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Registration No. 2-93177

File No. 811-4108

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933                                                                    x

Pre-Effective Amendment No.                                                                                                                                                       o
Post-Effective Amendment No. 59                                                                                                                                                x

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940                                           x

Amendment No. 54

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (303) 768-3200

Arthur S. Gabinet, Esq.
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

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Oppenheimer
Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund®/VA*
A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

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Share Classes:

Service Shares

Non-Service Shares

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Prospectus dated April 30, 2011

Oppenheimer Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund/VA is a mutual fund that seeks capital appreciation. The Fund uses fundamental research and quantitative models to invest mainly in common stocks of companies that are within the market capitalization range of the Russell 2500™ Index.

Shares of the Fund are sold only as an underlying investment for variable life insurance policies, variable annuity contracts and other insurance company separate accounts. A prospectus for the insurance product you have selected accompanies this prospectus. It explains how to select shares of the Fund as an investment under that insurance product and which share class you are eligible to purchase.


 

This prospectus contains important information about the Fund's objective, investment policies, strategies and risks. Please read this prospectus (and your insurance product prospectus) carefully before you invest and keep them for future reference about your account.

* Prior to April 30, 2011 the Fund was named "Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund®/VA"


As with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved the Fund's securities nor has it determined that this prospectus is accurate or complete. It is a criminal offense to represent otherwise.

   

Oppenheimer Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund/VA

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Table of contents

THE FUND SUMMARY

Investment Objective

3

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

3

Principal Investment Strategies

3

Principal Risks

4

The Fund's Past Performance

4

Investment Adviser

5

Portfolio Managers

5

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

5

Taxes

5

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

5

MORE ABOUT THE FUND

About the Fund's Investments

6

How the Fund is Managed

8

MORE ABOUT YOUR INVESTMENT

How to Buy and Sell Shares

10

Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes

12

Financial Highlights

14

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To Summary Prospectus

 

THE FUND SUMMARY



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Investment Objective. The Fund seeks capital appreciation.

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Fees and Expenses of the Fund. This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold or redeem shares of the Fund. The accompanying prospectus of the participating insurance company provides information on initial or contingent deferred sales charges, exchange fees or redemption fees for that variable life insurance policy, variable annuity or other investment product. The fees and expenses of those products are not charged by the Fund and are not reflected in this table. Expenses would be higher if those fees were included.

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Non-Service Shares

Service Shares

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) imposed on purchases (as % of offering price)

None

None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as % of the lower of original offering price or redemption proceeds)

None

None



 

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Non-Service Shares

Service Shares

Management Fees

0.70%

0.70%

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

None

0.25%

Other Expenses

0.15%

0.15%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.85%

1.10%

   Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement*

(0.05%)

(0.05%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement

0.80%

1.05%

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*  The Manager has voluntarily agreed to limit the Fund's total annual operating expenses so that those expenses, as percentages of daily net assets, will not exceed the annual rate of 0.80% for Non-Service Shares and 1.05% for Service Shares. This voluntary expense limitation may not be amended or withdrawn until one year after the date of this prospectus.

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Example. The following Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in a class of shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your expenses would be as follows, whether or not you redeemed your shares:

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1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Non-Service Shares

$

82

 

 

$

267

 

 

$

468

 

 

$

1,049

 

Service Shares

$

108

 

 

$

347

 

 

$

605

 

 

$

1,343

 
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Portfolio Turnover. The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the annual fund operating expenses or in the examples, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 073% of the average value of its portfolio.

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Principal Investment Strategies. The Fund mainly invests in common stocks of "small-cap" and "mid-cap" companies. A company's "market capitalization" is the value of its outstanding common stock. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies having a market capitalization in the range of the Russell 2500 TM Index (currently approximately $25 million to $6 billion dollars). That capitalization range is subject to change due to market activity or changes in the composition of the index. The Fund measures a company's capitalization at the time the Fund buys a security and is not required to sell a security if the company's capitalization moves outside of the Fund's capitalization definition.
     The portfolio managers use both fundamental research and quantitative models to identify investment opportunities. While the process may change over time or vary in particular cases, in general the selection process currently:

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  • aims to maintain broad diversification across all major economic sectors;
  • uses quantitative models, including sector-specific factors, to rank securities within each economic sector;
  • uses a fundamental approach to analyze issuers based on factors such as a company's financial performance, competitive strength, industry position, business practices and management; and
  • considers market trends, current industry outlooks and general economic conditions.

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     In constructing the portfolio, the Fund seeks to limit exposure to so-called "top-down" or "macro" risks, such as overall stock market movements, economic cycles, and interest rate or currency fluctuations. Instead, the portfolio managers seek to add value by selecting individual securities with superior company-specific fundamental attributes or relative valuations that they expect to outperform their industry and sector peers. This is commonly referred to as a "bottom-up" approach to portfolio construction.
     The portfolio managers consider stock rankings, benchmark weightings and capitalization outlooks in determining security weightings for individual issuers.Although the Fund mainly invests in U.S. companies, it can invest in securities issued by companies or governments in any country. The Fund primarily invests in common stock but may also invest in other types of securities, such as units of master limited partnerships or other securities that are consistent with its investment objective. 
     The portfolio managers might sell a security if the price is approaching their price target, if the company's competitive position has deteriorated or the company's management has performed poorly, or if they have identified more attractive investment prospects.

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Principal Risks. The price of the Fund's shares can go up and down substantially. The value of the Fund's investments may change because of broad changes in the markets in which the Fund invests or from poor security selection, which could cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar objectives. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. When you redeem your shares, they may be worth more or less than what you paid for them. These risks mean that you can lose money by investing in the Fund.

Main Risks of Investing in Stock. The value of the Fund's portfolio may be affected by changes in the stock markets. Stock markets may experience great short-term volatility and may fall sharply at times. Different stock markets may behave differently from each other and U.S. stock markets may move in the opposite direction from one or more foreign stock markets.

The prices of individual stocks generally do not all move in the same direction at the same time and a variety of factors can affect the price of a particular company's stock. These factors may include, but are not limited to: poor earnings reports, a loss of customers, litigation against the company, general unfavorable performance of the company's sector or industry, or changes in government regulations affecting the company or its industry.

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Main Risks of Small- and Mid-Sized Companies. The stock prices of small- and mid-sized companies may be more volatile and their securities may be more difficult to sell than those of larger companies. They may not have established markets, may have fewer customers and product lines, may have unseasoned management or less management depth and may have more limited access to financial resources. Smaller companies may not pay dividends or provide capital gains for some time, if at all.

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       Investing in Small Unseasoned Companies.  The Fund can invest in the securities of small unseasoned companies. These are companies that have been in operation for less than three years, including the operations of any predecessors. In addition to the other risks of smaller issuers, these securities may have a very limited trading market, making it harder for the Fund to sell them at an acceptable price. The price of these securities may be very volatile, especially in the short term.

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Main Risks of Foreign Investing. Foreign securities are subject to special risks. Foreign issuers are usually not subject to the same accounting and disclosure requirements that U.S. companies are subject to, which may make it difficult for the Fund to evaluate a foreign company's operations or financial condition. A change in the value of a foreign currency against the U.S. dollar will result in a change in the U.S. dollar value of securities denominated in that foreign currency and in the value of any income or distributions the Fund may receive on those securities. The value of foreign investments may be affected by exchange control regulations, foreign taxes, higher transaction and other costs, delays in the settlement of transactions, changes in economic or monetary policy in the United States or abroad, expropriation or nationalization of a company's assets, or other political and economic factors. These risks may be greater for investments in developing or emerging market countries.

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Who Is the Fund Designed For? The Fund's shares are available only as an investment option under certain variable annuity contracts, variable life insurance policies and investment plans offered through insurance company separate accounts of participating insurance companies. The Fund is designed primarily for investors seeking capital appreciation over the long term. Those investors should be willing to assume the greater risks of short-term share price fluctuations that are typical for a fund focusing on stocks of smaller companies. The Fund is not designed for investors needing current income. The Fund is not a complete investment program and may not be appropriate for all investors. You should carefully consider your own investment goals and risk tolerance before investing in the Fund.

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An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

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The Fund's Past Performance. The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's Non-Service Shares performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5 and 10 years compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. Charges imposed by the insurance accounts that invest in the Fund are not included and the returns would be lower if they were. The Fund's past investment performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. More recent performance information is available by calling the toll-free number on the back of this prospectus and on the Fund's website at:
https://www.oppenheimerfunds.com/fund/investors/overview/MainStreetSmallCapFundVA

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During the period shown, the highest return before taxes for a calendar quarter was 31.71% (2nd Quarter 2009) and the lowest return before taxes for a calendar quarter was -27.75% (4th Quarter 2008).

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The following table shows the average annual total returns before taxes for each class of the Fund's shares. Because of the changes in its name and investment strategies, the Fund is adding performance comparisons to the Russell 2500™ Index and, beginning with its next annual prospectus update, it will no longer include the performance of the Russell 2000® Index.

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Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended December 31, 2010

1 Year

5 Years

10 Years or life
of class, if less

Non-Service Shares (inception 5-1-98)

23.41%

3.64%

 

6.64%

 

Service Shares (inception 7-16-01)

23.06%

3.38%

 

7.32%

 

Russell 2500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

26.71%

 

4.86%

 

6.98%

 

 

 

7.41%*

 

Russell 2000 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

26.85%

4.47%

 

6.33%

 

 

6.62%*

 
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* From 7-31-01


Investment Adviser. OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is the Fund's investment adviser (the "Manager").

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Portfolio Managers. Matthew P. Ziehl has been lead portfolio manager and Vice President of the Fund since May 2009, Raymond Anello has been co-lead portfolio manager and Vice President of the Fund since May 2011, and Raman Vardharaj has been co-portfolio manager and Vice President of the Fund since May 2009.

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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares. Shares of the Fund may be purchased only by separate investment accounts of participating insurance companies as an underlying investment for variable life insurance policies, variable annuity contracts or other investment products. Individual investors cannot buy shares of the Fund directly. You may only submit instructions for buying or selling shares of the Fund to your insurance company or its servicing agent, not directly to the Fund or its Transfer Agent. The accompanying prospectus of the participating insurance company provides information about how to select the Fund as an investment option.

Taxes. Because shares of the Fund may be purchased only through insurance company separate accounts for variable annuity contracts, variable life insurance policies or other investment products, any dividends and capital gains distributions will be taxable to the participating insurance company, if at all. However, those payments may affect the tax basis of certain types of distributions from those accounts. Special tax rules apply to life insurance companies, variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. For information on federal income taxation of a life insurance company with respect to its receipt of distributions from the Fund and federal income taxation of owners of variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts, see the accompanying prospectus for the applicable contract.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries. The Fund, the Manager, or their related companies may make payments to financial intermediaries, including to insurance companies that offer shares of the Fund as an investment option. These payments for the sale of Fund shares and related services may create a conflict of interest by influencing the intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

 

MORE ABOUT THE FUND



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About the Fund's Investments

The allocation of the Fund's portfolio among different types of investments will vary over time and the Fund's portfolio might not always include all of the different types of investments described below. The Statement of Additional Information contains more detailed information about the Fund's investment policies and risks.

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THE FUND'S PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS. The following strategies and types of investments are the ones that the Fund considers to be the most important in seeking to achieve its investment objective and the following risks are those the Fund expects its portfolio to be subject to as a whole.

Common Stock. Common stock represents an ownership interest in a company. It ranks below preferred stock and debt securities in claims for dividends and in claims for assets of the issuer in a liquidation or bankruptcy. Common stocks may be exchange-traded or over-the-counter securities. Over-the-counter securities may be less liquid than exchange-traded securities.

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Small- and Mid-Cap Companies. The Fund invests mainly in the common stock of small- and mid-cap companies. The companies in which the Fund invests may include companies that are developing new products or services with relatively favorable prospects, or that are expanding into new and growing markets. That may enable them to capture a dominant or important market position. Some small- or mid-cap companies may have a special area of expertise or the ability to take advantage of changes in market or demographic factors in a more profitable way than larger, more established companies.

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Risks of Small- and Mid-Sized Companies. Small- and mid-sized companies may be either established or newer companies, including "unseasoned" companies that have been in operation for less than three years. While smaller companies might offer greater opportunities for gain than larger companies, they also may involve greater risk of loss. They may be more sensitive to changes in a company's earnings expectations and may experience more abrupt and erratic price movements. Smaller companies' securities often trade in lower volumes and it might be harder for the Fund to dispose of its holdings at an acceptable price when it wants to sell them. Small- and mid-sized companies may not have established markets for their products or services and may have fewer customers and product lines. They may have more limited access to financial resources and may not have the financial strength to sustain them through business downturns or adverse market conditions. Since small- and mid-sized companies typically reinvest a high proportion of their earnings in their business, they may not pay dividends for some time, particularly if they are newer companies. Smaller companies may have unseasoned management or less depth in management skill than larger, more established companies. They may be more reliant on the efforts of particular members of their management team and management changes may pose a greater risk to the success of the business. Securities of small, unseasoned companies may be particularly volatile, especially in the short term, and may have very limited liquidity. It may take a substantial period of time to realize a gain on an investment in a small- or mid-sized company, if any gain is realized at all.

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       Price Arbitrage. Because the Fund may invest in smaller company stocks that might trade infrequently, investors might seek to trade fund shares based on their knowledge or understanding of the value of those securities (this is sometimes referred to as "price arbitrage"). If such price arbitrage were successful, it might interfere with the efficient management of the Fund's portfolio and the Fund may be required to sell securities at disadvantageous times or prices to satisfy the liquidity requirements created by that activity. Successful price arbitrage might also dilute the value of fund shares held by other shareholders.

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Quantitative Models. The portfolio managers use quantitative stock selection models that are based upon many factors that measure individual securities relative to each other. Those measurements may not always identify securities that perform well in the future.

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OTHER INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS. The Fund can also use the investment techniques and strategies described below. The Fund might not use all of these techniques or strategies or might only use them from time to time.

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Diversification and Concentration. The Fund is a diversified fund. It attempts to reduce its exposure to the risks of individual securities by diversifying its investments across a broad number of different companies. The Fund will not concentrate more than 25% of its total assets in issuers in any one industry. At times, however, the Fund may emphasize investments in some industries more than others.

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Special Portfolio Diversification Requirements. To enable a variable annuity or variable life insurance contract based on an insurance company separate account to qualify for favorable tax treatment under the Internal Revenue Code, the underlying investments must follow special diversification requirements that limit the percentage of assets that can be invested in securities of particular issuers. The Fund's investment program is managed to meet those requirements, in addition to other diversification requirements under the Internal Revenue Code and the Investment Company Act of 1940 that apply to publicly-sold mutual funds.

Failure by the Fund to meet those special requirements could cause earnings on a contract owner's interest in an insurance company separate account to be taxable income. Those diversification requirements might also limit, to some degree, the Fund's investment decisions in a way that could reduce its performance.

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Master Limited Partnerships. The Fund may invest in publicly traded limited partnerships known as "master limited partnerships" or MLPs. MLPs issue units that are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are freely tradable on a securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market. An MLP consists of one or more general partners, who conduct the business, and one or more limited partners, who contribute capital. The Fund, as a limited partner, normally would not be liable for the debts of the MLP beyond the amounts the Fund has contributed, but would not be shielded to the same extent that a shareholder of a corporation would be. In certain circumstances creditors of an MLP would have the right to seek return of capital distributed to a limited partner. This right of an MLP's creditors would continue after the Fund sold its investment in the MLP. MLPs are typically real estate, oil and gas and equipment leasing vehicles, but they also finance movies, research and development, and other projects.

Investments in Other Investment Companies. The Fund can also invest in the securities of other investment companies, which can include open-end funds, closed-end funds, unit investment trusts and business development companies. One reason the Fund might do so is to gain exposure to segments of the markets represented by another fund, at times when the Fund might not be able to buy the particular type of securities directly. As a shareholder of an investment company, the Fund would be subject to its ratable share of that investment company's expenses, including its advisory and administration expenses. The Fund does not intend to invest in other investment companies unless the Manager believes that the potential benefits of the investment justify the payment of any premiums or sales charges.

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       Exchange-Traded Funds. The Fund can invest in exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which are typically open-end funds or unit investment trusts listed on a stock exchange. The Fund might do so as a way of gaining exposure to securities represented by the ETF's portfolio at times when the Fund may not be able to buy those securities directly. As a shareholder of an investment company, the Fund would be subject to its ratable share of that investment company's expenses, including its advisory and administration expenses. At the same time, the Fund would bear its own management fees and expenses. The Fund does not intend to invest in other ETFs unless the portfolio manager believes that the potential benefits of the investment justify the expenses. The Fund's investments in the securities of other investment companies are subject to the limits that apply to those types of investments under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

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Special Risks of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). The Fund has no limit on the amount of its assets that can be invested in IPOs. By definition, securities issued in IPOs have not traded publicly until the time of their offerings. Special risks associated with IPOs may include, among others, the fact that there may be only a limited number of shares available for trading. The market for those securities may be unseasoned. The issuer may have a limited operating history. These factors may contribute to price volatility. The limited number of shares available for trading in some IPOs may also make it more difficult for the Fund to buy or sell significant amounts of shares without an unfavorable impact on prevailing prices. In addition, some companies initially offering their shares publicly are involved in relatively new industries or lines of business, which may not be widely understood by investors. Some of the companies involved in new industries may be regarded as developmental stage companies, without revenues or operating income, or the near-term prospects of them. Many IPOs are by small- or micro-cap companies that are undercapitalized.

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Other Capitalization Ranges. If the Manager believes they offer opportunities for growth, up to 20% of the Fund's assets may be invested in securities of micro-cap and large-cap companies.

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Other Equity Securities.  In addition to common stocks, the Fund can invest in other equity or "equity equivalents" securities such as preferred stocks or convertible securities. Preferred stocks generally pay a dividend and rank ahead of common stocks and behind debt securities in claims for dividends and for assets of the issuer in a liquidation or bankruptcy. The dividend rate of preferred stocks may cause their prices to behave more like those of debt securities. A convertible security is one that can be converted into or exchanged for common stock of an issuer within a particular period of time at a specified price, upon the occurrence of certain events or according to a price formula. Convertible securities offer the Fund the ability to participate in stock market movements while also seeking some current income. Convertible debt securities pay interest and convertible preferred stocks pay dividends until they mature or are converted, exchanged or redeemed. The Fund considers some convertible securities to be "equity equivalents" because they are convertible into common stock. The credit ratings of those convertible securities generally have less impact on the investment decision, although they are still subject to credit and interest rate risk.

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Derivative Investments. The Fund may at times invest in "derivative" instruments. A derivative is an instrument whose value depends on (or is derived from) the value of an underlying security, asset, interest rate, index or currency. Derivatives may allow the Fund to increase or decrease its exposure to certain markets or risks for hedging purposes or to seek investment return.  

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       Options, futures, options on futures, and forward contracts are some of the derivatives that the Fund may use. The Fund may also use other types of derivatives that are consistent with its investment strategies or hedging purposes.

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Risks of Derivative Investments . Derivatives may be volatile and may involve significant risks. The underlying security or other instrument on which a derivative is based, or the derivative itself, may not perform the way the Manager expects it to. For example, if a call option sold by the Fund were exercised on an investment that had increased in value above the call price, the Fund would be required to sell the investment at the call price and would not be able to realize any additional profit. The Fund may lose money on a derivative investment if the issuer fails to pay the amount due. Certain derivative investments held by the Fund may be illiquid, making it difficult to close out an unfavorable position. Derivative transactions may require the payment of premiums and can increase portfolio turnover. As a result, the Fund could realize little or no income or lose principal from the investment, or a hedge might be unsuccessful. For some derivatives, it is possible for the Fund to lose more than the amount invested in the derivative instrument.

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Hedging.  Hedging transactions are intended to reduce the risks of securities in the Fund's portfolio. If the Fund uses a hedging instrument at the wrong time or judges market conditions incorrectly, however, the hedge might be unsuccessful or could reduce the Fund's return or create a loss. The Fund has percentage limits on its use of derivatives and hedging instruments.

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Illiquid and Restricted Securities. Investments that do not have an active trading market, or that have legal or contractual limitations on their resale, are generally referred to as "illiquid" securities. Illiquid securities may be difficult to value or to sell promptly at an acceptable price or may require registration under applicable securities laws before they can be sold publicly. Securities that have limitations on their resale are referred to as "restricted securities." Certain restricted securities that are eligible for resale to qualified institutional purchasers may not be regarded as illiquid.

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The Fund will not invest more than 10% of its net assets in illiquid or restricted securities.  The Board can increase that limit to 15%. The Manager monitors the Fund's holdings of illiquid securities on an ongoing basis to determine whether to sell any of those securities to maintain adequate liquidity.

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Conflicts of Interest. The investment activities of the Manager and its affiliates in regard to other funds and accounts they manage may present conflicts of interest that could disadvantage the Fund and its shareholders. The Manager or its affiliates may provide investment advisory services to other funds and accounts that have investment objectives or strategies that differ from, or are contrary to, those of the Fund. That may result in another fund or account holding investment positions that are adverse to the Fund's investment strategies or activities. Other funds or accounts advised by the Manager or its affiliates may have conflicting interests arising from investment objectives that are similar to those of the Fund. Those funds and accounts may engage in, and compete for, the same types of securities or other investments as the Fund or invest in securities of the same issuers that have different, and possibly conflicting, characteristics. The trading and other investment activities of those other funds or accounts may be carried out without regard to the investment activities of the Fund and, as a result, the value of securities held by the Fund or the Fund's investment strategies may be adversely affected. The Fund's investment performance will usually differ from the performance of other accounts advised by the Manager or its affiliates and the Fund may experience losses during periods in which other accounts advised by the Manager or its affiliates achieve gains. The Manager has adopted policies and procedures designed to address potential conflicts of interest identified by the Manager; however, such policies and procedures may also limit the Fund's investment activities and affect its performance.

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     The Fund offers its shares to separate accounts of different insurance companies, as an investment for their variable annuity, variable life and other investment product contracts. While the Fund does not foresee any disadvantages to contract owners from these arrangements, it is possible that the interests of owners of different contracts participating in the Fund through different separate accounts might conflict. For example, a conflict could arise because of differences in tax treatment.

