-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, LQeR4MoboNA+pYofaqiFIUBSEHhVYMmhbMsxQFYfsXZuxsPiYuPz7rE8XYpz6vwP YayM0IoRKVNXYq1VPCcACw== 0000728889-03-000186.txt : 20030304 0000728889-03-000186.hdr.sgml : 20030304 20030304125234 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000728889-03-000186 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20030304 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20030304 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000752737 IRS NUMBER: 840974272 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-93177 FILM NUMBER: 03590848 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 BUSINESS PHONE: 3036713200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 2: 6803 SOUTH TUCSON WAY CITY: CENTENNIAL STATE: CO ZIP: 80112-3924 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE LIFE FUNDS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19860609 497 1 supp.htm SUPPLEMENT supplement
               OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS (the "Trust")
    is an investment company consisting of 11 separate Funds (the "Funds"):
                    Oppenheimer Aggressive Growth Fund/VA
                           Oppenheimer Bond Fund/VA
                   Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA
                    Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA
                       Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA
               Oppenheimer Main Street(R)Growth & Income Fund/VA
                  Oppenheimer Main Street(R)Small Cap Fund/VA
                          Oppenheimer Money Fund/VA
                   Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund/VA
                      Oppenheimer Strategic Bond Fund/VA
                          Oppenheimer Value Fund/VA

                    Supplement dated March 4, 2003 to the
Statement of Additional Information dated May 1, 2002, revised as of December
                                   23, 2002

      The Statement of Additional Information is changed as follows:

1.    The Supplement dated February 25, 2003 is replaced with this supplement.

2.    On February 24, 2003, the Fund's Board of Trustees approved changing
      the name of the Fund to "Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA." Effective
      May 1, 2003, all references in the Statement of Additional Information
      to "Oppenheimer Main Street Growth & Income Fund/VA, a series of
      Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds," should be replaced by the new fund
      name "Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA, a series of Oppenheimer Variable
      Account Funds."

3.    The section  captioned "Other  Investment  Techniques and Strategies" is
      amended as follows:
a.    The first sentence under the caption "Futures" on page 23 caption is
         revised to read as follows:

            "The Funds can buy and sell futures contracts that relate
            to (1) broadly-based stock indices (these are referred to
            as "stock index futures"), (2) an individual stock ("single
            stock futures"), (3) bond indices (these are referred to as
            "bond index futures"), (4) debt securities (these are
            referred to as "interest rate futures"), (5) foreign
            currencies (these are referred to as "forward contracts")
            and (6) commodity contracts (these are referred to as
            commodity futures)." The Fixed Income Funds are not
            expected to buy or sell stock index futures or single stock
            futures on a regular basis.

b.    The  following  is added to the end of the  third  paragraph  under  the
         "Futures" caption:

            "Similarly,  a single stock future  obligates  the seller to
            deliver  (and the  purchaser  to take)  cash or a  specified
            equity  security to settle the futures  transaction.  Either
            party could also enter into an offsetting  contract to close
            out the  position.  Single  stock  futures  trade  on a very
            limited number of exchanges,  with  contracts  typically not
            fungible among the exchanges."

c.    The third  paragraph  under the caption  "Buying and Selling  Options on
         Foreign Currencies" on page 27 is revised to read as follows:

            "A call the Fund writes on a foreign  currency is  "covered"
            if the Fund owns the  underlying  foreign  currency  covered
            by the  call  or has an  absolute  and  immediate  right  to
            acquire  that  foreign  currency  without   additional  cash
            consideration   (or  it  can  do  so  for  additional   cash
            consideration  identified  on its books) upon  conversion or
            exchange of other foreign currency held in its portfolio."

d.    The first sentence of the sixth paragraph under the caption "Forward
         Contracts" on page 29 is revised to read as follows:

            "The Fund will cover its short  positions  in these cases by
            identifying  on its  books  liquid  assets  having  a  value
            equal  to the  aggregate  amount  of the  Fund's  commitment
            under forward contracts."

e.    The first paragraph under the caption "Interest Rate Swap  Transactions"
         on page 31 is revised to read as follows:

            "Interest  Rate  Swaps   Transactions.   Value  Fund/VA  and
            Strategic  Bond  Fund/VA can enter into  interest  rate swap
            agreements.  In an interest rate swap,  the Fund and another
            party  exchange  their right to receive or their  obligation
            to pay  interest  on  securities.  For  example,  they might
            swap the right to receive  floating  rate payments for fixed
            rate  payments.  Each of these Funds can enter into interest
            rate  swaps  on  securities  it owns or as hedge  against  a
            basket  of  securities  held by that  Fund  that the  Fund's
            Manager  deems  to  be  closely  correlated  with  the  swap
            transactions.  Also,  that Fund will  identify  on its books
            liquid assets (such as cash or U.S.  government  securities)
            to cover any  amounts it could owe under  swaps that  exceed
            the amounts it is  entitled  to receive,  and it will adjust
            that amount daily, as needed."

f.    The  fourth  paragraph  under  the  caption  "Money  Fund/VA  Investment
         Policies" on page 35 is revised to read as follows:

             "The   Rating   Organizations   currently   designated   as
             nationally-recognized  statistical rating  organizations by
             the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  are  Standard &
             Poor's (a division of the McGraw-Hill  Companies),  Moody's
             Investors  Service,  Inc.,  Fitch,  Inc. and Dominion  Bond
             Rating Service Limited."




