy Traders–0.7%

    

GenOn Energy, Inc.1

     6,097,370        14,511,741   

Multi-Utilities–1.5%

    

NiSource, Inc.

     517,280        13,237,195   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     627,620        20,862,089   
    

 

 

 
       34,099,284   
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $2,014,455,815)

       2,181,751,955   

Investment Company–2.4%

    

Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 0.18% 2,3 (Cost $53,544,988)

     53,544,988        53,544,988   

Total Investments, at Value (Cost $2,068,000,803)

     98.9     2,235,296,943   

Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     1.1        25,150,593   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0   $ 2,260,447,536   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Footnotes to Statement of Investments

 

1. Non-income producing security.

 

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2. Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, at or during the period ended July 31, 2012, 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
October 31,  2011
     Gross
Additions
     Gross
Reductions
     Shares
July 31, 2012
 

Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E

     134,220,849         799,297,268         879,973,129         53,544,988   
                   Value      Income  

Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E

         $ 53,544,988       $ 139,167   

 

3. Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of July 31, 2012.

 

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Notes to Statement of Investments

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

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

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

 

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available, the security is valued at the 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.

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

 

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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 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.)

 

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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.

The table below categorizes amounts as of July 31, 2012 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

   $ 206,435,922       $ —         $ —         $ 206,435,922   

Consumer Staples

     205,092,600         —           —           205,092,600   

Energy

     257,860,838         —           —           257,860,838   

Financials

     469,567,370         —           —           469,567,370   

Health Care

     332,428,787         —           —           332,428,787   

Industrials

     209,178,174         —           —           209,178,174   

Information Technology

     207,888,040         —           —           207,888,040   

Materials

     95,468,110         —           —           95,468,110   

Telecommunication Services

     64,683,461         —           —           64,683,461   

Utilities

     133,148,653         —           —           133,148,653   

Investment Company

     53,544,988         —           —           53,544,988   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 2,235,296,943       $ —         $ —         $ 2,235,296,943   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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.

 

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There have been no significant changes to the fair valuation methodologies of the Fund during the period.

Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments

The Fund’s investment objectives not only permit the Fund to purchase investment securities, they also allow the Fund to enter into various types of derivatives contracts, including, but not limited to, futures contracts, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, total return swaps, and purchased and written options. In doing so, the Fund will employ strategies in differing combinations to permit it to increase, decrease, or change the level or types of exposure to market risk factors. Central to those strategies are features inherent to derivatives that make them more attractive for this purpose than equity and debt securities: they require little or no initial cash investment, they can focus exposure on only certain selected risk factors, and they may not require the ultimate receipt or delivery of the underlying security (or securities) to the contract. This may allow the Fund to pursue its objectives more quickly and efficiently than if it were to make direct purchases or sales of securities capable of effecting a similar response to market factors.

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

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

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

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

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.

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Counterparty Credit Risk. Certain derivative positions are subject to counterparty credit risk, which is the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. The Fund’s derivative counterparties are financial institutions who are subject to market conditions that may weaken their financial position. The Fund intends to enter into financial transactions with counterparties that the Manager believes to be creditworthy at the time of the transaction.

 

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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.

Option Activity

The Fund may buy and sell put and call options, or write put and call options. When an option is written, the Fund receives a premium and becomes obligated to sell or purchase the underlying security at a fixed price, upon exercise of the option.

Options are valued daily based upon the last sale price on the principal exchange on which the option is traded. The difference between the premium received or paid, and market value of the option, is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. The net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation is reported in the Statement of Operations in the annual and semiannual reports. When an option is exercised, the cost of the security purchased or the proceeds of the security sale are adjusted by the amount of premium received or paid. Upon the expiration or closing of the option transaction, a gain or loss is reported in the Statement of Operations in the annual and semiannual reports.

The Fund has purchased put options on individual equity securities and/or equity indexes to decrease exposure to equity risk. A purchased put option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying financial instrument depreciates relative to the strike price.

The Fund has purchased call options on volatility indexes to increase exposure to volatility risk. A purchased call option becomes more valuable as the level of the underlying volatility index increases relative to the strike price.

During the period ended July 31, 2012, the Fund had an ending monthly average market value of $1,433,412 and $40,430 on purchased call options and purchased put options, respectively.

Options written, if any, are reported in a schedule following the Statement of Investments and as a liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in the annual and semiannual reports. Securities held in collateralized accounts to cover potential obligations with respect to outstanding written options are noted in the Statement of Investments.

 

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Oppenheimer Value Fund

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS July 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

The risk in writing a call option is that the Fund gives up the opportunity for profit if the market price of the security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the security decreases and the option is exercised. The risk in buying an option is that the Fund pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. The Fund also has the additional risk that there may be an illiquid market where the Fund is unable to close the contract.

Additional associated risks to the Fund include counterparty credit risk for over-the-counter options and liquidity risk.

As of July 31, 2012, the Fund had no outstanding written options.

Federal Taxes. The approximate 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 July 31, 2012 are noted below. 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.

 

Federal tax cost of securities

   $ 2,108,980,623   
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 219,166,113   

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (92,849,793
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 126,316,320   
  

 

 

 

 

12      Oppenheimer Value Fund


Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a) 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 7/31/2012, 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 the 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.

 

  (b) There have been no significant changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

Exhibits 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 Series Fund, Inc.

 

By:  

/s/ William F. Glavin, Jr.

  William F. Glavin, Jr.
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   9/11/2012

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:   9/11/2012

 

By:  

/s/ Brian W. Wixted

  Brian W. Wixted
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   9/11/2012
EX-99.CERT 2 d388882dex99cert.htm SECTION 302 CERTIFICATIONS Section 302 Certifications

Exhibit 99.CERT

Section 302 Certifications

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, William F. Glavin, Jr., certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Oppenheimer Series Fund, Inc.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and


5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

  (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

/s/ William F. Glavin, Jr.

William F. Glavin, Jr.
Principal Executive Officer
Date: 9/11/2012


Exhibit 99.CERT

Section 302 Certifications

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Brian W. Wixted, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Oppenheimer Series Fund, Inc.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and


5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

  (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

/s/ Brian W. Wixted

Brian W. Wixted
Principal Financial Officer
Date: 9/11/2012