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Investments in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund. The Fund can invest its free cash balances in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund to provide liquidity or for defensive purposes. The Fund invests in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, rather than purchasing individual short-term investments, to seek a higher yield than it could obtain on its own. Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund is a registered open-end management investment company, regulated as a money market fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and is part of the Oppenheimer family of funds. It invests in a variety of short-term, high-quality, dollar-denominated money market instruments issued by the U.S. Government, domestic and foreign corporations, other financial institutions, and other entities. Those investments may have a higher rate of return than the investments that would be available to the Fund directly. At the time of an investment, the Fund cannot always predict what the yield of the Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund will be because of the wide variety of instruments that fund holds in its portfolio. The return on those investments may, in some cases, be lower than the return that would have been derived from other types of investments that would provide liquidity. As a shareholder, the Fund will be subject to its proportional share of the expenses of Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund's Class E shares, including its advisory fee. However, the Manager will waive a portion of the Fund's advisory fee to the extent of the Fund's share of the advisory fee paid to the Manager by Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund.

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Temporary Defensive and Interim Investments. For temporary defensive purposes in times of adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the Fund can invest up to 100% of its assets in investments that may be inconsistent with the Fund's principal investment strategies. Generally, the Fund would invest in shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund or in the types of money market instruments in which Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund invests or in other short-term U.S. Government securities. The Fund might also hold these types of securities as interim investments pending the investment of proceeds from the sale of Fund shares or the sale of Fund portfolio securities or to meet anticipated redemptions of Fund shares. To the extent the Fund invests in these securities, it might not achieve its investment objective.

Portfolio Turnover. A change in the securities held by the Fund is known as "portfolio turnover." The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading to try to achieve its investment objective and may, at times, have a portfolio turnover rate of over 100% annually. Increased portfolio turnover may result in higher brokerage fees or other transaction costs, which can reduce performance. If the Fund realizes capital gains when it sells investments, it generally must pay those gains to shareholders, increasing its taxable distributions. The Financial Highlights table at the end of this prospectus shows the Fund's portfolio turnover rates during past fiscal years.

 

CHANGES TO THE FUND'S INVESTMENT POLICIES. The Fund's fundamental investment policies cannot be changed without the approval of a majority of the Fund's outstanding voting shares, however, the Fund's Board can change non-fundamental policies without a shareholder vote. Significant policy changes will be described in supplements to this prospectus. Shareholders will receive 60 days advance notice of any change in the 80% investment policy described in "Principal Investment Strategies." The Fund's investment objective is a fundamental policy. Other investment restrictions that are fundamental policies are listed in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information. An investment policy is not fundamental unless this prospectus or the Statement of Additional Information states that it is.

 

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PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS.   The Fund's portfolio holdings are included in its semi-annual and annual reports that are distributed to its shareholders within 60 days after the close of the applicable reporting period. The Fund also discloses its portfolio holdings in its Statements of Investments on Form N-Q, which are public filings that are required to be made with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 60 days after the end of the Fund's first and third fiscal quarters. Therefore, the Fund's portfolio holdings are made publicly available no later than 60 days after the end of each of its fiscal quarters. In addition, the Fund's portfolio holdings information, as of the end of each calendar month, may be posted and available on the Fund's website no sooner than 30 days after the end of each calendar month.    

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A description of the Fund's policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of its portfolio holdings is available in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information.

How the Fund is Managed

THE MANAGER. OppenheimerFunds, Inc., the Manager, chooses the Fund's investments and handles its day-to-day business. The Manager carries out its duties, subject to the policies established by the Fund's Board of Trustees, under an investment advisory agreement that states the Manager's responsibilities. The agreement sets the fees the Fund pays to the Manager and describes the expenses that the Fund is responsible to pay to conduct its business.

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The Manager has been an investment adviser since 1960. The Manager managed funds with approximately 6 million shareholder accounts as of December 31, 2010. The Manager is located at Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1008.

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Advisory Fee. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager an advisory fee at an annual rate that declines on additional assets as the Fund grows: 0.75% of the first $200 million of average annual net assets, 0.72% of the next $200 million, 0.69% of the next $200 million, 0.66% of the next $200 million, and 0.60% of average annual net assets over $800 million. The Fund's management fee for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, was 0.70% of the Fund's average annual net assets for each class of shares.
The Manager has voluntarily agreed to limit the Fund's total annual operating expenses so that those expenses, as percentages of daily net assets, will not exceed the annual rate of 0.80% for Non-Service Shares and 1.05% for Service Shares. That undertaking may not be amended or withdrawn until one year after the date of this prospectus. 
A discussion regarding the basis for the Board of Trustees' approval of the Fund's investment advisory contract is available in the Fund's Annual Report to shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2010.

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Portfolio Managers. The Fund's portfolio is managed by Matthew P. Ziehl, Raymond Anello and Raman Vardharaj, who are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's investments. Mr. Ziehl has been lead portfolio manager and Vice President of the Fund since May 2009, Mr. Anello has been co-lead portfolio manager and Vice President of the Fund since May 2011 and Mr. Vardharaj has been co-portfolio manager and Vice President of the Fund since May 2009.

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     Mr. Ziehl has been a Vice President and portfolio manager of the Manager since May 2009. Prior to joining the Manager, Mr. Ziehl was a portfolio manager with RS Investment Management Co. LLC from October 2006 to May 2009 and served as a managing director at The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America from December 2001 to October 2006 when Guardian Life Insurance acquired an interest in RS Investment Management Co. LLC. Mr. Ziehl is a portfolio manager of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

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     Mr. Anello has been a Vice President of the Manager since May 2009 and a portfolio manager of the Manager since May 2011. From May 2009 to May 2011, he has served as sector manager for energy and utilities for the Manager's Main Street Investment Team. Prior to joining the Manager, Mr. Anello was portfolio manager of the RS All Cap Dividend product from its inception in July 2007 through April 2009 and served as a sector manager for energy and utilities for various other RS Investments products. Mr. Anello joined Guardian Life Insurance Company in October 1999 and transitioned to RS Investments in October 2006 in connection with Guardian Life Insurance Company's acquisition of an interest in RS Investments. Before joining Guardian, he was an equity portfolio manager/analyst and high-yield analyst for Orion Capital from 1995 to 1998. He served as an assistant portfolio manager at the Garrison Bradford portfolio management firm from 1988 to 1995. Mr. Anello is a portfolio manager of another portfolio in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

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     Mr. Vardharaj, CFA, has been a Vice President and portfolio manager of the Manager since May 2009. Prior to joining the Manager, Mr. Vardharaj was sector manager and a senior quantitative analyst creating stock selection models, monitoring portfolio risks and analyzing portfolio performance across the RS Core Equity Team of RS Investment Management Co. LLC from October 2006 to May 2009. He served as quantitative analyst at The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America from 1998 to October 2006 when Guardian Life Insurance acquired an interest in RS Investment Management Co. LLC. Mr. Vardharaj is a portfolio manager of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

     The Statement of Additional Information provides additional information about the portfolio managers' compensation, other accounts they manage and their ownership of Fund shares.

 

INVESTING IN THE FUND 



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How to Buy and Sell Shares

You may only submit instructions for buying or selling shares of the Fund to your insurance company or its servicing agent, not directly to the Fund or its Transfer Agent. Information about your investment in the Fund can only be obtained from your participating insurance company or its servicing agent. The Fund's Transfer Agent does not hold or have access to those records.

WHAT CLASSES OF SHARES DOES THE FUND OFFER? The Fund currently offers two different classes of shares. The different classes of shares represent investments in the same portfolio of securities, but the classes are subject to different expenses and will usually have different share prices. The Service Shares are subject to a distribution and service plan. The expenses of that plan are described below. The Non-Service Shares are not subject to a service and distribution plan.

 

THE PRICE OF FUND SHARES. Fund shares are sold to participating insurance companies at their net asset value per share. The net asset value that applies to a purchase order is the next one calculated after the insurance company (as the Fund's designated agent to receive purchase orders) receives the order from its contract owner, in proper form. Fund shares are redeemed at the next net asset value calculated after the insurance company (as the Fund's designated agent to receive purchase orders) receives the order from its contract owner, in proper form. The Fund's Transfer Agent generally must receive the purchase or redemption order from the insurance company by 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on the next regular business day.

 The Fund does not impose any sales charge on purchases of its shares. If there are any charges imposed under the variable annuity, variable life or other contract through which Fund shares are purchased, they are described in the accompanying prospectus of the participating insurance company. The participating insurance company's prospectus may also include information regarding the time you must submit your purchase and redemption orders.

The sale and redemption price for Fund shares will change from day to day because the value of the securities in its portfolio and its expenses fluctuate. The redemption price will normally differ for different classes of shares. The redemption price of your shares may be more or less than their original cost.

Net Asset Value. The Fund calculates the net asset value of each class of shares as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), on each day the NYSE is open for trading (referred to in this prospectus as a "regular business day"). The NYSE normally closes at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, but may close earlier on some days.

The Fund determines the net assets of each class of shares by subtracting the class-specific expenses and the amount of the Fund's liabilities attributable to the share class from the market value of the Fund's securities and other assets attributable to the share class. The Fund's "other assets" might include, for example, cash and interest or dividends from its portfolio securities that have been accrued but not yet collected. The Fund's securities are valued primarily on the basis of current market quotations.

The net asset value per share for each share class is determined by dividing the net assets of the class by the number of outstanding shares of that class.

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     Fair Value Pricing. If market quotations are not readily available or (in the Manager's judgment) do not accurately reflect the fair value of a security, or if after the close of the principal market on which a security held by the Fund is traded and before the time as of which the Fund's net asset value is calculated that day, an event occurs that the Manager learns of and believes in the exercise of its judgment will cause a material change in the value of that security from the closing price of the security on the principal market on which it is traded, that security may be valued by another method that the Board believes would more accurately reflect the security's fair value.

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In determining whether current market prices are readily available and reliable, the Manager monitors the information it receives in the ordinary course of its investment management responsibilities. It seeks to identify significant events that it believes, in good faith, will affect the market prices of the securities held by the Fund. Those may include events affecting specific issuers (for example, a halt in trading of the securities of an issuer on an exchange during the trading day) or events affecting securities markets (for example, a foreign securities market closes early because of a natural disaster). The Board has adopted valuation procedures for the Fund and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for fair value determinations to the Manager's "Valuation Committee." Those determinations may include consideration of recent transactions in comparable securities, information relating to the specific security, developments in the markets and their performance, and current valuations of foreign or U.S. indices. Fair value determinations by the Manager are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Board at its next scheduled meeting after the fair valuations are determined.

The Fund's use of fair value pricing procedures involves subjective judgments and it is possible that the fair value determined for a security may be materially different from the value that could be realized upon the sale of that security. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the Fund could obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security at approximately the same time at which the Fund determines its net asset value per share.

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     Pricing Foreign Securities . The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities primarily traded on foreign exchanges. Because many foreign markets close hours before the Fund values its foreign portfolio holdings, significant events, including broad market movements, may occur during that time that could potentially affect the values of foreign securities held by the Fund.

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The Manager believes that foreign securities values may be affected by volatility that occurs in U.S. markets after the close of foreign securities markets. The Manager's fair valuation procedures therefore include a procedure whereby foreign securities prices may be "fair valued" to take those factors into account.

Because some foreign securities trade in markets and on exchanges that operate on weekends and U.S. holidays, the values of some of the Fund's foreign investments may change on days when investors cannot buy or redeem Fund shares.

 

HOW CAN YOU BUY FUND SHARES? Shares of the Fund may be purchased only by separate investment accounts of participating insurance companies as an underlying investment for variable life insurance policies, variable annuity contracts or other investment products. Individual investors cannot buy shares of the Fund directly. Please refer to the accompanying prospectus of the participating insurance company for information on how to select the Fund as an investment option. That prospectus will indicate which share class you may be eligible to purchase.

Suspension of Share Offering. The offering of Fund shares may be suspended during any period in which the determination of net asset value is suspended, and may be suspended by the Board at any time the Board believes it is in the Fund's best interest to do so.

HOW CAN YOU REDEEM FUND SHARES? Only the participating insurance companies that hold Fund shares in their separate accounts can place orders to redeem shares. Contract holders and policy holders should not directly contact the Fund or its transfer agent to request a redemption of Fund shares. The Fund normally sends payment by Federal Funds wire to the insurance company's account on the next business day after the Fund receives the order (and no later than seven days after the Fund's receipt of the order). Under unusual circumstances determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission, payment may be delayed or suspended. Contract owners should refer to the withdrawal or surrender instructions in the accompanying prospectus of the participating insurance company.

 

Redemptions "In-Kind." Shares may be "redeemed in-kind" under certain circumstances (such as redemptions of substantial amounts of shares by shareholders that have consented to such in kind redemptions). That means that the redemption proceeds will be paid to the participating insurance companies in securities from the Fund's portfolio. If the Fund redeems shares in-kind, the insurance company accounts may bear transaction costs and will bear market risks until such securities are converted into cash.

 

Limitations on Frequent Transactions

Frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares may interfere with the Manager's ability to manage the Fund's investments efficiently, may increase its transaction and administrative costs and may affect its performance, depending on various factors, such as the size of the Fund, the nature of its investments, the amount of Fund assets the portfolio manager maintains in cash or cash equivalents, and the aggregate dollar amount, the number and the frequency of trades.

If large dollar amounts are involved in frequent redemption transactions, the Fund might be required to sell portfolio securities at unfavorable times to meet those transaction requests, and the Fund's brokerage or administrative expenses might be increased. Therefore, the Manager and the Fund's Board have adopted the following policies and procedures to detect and prevent frequent and/or excessive purchase and redemption activity, while addressing the needs of investors who seek liquidity in their investment. There is no guarantee that those policies and procedures, described below, will be sufficient to identify and deter all excessive short-term trading. If the Transfer Agent is not able to detect and curtail such activity, frequent trading could occur in the Fund.

Policies on Disruptive Activity

The Transfer Agent and the Distributor, on behalf of the Fund, have entered into agreements with participating insurance companies designed to detect and restrict excessive short-term trading activity by contract or policy owners or their financial advisers in their accounts. The Transfer Agent generally does not consider periodic asset allocation or re-balancing that affects a portion of the Fund shares held in the account of a policy or contract owner to be "excessive trading." However, the Transfer Agent has advised participating insurance companies that it generally considers certain other types of trading activity to be "excessive," such as making a "transfer" out of the Fund within 30 days after buying Fund shares (by the sale of the recently purchased Fund shares and the purchase of shares of another fund) or making more than six "round-trip transfers" between funds during one year. The agreements require participating insurance companies to provide transaction information to the Fund and to execute Fund instructions to restrict trading in Fund shares.

 A participating insurance company may also have its own policies and procedures and may impose its own restrictions or limitations to discourage short-term and/or excessive trading by its policy or contract owners. Those policies and procedures may be different from the Fund's in certain respects. You should refer to the prospectus for your insurance company variable annuity contract for specific information about the insurance company's policies. Under certain circumstances, policy or contract owners may be required to transmit purchase or redemption orders only by first class U.S. mail.

Monitoring the Policies. The Fund's policies and procedures for detecting and deterring frequent or excessive trading are administered by the Fund's Transfer Agent. However, the Transfer Agent presently does not have the ability to directly monitor trading activity in the accounts of policy or contract owners within the participating insurance companies' accounts. The Transfer Agent's ability to monitor and deter excessive short-term trading in such insurance company accounts ultimately depends on the capability and diligence of each participating insurance company, under their agreements with the Transfer Agent, the Distributor and the Fund, in monitoring and controlling the trading activity of the policy or contract owners in the insurance company's accounts.

The Transfer Agent will attempt to monitor the net effect on the Fund's assets from the purchase and redemption activity in the accounts of participating insurance companies and will seek to identify patterns that may suggest excessive trading by the contract or policy owners who invest in the insurance company's accounts. If the Transfer Agent believes it has observed evidence of possible excessive trading activity, it will ask the participating insurance companies or other registered owners to provide information about the transaction activity of the contract or policy holders in their respective accounts, and to take appropriate action. In that case, the insurance company must confirm to the Transfer Agent that appropriate action has been taken to curtail the excessive trading activity.

The Transfer Agent will, subject to the limitations described in this section, limit or terminate the trading activity of any person, group or account that it believes would be excessive or disruptive. However, the Transfer Agent may not be able to detect or curtail all such trading activity in the Fund. The Transfer Agent will evaluate trading activity on a case by case basis and the limitations placed on trading may vary between accounts.

Right to Refuse Purchase Orders. The Fund's Distributor or Transfer Agent may, in their discretion, refuse any purchase order and are not obligated to provide notice before rejecting an order.

  

DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12b-1) PLANS

Distribution and Service Plan for Service Shares. The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan for Service Shares to pay the Distributor for distribution related services, personal services and account maintenance for those shares. Under the Plan, the Fund pays the Distributor quarterly at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the daily net assets of the Fund's Service Shares. Because these fees are paid out of the Fund's assets on an on-going basis, over time they will increase the operating expenses of the Service Shares and may cost you more than other types of fees or sales charges. As a result, the Service Shares may have lower performance compared to the Fund's shares that are not subject to a service fee.

     Use of Plan Fees: The Distributor currently uses all of those fees to compensate sponsor(s) of the insurance product for providing personal services and account maintenance for variable contract owners that hold Service Shares.

 

PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS. The Manager and the Distributor, in their discretion, may also make payments for distribution and/or shareholder servicing activities to brokers, dealers and other financial intermediaries, including the insurance companies that offer the Fund as an investment option, or to service providers. Those payments are made out of the Manager's and/or the Distributor's own resources and/or assets, including from the revenues or profits derived from the advisory fees the Manager receives from the Fund. Those cash payments, which may be substantial, are paid to many firms having business relationships with the Manager and Distributor and are in addition to any distribution fees, servicing fees, or transfer agency fees paid directly or indirectly by the Fund to those entities. Payments by the Manager or Distributor from their own resources are not reflected in the tables in the "Fees and Expenses of the Fund" section of this prospectus because they are not paid by the Fund.

The financial intermediaries that may receive those payments include firms that offer and sell Fund shares to their clients, or provide shareholder services to the Fund, or both, and receive compensation for those activities. The financial intermediaries that may receive payments include securities brokers, dealers, financial advisers, insurance companies that offer variable annuity or variable life insurance products and other intermediaries.

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In general, these payments to financial intermediaries can be categorized as "distribution-related" or "servicing" payments. Payments for distribution-related expenses, such as marketing or promotional expenses, are often referred to as "revenue sharing." Revenue sharing payments may be made on the basis of the sales of shares attributable to that intermediary, the average net assets of the Fund and other Oppenheimer funds attributable to the accounts of that intermediary and its clients, negotiated lump sum payments for distribution services provided, or similar fees. In some circumstances, revenue sharing payments may create an incentive for a financial intermediary or its representatives to recommend or offer shares of the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds to its customers. These payments also may give an intermediary an incentive to cooperate with the Distributor's marketing efforts. A revenue sharing payment may, for example, qualify the Fund for preferred status with the intermediary receiving the payment or provide representatives of the Distributor with access to representatives of the intermediary's sales force, in some cases on a preferential basis over funds of competitors. Additionally, as firm support, the Manager or Distributor may reimburse expenses related to educational seminars and "due diligence" or training meetings (to the extent permitted by applicable laws or the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA")) designed to increase sales representatives' awareness about Oppenheimer funds, including travel and lodging expenditures. However, the Manager does not consider a financial intermediary's sale of shares of the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds when selecting brokers or dealers to effect portfolio transactions for the funds.

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Various factors are used to determine whether to make revenue sharing payments. Possible considerations include, without limitation, the types of services provided by the intermediary, sales of Fund shares, the redemption rates on accounts of clients of the intermediary or overall asset levels of Oppenheimer funds held for or by clients of the intermediary, the willingness of the intermediary to allow the Distributor to provide educational and training support for the intermediary's sales personnel relating to the Oppenheimer funds, the availability of the Oppenheimer funds on the intermediary's sales system, as well as the overall quality of the services provided by the intermediary and the Manager or Distributor's relationship with the intermediary. The Manager and Distributor have adopted guidelines for assessing and implementing each prospective revenue sharing arrangement. To the extent that financial intermediaries receiving distribution-related payments from the Manager or Distributor sell more shares of the Oppenheimer funds or retain more shares of the funds in their client accounts, the Manager and Distributor benefit from the incremental management and other fees they receive with respect to those assets.

Payments may also be made by the Manager, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent to financial intermediaries to compensate or reimburse them for administrative or other client services provided such as sub-transfer agency services for shareholders, omnibus accounting or sub-accounting, participation in networking arrangements, account set-up, recordkeeping and other shareholder services. Payments may also be made for administrative services related to the distribution of Fund shares through the intermediary. Firms that may receive servicing fees include insurance companies that offer variable annuity or variable life insurance products and others. These fees may be used by the service provider to offset or reduce fees that would otherwise be paid directly to them by certain account holders. The Statement of Additional Information contains more information about revenue sharing and service payments made by the Manager or the Distributor. Your broker, dealer or other financial intermediary may charge you fees or commissions in addition to those disclosed in this prospectus. You should ask your financial intermediary for details about any such payments it receives from the Manager or the Distributor and their affiliates, or any other fees or expenses it charges.

 

Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS. The Fund intends to declare and pay dividends annually from any net investment income. The Fund may also realize capital gains on the sale of portfolio securities, in which case it may make distributions out of any net short-term or long-term capital gains annually. The Fund may also make supplemental distributions of dividends and capital gains following the end of its fiscal year. The Fund has no fixed dividend rate and cannot guarantee that it will pay any dividends or capital gains distributions in a particular year.

Dividends and distributions are paid separately for each share class. Because of the higher expenses on Service Shares, the dividends and capital gains distributions paid on those shares will generally be lower than for other Fund shares.

Receiving Dividends and Distributions. Any dividends and capital gains distributions will be automatically reinvested in additional Fund shares for the account of the participating insurance company, unless the insurance company elects to have dividends or distributions paid in cash.

 

TAXES. For a discussion of the tax status of a variable annuity contract, a variable life insurance policy or other investment product of a participating insurance company, please refer to the accompanying variable contract prospectus of your participating insurance company. Because shares of the Fund may be purchased only through insurance company separate accounts for variable annuity contracts, variable life insurance policies or other investment products, any dividends from net investment income and distributions of net realized short-term and long-term capital gains will be taxable, if at all, to the participating insurance company. Those payments may affect the tax basis of certain types of distributions from those accounts, however.

The Fund has qualified and intends to qualify each year to be taxed as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code by satisfying certain income, asset diversification and income distribution requirements, but reserves the right not to so qualify. In each year that it qualifies as a regulated investment company, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on its income that it distributes to shareholders.