         Add the following at the end of Appendix A:

             Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited ("DBRS")
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             Short-Term Ratings

             R-1:  Short term debt rated "R-1  (high)" is of the highest
             credit  quality,  and  indicates an entity which  possesses
             unquestioned  ability to repay current  liabilities as they
             fall  due.   Entities  rated  in  this  category   normally
             maintain  strong  liquidity  positions,  conservative  debt
             levels  and  profitability  which is both  stable and above
             average.  Companies  achieving an "R-1  (high)"  rating are
             normally  leaders in structurally  sound industry  segments
             with proven  track  records,  sustainable  positive  future
             results and no  substantial  qualifying  negative  factors.
             Given  the  extremely  tough   definition  which  DBRS  has
             established  for an "R-1  (high)",  few entities are strong
             enough to achieve this  rating.  Short term debt rated "R-1
             (middle)"  is of  superior  credit  quality  and,  in  most
             cases,  ratings in this  category  differ from "R-1 (high)"
             credits to only a small degree.  Given the extremely  tough
             definition  which  DBRS has for the "R-1  (high)"  category
             (which few companies are able to achieve),  entities  rated
             "R-1  (middle)" are also  considered  strong  credits which
             typically  exemplify above average strength in key areas of
             consideration  for debt  protection.  Short term debt rated
             "R-1 (low)" is of satisfactory credit quality.  The overall
             strength   and   outlook  for  key   liquidity,   debt  and
             profitability  ratios is not  normally as favorable as with
             higher  rating  categories,  but these  considerations  are
             still  respectable.  Any qualifying  negative factors which
             exist  are  considered   manageable,   and  the  entity  is
             normally of sufficient  size to have some  influence in its
             industry.

             R-2:  Short term debt  rated  "R-2" is of  adequate  credit
             quality and within the three subset grades  (high,  middle,
             low),  debt  protection   ranges  from  having   reasonable
             ability   for  timely   repayment   to  a  level  which  is
             considered  only  just  adequate.  The  liquidity  and debt
             ratios of entities in the "R-2"  classification  are not as
             strong  as those in the  "R-1"  category,  and the past and
             future  trend  may  suggest  some risk of  maintaining  the
             strength of key ratios in these areas.  Alternative sources
             of liquidity support are considered satisfactory;  however,
             even the strongest  liquidity  support will not improve the
             commercial  paper  rating  of the  issuer.  The size of the
             entity  may  restrict  its  flexibility,  and its  relative
             position in the industry is not  typically as strong as the
             "R-1 credit".  Profitability  trends,  past and future, may
             be less  favorable,  earnings not as stable,  and there are
             often negative  qualifying factors present which could also
             make the  entity  more  vulnerable  to  adverse  changes in
             financial and economic conditions.



4.    The first  sentence of the last paragraph  under that caption  "Trustees
      and Officers of the Funds" on page 42 is revised with the following:

            "Messrs.   Murphy,   Molleur,   Albers,   Bartlett,   Evans,
            Kourkoulakos,  Levine,  Manioudakis,  Monoyios,  Rubinstein,
            Steinmetz,   Turner,  Wilby,  Zavanelli,   Zack,  Masterson,
            Vottiero,  and  Weiss,  and Mses.  Bechtolt,  Feld,  Putnam,
            Switzer,  Wolf  and  Ives  who are  officers  of the  Funds,
            respectively  hold the same  offices with one or more of the
            other Board II Funds as with the Funds."

5.    The first sentence of the paragraph above the table titled  "Officers of
      the Funds" on page 49 is revised with the following:

            "The  address  of the  Officers  in the  chart  below  is as
            follows:   Messrs.   Molleur,   Albers,   Bartlett,   Evans,
            Kourkoulakos,  Levine,  Manioudakis,  Monoyios,  Rubinstein,
            Steinmetz,  Turner,  Wilby,  Zavanelli,  and Zack and  Mses.
            Feld, Putnam, and Switzer,  498 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY
            10018;  for Messrs.  Masterson,  Vottiero,  Weiss and Wixted
            and Mses.  Bechtolt,  Ives and  Wolf,  6803 S.  Tucson  Way,
            Centennial, CO 80112-3924."

6.    The table caption "Officers of the Funds" is amended as follows:
a.    The biographical information of Messrs. Negri and Reedy is deleted.
b.    Insert Emmanuel Ferreira biographical information above Michael S.
         Levine:

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      Emmanuel Ferreira, Vice           Vice President of the Manager (since
      President and Portfolio Manager   January 2003). An officer of 2
      since 2003                        portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds
      --------------------------------- complex. Formerly, Portfolio Manager at
      Age:  35                          Lashire Investments (July 1999-December
                                        2002), and a Senior Analyst at Mark
                                        Asset Management (July 1997-June 1999).
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c.    Replace the biography of Angelo Manioudakis and Arthur P. Steinmetz
         with the following:

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      Angelo Manioudakis, Vice          Senior Vice President of the Manager
      President and Portfolio Manager   (since April 2002); an officer of 9
      since 2003                        portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds
      Age: 36.                          complex; formerly Executive Director
                                        and portfolio manager for Miller,
                                        Anderson & Sherrerd, a division of
                                        Morgan Stanley Investment Management
                                        (August 1993-April 2002).
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      Arthur P. Steinmetz, Vice         Senior Vice President of the Manager
      President and Portfolio Manager   (since March 1993) and of HarbourView
      since 2003                        Asset Management Corporation (since
      Age:  44                          March 2000); an officer of 11
                                        portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds
                                        complex.
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March 4, 2002                                                         PX0600.015

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