This information is only a summary of certain Federal income tax information about your investment. You are encouraged to consult your tax adviser about the effect of an investment in the Fund on your particular tax situation and about any changes to the Internal Revenue Code that may occur from time to time. Additional information about the tax effects of investing in the Fund is contained in the Statement of Additional Information.

Financial Highlights

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The Financial Highlights Table is presented to help you understand the Fund's financial performance for the past five fiscal years. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been audited by KPMG LLP, the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and 2010. The financial highlights for the prior years were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm. KPMG's report, along with the Fund's financial statements, are included in the Statement of Additional Information, which is available upon request.

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INFORMATION AND SERVICES



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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. This document includes additional information about the Fund's investment policies, risks, and operations. It is incorporated by reference into this prospectus (it is legally part of this prospectus).
ANNUAL AND SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS. The Fund's Annual and Semi-Annual Reports provide additional information about the Fund's investments and performance. The Annual Report includes a discussion of market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund's performance during its last fiscal year.

How to Request More Information

You can request the above documents, the notice explaining the Fund's privacy policy, and other information about the Fund, without charge, by:

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Telephone:

Call OppenheimerFunds Services toll-free: 1.800.988.8287

Mail:

Use the following address for regular mail:
OppenheimerFunds Services
P.O. Box 5270
Denver, Colorado 80217-5270

Use the following address for courier or express mail:
OppenheimerFunds Services
12100 East Iliff Avenue
Suite 300
Aurora, Colorado 80014

Internet:

You can read or download the Fund's Statement of Additional Information, Annual and Semi-Annual Reports on the OppenheimerFunds website at: www.oppenheimerfunds.com

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Information about the Fund including the Statement of Additional Information can 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 the SEC at 1.202.551.8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are available on the EDGAR database on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Copies may be obtained after payment of a duplicating fee by electronic request at the SEC's e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing to the SEC's Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.

No one has been authorized to provide any information about the Fund or to make any representations about the Fund other than what is contained in this prospectus. This prospectus is not an offer to sell shares of the Fund, nor a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Fund, to any person in any state or other jurisdiction where it is unlawful to make such an offer.



 

   


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Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

April 30, 2011

 
Statement of Additional Information
 
OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS (the "Trust") is an investment company consisting of 11 separate Series (the "Funds"):

  • Oppenheimer Balanced Fund/VA
  • Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA
  • Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund/VA
  • Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA
  • Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund/VA
  • Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA
  • Oppenheimer Main Street Fund®/VA
  • Oppenheimer Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund®/VA*
  • Oppenheimer Money Fund/VA
  • Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA
  • Oppenheimer Value Fund/VA
    * Prior to April 30, 2011 Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund/VA was named "Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund®/VA"
This document contains additional information about the Funds and the Trust, and supplements information in the Funds' Prospectuses dated April 30, 2011.
This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus. It should be read together with the Funds' Prospectuses and the Prospectus for the insurance products you have selected.
Shares of the Funds are sold to provide benefits under variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts and other insurance company separate accounts, as described in the Prospectuses for the Funds and for the insurance products you have selected.
This Statement of Additional Information consists of two separate documents. This text comprises the first document. The second document (to be provided by amendment) contains the Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and Financial Statements for each Fund.
This Statement of Additional Information and the Fund's Prospectuses can also be viewed or downloaded online at the OppenheimerFunds internet website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com. They may also be obtained by writing to the Fund's Transfer Agent, OppenheimerFunds Services, at P.O. Box 5270, Denver, Colorado 80217, or by calling the Transfer Agent at the toll-free number shown below.

6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924
1.800.988.8287

   





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Table of contents

ABOUT THE FUND

Additional Information About the Funds Investment Policies and Risks

3

The Funds Main Investment Policies

3

Other Investments and Investment Strategies

12

Investment Restrictions

28

Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings

30

Organization and History

34

Board of Trustees and Oversight Committees

35

Trustees and Officers of the Fund

36

The Manager

47

Brokerage Policies of the Fund

54

Distribution and Service Arrangements

57

Payments to Fund Intermediaries

58

Performance of the Fund

61

ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT

How to Buy Shares

65

Distributions and Taxes

68

Additional Information About the Fund

70

APPENDIX A: MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS

Appendix A

71

APPENDIX B: RATINGS DEFINITIONS

Appendix B

73

FINANCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

78

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Financial Statements

79




To Summary Prospectus

 

Additional Information About the Funds Investment Policies and Risks

The investment objective, the principal investment policies and the main risks of the Funds are described in their Prospectuses. This SAI contains supplemental information about those policies and risks and the types of securities that the Funds' investment adviser, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (the "Manager"), can select for the Funds. Additional information is also provided about the strategies that the Funds may use to try to achieve their objectives.

The composition of the Funds' portfolios and the techniques and strategies that the Funds use in selecting portfolio securities will vary over time. The Funds are not required to use all of the investment techniques and strategies described below in seeking their objectives. They may use some of the investment techniques and strategies only at some times or they may not use them at all.

The Funds Main Investment Policies

In selecting securities for the Funds' portfolios, the Manager evaluates the merits of particular securities primarily through the exercise of its own investment analysis. That process may include, among other things:

  • evaluation of the issuer's historical operations,
  • prospects for the industry of which the issuer is part,
  • the issuer's financial condition,
  • its pending product developments and business (and those of competitors),
  • the effect of general market and economic conditions on the issuer's business, and
  • legislative proposals that might affect the issuer.

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The Funds are categorized by the types of investment they make. Capital Appreciation Fund/VA, Global Securities Fund/VA, Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund®/VA, Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA, Main Street Fund®/VA and Value Fund/VA can be categorized as "Equity Funds." High Income Fund/VA, Core Bond Fund/VA, and Global Strategic Income Fund/VA can be categorized as "Fixed Income Funds." Balanced Fund/VA shares the investment characteristics (and certain of the investment policies) of both the Equity Funds and the Fixed Income Funds, depending upon the allocations determined from time to time by their respective portfolio managers. In general, the discussion of particular investments and strategies below indicates which Funds can use that investment or technique as part of their investment program. For example, some investments can be held by only some of the Funds and some can be held by all. Please refer to the prospectus of a particular Fund for an explanation of its principal investment policies and risks. The allocation of Main Street Fund®/VA's portfolio to equity securities is generally substantially larger than its allocation to fixed-income securities. Money Fund/VA's investment policies are explained separately; however, discussion below about investment restrictions, repurchase agreements and illiquid securities also apply to Money Fund/VA.

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Fund

Investment Category

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA

Equity

Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA

Equity

Oppenheimer Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund/VA

Equity

Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA

Equity

Oppenheimer Value Fund/VA

Equity

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA

Equity

Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA

Fixed-Income

Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund/VA

Fixed-Income

Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund/VA

Fixed-Income

Oppenheimer Money Fund/VA

Money Market

Oppenheimer Balanced Fund/VA

Other

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The full name of each Fund is shown above and on the cover page. The word "Oppenheimer" is omitted from these names in the rest of this document to conserve space.

Investments in Equity Securities. The Equity Funds focus their investments in equity securities, which include common stocks, preferred stocks, rights and warrants, and securities convertible into common stock. Certain equity securities may be selected not only for their appreciation possibilities but because they may provide dividend income. At times, a Fund may have substantial amounts of its assets invested in securities of issuers in one or more capitalization ranges, based upon the Manager's use of its investment strategies and its judgment of where the best market opportunities are to seek a Fund's objective.

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Small- and mid-cap companies may offer greater opportunities for capital appreciation than securities of larger, more established companies. However, those securities also involve greater risks than securities of larger companies. Securities of small- and mid- cap issuers may be subject to greater price volatility in general than securities of large-cap companies. Therefore, to the degree that a Fund has investments in smaller capitalization companies at times of market volatility, that Fund's share prices may fluctuate more. Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund®/VA and Small & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA will invest primarily in securities of small- and mid-cap issuers, but, for the other Equity Funds those investments may be limited to the extent the Manager believes that such investments would be inconsistent with the goal of preservation of principal.

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Risks of Small- and Mid-Sized Companies. Small- and mid-sized companies may be either established or newer companies, including "unseasoned" companies that have been in operation for less than three years. While smaller companies might offer greater opportunities for gain than larger companies, they also may involve greater risk of loss. They may be more sensitive to changes in a company's earnings expectations and may experience more abrupt and erratic price movements. Smaller companies' securities often trade in lower volumes and it might be harder for the Fund to dispose of its holdings at an acceptable price when it wants to sell them. Small- and mid-sized companies may not have established markets for their products or services and may have fewer customers and product lines. They may have more limited access to financial resources and may not have the financial strength to sustain them through business downturns or adverse market conditions. Since small- and mid-sized companies typically reinvest a high proportion of their earnings in their business, they may not pay dividends for some time, particularly if they are newer companies. Smaller companies may have unseasoned management or less depth in management skill than larger, more established companies. They may be more reliant on the efforts of particular members of their management team and management changes may pose a greater risk to the success of the business. Securities of small, unseasoned companies may be particularly volatile, especially in the short term, and may have very limited liquidity. It may take a substantial period of time to realize a gain on an investment in a small- or mid-sized company, if any gain is realized at all.

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Growth Investing. In selecting equity investments, the portfolio managers for the Equity Funds may from time to time use a growth investing style, a value investing style, or a combination of both. In using a growth approach, the portfolio managers seek securities of "growth" companies. Growth companies are those companies that the Manager believes are entering into a growth cycle in their business, with the expectation that their stock will increase in value. They may be established companies, as well as, newer companies in the development stage. Growth companies may have a variety of characteristics that in the Manager's view define them as "growth" issuers.

Growth companies may be generating or applying new technologies, new or improved distribution techniques or new services. They may own or develop natural resources. They may be companies that can benefit from changing consumer demands or lifestyles, or companies that have projected earnings in excess of the average for their sector or industry. In each case, they have prospects that the Manager believes are favorable for the long term. The portfolio managers of the Funds look for growth companies with strong, capable management, sound financial and accounting policies, successful product development and marketing and other factors.

Value Investing. In selecting equity investments, the portfolio managers for the Equity Funds in particular may from time to time use a value investing style. In using a value approach, the portfolio managers seek stock and other equity securities that appear to be temporarily undervalued, by various measures, such as price/earnings ratios, rather than seeking stocks of "growth" issuers. This approach is subject to change and might not necessarily be used in all cases. Value investing seeks stocks having prices that are low in relation to their real worth or future prospects, in the hope that a Fund will realize appreciation in the value of its holdings when other investors realize the intrinsic value of the stock.

Using value investing requires research as to the issuer's underlying financial condition and prospects. Some of the measures that can be used to identify these securities include, among others:

  • Price/Earnings ratio, which is the stock's price divided by its earnings per share. A stock having a price/earnings ratio lower than its historical range, or the market as a whole or that of similar companies may offer attractive investment opportunities.
  • Price/book value ratio, which is the stock price divided by the book value of the company per share, which measures the company's stock price in relation to its asset value.
  • Dividend Yield is measured by dividing the annual dividend by the stock price per share.
  • Valuation of Assets, which compares the stock price to the value of the company's underlying assets, including their projected value in the marketplace and liquidation value.

Convertible Securities. Convertible securities are debt securities that are convertible into an issuer's common stock. Convertible securities rank senior to common stock in a corporation's capital structure and therefore are subject to less risk than common stock in case of the issuer's bankruptcy or liquidation.

The value of a convertible security is a function of its "investment value" and its "conversion value." If the investment value exceeds the conversion value, the security will behave more like a debt security, and the security's price will likely increase when interest rates fall and decrease when interest rates rise. If the conversion value exceeds the investment value, the security will behave more like an equity security: it will likely sell at a premium over its conversion value, and its price will tend to fluctuate directly with the price of the underlying security.

While many convertible securities are a form of debt security, in some cases their conversion feature (allowing conversion into equity securities) causes the Manager to regard them more as "equity equivalents." In those cases, the credit rating assigned to the security has less impact on the Manager's investment decision than in the case of non-convertible fixed income securities. Convertible securities are subject to the credit risks and interest rate risks described below in "Investments in Bonds and Other Debt Securities."

To determine whether convertible securities should be regarded as "equity equivalents," the Manager may examine the following factors:

  1. whether, at the option of the investor, the convertible security can be exchanged for a fixed number of shares of common stock of the issuer,
  2. whether the issuer of the convertible securities has restated its earnings per share of common stock on a fully diluted basis (considering the effect of conversion of the convertible securities), and
  3. the extent to which the convertible security may be a defensive "equity substitute," providing the ability to participate in any appreciation in the price of the issuer's common stock.

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Preferred Stocks. Preferred stocks are equity securities but have certain attributes of debt securities. Preferred stock, unlike common stock, has a stated dividend rate payable from the corporation's earnings. Preferred stock dividends may be cumulative or non-cumulative, participating, or auction rate. "Cumulative" dividend provisions require all or a portion of prior unpaid dividends to be paid before the issuer can pay dividends on common shares.

If interest rates rise, the fixed dividend on preferred stocks may be less attractive, causing the price of preferred stocks to decline. Preferred stock may have mandatory sinking fund provisions, as well as provisions for their call or redemption prior to maturity which can have a negative effect on their prices when interest rates decline. Preferred stock may be "participating" stock, which means that it may be entitled to a dividend exceeding the stated dividend in certain cases.

Preferred stocks are equity securities because they do not constitute a liability of the issuer and therefore do not offer the same degree of protection of capital as debt securities and may not offer the same degree of assurance of continued income as debt securities. The rights of preferred stock on distribution of a corporation's assets in the event of its liquidation are generally subordinate to the rights associated with a corporation's debt securities. Preferred stock generally has a preference over common stock on the distribution of a corporation's assets in the event of its liquidation.

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Rights and Warrants. The Funds may invest in warrants or rights. Warrants basically are options to purchase equity securities at specific prices valid for a specific period of time. Their prices do not necessarily move parallel to the prices of the underlying securities. Rights are similar to warrants, but normally have a short duration and are distributed directly by the issuer to its shareholders. Rights and warrants have no voting rights, receive no dividends and have no rights with respect to the assets of the issuer.

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Investments in Bonds and Other Debt Securities. The Fixed Income Funds in particular can invest in bonds, debentures and other debt securities to seek current income as part of their investment objectives.

A Fund's debt investments can include investment-grade and non-investment-grade bonds (commonly referred to as "junk bonds"). Investment-grade bonds are bonds rated at least "Baa" by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., ("Moody's") or at least "BBB" by Standard & Poor's Rating Services ("S&P") or Fitch, Inc. ("Fitch") or that have comparable ratings by another nationally recognized rating organization. In making investments in debt securities, the Manager may rely to some extent on the ratings of ratings organizations or it may use its own research to evaluate a security's credit-worthiness. If the securities that a Fund buys are unrated, to be considered part of a Fund's holdings of investment-grade securities, they must be judged by the Manager to be of comparable quality to bonds rated as investment grade by a rating organization.

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Credit Risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer of a debt security to meet interest and principal payment obligations as they become due. Some of the special credit risks of lower-grade securities are discussed in the Prospectus. There is a greater risk that the issuer may default on its obligation to pay interest or to repay principal than in the case of investment grade securities. The issuer's low creditworthiness may increase the potential for its insolvency. An overall decline in values in the high yield bond market is also more likely during a period of a general economic downturn. An economic downturn or an increase in interest rates could severely disrupt the market for high yield bonds, adversely affecting the values of outstanding bonds as well as the ability of issuers to pay interest or repay principal. In the case of foreign high yield bonds, these risks are in addition to the special risks of foreign investing discussed in the Prospectus and in this SAI.

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.

Fluctuations in the market value of fixed-income securities after the Funds buy them will not affect the interest income payable on those securities (unless the security pays interest at a variable rate pegged to interest rate changes). However, those price fluctuations will be reflected in the valuations of the securities, and therefore the Funds' net asset values will be affected by those fluctuations.

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       Prepayment Risk. Certain fixed-income securities (in particular mortgage-related securities) are subject to the risk of unanticipated prepayment. That is the risk that when interest rates fall, the issuer will repay the security prior to the security's expected maturity, or with respect to certain fixed-income securities, that borrowers will prepay the loans that underlie these securities more quickly than expected, thereby causing the issuer of the security to repay the principal prior to the security's expected maturity. The Fund may need to reinvest the proceeds at a lower interest rate, reducing its income. Securities subject to prepayment risk generally offer less potential for gains when prevailing interest rates fall. If the Fund buys those securities at a premium, accelerated prepayments on those securities could cause it to lose a portion of its principal investment represented by the premium. The impact of prepayments on the price of a security may be difficult to predict and may increase the security's price volatility. Interest-only and principal-only securities are especially sensitive to interest rate changes, which can affect not only their prices but can also change the income flows and prepayment assumptions about those investments.

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       Extension Risk. If interest rates rise rapidly, repayments of principal on certain debt securities may occur at a slower rate than expected and the expected maturity of those securities could lengthen as a result. Those securities generally have a greater potential for loss when prevailing interest rates rise, which could cause their value to fall sharply.

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Special Risks of Lower-Grade Securities. Because lower-grade securities tend to offer higher yields than investment grade securities, a Fund may invest in lower grade securities if the Manager is trying to achieve greater income (and, in some cases, the appreciation possibilities of lower-grade securities may be a reason they are selected for a Fund's portfolio). High-yield convertible debt securities might be selected as "equity substitutes," as described above but are subject to a Fund's limitation on its investment in debt securities as stated in the Prospectus.

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As mentioned above, "lower-grade" debt securities are those rated below "investment grade," which means they have a rating lower than "Baa" by Moody's or lower than "BBB" by S&P or Fitch, Inc. or similar ratings by other nationally recognized rating organizations. If they are unrated, and are determined by the Manager to be of comparable quality to debt securities rated below investment grade, they are included in the limitation on the percentage of a Fund's assets that can be invested in lower-grade securities.

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While securities rated "Baa" by Moody's or "BBB" by Standard & Poor's or Fitch are investment-grade and are not regarded as junk bonds, those securities may be subject to special risks, and have some speculative characteristics. Definitions of the debt security ratings categories of Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch are included in Appendix B to this SAI.

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Floating Rate and Variable Rate Obligations. Some securities the Funds can purchase have variable or floating interest rates. Variable rates are adjusted at stated periodic intervals. Variable rate obligations can have a demand feature that allows the Funds to tender the obligation to the issuer or a third party prior to its maturity. The tender may be at par value plus accrued interest, according to the terms of the obligations.

The interest rate on a floating rate demand note is adjusted automatically according to a stated prevailing market rate, such as a bank's prime rate, the 91-day U.S. Treasury Bill rate, or some other standard. The instrument's rate is adjusted automatically each time the base rate is adjusted. The interest rate on a variable rate note is also based on a stated prevailing market rate but is adjusted automatically at specified intervals of not less than one year. Generally, the changes in the interest rate on such securities reduce the fluctuation in their market value. As interest rates decrease or increase, the potential for capital appreciation or depreciation is less than that for fixed-rate obligations of the same maturity. The Manager may determine that an unrated floating rate or variable rate demand obligation meets the Funds' quality standards by reason of being backed by a letter of credit or guarantee issued by a bank that meets those quality standards.

Floating rate and variable rate demand notes that have a stated maturity in excess of one year may have features that permit the holder to recover the principal amount of the underlying security at specified intervals not exceeding one year and upon no more than 30 days' notice. The issuer of that type of note normally has a corresponding right in its discretion, after a given period, to prepay the outstanding principal amount of the note plus accrued interest. Generally, the issuer must provide a specified number of days' notice to the holder.

Asset-Backed Securities. Asset-backed securities are fractional interests in pools of assets, typically accounts receivable or consumer loans. They are issued by trusts or special-purpose corporations. They are similar to mortgage-backed securities, described below, and are backed by a pool of assets that consist of obligations of individual borrowers. The income from the pool is passed through to the holders of the asset-back security. The pools may offer a credit enhancement, such as a bank letter of credit, to try to reduce the risks that the underlying debtors will not pay their obligations when due. However, the enhancement, if any, might not be for the full par value of the security. If the enhancement is exhausted and any required payments of interest or repayments of principal are not made, that Fund could suffer losses on its investment or delays in receiving payment.

The value of an asset-backed security is affected by changes in the market's perception of the asset backing the security, the creditworthiness of the servicing agent for the loan pool, the originator of the loans, or the financial institution providing any credit enhancement, and is also affected if any credit enhancement has been exhausted. The risks of investing in asset-backed securities are ultimately related to payment of consumer loans by the individual borrowers. As a purchaser of an asset-backed security, a Fund would generally have no recourse to the entity that originated the loans in the event of default by a borrower. The underlying loans are subject to prepayments, which may shorten the weighted average life of asset-backed securities and may lower their return, in the same manner as in the case of mortgage-backed securities and CMOs, described below.

Mortgage-Related Securities. Mortgage-related securities (also referred to as mortgage-backed securities) are a form of fixed-income investment collateralized by pools of commercial or residential mortgages. Pools of mortgage loans are assembled as securities for sale to investors by government agencies or entities or by private issuers. These securities include collateralized mortgage obligations ("CMOs"), mortgage pass-through securities, stripped mortgage pass-through securities, interests in real estate mortgage investment conduits ("REMICs") and other real-estate related securities.

Mortgage-related securities that are issued or guaranteed by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. government have relatively little credit risk (depending on the nature of the issuer). Privately issued mortgage-related securities have some credit risk, as the underlying mortgage may not fully collateralize the obligation and full payment of them is not guaranteed. Both types of mortgage-related securities are subject to interest rate risks and prepayment risks, as described in the Prospectuses.

As with other debt securities, the prices of mortgage-related securities tend to move inversely to changes in interest rates. The Fixed Income Funds and Value Fund/VA can buy mortgage-related securities that have interest rates that move inversely to changes in general interest rates, based on a multiple of a specific index. Although the value of a mortgage-related security may decline when interest rates rise, the converse is not always the case.
In periods of declining interest rates, mortgages are more likely to be prepaid. Therefore, a mortgage-related security's maturity can be shortened by unscheduled prepayments on the underlying mortgages. Therefore, it is not possible to predict accurately the security's yield. The principal that is returned earlier than expected may have to be reinvested in other investments having a lower yield than the prepaid security. Therefore, these securities may be less effective as a means of "locking in" attractive long-term interest rates, and they may have less potential for appreciation during periods of declining interest rates, than conventional bonds with comparable stated maturities.

Prepayment risks can lead to substantial fluctuations in the value of a mortgage-related security. In turn, this can affect the value of that Fund's shares. If a mortgage-related security has been purchased at a premium, all or part of the premium that Fund paid may be lost if there is a decline in the market value of the security, whether that results from interest rate changes or prepayments on the underlying mortgages. In the case of stripped mortgage-related securities, if they experience greater rates of prepayment than were anticipated, that Fund may fail to recoup its initial investment on the security.

During periods of rapidly rising interest rates, prepayments of mortgage-related securities may occur at slower than expected rates. Slower prepayments effectively may lengthen a mortgage-related security's expected maturity. Generally, that would cause the value of the security to fluctuate more widely in responses to changes in interest rates. If the prepayments on a Fund's mortgage-related securities were to decrease broadly, that Fund's effective duration, and therefore its sensitivity to interest rate changes, would increase. As with other debt securities, the values of mortgage-related securities may be affected by changes in the market's perception of the creditworthiness of the entity issuing the securities or guaranteeing them. Their values may also be affected by changes in government regulations and tax policies.

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Collateralized Mortgage Obligations. CMOs are multi-class bonds that are backed by pools of mortgage loans or mortgage pass-through certificates. They may be collateralized by:

  1. pass-through certificates issued or guaranteed by Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, or Freddie Mac,
  2. unsecuritized mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the Department of Veterans' Affairs,
  3. unsecuritized conventional mortgages,
  4. other mortgage-related securities, or
  5. any combination of these.

Each class of CMO, referred to as a "tranche," is issued at a specific coupon rate and has a stated maturity or final distribution date. Principal prepayments on the underlying mortgages may cause the CMO to be retired much earlier than the stated maturity or final distribution date. The principal and interest on the underlying mortgages may be allocated among the several classes of a series of a CMO in different ways. One or more trenches may have coupon rates that reset periodically at a specified increase over an index. These are floating rate CMOs, and typically have a cap on the coupon rate. Inverse floating rate CMOs have a coupon rate that moves in the reverse direction to an applicable index. The coupon rate on these CMOs will increase as general interest rates decrease. These are usually much more volatile than fixed rate CMOs or floating rate CMOs.

U.S. Government Securities. These are securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury or other government agencies or federally-chartered corporate entities referred to as "instrumentalities." The obligations of U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities in which the Funds may invest may or may not be guaranteed or supported by the "full faith and credit" of the United States. "Full faith and credit," means generally that the taxing power of the U.S. government is pledged to the payment of interest and repayment of principal on a security. If a security is not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, the owner of the security must look principally to the agency issuing the obligation for repayment. The owner might not be able to assert a claim against the United States if the issuing agency or instrumentality does not meet its commitment. The Funds will invest in securities of U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities only if the Manager is satisfied that the credit risk with respect to the agency or instrumentality is minimal.

U.S. Treasury Obligations. These include Treasury bills (maturities of one year or less when issued), Treasury notes (maturities of one to 10 years), and Treasury bonds (maturities of more than 10 years). Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States as to timely payments of interest and repayments of principal. They also can include U.S. Treasury securities that have been "stripped" by a Federal Reserve Bank, zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities described below, and Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities ("TIPS").

Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities. The Funds can buy these TIPS, which are designed to provide an investment vehicle that is not vulnerable to inflation. The interest rate paid by TIPS is fixed. The principal value rises or falls semi-annually based on changes in the published Consumer Price Index. If inflation occurs, the principal and interest payments on TIPS are adjusted to protect investors from inflationary loss. If deflation occurs, the principal and interest payments will be adjusted downward, although the principal will not fall below its face amount at maturity.

Obligations Issued or Guaranteed by U.S. Government Agencies or Instrumentalities. These include direct obligations and mortgage-related securities that have different levels of credit support from the government. Some are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, such as Government National Mortgage Association ("GNMA") pass-through mortgage certificates (called "Ginnie Maes"). Some are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury under certain circumstances, such as Federal National Mortgage Association bonds ("Fannie Maes"). Others are supported only by the credit of the entity that issued them, such as Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC") obligations ("Freddie Macs").

U.S. Government Mortgage-Related Securities. The Funds can invest in a variety of mortgage-related securities that are issued by U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities, some of which are described below.

GNMA Certificates. The Government National Mortgage Association is a wholly-owned corporate instrumentality of the United States within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. GNMA's principal programs involve its guarantees of privately-issued securities backed by pools of mortgages. Ginnie Maes are debt securities representing an interest in one mortgage or a pool of mortgages that are insured by the Federal Housing Administration ("FHA") or the Farmers Home Administration ("FMHA") or guaranteed by the Veterans Administration ("VA").

The Ginnie Maes in which the Funds invest are of the "fully modified pass-through" type. They provide that the registered holders of the Ginnie Maes will receive timely monthly payments of the pro-rata share of the scheduled principal payments on the underlying mortgages, whether or not those amounts are collected by the issuers. Amounts paid include, on a pro rata basis, any prepayment of principal of such mortgages and interest (net of servicing and other charges) on the aggregate unpaid principal balance of the Ginnie Maes, whether or not the interest on the underlying mortgages has been collected by the issuers.

The Ginnie Maes purchased by the Funds are guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by GNMA. In giving that guaranty, GNMA expects that payments received by the issuers of Ginnie Maes on account of the mortgages backing the Ginnie Maes will be sufficient to make the required payments of principal of and interest on those Ginnie Maes. However, if those payments are insufficient, the guaranty agreements between the issuers of the Ginnie Maes and GNMA require the issuers to make advances sufficient for the payments. If the issuers fail to make those payments, GNMA will do so.

Under federal law, the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged to the payment of all amounts that may be required to be paid under any guaranty issued by GNMA as to such mortgage pools. An opinion of an Assistant Attorney General of the United States, dated December 9, 1969, states that such guaranties "constitute general obligations of the United States backed by its full faith and credit." GNMA is empowered to borrow from the United States Treasury to the extent necessary to make any payments of principal and interest required under those guaranties.

Ginnie Maes are backed by the aggregate indebtedness secured by the underlying FHA-insured, FMHA-insured or VA-guaranteed mortgages. Except to the extent of payments received by the issuers on account of such mortgages, Ginnie Maes do not constitute a liability of those issuers, nor do they evidence any recourse against those issuers. Recourse is solely against GNMA. Holders of Ginnie Maes (such as the Funds) have no security interest in or lien on the underlying mortgages.

Monthly payments of principal will be made, and additional prepayments of principal may be made, to the Funds with respect to the mortgages underlying the Ginnie Maes owned by the Funds. All of the mortgages in the pools relating to the Ginnie Maes in the Funds are subject to prepayment without any significant premium or penalty, at the option of the mortgagors. While the mortgages on one-to-four family dwellings underlying certain Ginnie Maes have a stated maturity of up to 30 years, it has been the experience of the mortgage industry that the average life of comparable mortgages, as a result of prepayments, refinancing and payments from foreclosures, is considerably less.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC) Certificates. FHLMC, a corporate instrumentality of the United States, issues FHLMC Certificates representing interests in mortgage loans. FHLMC guarantees to each registered holder of a FHLMC Certificate timely payment of the amounts representing a holder's proportionate share in:

  1. interest payments less servicing and guarantee fees,
  2. principal prepayments, and
  3. the ultimate collection of amounts representing the holder's proportionate interest in principal payments on the mortgage loans in the pool represented by the FHLMC Certificate, in each case whether or not such amounts are actually received.

The obligations of FHLMC under its guarantees are obligations solely of FHLMC and are not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.

Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) Certificates. Fannie Mae, a federally-chartered and privately-owned corporation, issues Fannie Mae Certificates which are backed by a pool of mortgage loans. Fannie Mae guarantees to each registered holder of a Fannie Mae Certificate that the holder will receive amounts representing the holder's proportionate interest in scheduled principal and interest payments, and any principal prepayments, on the mortgage loans in the pool represented by such Certificate, less servicing and guarantee fees, and the holder's proportionate interest in the full principal amount of any foreclosed or other liquidated mortgage loan. In each case the guarantee applies whether or not those amounts are actually received. The obligations of Fannie Mae under its guarantees are obligations solely of Fannie Mae and are not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities other than Fannie Mae.

 

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Forward Rolls. The Funds can enter into "forward roll" transactions with respect to mortgage-related securities (also referred to as "mortgage dollar rolls"). In this type of transaction, a Fund sells a mortgage-related security to a buyer and simultaneously agrees to repurchase a similar security (the same type of security, and having the same coupon and maturity) at a later date at a set price. The securities that are repurchased will have the same interest rate as the securities that are sold, but typically will be collateralized by different pools of mortgages (with different prepayment histories) than the securities that have been sold. Proceeds from the sale are invested in short-term instruments, such as repurchase agreements. The income from those investments, plus the fees from the forward roll transaction, are expected to generate income to a Fund in excess of the yield on the securities that have been sold.

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The Funds will only enter into "covered" rolls. To assure its future payment of the purchase price, the Funds will identify on its books liquid assets in an amount equal to the payment obligation under the roll.

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These transactions have risks. During the period between the sale and the repurchase, the Fund will not be entitled to receive interest and principal payments on the securities that have been sold. It is possible that the market value of the securities the Fund sells may decline below the price at which the Fund is obligated to repurchase securities.

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Zero-Coupon U.S. Government Securities. The Funds may buy zero-coupon U.S. government securities. These will typically be U.S. Treasury Notes and Bonds that have been stripped of their unmatured interest coupons, the coupons themselves, or certificates representing interests in those stripped debt obligations and coupons.

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Zero-coupon securities do not make periodic interest payments and are sold at a deep discount from their face value at maturity. The buyer recognizes a rate of return determined by the gradual appreciation of the security, which is redeemed at face value on a specified maturity date. This discount depends on the time remaining until maturity, as well as prevailing interest rates, the liquidity of the security and the credit quality of the issuer. The discount typically decreases as the maturity date approaches.

Because zero-coupon securities pay no interest and compound semi-annually at the rate fixed at the time of their issuance, their value is generally more volatile than the value of other debt securities that pay interest. Their value may fall more dramatically than the value of interest-bearing securities when interest rates rise. When prevailing interest rates fall, zero-coupon securities tend to rise more rapidly in value because they have a fixed rate of return.

A Fund's investment in zero-coupon securities may cause that Fund to recognize income and make distributions to shareholders before it receives any cash payments on the zero-coupon investment. To generate cash to satisfy those distribution requirements, a Fund may have to sell portfolio securities that it otherwise might have continued to hold or to use cash flows from other sources such as the sale of Fund shares.

Commercial (Privately-Issued) Mortgage Related Securities. The Funds can invest in commercial mortgage-related securities issued by private entities. Generally these are multi-class debt or pass-through certificates secured by mortgage loans on commercial properties. They are subject to the credit risk of the issuer. These securities typically are structured to provide protection to investors in senior classes from possible losses on the underlying loans. They do so by having holders of subordinated classes take the first loss if there are defaults on the underlying loans. They may also be protected to some extent by guarantees, reserve funds or additional collateralization mechanisms.

Loan Participation Interests. The Fund may invest in loan participation interests, subject to the Fund's limitation on investments in illiquid investments. A participation interest is an undivided interest in a loan made by the issuing financial institution in the proportion that the buyer's participation interest bears to the total principal amount of the loan. The issuing financial institution may have no obligation to the Fund other than to pay the Fund the proportionate amount of the principal and interest payments it receives. The Fund may also buy interests in trusts and other entities that hold loan obligations. 

Participation interests are primarily dependent upon the creditworthiness of the borrowing corporation, which is obligated to make payments of principal and interest on the loan. There is a risk that a borrower may have difficulty making payments. If a borrower fails to pay scheduled interest or principal payments, the Fund could experience a reduction in its income. The value of that participation interest might also decline, which could affect the net asset value of the Fund's shares. If the issuing financial institution fails to perform its obligations under the participation agreement, the Fund might incur costs and delays in realizing payment and suffer a loss of principal and/or interest. In some cases, these participation interests, whether held directly by the Fund or indirectly through an interest in a trust or other entity, may be partially "unfunded," meaning the Fund may be required to advance additional money on future dates. 

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Event-Linked Bonds. The Funds may invest in "event-linked" bonds. Event-linked bonds, which are sometimes referred to as "catastrophe" bonds, are fixed income securities for which the return of principal and payment of interest is contingent on the non-occurrence of a specific trigger event, such as a hurricane, earthquake, or other occurrence that leads to physical or economic loss. In some cases, the trigger event will not be deemed to have occurred unless the event is of a certain magnitude (based on scientific readings) or causes a certain measurable amount of loss to the issuer, a particular industry group or a reference index. If the trigger event occurs prior to maturity, a Fund may lose all or a portion of its principal and additional interest. The Funds may also invest in similar bonds where a Fund may lose all or a portion of its principal and additional interest if the mortality rate in a geographic area exceeds a stated threshold prior to maturity whether or not a particular catastrophic event has occurred.

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Event-linked bonds may be issued by government agencies, insurance companies, reinsurers, and financial institutions, among other issuers, or special purpose vehicles associated with the foregoing. Often event-linked bonds provide for extensions of maturity in order to process and audit loss claims in those cases when a trigger event has occurred or is likely to have occurred. An extension of maturity may increase a bond's volatility.

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Event-linked bonds may expose the Funds to certain other risks, including issuer default, adverse regulatory or jurisdictional interpretations, liquidity risk and adverse tax consequences. Lack of a liquid market may result in higher transaction costs and the possibility that a Fund may be forced to liquidate positions when it would not be advantageous to do so. Event-linked bonds are typically rated by one or more nationally recognized statistical rating organization and a Fund will only invest in event-linked bonds that meet the credit quality requirements for the Fund.

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Foreign Securities. The Equity Funds and the Fixed Income Funds may invest in foreign securities, and Global Securities Fund/VA and Global Strategic Income Fund/VA expect to have substantial investments in foreign securities. These include equity securities issued by foreign companies and debt securities issued or guaranteed by foreign companies or governments, including supra-national entities. "Foreign securities" include equity and debt securities of companies organized under the laws of countries other than the United States and debt securities issued or guaranteed by governments other than the U.S. government or by foreign supra-national entities. They also include securities of companies (including those that are located in the U.S. or organized under U.S. law) that derive a significant portion of their revenue or profits from foreign businesses, investments or sales, or that have a significant portion of their assets abroad. They may be traded on foreign securities exchanges or in the foreign over-the-counter markets. Value Fund/VA can purchase up to 25% of its total assets in certain equity and debt securities issued or guaranteed by foreign companies or of foreign governments or their agencies and as stated in the Prospectus, Value Fund/VA does not concentrate 25% or more of its total assets in the securities of any one foreign government. Global Strategic Income Fund/VA has no limitation on the amount of foreign securities in which it may invest but will not concentrate 25% or more of its total assets in the securities of any one foreign government.

Securities of foreign issuers that are represented by American Depository Receipts or that are listed on a U.S. securities exchange or traded in the U.S. over-the-counter markets are not considered "foreign securities" for the purpose of a Fund's investment allocations, because they are not subject to many of the special considerations and risks, discussed below, that apply to foreign securities traded and held abroad.

Because the Funds may purchase securities denominated in foreign currencies, a change in the value of such foreign currency against the U.S. dollar will result in a change in the amount of income the Funds have available for distribution. Because a portion of the Funds' investment income may be received in foreign currencies, the Funds will be required to compute their income in U.S. dollars for distribution to shareholders, and therefore the Funds will absorb the cost of currency fluctuations. After the Funds have distributed income, subsequent foreign currency losses may result in the Funds' having distributed more income in a particular fiscal period than was available from investment income, which could result in a return of capital to shareholders.

Investing in foreign securities offers potential benefits not available from investing solely in securities of domestic issuers. They include the opportunity to invest in foreign issuers that appear to offer growth potential, or in foreign countries with economic policies or business cycles different from those of the U.S., or to reduce fluctuations in portfolio value by taking advantage of foreign stock markets that do not move in a manner parallel to U.S. markets. The Funds will hold foreign currency only in connection with the purchase or sale of foreign securities.

Foreign Debt Obligations. The debt obligations of foreign governments and entities may or may not be supported by the full faith and credit of the foreign government. The Fixed Income Funds may buy securities issued by certain supra-national entities, which include entities designated or supported by governments to promote economic reconstruction or development, international banking organizations and related government agencies. Examples are the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (commonly called the "World Bank"), the Asian Development bank and the Inter-American Development Bank.

The governmental members of these supra-national entities are "stockholders" that typically make capital contributions and may be committed to make additional capital contributions if the entity is unable to repay its borrowings. A supra-national entity's lending activities may be limited to a percentage of its total capital, reserves and net income. There can be no assurance that the constituent foreign governments will continue to be able or willing to honor their capitalization commitments for those entities.

The Fixed Income Funds can invest in U.S. dollar-denominated "Brady Bonds." These foreign debt obligations may be fixed-rate par bonds or floating-rate discount bonds. They are generally collateralized in full as to repayment of principal at maturity by U.S. Treasury zero-coupon obligations that have the same maturity as the Brady Bonds. Brady Bonds can be viewed as having three or four valuation components: (i) the collateralized repayment of principal at final maturity; (ii) the collateralized interest payments; (iii) the uncollateralized interest payments; and (iv) any uncollateralized repayment of principal at maturity. Those uncollateralized amounts constitute what is called the "residual risk".

If there is a default on collateralized Brady Bonds resulting in acceleration of the payment obligations of the issuer, the zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities held as collateral for the payment of principal will not be distributed to investors, nor will those obligations be sold to distribute the proceeds. The collateral will be held by the collateral agent to the scheduled maturity of the defaulted Brady Bonds. The defaulted bonds will continue to remain outstanding, and the face amount of the collateral will equal the principal payments which would have then been due on the Brady Bonds in the normal course. Because of the residual risk of Brady Bonds and the history of defaults with respect to commercial bank loans by public and private entities of countries issuing Brady Bonds, Brady Bonds are considered speculative investments.

Risks of Foreign Investing. Investments in foreign securities may offer special opportunities for investing but also present special additional risks and considerations not typically associated with investments in domestic securities. Some of these additional risks are:

  • reduction of income by foreign taxes;
  • fluctuation in value of foreign investments due to changes in currency rates or currency control regulations (for example, currency blockage);
  • transaction charges for currency exchange;
  • lack of public information about foreign issuers;
  • lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards in foreign countries comparable to those applicable to domestic issuers;
  • less volume on foreign exchanges than on U.S. exchanges;
  • reater volatility and less liquidity on foreign markets than in the U.S.;
  • less governmental regulation of foreign issuers, stock exchanges and brokers than in the U.S.;
  • greater difficulties in commencing lawsuits;
  • higher brokerage commission rates than in the U.S.;
  • increased risks of delays in settlement of portfolio transactions or loss of certificates for portfolio securities;
  • possibilities in some countries of expropriation, confiscatory taxation, currency devaluation, political, financial or social instability or adverse diplomatic developments; and
  • unfavorable differences between the U.S. economy and foreign economies.

In the past, U.S. government policies have discouraged certain investments abroad by U.S. investors, through taxation or other restrictions, and it is possible that such restrictions could be re-imposed.


Special Risks of Emerging Markets. Emerging and developing markets abroad may also offer special opportunities for growth investing but have greater risks than more developed foreign markets, such as those in Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. There may be even less liquidity in their securities markets, and settlements of purchases and sales of securities may be subject to additional delays. They are subject to greater risks of limitations on the repatriation of income and profits because of currency restrictions imposed by local governments. Those countries may also be subject to the risk of greater political and economic instability, which can greatly affect the volatility of prices of securities in those countries. The Manager will consider these factors when evaluating securities in these markets, because the selection of those securities must be consistent with a Fund's goal of preservation of principal.

Portfolio Turnover. "Portfolio turnover" describes the rates at which the Funds traded their portfolio securities during their last fiscal year. For example, if a Fund sold all of its securities during the year, its portfolio turnover rate would have been 100%. The Funds' portfolio turnover rates will fluctuate from year to year, and any of the Funds may have portfolio turnover rates of more than 100% annually.

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Other Investments and Investment Strategies

Other Investment Techniques and Strategies. In seeking their respective objectives, the Funds may from time to time use the types of investment strategies and investments described below. They are not required to use all of these strategies at all times, and at times may not use them.

Investing in Small, Unseasoned Companies. A Fund may invest in securities of small, unseasoned companies, subject to limits (if any) stated in that Fund's Prospectus. These are companies that have been in operation for less than three years, including the operations of any predecessors. Securities of these companies may be subject to volatility in their prices. They may have a limited trading market or no trading market, which may adversely affect a Fund's ability to value them or to dispose of them and can reduce the price that Fund might be able to obtain for them. Other investors that own a security issued by a small, unseasoned issuer for which there is limited liquidity might trade the security when a Fund is attempting to dispose of their holdings of that security. In that case, a Fund might receive a lower price for its holdings than might otherwise be obtained.

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When-Issued and Delayed-Delivery Transactions. The Funds may invest in securities on a "when-issued" basis and may purchase or sell securities on a "delayed-delivery" or "forward commitment" basis. When-issued and delayed-delivery are terms that refer to securities whose terms and indenture are available and for which a market exists, but which are not available for immediate delivery.

When such transactions are negotiated, the price (which is generally expressed in yield terms) is fixed at the time the commitment is made. Delivery and payment for the securities take place at a later date. The securities are subject to change in value from market fluctuations during the period until settlement. The value at delivery may be less than the purchase price. For example, changes in interest rates in a direction other than that expected by the Manager before settlement will affect the value of such securities and may cause a loss to the Funds. During the period between purchase and settlement, no payment is made by a Fund to the issuer and no interest accrues to that Fund from the investment until it receives the security at settlement. There is a risk of loss to a Fund if the value of the security changes prior to the settlement date, and there is the risk that the other party may not perform.

The Funds engage in when-issued transactions to secure what the Manager considers to be an advantageous price and yield at the time of entering into the obligation. When a Fund enters into a when-issued or delayed-delivery transaction, it relies on the other party to complete the transaction. Its failure to do so may cause that Fund to lose the opportunity to obtain the security at a price and yield the Manager considers to be advantageous.

When a Fund engages in when-issued and delayed-delivery transactions, it does so for the purpose of acquiring or selling securities consistent with its investment objective and policies for its portfolio or for delivery pursuant to options contracts it has entered into, and not for the purpose of investment leverage. Although a Fund will enter into delayed-delivery or when-issued purchase transactions to acquire securities, it may dispose of a commitment prior to settlement. If a Fund chooses to dispose of the right to acquire a when-issued security prior to its acquisition or to dispose of its right to delivery against a forward commitment, it may incur a gain or loss.

At the time a Fund makes the commitment to purchase or sell a security on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis, it records the transaction on its books and reflects the value of the security purchased in determining that Fund's net asset value. In a sale transaction, it records the proceeds to be received. That Fund will identify on its books liquid assets at least equal in value to the value of that Fund's purchase commitments until that Fund pays for the investment.

When-issued and delayed-delivery transactions can be used by the Funds as a defensive technique to hedge against anticipated changes in interest rates and prices. For instance, in periods of rising interest rates and falling prices, a Fund might sell securities in its portfolio on a forward commitment basis to attempt to limit its exposure to anticipated falling prices. In periods of falling interest rates and rising prices, a Fund might sell portfolio securities and purchase the same or similar securities on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis to obtain the benefit of currently higher cash yields.

Zero-Coupon Securities. The Fixed Income Funds may buy zero-coupon and delayed interest securities, and "stripped" securities of foreign government issuers, which may or may not be backed by the "full faith and credit" of the issuing foreign government, and of domestic and foreign corporations. The Fixed Income Funds and Value Fund/VA may also buy zero-coupon and "stripped" U.S. government securities. Zero-coupon securities issued by foreign governments and by corporations will be subject to greater credit risks than U.S. government zero-coupon securities.

"Stripped" Mortgage-Related Securities. The Fixed Income Funds and Value Fund/VA can invest in stripped mortgage-related securities that are created by segregating the cash flows from underlying mortgage loans or mortgage securities to create two or more new securities. Each has a specified percentage of the underlying security's principal or interest payments. These are a form of derivative investment.

Mortgage securities may be partially stripped so that each class receives some interest and some principal. However, they may be completely stripped. In that case all of the interest is distributed to holders of one type of security, known as an "interest-only" security, or "I/O," and all of the principal is distributed to holders of another type of security, known as a "principal-only" security or "P/O." Strips can be created for pass-through certificates or CMOs.

The yields to maturity of I/Os and P/Os are very sensitive to principal repayments (including prepayments) on the underlying mortgages. If the underlying mortgages experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, a Fund might not fully recoup its investment in an I/O based on those assets. If underlying mortgages experience less than anticipated prepayments of principal, the yield on the P/Os based on them could decline substantially.

Repurchase Agreements. The Funds may acquire securities subject to repurchase agreements. They may do so for liquidity purposes to meet anticipated redemptions of Funds shares, or pending the investment of the proceeds from sales of Funds shares, or pending the settlement of portfolio securities transactions, or for temporary defensive purposes, as described below.

In a repurchase transaction, a Fund buys a security from, and simultaneously resells it to, an approved vendor for delivery on an agreed-upon future date. The resale price exceeds the purchase price by an amount that reflects an agreed-upon interest rate effective for the period during which the repurchase agreement is in effect. Approved vendors include U.S. commercial banks, U.S. branches of foreign banks, or broker-dealers that have been designated as primary dealers in government securities. They must meet credit requirements set by the Manager from time to time.

The majority of these transactions run from day to day, and delivery pursuant to the resale typically occurs within one to five days of the purchase. Repurchase agreements having a maturity beyond seven days are subject to each Fund's limit on holding illiquid investments. No Fund will enter into a repurchase agreement that causes more than 15% of its net assets (for Money Fund/VA, 10%) to be subject to repurchase agreements having a maturity beyond seven days. There is no limit on the amount of a Fund's net assets that may be subject to repurchase agreements having maturities of seven days or less.

Repurchase agreements, considered "loans" under the Investment Company Act, are collateralized by the underlying security. The Funds' repurchase agreements require that at all times while the repurchase agreements are in effect, the value of the collateral must equal or exceed the repurchase price to fully collateralize the repayment obligation. However, if the vendor fails to pay the resale price on the delivery date, the Funds may incur costs in disposing of the collateral and may experience losses if there is any delay in its ability to do so. The Manager will monitor the vendor's creditworthiness to confirm that the vendor is financially sound and will continuously monitor the collateral's value.

Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), the Funds, along with other affiliated entities managed by the Manager, may transfer uninvested cash balances into one or more joint repurchase accounts. These balances are invested in one or more repurchase agreements, secured by U.S. government securities. Securities that are collateral for repurchase agreements are financial assets subject to the Funds' entitlement orders through its securities account at its custodian bank until the agreements mature. Each joint repurchase arrangement requires that the market value of the collateral be sufficient to cover payments of interest and principal; however, in the event of default by the other party to the agreement, retention or sale of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.

Illiquid and Restricted Securities. Generally, an illiquid asset is an asset that cannot be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business within seven days at approximately the price at which it has been valued. Under the policies and procedures established by the Board, the Manager determines the liquidity of portfolio investments. The Manager monitors holdings of illiquid and restricted securities on an ongoing basis to determine whether to sell any holdings to maintain adequate liquidity. Among the types of illiquid securities are repurchase agreements maturing in more than seven days.

Restricted securities acquired through private placements have contractual restrictions on their public resale that might limit the ability to value or to dispose of the securities and might lower the price that could be realized on a sale. To sell a restricted security that is not registered under applicable securities laws, the securities might need to be registered. The expense of registering restricted securities may be negotiated with the issuer at the time of purchase. If the securities must be registered in order to be sold, a significant period may elapse between the time the decision is made to sell the security and the time the security is registered. There is a risk of downward price fluctuation during that period.

Limitations that apply to purchases of restricted securities do not limit purchases of restricted securities that are eligible for sale to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, if those securities have been determined to be liquid by the Manager under Board-approved guidelines. Those guidelines take into account the trading activity for the securities and the availability of reliable pricing information, among other factors. If there is a lack of trading interest in a particular Rule 144A security, holdings of that security may be considered to be illiquid.

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Borrowing for Leverage. Each Fund, other than Money Fund/VA, has the ability to borrow from banks on an unsecured basis. Each Fund has undertaken to limit borrowing to 25% of the value of that Fund's net assets, which is further limited to 10% if borrowing is for a purpose other than to facilitate redemptions. Investing borrowed funds in portfolio securities is a speculative technique known as "leverage." A Fund cannot borrow money in excess of 33-1/3% of the value of that Fund's total assets. The Funds may borrow only from banks and/or affiliated investment companies. With respect to this fundamental policy, the Funds can borrow only if they maintain a 300% ratio of assets to borrowings at all times in the manner set forth in the Investment Company Act. If the value of that Fund's assets fails to meet this 300% asset coverage requirement, that Fund will reduce its bank debt within three days to meet the requirement. To do so, that Fund might have to sell a portion of its investments at a disadvantageous time.
A Fund will pay interest on these loans, and that interest expense will raise the overall expenses of that Fund and reduce its returns. If it does borrow, its expenses will be greater than comparable funds that do not borrow for leverage. Additionally, that Fund's net asset values per share might fluctuate more than that of funds that do not borrow. Currently, the Funds do not contemplate using this technique in the next year but if they do so, it will not likely be to a substantial degree.

Bank Obligations. The Funds can buy time deposits, certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances. They must be:

  • obligations issued or guaranteed by a domestic bank (including a foreign branch of a domestic bank) having total assets of at least U.S. $1 billion, or
  • obligations of a foreign bank with total assets of at least U.S. $1 billion

"Banks" include commercial banks, savings banks and savings and loan associations, which may or may not be members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Commercial Paper. The Funds can invest in commercial paper if it is rated within the top three rating categories of S&P and Moody's or other rating organizations.

If the paper is not rated, it may be purchased if the Manager determines that it is comparable to rated commercial paper in the top three rating categories of national rating organizations.

The Funds can buy commercial paper, including U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign branches of U.S. banks, issued by other entities if the commercial paper is guaranteed as to principal and interest by a bank, government or corporation whose certificates of deposit or commercial paper may otherwise be purchased by the Funds.

Variable Amount Master Demand Notes. Master demand notes are corporate obligations that permit the investment of fluctuating amounts by the Funds at varying rates of interest under direct arrangements between the Funds, as lender, and the borrower. They permit daily changes in the amounts borrowed. The Funds have the right to increase the amount under the note at any time up to the full amount provided by the note agreement, or to decrease the amount. The borrower may prepay up to the full amount of the note without penalty. These notes may or may not be backed by bank letters of credit.

Because these notes are direct lending arrangements between the lender and borrower, it is not expected that there will be a trading market for them. There is no secondary market for these notes, although they are redeemable (and thus are immediately repayable by the borrower) at principal amount, plus accrued interest, at any time. Accordingly, the Funds' right to redeem such notes is dependent upon the ability of the borrower to pay principal and interest on demand.

The Funds have no limitations on the type of issuer from whom these notes will be purchased. However, in connection with such purchases and on an ongoing basis, the Manager will consider the earning power, cash flow and other liquidity ratios of the issuer, and its ability to pay principal and interest on demand, including a situation in which all holders of such notes made demand simultaneously. Investments in master demand notes are subject to the limitation on investments by the Funds in illiquid securities, described in the Prospectus. A description of the investment policies for Money Fund/VA is located below under the heading "Money Fund/VA Investment Policies."

 

Derivatives. The Funds can invest in a variety of derivative investments, including swaps, "structured" notes, convertible notes, options, forward contracts and futures contracts, to seek income or for hedging purposes. The use of derivatives requires special skills and knowledge of investment techniques that are different than what is required for normal portfolio management. If the Manager uses a derivative instrument at the wrong time or judges market conditions incorrectly, the use of derivatives may reduce a Fund's return.

Although it is not obligated to do so, the Funds can use derivatives to hedge. To attempt to protect against declines in the market value of a Fund's portfolio, to permit a Fund to retain unrealized gains in the value of portfolio securities which have appreciated, or to facilitate selling securities for investment reasons, a Fund could:

  • sell futures contracts,
  • buy puts on such futures or on securities, or
  • write covered calls on securities or futures. Covered calls may also be used to increase a Fund's income, but the Manager does not expect to engage extensively in that practice.

The Funds can use hedging to establish a position in the securities market as a temporary substitute for purchasing particular securities. In that case a Fund would normally seek to purchase the securities and then terminate that hedging position. A Fund might also use this type of hedge to attempt to protect against the possibility that its portfolio securities would not be fully included in a rise in value of the market. To do so a Fund could:

  • buy futures, or
  • buy calls on such futures or on securities.

A Fund's strategy of hedging with futures and options on futures will be incidental to that Fund's activities in the underlying cash market. The particular hedging strategies a Fund can use are described below. A Fund may employ new hedging strategies when they are developed, if those investment methods are consistent with that Fund's investment objectives and are permissible under applicable regulations governing that Fund.



 

"Structured" Notes. "Structured" notes are specially-designed derivative debt instruments. The terms of the instrument may be "structured" by the purchaser and the issuer of the note. Payments of principal or interest on these notes may be linked to the value of an index (such as a currency or securities index), one or more securities or a commodity or to the financial performance of one or more obligors. The value of these notes will normally rise or fall in response to the changes in the performance of the underlying security, index, commodity or obligors.

Structured notes are subject to interest rate risk and are also subject to credit risk with respect both to the issuer and, if applicable, to the underlying security or obligor. If the underlying investment or index does not perform as anticipated, the Funds might receive less interest than the stated coupon payment or receive less principal upon maturity of the structured note. The price of structured notes may be very volatile and they may have a limited trading market, making it difficult for the Funds to value them or sell them at an acceptable price.  In some cases, the Funds may enter into agreements with an issuer of structured notes to purchase a minimum amount of these notes over time.

Swaps. The Funds may enter into swap agreements, including interest rate, total return, credit default and volatility swaps. Swap agreements are two-party contracts entered into primarily by institutional investors for a specified period of time typically ranging from a few weeks to more than one year. In a standard swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or the difference between the returns) earned or realized on a particular asset, such as an equity or debt security, commodity or currency, or non-asset reference, such as an interest rate or index. The swapped returns are generally calculated with respect to a notional amount, that is, the return on a particular dollar amount invested in the underlying asset or reference. A Fund may enter into a swap agreement to, among other reasons, gain exposure to certain markets in the most economical way possible, protect against currency fluctuations, or reduce risk arising from ownership of a particular security or instrument. A Fund will identify liquid assets on that Fund's books (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.

The Funds may enter into swap transactions with certain counterparties pursuant to master netting agreements. A master netting agreement provides that all swaps done between a Fund and that counterparty shall be regarded as parts of an integral agreement. If amounts are payable on a particular date in the same currency in respect of more than one swap transaction, the amount payable shall be the net amount. In addition, the master netting agreement may provide that if one party defaults generally or on any swap, the counterparty can terminate all outstanding swaps with that party.

The use of swap agreements by the Funds entails certain risks. The swaps market is generally unregulated. There is no central exchange or market for swap transactions and therefore they are less liquid investments than exchange-traded instruments and may be considered illiquid by a Fund. Swap agreements entail credit risk arising from the possibility that the counterparty will default. If the counterparty defaults, a Fund's loss will consist of the net amount of contractual payments that that Fund has not yet received. The Manager will monitor the creditworthiness of counterparties to a Fund's swap transactions on an ongoing basis. A Fund's successful use of swap agreements is dependent upon the Manager's ability to predict correctly whether certain types of investments are likely to produce greater returns than other investments. Swap agreements may effectively add leverage to a Fund's portfolio because that Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap.

  • Interest Rate Swaps. The Funds, especially Core Bond Fund/VA, High Income Fund/VA, Global Strategic Income Fund/ VA and Value Fund/VA, may enter into interest rate swaps. In an interest rate swap, a Fund and another party exchange their right to receive or their obligation to pay interest on a security or other reference rate. For example, they might swap the right to receive floating rate payments for fixed rate payments. There is a risk that, based on movements of interest rates, the payments made by a Fund under a swap agreement will be greater than the payments it receives.
  • Total Return Swaps. The Funds may enter into total return swaps, under which one party agrees to pay the other the total return of a defined underlying asset, such as a security or basket of securities, or non-asset reference, such as a securities index, during the specified period in return for periodic payments based on a fixed or variable interest rate or the total return from different underlying assets or references. Total return swaps could result in losses if the underlying asset or reference does not perform as anticipated by the Manager.
  • Credit Default Swaps. The Fixed Income Funds and Balanced Fund/ VA may enter into credit default swaps. A credit default swap enables an investor to buy or sell protection against a credit event, such as an issuer's failure to make timely payments of interest or principal, bankruptcy or restructuring. The Funds may seek to enhance returns by selling protection or attempt to mitigate credit risk by buying protection against the occurrence of a credit event by a specified issuer. The Funds may enter into credit default swaps, both directly and indirectly in the form of a swap embedded within a structured security. Credit default swaps may refer to a single security or on a basket of securities.

If a Fund buys credit protection using a credit default swap and a credit event occurs, that Fund will deliver the defaulted bonds underlying the swap and the swap counterparty will pay the par amount of the bonds. Alternatively, the credit default swap may be cash settled where the seller of protection will pay the buyer of protection the difference between the par value and the market value of the defaulted bonds. If a Fund sells credit protection using a credit default swap and a credit event occurs, that Fund will pay the par amount of the defaulted bonds underlying the swap and the swap counterparty will deliver the bonds. If the swap is on a basket of securities, the notional amount of the swap is reduced by the par amount of the defaulted bonds, and the fixed payments are then made on the reduced notional amount.

Risks of credit default swaps include counterparty credit risk (if the counterparty fails to meet its obligations) and the risk that a Fund will not properly assess the cost of the instrument based on the lack of transparency in the market. If a Fund is selling credit protection, there is a risk that a credit event will occur and that the Fund will have to pay par value on defaulted bonds. If a Fund is buying credit protection, there is a risk that no credit event will occur and that Fund will receive no benefit for the premium paid. In addition, if a Fund is buying credit protection and a credit event does occur, there is a risk when that Fund does not own the underlying security, that Fund will have difficulty acquiring the bond on the open market and may receive adverse pricing.

  • Volatility Swap Contracts. The Funds may enter into volatility swaps to hedge the direction of volatility in a particular asset or non-asset reference, or for other non-speculative purposes. For volatility swaps, counterparties agree to buy or sell volatility at a specific level over a fixed period. Volatility swaps are subject to credit risks (if the counterparty fails to meet its obligations), and the risk that the Manager is incorrect in forecasts of volatility of the underlying asset or reference.

Swap Options and Swap Forwards. The Funds also may enter into options on swaps as well as forwards on swaps. A swap option is a contract that gives a counterparty the right (but not the obligation) to enter into a new swap agreement or to shorten, extend, cancel, or otherwise modify an existing swap agreement on pre-designated terms. The Funds may write (sell) and purchase put and call swap options. A swap forward is an agreement to enter into a swap agreement at some point in the future, usually three to six months from the date of the contract.

The writer of the contract receives the premium and bears the risk of unfavorable changes in the preset rate on the underlying swap. The Funds generally will incur a greater risk when it writes a swap option than when it purchases a swap option. When a Fund purchases a swap option it risks losing only the amount of the premium it has paid if that Fund lets the option expire unexercised. When a Fund writes a swap option it will become obligated, upon exercise of the option by the counterparty, according to the terms of the underlying agreement.

Futures. The Funds can buy and sell futures contracts that relate to debt securities (these are referred to as "interest rate futures"), broadly-based securities indices ("stock index futures" and "bond index futures"), foreign currencies, commodities and an individual stock ("single stock futures").

A broadly-based stock index is used as the basis for trading stock index futures. They may in some cases be based on stocks of issuers in a particular industry or group of industries. A stock index assigns relative values to the securities included in the index and its value fluctuates in response to the changes in value of the underlying securities. A stock index cannot be purchased or sold directly. Bond index futures are similar contracts based on the future value of the basket of securities that comprise the index. These contracts obligate the seller to deliver, and the purchaser to take, cash to settle the futures transaction. There is no delivery made of the underlying securities to settle the futures obligation. Either party may also settle the transaction by entering into an offsetting contract.

An interest rate future obligates the seller to deliver (and the purchaser to take) cash or a specified type of debt security to settle the futures transaction. Either party could also enter into an offsetting contract to close out the position. 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.

The Funds can invest a portion of its assets in commodity futures contracts. Commodity futures may be based upon commodities within five main commodity groups: (1) energy, which includes crude oil, natural gas, gasoline and heating oil; (2) livestock, which includes cattle and hogs; (3) agriculture, which includes wheat, corn, soybeans, cotton, coffee, sugar and cocoa; (4) industrial metals, which includes aluminum, copper, lead, nickel, tin and zinc; and (5) precious metals, which includes gold, platinum and silver. The Funds may purchase and sell commodity futures contracts, options on futures contracts and options and futures on commodity indices with respect to these five main commodity groups and the individual commodities within each group, as well as other types of commodities.

No money is paid or received by the Funds on the purchase or sale of a future. Upon entering into a futures transaction, the Funds will be required to deposit an initial margin payment with the futures commission merchant (the "futures broker"). Initial margin payments will be deposited with the Funds' custodian bank in an account registered in the futures broker's name. However, the futures broker can gain access to that account only under specified conditions. As the future is marked to market (that is, its value on that Fund's books is changed) to reflect changes in its market value, subsequent margin payments, called variation margin, will be paid to or by the futures broker daily.

At any time prior to expiration of the future, the Funds may elect to close out its position by taking an opposite position, at which time a final determination of variation margin is made and any additional cash must be paid by or released to that Fund. Any loss or gain on the future is then realized by that Fund for tax purposes. All futures transactions (except forward contracts) are effected through a clearinghouse associated with the exchange on which the contracts are traded.

Put and Call Options. The Funds can buy and sell exchange-traded and over-the-counter put options ("puts") and call options ("calls"), including index options, securities options, currency options, commodities options and options on futures.

Writing Call Options. The Funds may write (that is, sell) calls. If a Fund sells a call option, it must be covered. That means a Fund must own the security subject to the call while the call is outstanding, or the call must be covered by segregating liquid assets to enable that Fund to satisfy its obligations if the call is exercised. There is no limit on the amount of a Fund's total assets that may be subject to covered calls that Fund writes.

When a Fund writes a call on a security, it receives cash (a premium). That Fund agrees to sell the underlying security to a purchaser of a corresponding call on the same security during the call period at a fixed exercise price regardless of market price changes during the call period. The call period is usually not more than nine months. The exercise price may differ from the market price of the underlying security. That Fund has the risk of loss that the price of the underlying security may decline during the call period. That risk may be offset to some extent by the premium that Fund receives. If the value of the investment does not rise above the call price, it is likely that the call will lapse without being exercised. In that case that Fund would keep the cash premium and the investment.

When a Fund writes a call on an index, it receives cash (a premium). If the buyer of the call exercises it, that Fund will pay an amount of cash equal to the difference between the closing price of the call and the exercise price, multiplied by a specific multiple that determines the total value of the call for each point of difference. If the value of the underlying investment does not rise above the call price, it is likely that the call will lapse without being exercised. In that case, that Fund would keep the cash premium.

A Fund's custodian bank, or a securities depository acting for the custodian, will act as that Fund's escrow agent, through the facilities of the Options Clearing Corporation ("OCC"), as to the investments on which that Fund has written calls traded on exchanges or as to other acceptable escrow securities. In that way, no margin will be required for such transactions. OCC will release the securities on the expiration of the option or when the Fund enters into a closing transaction.

When a Fund writes an over-the-counter ("OTC") option, it will enter into an arrangement with a primary U.S. government securities dealer which will establish a formula price at which that Fund will have the absolute right to repurchase that OTC option. The formula price will generally be based on a multiple of the premium received for the option, plus the amount by which the option is exercisable below the market price of the underlying security (i.e., the option is "in the money"). When that Fund writes an OTC option, it will treat as illiquid (for purposes of its restriction on holding illiquid securities) the market-to-market value of the underlying security, unless the option is subject to a buy-back agreement with the executing broker.

To terminate its obligation on a call it has written, a Fund may purchase a corresponding call in a "closing purchase transaction." That Fund will then realize a profit or loss, depending upon whether the net of the amount of the option transaction costs and the premium received on the call that Fund wrote is more or less than the price of the call that Fund purchases to close out the transaction. That Fund may realize a profit if the call expires unexercised, because that Fund will retain the underlying security and the premium it received when it wrote the call. If that Fund cannot effect a closing purchase transaction due to the lack of a market, it will have to hold the callable securities until the call expires or is exercised.

A Fund may also write calls on a futures contract without owning the futures contract or securities deliverable under the contract. To do so, at the time the call is written, that Fund must cover the call by segregating an equivalent dollar amount of liquid assets as identified in that Fund's books. That Fund will segregate additional liquid assets if the value of the segregated assets drops below 100% of the current value of the future. Because of this segregation requirement, in no circumstances would that Fund's receipt of an exercise notice as to that future require that Fund to deliver a futures contract. It would simply put that Fund in a short futures position, which is permitted by that Fund's hedging policies.

Writing Put Options. The Funds may write (that is, sell) put options. A put option on securities gives the purchaser the right to sell, and the writer the obligation to buy, the underlying investment at the exercise price during the option period. A put must be covered by segregated liquid assets.

If a Fund writes a put, the put must be covered by liquid assets identified in that Fund's books. The premium a Fund receives from writing a put represents a profit, as long as the price of the underlying investment remains equal to or above the exercise price. However, a Fund also assumes the obligation during the option period to buy the underlying investment from the buyer of the put at the exercise price, even if the value of the investment falls below the exercise price.

If a put a Fund has written expires unexercised, that Fund realizes a gain in the amount of the premium less the transaction costs incurred. If the put is exercised, that Fund must fulfill its obligation to purchase the underlying investment at the exercise price. That price will usually exceed the market value of the investment at that time. In that case, that Fund may incur a loss if it sells the underlying investment. That loss will be equal to the sum of the sale price of the underlying investment and the premium received minus the sum of the exercise price and any transaction costs that Fund incurred.

When writing a put option on a security, to secure its obligation to pay for the underlying security a Fund will deposit in escrow liquid assets with a value equal to or greater than the exercise price of the underlying securities. That Fund therefore forgoes the opportunity of investing the segregated assets or writing calls against those assets.

As long as a Fund's obligation as the put writer continues, it may be assigned an exercise notice by the broker-dealer through which the put was sold. That notice will require that Fund to take delivery of the underlying security and pay the exercise price. That Fund has no control over when it may be required to purchase the underlying security, since it may be assigned an exercise notice at any time prior to the termination of its obligation as the writer of the put. That obligation terminates upon expiration of the put. It may also terminate if, before it receives an exercise notice, that Fund effects a closing purchase transaction by purchasing a put of the same series as it sold. Once that Fund has been assigned an exercise notice, it cannot effect a closing purchase transaction.

A Fund may decide to effect a closing purchase transaction to realize a profit on an outstanding put option it has written or to prevent the underlying security from being put. Effecting a closing purchase transaction will also permit that Fund to write another put option on the security, or to sell the security and use the proceeds from the sale for other investments. That Fund will realize a profit or loss from a closing purchase transaction depending on whether the cost of the transaction is less or more than the premium received from writing the put option.

Purchasing Puts and Calls. The Funds may purchase call options. When a Fund buys a call (other than in a closing purchase transaction), it pays a premium. That Fund then has the right to buy the underlying investment from a seller of a corresponding call on the same investment during the call period at a fixed exercise price.

A Fund benefits only if it sells the call at a profit or if, during the call period, the market price of the underlying investment is above the sum of the call price plus the transaction costs and the premium paid for the call and that Fund exercises the call. If that Fund does not exercise the call or sell it (whether or not at a profit), the call will become worthless at its expiration date. In that case that Fund will have paid the premium but lost the right to purchase the underlying investment.

A Fund can buy puts whether or not it owns the underlying investment. When a Fund purchases a put, it pays a premium and, except as to puts on indices, has the right to sell the underlying investment to a seller of a put on a corresponding investment during the put period at a fixed exercise price.

Buying a put on an investment the Fund does not own (such as an index or a future) permits the Fund either to resell the put or to buy the underlying investment and sell it at the exercise price. The resale price will vary inversely to the price of the underlying investment. If the market price of the underlying investment is above the exercise price and, as a result, the put is not exercised, the put will become worthless on its expiration date.

Buying a put on securities or futures a Fund owns enables the Fund to attempt to protect itself during the put period against a decline in the value of the underlying investment below the exercise price by selling the underlying investment at the exercise price to a seller of a corresponding put. If the market price of the underlying investment is equal to or above the exercise price and, as a result, the put is not exercised or resold, the put will become worthless at its expiration date. In that case the Fund will have paid the premium but lost the right to sell the underlying investment. However, the Fund may sell the put prior to its expiration. That sale may or may not be at a profit.

When the Fund purchases a call or put on an index or future, it pays a premium, but settlement is in cash rather than by delivery of the underlying investment to the Fund. Gain or loss depends on changes in the index in question (and thus on price movements in the securities market generally) rather than on price movements in individual securities or futures contracts.

Buying and Selling Options on Foreign Currencies. The Funds can buy and sell exchange-traded and over-the-counter put options and call options on foreign currencies. A Fund could use these calls and puts to try to protect against declines in the dollar value of foreign securities and increases in the dollar cost of foreign securities the Fund wants to acquire.

If the Manager anticipates a rise in the dollar value of a foreign currency in which securities to be acquired are denominated, the increased cost of those securities may be partially offset by purchasing calls or writing puts on that foreign currency. If the Manager anticipates a decline in the dollar value of a foreign currency, the decline in the dollar value of portfolio securities denominated in that currency might be partially offset by writing calls or purchasing puts on that foreign currency. However, the currency rates could fluctuate in a direction adverse to a Fund's position. That Fund will then have incurred option premium payments and transaction costs without a corresponding benefit.

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 held in a segregated account by its custodian bank) upon conversion or exchange of other foreign currency held in its portfolio.

A Fund could write a call on a foreign currency to provide a hedge against a decline in the U.S. dollar value of a security which a Fund owns or has the right to acquire and which is denominated in the currency underlying the option. That decline might be one that occurs due to an expected adverse change in the exchange rate. This is known as a "cross-hedging" strategy. In those circumstances, that Fund covers the option by maintaining cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid, high grade debt securities in an amount equal to the exercise price of the option, in a segregated account with that Fund's custodian bank.

Risks of Hedging with Options and Futures. The use of hedging strategies requires special skills and knowledge of investment techniques that are different than what is required for normal portfolio management. If the Manager uses a hedging strategy at the wrong time or judges market conditions incorrectly, hedging strategies may reduce a Fund's return. The Fund could also experience losses if the prices of its futures and options positions were not correlated with its other investments.

A Fund's option activities could affect its portfolio turnover rate and brokerage commissions. The exercise of calls written by a Fund might cause that Fund to sell related portfolio securities, thus increasing its turnover rate. The exercise by a Fund of puts on securities will cause the sale of underlying investments, increasing portfolio turnover. Although the decision whether to exercise a put it holds is within a Fund's control, holding a put might cause that Fund to sell the related investments for reasons that would not exist in the absence of the put.

A Fund could pay a brokerage commission each time it buys a call or put, sells a call or put, or buys or sells an underlying investment in connection with the exercise of a call or put. Those commissions could be higher on a relative basis than the commissions for direct purchases or sales of the underlying investments. Premiums paid for options are small in relation to the market value of the underlying investments. Consequently, put and call options offer large amounts of leverage. The leverage offered by trading in options could result in a Fund's net asset value being more sensitive to changes in the value of the underlying investment.

If a covered call written by a Fund is exercised on an investment that has increased in value, that Fund will be required to sell the investment at the call price. It will not be able to realize any profit if the investment has increased in value above the call price.

An option position may be closed out only on a market that provides secondary trading for options of the same series, and there is no assurance that a liquid secondary market will exist for any particular option. The Fund might experience losses if it could not close out a position because of an illiquid market for the future or option.

There is a risk in using short hedging by selling futures or purchasing puts on broadly-based indices or futures to attempt to protect against declines in the value of a Fund's portfolio securities. The risk is that the prices of the futures or the applicable index will correlate imperfectly with the behavior of the cash prices of a Fund's securities. For example, it is possible that while a Fund has used derivative instruments in a short hedge, the market may advance and the value of the securities held in that Fund's portfolio might decline. If that occurred, that Fund would lose money on the derivative instruments and also experience a decline in the value of its portfolio securities. However, while this could occur for a very brief period or to a very small degree, over time the value of a diversified portfolio of securities will tend to move in the same direction as the indices upon which the derivative instruments are based.

The risk of imperfect correlation increases as the composition of a Fund's portfolio diverges from the securities included in the applicable index. To compensate for the imperfect correlation of movements in the price of the portfolio securities being hedged and movements in the price of the hedging instruments, that Fund might use derivative instruments in a greater dollar amount than the dollar amount of portfolio securities being hedged. It might do so if the historical volatility of the prices of the portfolio securities being hedged is more than the historical volatility of the applicable index.

The ordinary spreads between prices in the cash and futures markets are subject to distortions, due to differences in the nature of those markets. First, all participants in the futures market are subject to margin deposit and maintenance requirements. Rather than meeting additional margin deposit requirements, investors may close futures contracts through offsetting transactions which could distort the normal relationship between the cash and futures markets. Second, the liquidity of the futures market depends on participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking delivery. To the extent participants decide to make or take delivery, liquidity in the futures market could be reduced, thus producing distortion. Third,
from the point of view of speculators, the deposit requirements in the futures market are less onerous than margin requirements in the securities markets. Therefore, increased participation by speculators in the futures market may cause temporary price distortions.

The Fund can use derivative instruments to establish a position in the securities markets as a temporary substitute for the purchase of individual securities (long hedging) by buying futures and/or calls on such futures, broadly-based indices or on securities. It is possible that when the Fund does so the market might decline. If the Fund then concludes not to invest in securities because of concerns that the market might decline further or for other reasons, the Fund will realize a loss on the hedge position that is not offset by a reduction in the price of the securities purchased.

Forward Contracts. Forward contracts are foreign currency exchange contracts. They are used to buy or sell foreign currency for future delivery at a fixed price. The Funds can use them to "lock in" the U.S. dollar price of a security denominated in a foreign currency that the Fund has bought or sold, or to protect against possible losses from changes in the relative values of the U.S. dollar and a foreign currency. The Fund can also use "cross-hedging" where the Fund hedges against changes in currencies other than the currency in which a security it holds is denominated.

Under a forward contract, one party agrees to purchase, and another party agrees to sell, a specific currency at a future date. That date may be any fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed upon by the parties. The transaction price is set at the time the contract is entered into. These contracts are traded in the inter-bank market conducted directly among currency traders (usually large commercial banks) and their customers.

The Fund may use forward contracts to protect against uncertainty in the level of future exchange rates. The use of forward contracts does not eliminate the risk of fluctuations in the prices of the underlying securities the Fund owns or intends to acquire, but it does fix a rate of exchange in advance. Although forward contracts may reduce the risk of loss from a decline in the value of the hedged currency, at the same time they limit any potential gain if the value of the hedged currency increases.

When the Fund enters into a contract for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency, or when it anticipates receiving dividend payments in a foreign currency, the Fund might desire to "lock-in" the U.S. dollar price of the security or the U.S. dollar equivalent of the dividend payments. To do so, the Fund could enter into a forward contract for the purchase or sale of the amount of foreign currency involved in the underlying transaction, in a fixed amount of U.S. dollars per unit of the foreign currency. This is called a "transaction hedge." The transaction hedge will protect the Fund against a loss from an adverse change in the currency exchange rates during the period between the date on which the security is purchased or sold or on which the payment is declared, and the date on which the payments are made or received.

The Fund could also use forward contracts to lock in the U.S. dollar value of portfolio positions. This is called a "position hedge." When the Fund believes that a foreign currency might suffer a substantial decline against the U.S. dollar, it could enter into a forward contract to sell an amount of that foreign currency approximating the value of some or all of a Fund's portfolio securities denominated in that foreign currency. When the Fund believes that the U.S. dollar might suffer a substantial decline against a foreign currency, it could enter into a forward contract to buy that foreign currency for a fixed dollar amount. Alternatively, the Fund could enter into a forward contract to sell a different foreign currency for a fixed U.S. dollar amount if the Fund believes that the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency to be sold pursuant to its forward contract will fall whenever there is a decline in the U.S. dollar value of the currency in which portfolio securities of the Fund are denominated. That is referred to as a "cross hedge."

A Fund will cover its short positions in these cases by identifying on its books assets having a value equal to the aggregate amount of that Fund's commitment under forward contracts. A Fund will not enter into forward contracts or maintain a net exposure to such contracts if the consummation of the contracts would obligate that Fund to deliver an amount of foreign currency in excess of the value of that Fund's portfolio securities or other assets denominated in that currency or another currency that is the subject of the hedge.

However, to avoid excess transactions and transaction costs, a Fund may maintain a net exposure to forward contracts in excess of the value of that Fund's portfolio securities or other assets denominated in foreign currencies if the excess amount is "covered" by liquid securities denominated in any currency. The cover must be at least equal at all times to the amount of that excess. As one alternative, the Fund may purchase a call option permitting the Fund to purchase the amount of foreign currency being hedged by a forward sale contract at a price no higher than the forward contract price. As another alternative, the Fund may purchase a put option permitting the Fund to sell the amount of foreign currency subject to a forward purchase contract at a price as high or higher than the forward contact price.

The precise matching of the amounts under forward contracts and the value of the securities involved generally will not be possible because the future value of securities denominated in foreign currencies will change as a consequence of market movements between the date the forward contract is entered into and the date it is sold. In some cases the Manager might decide to sell the security and deliver foreign currency to settle the original purchase obligation. If the market value of the security is less than the amount of foreign currency the Fund is obligated to deliver, the Fund might have to purchase additional foreign currency on the "spot" (that is, cash) market to settle the security trade. If the market value of the security instead exceeds the amount of foreign currency the Fund is obligated to deliver to settle the trade, the Fund might have to sell on the spot market some of the foreign currency received upon the sale of the security. There will be additional transaction costs on the spot market in those cases.

The projection of short-term currency market movements is extremely difficult, and the successful execution of a short-term hedging strategy is highly uncertain. Forward contracts involve the risk that anticipated currency movements will not be accurately predicted, causing the Fund to sustain losses on these contracts and to pay additional transactions costs. The use of forward contracts in this manner might reduce a Fund's performance if there are unanticipated changes in currency prices to a greater degree than if the Fund had not entered into such contracts.


At or before the maturity of a forward contract requiring a Fund to sell a currency, that Fund might sell a portfolio security and use the sale proceeds to make delivery of the currency. In the alternative a Fund might retain the security and offset its contractual obligation to deliver the currency by purchasing a second contract. Under that contract the Fund will obtain, on the same maturity date, the same amount of the currency that it is obligated to deliver. Similarly, a Fund might close out a forward contract requiring it to purchase a specified currency by entering into a second contract entitling it to sell the same amount of the same currency on the maturity date of the first contract. The Fund would realize a gain or loss as a result of entering into such an offsetting forward contract under either circumstance. The gain or loss will depend on the extent to which the exchange rate or rates between the currencies involved moved between the execution dates of the first contract and offsetting contract.

The costs to the Fund of engaging in forward contracts varies with factors such as the currencies involved, the length of the contract period and the market conditions then prevailing. Because forward contracts are usually entered into on a principal basis, no brokerage fees or commissions are involved. Because these contracts are not traded on an exchange, the Fund must evaluate the credit and performance risk of the counterparty under each forward contract.

Although the Fund values its assets daily in terms of U.S. dollars, it does not intend to convert its holdings of foreign currencies into U.S. dollars on a daily basis. The Fund may convert foreign currency from time to time, and will incur costs in doing so. Foreign exchange dealers do not charge a fee for conversion, but they do seek to realize a profit based on the difference between the prices at which they buy and sell various currencies. Thus, a dealer might offer to sell a foreign currency to the Fund at one rate, while offering a lesser rate of exchange if the Fund desires to resell that currency to the dealer.

Asset Coverage for Certain Investments and Trading Practices. Typically, the Fund's investments in equity and fixed-income securities do not involve any future financial obligations. However, the Fund may make investments or employ trading practices that obligate the Fund, on a fixed or contingent basis, to deliver an asset or make a cash payment to another party in the future. The Fund will comply with guidance from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other applicable regulatory bodies with respect to coverage of certain investments and trading practices. This guidance may require earmarking or segregation by the Fund of cash or liquid securities with its custodian or a designated sub-custodian to the extent the Fund's obligations with respect to these strategies are not otherwise "covered" through ownership of the underlying security or financial instrument or by other portfolio positions, or by other means consistent with applicable regulatory policies. In some cases, SEC guidance permits the Fund to cover its obligation by entering into an offsetting transaction.

For example, if the Fund enters into a currency forward contract to sell foreign currency on a future date, the Fund may cover its obligation to deliver the foreign currency by earmarking or otherwise segregating cash or liquid securities having a value at least equal to the value of the deliverable currency. Alternatively, the Fund could cover its obligation by earmarking or otherwise segregating an amount of the foreign currency at least equal to the deliverable amount or by entering into an offsetting transaction to acquire an amount of foreign currency at least equal to the deliverable amount at a price at or below the sale price received by the Fund under the currency forward contract.

The Fund's approach to asset coverage may vary among different types of swaps. With respect to most swap agreements (but excluding, for example, credit default swaps), the Fund calculates the obligations of the parties to the agreement on a "net basis" (i.e., the two payment streams are netted out with the Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments). Consequently the Fund 's current obligations (or rights) under these swap agreements will generally be equal only to the net amount to be paid or received under the agreement based on the relative values of the positions held by each party to the agreement (the "net amount"). The Fund's current obligation, if any, under a swap agreement will generally be covered by earmarking or otherwise segregating cash or liquid securities having an aggregate net asset value at least equal to the accrued unpaid net amounts owed. To the extent that the obligations of the parties under these swaps are not calculated on a net basis, the amount earmarked or otherwise segregated will be the full amount of the Fund's obligations, if any. Alternatively, the Fund could cover its obligation by other means consistent with applicable regulatory policies.

With respect to credit default swaps, typically, if the Fund enters into a credit default swap as the buyer of credit protection, then it will earmark or otherwise segregate an amount of cash or liquid securities at least equal to any accrued payment or delivery obligations under the swap. Alternatively, if the Fund enters into a credit default swap as the seller of credit protection, then the Fund will earmark or otherwise segregate an amount of cash or liquid securities at least equal to the full notional amount of the swap. Alternatively, the Fund could cover its obligation by other means consistent with applicable regulatory policies.

Inasmuch as the Fund covers its obligations under these transactions as described above, the Manager and the Fund believe such obligations do not constitute senior securities and, accordingly, will not treat them as being subject to its borrowing restrictions. Earmarking or otherwise segregating a large percentage of the Fund's assets could impede the Manager's ability to manage the Fund's portfolio.

Regulatory Aspects of Derivatives and Hedging Instruments. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has eliminated limitations on futures trading by certain regulated entities, including registered investment companies. Consequently, registered investment companies may engage in unlimited futures transactions and options thereon by claiming an exclusion from regulation as a commodity pool operator under the Commodity Exchange Act.

Options transactions are subject to limitations established by the option exchanges. The exchanges limit the maximum number of options that may be written or held by a single investor or group of investors acting in concert. Those limits apply regardless of whether the options were purchased, sold or held through one or more different exchanges or are held in one or more accounts or through one or more brokers. Thus, the number of options that can be sold by an investment company advised by the Manager may be affected by options written or held by other investment companies advised by the Manager or affiliated entities. The exchanges also impose position limits on futures transactions. An exchange may order the liquidation of positions found to be in violation of those limits and may impose certain other sanctions.

Under SEC staff interpretations regarding applicable provisions of the Investment Company Act, when a registered investment company purchases a future, it must identify cash or other liquid assets at its custodian bank in an amount equal to the purchase price of the future, less the margin deposit applicable to it.

Tax Aspects of Certain Hedging Instruments. Certain foreign currency exchange contracts in which a Fund may invest are treated as "Section 1256 contracts" under the IRC. In general, gains or losses relating to Section 1256 contracts are characterized as 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gains or losses under the Code. However, foreign currency gains or losses arising from Section 1256 contracts that are forward contracts generally are treated as ordinary income or loss. In addition, Section 1256 contracts held by a Fund at the end of each taxable year are "marked-to-market," and unrealized gains or losses are treated as though they were realized. These contracts also may be marked-to-market for purposes of determining the excise tax applicable to investment company distributions and for other purposes under rules prescribed pursuant to the IRC. An election can be made by a Fund to exempt those transactions from this marked-to-market treatment.

Certain forward contracts a Fund enters into may result in "straddles" for federal income tax purposes. The straddle rules may affect the character and timing of gains (or losses) recognized by that Fund on straddle positions. Generally, a loss sustained on the disposition of a position making up a straddle is allowed only to the extent that the loss exceeds any unrecognized gain in the offsetting positions making up the straddle. Disallowed loss is generally allowed at the point where there is no unrecognized gain in the offsetting positions making up the straddle, or the offsetting position is disposed of.

Under the IRC, the following gains or losses are treated as ordinary income or loss:

  1. gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates that occur between the time the Fund accrues interest or other receivables or accrues expenses or other liabilities denominated in a foreign currency and the time a Fund actually collects such receivables or pays such liabilities, and
  2. gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in the value of a foreign currency between the date of acquisition of a debt security denominated in a foreign currency or foreign currency forward contracts and the date of disposition.

Currency gains and losses are offset against market gains and losses on each trade before determining a net "Section 988" gain or loss under the IRC for that trade, which may increase or decrease the amount of a Fund's investment income available for distribution to its shareholders.

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Global Strategic Income Fund/VA can also engage in the following techniques and strategies.

"Structured" Investments. "Structured" investments are financial instruments and contractual obligations designed to provide a specific risk-reward profile. A structured instrument is generally a hybrid security (often referred to as "hybrids") that combines characteristics of two or more different financial instruments. The terms of these investments may be contractually "structured" by the purchaser and the issuer (which is typically associated with an investment banking firm) of the instrument. Structured investments may have certain features of equity and debt securities, but may also have additional features. The key characteristics of structured investments are:

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• They may replicate the risk or return of an underlying investment asset.
• They typically involve the combination of an investment asset and a derivative.
• The derivative is an integral part of the structure, not just a temporary hedging tool.

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The returns on these investments may be linked to the value of an index (such as a currency or securities index) or a basket of instruments (a portfolio of assets, such as, high yield bonds, emerging market bonds, equities from a specific industry sector, a broad-based equity index or commodities), an individual stock, bond or other security, an interest rate, or a commodity. Some of the types of structured investments are:

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• Index-linked notes
• Inflation-linked notes
• Commodity-linked notes
• Credit-linked notes
•Currency-linked notes

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The values of structured investments will normally rise or fall in response to the changes in the performance of the underlying index, security, interest rate or commodity. Certain structured investments may offer full or partial principal protection, or may pay a variable amount at maturity, or may pay a coupon linked to a specific security or index while leaving the principal at risk. These investments may be used to seek to realize gain or limit exposure to price fluctuations and help control risk.

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Depending on the terms of the particular instrument, structured investments may be subject to equity market risk, commodity market risk, currency market risk or interest rate risk. Structured notes are subject to credit risk with respect to the issuer of the instrument (referred to as "counter-party" risk) and, for structured debt investments, might also be subject to credit risk with respect to the issuer of the underlying investment. For notes that do not include principal protection (a form of insurance), a main risk is the possible loss of principal. There is a legal risk involved with holding complex instruments, where regulatory or tax considerations may change during the term of a note. Some structured investments may create leverage, which involves additional risks.

If the underlying investment or index does not perform as anticipated, the investment might not result in a gain or may cause a loss. The price of structured investments may be very volatile and they may have a limited trading market, making it difficult for the Fund to value them or sell them at an acceptable price. Usually structured investments are considered illiquid investments for purposes of limits on those investments.

Commodity-Linked Notes. A commodity-linked note is a derivative instrument that has characteristics of both a debt security and a commodity-linked derivative. It typically makes interest payments like a debt security and at maturity the principal payment is linked to the price movement of an underlying commodity-related variable that may be: a physical commodity (such as heating oil, livestock, or agricultural products), a commodity future or option contract, a commodity index, or some other readily measurable variable that reflects changes in the value of particular commodities or the commodities markets. Commodity-linked notes are typically issued by a bank, other financial institution or a commodity producer, and are negotiated with the issuer to obtain specific terms and features that are tailored to particular investment needs.

Qualifying Hybrid Instruments. "Qualifying hybrid instruments" are commodity-linked notes that are excluded from regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act and the rules thereunder.

Investment in Wholly-Owned Subsidiary. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in a wholly-owned and controlled subsidiary (the "Subsidiary"). The Subsidiary invests primarily in commodity-linked derivatives (including commodity futures, financial futures, options and swap contracts) and exchange traded funds related to gold or other special minerals ("Gold ETFs"). The Subsidiary may also invest in certain fixed-income securities and other investments that may serve as margin or collateral for its derivatives positions.

Since the Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets in the Subsidiary, which may hold certain of the investments described in the Fund's prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information, the Fund may be considered to be investing indirectly in those investments through its Subsidiary. Therefore, references in the Fund's prospectus and in this Statement of Additional Information to investments by the Fund also may be deemed to include the Fund's indirect investments through the Subsidiary.

The Subsidiary is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Investment Company Act") and does not subject its investor protections, except as noted in the Fund's prospectus or this Statement of Additional Information. The Fund, as the sole shareholder of the Subsidiary, does not have all of the protections offered by the Investment Company Act. However, the Subsidiary is wholly-owned and controlled by the Fund and managed by the Manager. Therefore, the Fund's ownership and control of the Subsidiary make it unlikely that the Subsidiary would take action contrary to the interests of the Fund or its shareholders. The Fund's Board has oversight responsibility for the investment activities of the Fund, including its expected investment in the Subsidiary, and the Fund's role as the sole shareholder of the Subsidiary. Also, in managing the Subsidiary's portfolio, the Manager is subject to the same investment policies and restrictions that apply to the management of the Fund, and, in particular, to the requirements relating to portfolio leverage, liquidity, brokerage, and the timing and method of the valuation of the Subsidiary's portfolio investments and shares of the Subsidiary.

Changes in the laws of the United States (where the Fund is organized) and/or the Cayman Islands (where the Subsidiary is organized), could prevent the Fund and/or the Subsidiary from operating as described in the Fund's prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information and could negatively affect the Fund and its shareholders. For example, the Cayman Islands currently does not impose certain taxes on the Subsidiary, including income and capital gains tax, among others. If Cayman Islands laws were changed to require the Subsidiary to pay Cayman Islands taxes, the investment returns of the Fund would likely decrease.

For information about the tax treatment of the Subsidiary and its investments, please refer to "Distributions and Taxes."

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Money Fund/VA Investment Policies. Under Rule 2a-7 under the investment Company Act, Money Fund/VA may purchase only "Eligible Securities," as defined below, that the Manger, under procedures approved by the Trust's Board of Trustees, has determined have minimal credit risk. An "Eligible Security" is (a) a security that has received a rating in one of the two highest short-term rating categories by any two "nationally-recognized statistical rating organizations" as defined in Rule 2a-7 ("Rating Organizations"), or, if only one Rating Organization has rated that security, by that Rating Organization (the "Rating Requirements"), (b) a security that is guaranteed, and either that guarantee or the party providing that guarantee meets the Rating Requirements, or (c) an unrated security that is either issued by an issuer having another similar security that meets the Rating Requirements, or is judged by the Manager to be of comparable quality to investments that meet the Rating Requirements. Rule 2a-7 permits Money Fund/VA to purchase "First Tier Securities," which are Eligible Securities rated in the highest category for short-term debt obligations by at least two Rating Organizations, or, if only one Rating Organization has rated a particular security, by that Rating Organization, or comparable unrated securities, subject to limits set forth in the Money Fund/VA's Prospectus. The Fund can also buy "Second Tier Securities," which are Eligible Securities that are not First Tier securities.

If a security's rating is downgraded, the Manager and/or the Board may have to reassess the security's credit risk. If a security has ceased to be a First Tier Security, the Manager will promptly reassess whether the security continues to present "minimal credit risk." If the Manager becomes aware that any Rating Organization has downgraded its rating of a Second Tier Security or rated an unrated security below its second highest rating category, the Trust's Board of Trustees shall promptly reassess whether the security presents minimal credit risk and whether it is in Money Fund/VA's best interests to dispose of it.

If Money Fund/VA disposes of the security within five days of the Manager learning of the downgrade, the Manager will provide the Board with subsequent notice of such downgrade. If a security is in default, or ceases to be an Eligible Security, or is determined no longer to present minimal credit risks, the Board must determine if disposal of the security would be in Money Fund/VA's best interests.

The Rating Organizations currently designated as nationally-recognized statistical rating organizations by the SEC include Standard & Poor's (a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies), Moody's Investors Service, Inc., Fitch, Inc. and Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited. See Appendix B to this SAI for a description of the rating categories of those Rating Organizations.

  • Certificates of Deposit and Commercial Paper. Money Fund/VA may invest in certificates of deposit of up to $100,000 of a domestic bank if such certificates of deposit are fully insured as to principal by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. For purposes of this section, the term "bank" includes commercial banks, savings banks, and savings and loan associations and the term "foreign bank" includes foreign branches of U.S. banks (issuers of "Eurodollar" instruments), U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks (issuers of "Yankee dollar" instruments) and foreign branches of foreign banks. Money Fund/VA also may purchase obligations issued by other entities if they are: (i) guaranteed as to principal and interest by a bank or corporation whose certificates of deposit or commercial paper may otherwise be purchased by Money Fund/VA, or (ii) subject to repurchase agreements (explained in the prospectus), if the collateral for the agreement complies with Rule 2a-7.
  • Bank Loan Participation Agreements. Money Fund/VA may invest in bank loan participation agreements, although such investments have not been a principal investment strategy. They provide that Fund with an undivided interest in a loan made by the issuing bank in the proportion that Fund's interest bears to the total principal amount of the loan. In evaluating the risk of these investments, that Fund looks to the creditworthiness of the borrower that is obligated to make principal and interest payments on the loan.
  • Time Deposits. Money Fund/VA may invest in fixed time deposits, which are non-negotiable deposits in a bank for a specified period of time at a stated interest rate, whether or not subject to withdrawal penalties; however, such deposits which are subject to such penalties, other than deposits maturing in less than seven days, are subject to the 10% limitation applicable to illiquid securities purchased by Money Fund/VA. As discussed in the Money Fund/VA's Prospectus, the limit on illiquid securities will decrease to 5% of the Fund's assets on May 28, 2010.
  • Floating Rate/Variable Rate Notes. Money Fund/VA may invest in instruments with floating or variable interest rates. The interest rate on a floating rate obligation is based on a stated prevailing market rate, such as a bank's prime rate, the 90-day U.S. Treasury Bill rate, the rate of return on commercial paper or bank certificates of deposit, or some other standard, and is adjusted automatically each time such market rate is adjusted. The interest rate on a variable rate obligation is also based on a stated prevailing market rate but is adjusted automatically at a specified interval of no less than one year. Some variable rate or floating rate obligations in which Money Fund/VA may invest have a demand feature entitling the holder to demand payment at an amount approximately equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest at any time, or at specified intervals not exceeding one year. These notes may or may not be backed by bank letters of credit. The interest rates on these notes fluctuate from time to time. Generally, the changes in the interest rate on such securities reduce the fluctuation in their market value. As interest rates decrease or increase, the potential for capital appreciation or depreciation is less than that for fixed-rate obligations of the same maturity.
  • Master Demand Notes. Master demand notes are corporate obligations that permit the investment of fluctuating amounts by Money Fund/VA at varying rates of interest pursuant to direct arrangements between Money Fund/VA, as lender, and the corporate borrower that issues the note. These notes permit daily changes in the amounts borrowed. Money Fund/VA has the right to increase the amount under the note at any time up to the full amount provided by the note agreement, or to decrease the amount. The borrower may repay up to the full amount of the note at any time without penalty. It is not generally contemplated that master demand notes will be traded because they are direct lending arrangements between the lender and the borrower. There is no secondary market for these notes, although they are redeemable and thus immediately repayable by the borrower at face value, plus accrued interest, at any time. Accordingly, where these obligations are not secured by letters of credit or other credit support arrangements, Money Fund/VA's right to redeem is dependent upon the ability of the borrower to pay principal and interest on demand. In evaluating the master demand arrangements, the Manager considers the earning power, cash flow, and other liquidity ratios of the issuer. If they are not rated by Rating Organizations, Money Fund/VA may invest in them only if, at the time of an investment, they are Eligible Securities. The Manager will continuously monitor the borrower's financial ability to meet all of its obligations because Money Fund/VA's liquidity might be impaired if the borrower were unable to pay principal and interest on demand. There is no limit on the amount of the Money Fund/VA's assets that may be invested in floating rate and variable rate obligations. Floating rate or variable rate obligations which do not provide for recovery of principal and interest within seven days' notice will be subject to the limitation applicable to illiquid securities purchased by Money Fund/VA.

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Investment in Other Investment Companies. The Funds can also invest in the securities of other investment companies, which can include open-end funds, closed-end funds and unit investment trusts, subject to the limits set forth in the Investment Company Act that apply to those types of investments. For example, a Fund can invest in Exchange-Traded Funds, which are typically open-end funds or unit investment trusts, listed on a stock exchange. A Fund might do so as a way of gaining exposure to the segments of the equity or fixed-income markets represented by the Exchange-Traded Funds' portfolio, at times when a Fund may not be able to buy those portfolio securities directly.

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Investing in another investment company may involve the payment of substantial premiums above the value of such investment company's portfolio securities and is subject to limitations under the Investment Company Act. The Funds do not intend to invest in other investment companies unless the Manager believes that the potential benefits of the investment justify the payment of any premiums or sales charges. As a shareholder of an investment company, a Fund would be subject to its ratable share of that investment company's expenses, including its advisory and administration expenses. The Funds do not anticipate investing a substantial amount of their net assets in shares of other investment companies.

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Passive Foreign Investment Companies. Under U.S. tax laws, passive foreign investment companies ("PFICs") are those foreign corporations which generate primarily "passive" income. Passive income is defined as any income that is considered foreign personal holding company income under the Internal Revenue Code. For federal tax purposes, a foreign corporation is deemed to be a PFIC if 75% or more of its gross income during a fiscal year is passive income or if 50% or more of its assets are assets that produce, or are held to produce, passive income.

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Foreign mutual funds are generally deemed to be PFICs, since nearly all of the income of a mutual fund is passive income. Foreign mutual funds investments may be used to gain exposure to the securities of companies in countries that limit or prohibit direct foreign investment but are subject to limits under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act").

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Other types of foreign corporations may also be considered PFICs if their percentage of passive income or passive assets exceeds the limits described above. Federal tax laws impose severe tax penalties for failure to properly report investment income from PFICs. Although every effort is made to ensure compliance with federal tax reporting requirements for these investments, foreign corporations that are PFICs for federal tax purposes may not always be recognized as such.

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Loans of Portfolio Securities. Securities lending pursuant to a Securities Lending Agency Agreement (the "Securities Lending Agreement") with Goldman Sachs Bank USA, doing business as Goldman Sachs Agency Lending ("Goldman Sachs"), may be used to attempt to increase income. Loans of portfolio securities are subject to the restrictions stated in the Prospectus and must comply with all applicable regulations and with the Funds' Securities Lending Procedures adopted by the Board. The terms of any loans must also meet applicable tests under the Internal Revenue Code.

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There are certain risks in connection with securities lending, including possible delays in receiving additional collateral to secure a loan, or a delay or expenses in recovery of the loaned securities. Goldman Sachs has agreed, in general, to guarantee the obligations of borrowers to return loaned securities and to be responsible for certain expenses relating to securities lending. Under the Securities Lending Agreement, the Funds' securities lending procedures and applicable regulatory requirements (which are subject to change), the Funds must receive collateral from the borrower consisting of cash, bank letters of credit or securities of the U.S. Government (or its agencies or instrumentalities). On each business day, the amount of collateral that the Funds have received must at least equal the value of the loaned securities. If the Funds receive cash collateral from the borrower, the Manager, in its capacity as the Fund's collateral administrator, may invest that cash in certain high quality, short-term investments, including in money market funds advised by the Manager. The Funds will be subject to its proportional share of the expenses of such money market funds, including the advisory fee payable to the Manager or its affiliate as adviser to such funds. The Manager may charge a collateral administration fee of 0.08% on the value of cash collateral invested in other securities. All of the Funds' collateral investments must comply with its securities lending procedures. The Funds will be responsible for the risks associated with the investment of cash collateral, including the risk that the Fund may lose money on the investment or may fail to earn sufficient income to meet its obligations to the borrower.

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The terms of the loans must permit the Funds to recall loaned securities on five business days' notice and the Funds will seek to recall loaned securities in time to vote on any matters that the Manager determines would have a material effect on the Funds' investment. The Securities Lending Agreement may be terminated by either Goldman Sachs or the Funds on 30 days' written notice.

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Loans of portfolio securities are limited to not more than 25% of the value of the Funds' net assets.

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Temporary Defensive and Interim Investments. When market conditions are unstable, or the Manager believes it is otherwise appropriate to reduce holdings in stocks or bonds, the Funds can invest in a variety of debt securities for defensive purposes. The Funds can also purchase these securities for liquidity purposes to meet cash needs due to the redemption of Fund shares, or to hold while waiting to reinvest cash received from the sale of other portfolio securities. The Funds can buy:

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  • obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its instrumentalities or agencies,

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  • commercial paper (short-term, unsecured, promissory notes of domestic or foreign companies) rated in the three top rating categories of a nationally recognized rating organization,

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  • short-term debt obligations of corporate issuers, rated investment grade (rated at least Baa by Moody's or at least BBB by Standard & Poor's or a comparable rating by another rating organization), or unrated securities judged by the Manager to have a comparable quality to rated securities in those categories,

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  • certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances of domestic and foreign banks having total assets in excess of $1 billion, and

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  • repurchase agreements.

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Short-term debt securities would normally be selected for defensive or cash management purposes because they can normally be disposed of quickly, are not generally subject to significant fluctuations in principal value and their value will be less subject to interest rate risk than longer-term debt securities.

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Investment Restrictions

In addition to having a number of investment policies and restrictions identified in the Prospectuses or elsewhere as "fundamental policies," the Funds have other investment restrictions that are fundamental policies, described below.

Fundamental Policies. Fundamental policies are those policies that the Funds have adopted to govern its investments that can be changed only by the vote of a "majority" of each Fund's outstanding voting securities. Under the Investment Company Act, a "majority" vote is defined as the vote of the holders of the lesser of:

  • 67% or more of the shares present or represented by proxy at a shareholder meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares are present or represented by proxy, or
  • more than 50% of the outstanding shares.

The Funds' (except Value Fund /VA) investment objectives are fundamental policies. Other policies described in the Prospectuses or this SAI are "fundamental" only if they are identified as such. The Funds' Board of Trustees can change non-fundamental policies without shareholder approval. However, significant changes to investment policies will be described in supplements or updates to the Prospectuses or this SAI, as appropriate. The Funds' most significant investment policies are described in the Prospectus.

Other Fundamental Investment Restrictions. The following investment restrictions are fundamental policies of the Funds (except Value Fund/VA).

  • No Fund can buy securities issued or guaranteed by any one issuer if (i) more than 5% of its total assets would be invested in securities of that issuer or (ii) it would then own more than 10% of that issuer's voting securities, or (iii) it would then own more than 10% in principal amount of that issuer's outstanding debt securities. The restriction on debt securities does not apply to Global Strategic Income Fund/VA. All of the restrictions apply only to 75% of each Fund's total assets. The limits do not apply to securities issued by the U.S. government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or securities of other investment companies.
  • The Funds cannot make loans except (a) through lending of securities, (b) through the purchase of debt instruments or similar evidences of indebtedness, (c) through an interfund lending program with other affiliated funds, and (d) through repurchase agreements.
  • The Funds cannot concentrate investments. That means they cannot invest 25% or more of their total assets in companies in any one industry. Obligations of the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities are not considered to be part of an "industry" for the purposes of this restriction. This policy does not limit investments by Money Fund/VA in obligations issued by banks.
  • The Funds cannot buy or sell real estate or interests in real estate. However, the Funds can purchase debt securities secured by real estate or interests in real estate, or issued by companies, including real estate investment trusts, which invest in real estate or interests in real estate.
  • The Funds cannot underwrite securities of other companies. A permitted exception is in case a Fund is deemed to be an underwriter under the Securities Act when reselling any securities held in its own portfolio.
  • The Funds cannot invest in commodities or commodity contracts, other than the hedging instruments permitted by any of its other fundamental policies. It does not matter whether the hedging instrument is considered to be a commodity or commodity contract.
  • The Funds cannot issue "senior securities," but this does not prohibit certain investment activities for which assets of the Funds are designated as segregated, or margin, collateral or escrow arrangements are established, to cover the related obligations. Examples of those activities include borrowing money, reverse repurchase agreements, delayed-delivery and when-issued arrangements for portfolio securities transactions, and contracts to buy or sell derivatives, hedging instruments, options or futures.
  • The Funds cannot borrow money in excess of 33-1/3% of the value of that Fund's total assets. The Funds may borrow only from banks and/or affiliated investment companies. With respect to this fundamental policy, the Funds can borrow only if they maintain a 300% ratio of assets to borrowings at all times in the manner set forth in the Investment Company Act.

The following investment restrictions are fundamental policies of Value Fund/VA.

  • Value Fund/VA cannot issue senior securities. However, it can make payments or deposits of margin in connection with options or futures transactions, lend its portfolio securities, enter into repurchase agreements, borrow money and pledge its assets as permitted by its other fundamental policies. For purposes of this restriction, the issuance of shares of common stock in multiple classes or series, the purchase or sale of options, futures contracts and options on futures contracts, forward commitments, and repurchase agreements entered into in accordance with Value Fund/VA's investment policies, and the pledge, mortgage or hypothecation of Value Fund/VA's assets are not deemed to be senior securities.
  • Value Fund/VA cannot buy securities or other instruments issued or guaranteed by any one issuer if more than 5% of its total assets would be invested in securities or other instruments of that issuer or if it would then own more than 10% of that issuer's voting securities. This limitation applies to 75% of the Value Fund/VA's total assets. The limit does not apply to securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities or securities of other investment companies.
  • Value Fund/VA cannot invest 25% or more of its total assets in any one industry. That limit does not apply to securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities or securities issued by investment companies.
  • Value Fund/VA cannot invest in physical commodities or commodities contracts. However, the Fund can invest in hedging instruments permitted by any of its other investment policies, and can buy or sell options, futures, securities or other instruments backed by, or the investment return from which is linked to, changes in the price of physical commodities, commodity contracts or currencies.
  • Value Fund/VA cannot invest in real estate or in interests in real estate. However, the Fund can purchase securities of issuers holding real estate or interests in real estate (including securities of real estate investment trusts) if permitted by its other investment policies.
  • Value Fund/VA cannot underwrite securities of other issuers. A permitted exception is in case it is deemed to be an underwriter under the Securities Act in reselling its portfolio securities.
  • Value Fund/VA cannot make loans, except to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act, the rules or regulations thereunder or any exemption therefrom that is applicable to the Fund, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time.
  • Value Fund/VA may not borrow money, except to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act, the rules or regulations thereunder or any exemption therefrom that is applicable to the Fund, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time.

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Funds' Non-Fundamental Restrictions. Main Street Small Cap Fund®/VA, Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA and Value Fund/VA have other investment restrictions that are not fundamental policies, which means that they can be changed by the Board of Trustees without shareholder approval.

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  • Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund®/VA has also adopted the following non-fundamental policy: Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund/VA will provide shareholders at least 60 days' prior notice of any change with respect to its non-fundamental policy that, under normal market conditions, it will invest at least 80% of its net assets, including any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies having a market capitalization in the range of the Russell 2500TM Index.

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  • Effective April 30, 2010, Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA has also adopted the following non-fundamental policy: Under normal market conditions, as a non-fundamental policy, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowing for investment purposes) in equity securities of "small-cap" and "mid-cap" companies. This non-fundamental policy will not be changed without first providing 60 days' written notice to shareholders.
  • Value Fund/VA has also adopted the following non-fundamental policy: The Fund cannot invest in securities of other investment companies, except to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act, the rules or regulations thereunder or any exemption therefrom, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time.

Unless the Prospectus or this SAI states that a percentage restriction applies on an ongoing basis, it applies only at the time the Funds makes an investment (except in the case of borrowing and investments in illiquid securities). The Funds need not sell securities to meet the percentage limits if the value of the investment increases in proportion to the size of the Fund.

For purposes of the Funds' policy not to concentrate its investments as described above, the Funds have adopted classifications of industries and group of related industries. These classifications are not fundamental policies.

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Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's Subsidiary will also follow that Fund's fundamental and non-fundamental investment restrictions, described above, with respect to its investments.

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Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings

While recognizing the importance of providing Fund shareholders with information about their Fund's investments and providing portfolio information to a variety of third parties to assist with the management, distribution and administrative processes, the need for transparency must be balanced against the risk that third parties who gain access to a Fund's portfolio holdings information could attempt to use that information to trade ahead of or against a Fund, which could negatively affect the prices a Fund is able to obtain in portfolio transactions or the availability of the securities that a portfolio manager is trading on a Fund's behalf.

The Funds, the Manager, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent have therefore adopted policies and procedures regarding the dissemination of information about the Funds' portfolio holdings by employees, officers and directors or trustees of the Funds, the Manager, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent. These policies are designed to assure that non-public information about the Funds' portfolio securities holdings is distributed only for a legitimate business purpose, and is done in a manner that (a) conforms to applicable laws and regulations and (b) is designed to prevent that information from being used in a way that could negatively affect the Funds' investment program or enable third parties to use that information in a manner that is harmful to the Funds. It is a violation of the Code of Ethics for any covered person to release holdings in contravention of the portfolio holdings disclosure policies and procedures adopted by the Funds.

Portfolio Holdings Disclosure Policies. The Funds, the Manager, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent and their affiliates and subsidiaries, employees, officers, and directors or trustees, shall neither solicit nor accept any compensation or other consideration (including any agreement to maintain assets in the Funds or in other investment companies or accounts managed by the Manager or any affiliated person of the Manager) in connection with the disclosure of the Funds' non-public portfolio holdings. The receipt of investment advisory fees or other fees and compensation paid to the Manager and its subsidiaries pursuant to agreements approved by the Funds' Board shall not be deemed to be "compensation" or "consideration" for these purposes. Until publicly disclosed, the Funds' portfolio holdings are proprietary, confidential business information. After they are publicly disclosed, the Funds' portfolio holdings may be released in any appropriate manner.

  • Public Disclosure. The Funds' portfolio holdings, other than Money Fund/VA, are made publicly available no later than 60 days after the close of each of the Funds' fiscal quarters, either in its annual or semi-annual report to shareholders or in its Statements of Investments on Form N-Q. Those documents are publicly available at the SEC. In addition, the top 20 month-end securities holdings (based on invested assets), listed by security or by issuer, may be posted on the OppenheimerFunds' website (at www.oppenheimerfunds.com) with a 15-day delay. The Funds may post a smaller list of holdings (e.g., the top five or top 10 portfolio holdings), or may not post any holdings, if the Manager believes that would be in the best interests of the Funds and their shareholders. Other general information about the Funds' portfolio investments, such as portfolio composition by asset class, industry, country, currency, credit rating or maturity, may also be publicly disclosed with a 15-day delay. 
  • Money Fund/VA's portfolio holdings, as of the most recent prior close of the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE"), are posted on the Money Fund/VA's website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com on each business day. Therefore, the Money Fund/VA's portfolio holdings are made publicly available no later than one business day after the close of trading on the NYSE on each day on which the NYSE is open. The Money Fund/VA's portfolio holdings are also made publicly available no later than 60 days after the close of each of the Fund's fiscal quarters in its semi-annual and annual report to shareholders, or in its Statements of Investment on Form N-Q. Those documents are publicly available at the SEC.

The Fund's complete portfolio holdings positions may be released to the following categories of individuals or entities on an ongoing basis, provided that such individual or entity either (1) has signed an agreement to keep such information confidential and not trade on the basis of such information, or (2) as a member of the Fund's Board, or as an employee, officer or director of the Manager, the Distributor, or the Transfer Agent, or of their legal counsel, is subject to fiduciary obligations (a) not to disclose such information except in compliance with the Fund's policies and procedures and (b) not to trade for his or her personal account on the basis of such information:

  • Employees of the Fund's Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent who need to have access to such information (as determined by senior officers of such entities);
  • The Fund's independent registered public accounting firm;
  • Members of the Fund's Board and the Board's legal counsel;
  • The Fund's custodian bank;
  • A proxy voting service designated by the Fund and its Board;
  • Rating/ranking organizations (such as Lipper, Inc. and Morningstar, Inc.);
  • Portfolio pricing services retained by the Manager to provide portfolio security prices; and
  • Dealers, to obtain bids (price quotations if securities are not priced by the Fund's regular pricing services).

Month-end lists of the Fund's complete portfolio holdings may be disclosed for legitimate business reasons, no sooner than 30 days after the relevant month end, pursuant to special requests and under limited circumstances discussed below, provided that:

  • The third-party recipient must first submit a request for release of Fund portfolio holdings, explaining the business reason for the request;
  • Senior officers (a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel or above) in the Manager's Portfolio and Legal departments must approve the completed request for release of Fund portfolio holdings; and
  • Before receiving the data, the third-party recipient must sign the Manager's portfolio holdings non-disclosure agreement, agreeing to keep confidential the information that is not publicly available regarding the Fund's holdings and agreeing not to trade directly or indirectly based on the information.

Other than for Money Fund/VA, portfolio holdings information of the Fund may be provided, under limited circumstances, to brokers or dealers with whom the Fund trades and entities that provide investment coverage or analytical information regarding the Fund's portfolio, provided that there is a legitimate investment reason for providing the information to the broker, dealer or other entity. Month-end portfolio holdings information may, under this procedure, be provided to vendors providing research information or analytics to the Fund, with at least a 15-day delay after the month end, but in certain cases may be provided to a broker or analytical vendor with a 1- 2 day lag to facilitate the provision of requested investment information to the Manager to facilitate a particular trade or portfolio manager's investment process for the Fund. Any third party receiving such information must first sign the Manager's portfolio holdings non-disclosure agreement as a pre-condition to receiving this information.

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Portfolio holdings information (which may include information on the Fund's entire portfolio or individual securities therein) may be provided by senior officers of the Manager or attorneys on the legal staff of the Manager, Distributor, or Transfer Agent, in the following circumstances:

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  • Response to legal process in litigation matters, such as responses to subpoenas or in class action matters where the Fund may be part of the plaintiff class (and seeks recovery for losses on a security) or a defendant; 

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  • Response to regulatory requests for information (from the SEC, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA"), state securities regulators, and/or foreign securities authorities, including without limitation requests for information in inspections or for position reporting purposes); 

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  • To potential sub-advisers of portfolios (pursuant to confidentiality agreements); 

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  • To consultants for retirement plans for plan sponsors/discussions at due diligence meetings (pursuant to confidentiality agreements); 

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  • Investment bankers in connection with merger discussions (pursuant to confidentiality agreements).

Portfolio managers and analysts may, subject to the Manager's policies on communications with the press and other media, discuss portfolio information in interviews with members of the media, or in due diligence or similar meetings with clients or prospective purchasers of Fund shares or their financial representatives.

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The Fund's shareholders may, under unusual circumstances (such as a lack of liquidity in the Fund's portfolio to meet redemptions), receive redemption proceeds of their Fund shares paid as pro rata shares of securities held in the Fund's portfolio. In such circumstances, disclosure of the Fund's portfolio holdings may be made to such shareholders.

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Any permitted release of otherwise non-public portfolio holdings information must be in accordance with the then-current policy on approved methods for communicating confidential information.

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The Chief Compliance Officer (the "CCO") of the Fund and the Manager, Distributor, and Transfer Agent shall oversee the compliance by the Manager, Distributor, Transfer Agent, and their personnel with these policies and procedures. At least annually the CCO reports to the Fund's Board any material violation of these policies and procedures during the previous period and makes recommendations to the Board as to any amendments that the CCO believes are necessary and desirable to carry out or improve these policies and procedures.

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The Manager and the Fund have entered into ongoing arrangements to make available information about the Fund's portfolio holdings. One or more of the Oppenheimer funds may currently disclose portfolio holdings information based on ongoing arrangements to the following parties:

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13D Research

Fortis Securities

Ned Davis Research Group

17a-4 LLC

Fox-Pitt, Kelton, Inc.

Needham & Company

Alforma Capital Markets

Fraser Mackenzie

Neue Zurcher Bank

Altrushare

Friedman, Billings, Ramsey

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

Altus Investment Management

FTN Equity Capital Markets Corporation

Numis Securities Inc.

American Technology Research

Garp Research & Securities

Oddo Securities

Auerbach Grayson & Company

George K. Baum & Company

Omgeo LLC

Banc of America Securities

GMP Securities L.P.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.

Barclays Capital

Goldman Sachs & Company

Pacific Crest

Barnard Jacobs Mellet

Good Morning Securities

Paradigm Capital

BB&T Capital Markets

Goodbody Stockbrokers

Petercam/JPP Eurosecurities

Belle Haven Investments, Inc.

Handelsbanken Markets Securities

Piper Jaffray Company

Beltone Financial

Helvea Inc.

Prager Sealy & Company

Bergen Capital

Hewitt

R. Seelaus & Co., Inc.

Bloomberg

HJ Sims & Co., Inc.

Ramirez & Company

BMO Capital Markets

Howard Weil

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

BNP Paribas

HSBC Securities

RBC Capital Markets

Brean Murray Carret & Company

Hyundai Securities America, Inc.

RBC Dain Rauscher

Brown Brothers Harriman & Company

ICICI Securities Inc.

Redburn Partners

Buckingham Research Group

Interactive Data

Renaissance Capital

Cabrera Capital

Intermonte

RiskMetrics Group

Callan Associates

Investec

Robert W. Baird & Company

Cambridge Associates

Janco Partners

Rocaton

Canaccord Adams, Inc.

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

Rogers Casey

Caris & Company

Jefferies & Company

Roosevelt & Cross

Carnegie

Jennings Capital Inc.

Royal Bank of Scotland

Cazenove

Jesup & Lamont Securities

Russell/Mellon

Cheuvreux

JMP Securities

RV Kuhns

Citigroup

Johnson Rice & Company

Sal Oppenheim

Cleveland Research Company

JPMorgan Chase

Salman Partners

CLSA

Kaupthing Securities Inc.

Samsung Securities

Cogent

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

Sandler Morris Harris Group

Collins Stewart

Keijser Securities N.V.

Sandler O'Neill & Partners

Commerzbank

Kempen & Co. USA Inc.

Sanford C. Bernstein & Company, LLC

Contrarian Capital Management, LLC

Kepler Capital Markets

Santander Securities

Cormark Securities

KeyBanc Capital Markets

Scotia Capital

Cowen & Company

KPMG LLP

Seattle-Northwest Securities

Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC

Kotak Mahindra Inc.

Sidoti & Company LLC

Credit Suisse

Lazard Capital

Siebert Brandford Shank & Company

Crews & Associates

LCG Associates

Simmons & Company

D.A. Davidson & Company

Lebenthal & Company

Societe Generale

Daewoo Securities Company, Ltd.

Leerink Swann

Standard & Poor's

Dahlman Rose & Company

Lipper

Sterne Agee

Daiwa Securities

Loop Capital Markets

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company

Davy

Macquarie Securities

Stone & Youngberg

DeMarche

MainFirst Bank AG

SunGard

DEPFA First Albany Corporation

MassMutual

Suntrust Robinson Humphrey

Desjardins Securities

Mediobanca Securities USA LLC

SWS Group, Inc.

Deutsche Bank

Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc.

Thomas Weisel Partners

Dougherty and Company LLC

Merrion Stockbrokers Ltd.

ThomsonReuters LLC

Dowling Partners

Mesirow Financial

Troika Dialog

Dresdner Kleinwort

MF Global Securities

UBS

Duncan Williams

Mirae Asset Securities

UOB Kay Hian (U.S.) Inc.

Dundee Securities

Mitsubishi Financial Securities

Vining & Sparks

DZ Financial Markets

Mizuho Securities USA

Vontobel Securities Ltd.

Edelweiss Securities Ltd.

ML Stern

Wachovia Securities Corporation

Emmet & Co., Inc.

Morgan Keegan

Watson Wyatt

Empirical Research

Morgan Stanley

Wedbush Morgan Securities

Enam Securities

Morningstar

Weeden & Company

Enskilda Securities

Motilal Oswal Securities

West LB

Evaluation Associates

MSCI Barra

WH Mell & Associates

Exane

M&T Securities

William Blair & Company

FactSet Research Systems

Multi-Bank Securities

Wilshire

FBR Capital Markets & Co.

Murphy & Durieu

Winchester Capital Partners, LLC

Fidelity Capital Markets

National Bank Financial

Ziegler Capital Markets Group

First Miami Securities

Natixis Bleichroeder Inc.

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The shareholders of Global Securities Fund/VA, Main Street Fund/VA and Global Strategic Income Fund/VA may, under unusual circumstances (such as a lack of liquidity in a Fund's portfolio to meet redemptions), receive redemption proceeds of their Fund shares paid as pro rata shares of securities held in a Fund's portfolio. In such circumstances, disclosure of a Fund's portfolio holdings may be made to such shareholders.

Organization and History

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Each Fund is an investment portfolio, or "series" of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds (the "Trust"), a multi-series open-end diversified management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust that presently includes 11 series. Money Fund/VA, Core Bond Fund/VA and Capital Appreciation Fund/VA were all organized in 1983, High Income Fund/VA, Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA and Balanced Fund/VA, were all organized in 1986, Global Securities Fund/VA was organized in 1990, Global Strategic Income Fund/VA was organized in 1993, Main Street Fund®/VA was organized in 1995, Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund®/VA was organized in 1998 and Value Fund/ VA was organized in 2002. The suffix "VA" was added to each Fund's name on May 1, 1999. Prior to April 29, 2005, Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund/VA was named "Oppenheimer Bond Fund/VA." Prior to April 30, 2010, Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA was named "Oppenheimer MidCap Fund/VA," and prior to April 30, 2006, that Fund was named "Oppenheimer Aggressive Growth Fund/VA." Prior to April 30, 2010, Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund/VA was named "Oppenheimer Strategic Bond Fund/VA." Prior to April 30, 2011, Oppenheimer Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund®/VA was named "Oppenheimer  Main Street Small Cap Fund/VA." All references to the Funds' Board of Trustees and Officers refer to the Trustees and Officers, respectively, of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds.

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Shareholders. Insurance companies that hold shares of the Funds in their separate accounts for the benefit of their customers' variable annuities, variable life insurance policies and other investment products are the record holders and the owners of shares of beneficial interest in the Funds. The right of those customers of the insurance companies to give directions to the insurance company for the purchase or redemption of shares is determined under the contract between the customer and the insurance company. The insurance companies, and not their customers, are "shareholders" of the Funds. The rights of those insurance companies as record holders and owners of shares of a Fund are different from the rights of their customers. These customers are indirect owners for all purposes except for those rights reserved by insurance companies in the insurance contract, or as permitted by the SEC. The term "shareholder" in this SAI refers to the indirect or underlying owner of shares held in the account, and not to the insurance companies.

Classes of Shares. The Trustees are authorized, without shareholder approval, to create new series and classes of shares, to reclassify unissued shares into additional series or classes and to divide or combine the shares of a class into a greater or lesser number of shares without changing the proportionate beneficial interest of a shareholder in the Fund. Shares do not have cumulative voting rights, preemptive rights or subscription rights. Shares may be voted in person or by proxy at shareholder meetings.

The Funds currently have four classes of shares authorized. All Funds offer a class of shares with no name designation referred to in this SAI and the Prospectus as "non-service shares." As of September 15, 2006, all Funds except Money Fund/VA also offer a service share class, subject to a Distribution and Service Plan. Money Fund/VA currently only offers the class of non-service shares. Global Securities Fund/VA and High Income Fund/VA offer two additional share classes, referred to in this SAI "Class 3" and "Class 4", which are subject to a redemption fee. In addition, Class 4 shares are subject to a Distribution and Service Plan. Each class of shares:

  • has its own dividends and distributions,
  • pays certain expenses which may be different for the different classes,
  • will generally have a different net asset value,
  • will generally have separate voting rights on matters in which interests of one class are different from interests of another class, and
  • votes as a class on matters that affect that class alone.

Each share of each class has one vote at shareholder meetings, with fractional shares voting proportionally, on matters submitted to a vote of shareholders. Each share of a Fund represents an interest in each Fund proportionately equal to the interest of each other share of the same class of that Fund.

Meetings of Shareholders. The Trust is a Massachusetts business Trust. The Funds are not required to hold, and do not plan to hold, regular annual meetings of shareholders, but may hold shareholder meetings from time to time on important matters or when required to do so by the Investment Company Act or other applicable law. Shareholders have the right, upon a vote or declaration in writing of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Funds, to remove a Trustee or to take other action described in the Trust's Declaration of Trust.

The Trustees will call a meeting of shareholders to vote on the removal of a Trustee upon the written request of the record holders of 10% of its outstanding shares. If the Trustees receive a request from at least 10 shareholders stating that they wish to communicate with other shareholders to request a meeting to remove a Trustee, the Trustees will then either make the Funds' shareholder list available to the applicants or mail their communication to all other shareholders at the applicants' expense. The shareholders making the request must have been shareholders for at least six months and must hold shares of a Fund valued at $25,000 or more or constituting at least 1% of a Fund's outstanding shares. The Trustees may also take other action as permitted by the Investment Company Act.

Shareholder and Trustee Liability. The Trust's Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of shareholder or Trustee liability for the Trust's obligations. It also provides for indemnification and reimbursement of expenses out of the Trust's property for any shareholder held personally liable for its obligations. The Declaration of Trust also states that upon request, the Trust shall assume the defense of any claim made against a shareholder for any act or obligation of the Trust and shall satisfy any judgment on that claim. Massachusetts law permits a shareholder of a business trust (such as the Trust) to be held personally liable as a "partner" under certain circumstances. However, the risk that a Fund shareholder will incur financial loss from being held liable as a "partner" of the Trust is limited to the relatively remote circumstances in which the Trust would be unable to meet its obligations.

The Trust's contractual arrangements state that any person doing business with the Trust (and each shareholder of the Funds) agrees under its Declaration of Trust to look solely to the assets of the Funds for satisfaction of any claim or demand that may arise out of any dealings with the Funds. Additionally, the Trustees shall have no personal liability to any such person, to the extent permitted by law.

Board of Trustees and Oversight Committees

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The Fund is governed by a Board of Trustees, which is responsible for overseeing the Fund. The Board is led by William L. Armstrong, an independent trustee, who is not an "interested person" of the Fund, as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Board meets periodically throughout the year to oversee the Fund's activities, including to review its performance, oversee potential conflicts that could affect the Fund, and review the actions of the Manager. With respect to its oversight of risk, the Board relies on reports and information received from various parties, including the Manager, internal auditors, the Fund's Chief Compliance Officer, the Fund's outside auditors and Fund counsel. It is important to note that, despite the efforts of the Board and of the various parties that play a role in the oversight of risk, it is likely that not all risks will be identified or mitigated.

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The Board has an Audit Committee, a Review Committee and a Governance Committee. Each of the Committees is comprised solely of Trustees who are not "interested persons" under the Investment Company Act (the "Independent Trustees").

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During the Funds' fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, the Audit Committee held _ meetings, the Review Committee held _ meetings and the Governance Committee held _ meetings.

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The members of the Audit Committee are George C. Bowen (Chairman), Edward L. Cameron, Robert J. Malone and F. William Marshall, Jr. The Audit Committee selects the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm (also referred to as the "independent Auditors"). Other main functions of the Audit Committee, outlined in the Audit Committee Charter, include, but are not limited to: (i) reviewing the scope and results of financial statement audits and the audit fees charged; (ii) reviewing reports from the Fund independent Auditors regarding the Fund internal accounting procedures and controls; (iii) reviewing reports from the Manager's Internal Audit Department; (iv) reviewing certain reports from and meet periodically with the Funds' Chief Compliance Officer; (v) maintaining a separate line of communication between the Fund independent Auditors and the Independent Directors/Trustees; (vi) reviewing the independence of the Fund independent Auditors; and (vii) approving in advance the provision of any audit or non-audit services by the Fund independent Auditors, including tax services, that are not prohibited by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to the Fund, the Manager and certain affiliates of the Manager. The Audit Committee also reviews reports concerning the valuation on certain investments.

The members of the Review Committee are Sam Freedman (Chairman), Jon S. Fossel and Beverly L. Hamilton. Among other duties, as set forth in the Review Committee's Charter, the Review Committee reviews Fund performance and expenses as well as oversees several of the Fund's principal service providers and certain policies and procedures of the Fund.

The members of the Governance Committee are Robert J. Malone (Chairman), William Armstrong, Edward L. Cameron, Beverly L. Hamilton and F. William Marshall, Jr. The Governance Committee has adopted a charter setting forth its duties and responsibilities. Among other duties, the Governance Committee reviews and oversees Fund governance and the nomination of Directors/Trustees, including Independent Directors/Trustees. The Governance Committee has adopted a process for shareholder submission of nominees for board positions. Shareholders may submit names of individuals, accompanied by complete and properly supported resumes, for the Governance Committee's consideration by mailing such information to the Governance Committee in care of the Fund. The Governance Committee has not established specific qualifications that it believes must be met by a nominee. In evaluating nominees, the Governance Committee considers, among other things, an individual's background, skills, and experience; whether the individual is an "interested person" as defined in the Investment Company Act; and whether the individual would be deemed an "audit committee financial expert" within the meaning of applicable SEC rules. The Governance Committee also considers whether the individual's background, skills, and experience will complement the background, skills, and experience of other Trustees and will contribute to the Board's diversity. The Governance Committee may consider such persons at such time as it meets to consider possible nominees. The Governance Committee, however, reserves sole discretion to determine which candidates for Director/Trustee it will recommend to the Board and the shareholders and it may identify candidates other than those submitted by shareholders. The Governance Committee may, but need not, consider the advice and recommendation of the Manager or its affiliates in selecting nominees. The full Board elects new Directors/Trustees except for those instances when a shareholder vote is required.

Shareholders who desire to communicate with the Board should address correspondence to the Board or an individual Board member and may submit correspondence electronically at www.oppenheimerfunds.com under the caption "contact us" or by mail to the Fund at the address on the front cover of this SAI.

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Below is a brief discussion of the specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills of each Board member that led the Board to conclude that he or she should serve as a Director/Trustee of the Fund.

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Each Independent Director/Trustee has served on the Board for the number of years listed below, during the course of which he or she has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Board's deliberations. Each Director's/Trustee's outside professional experience is outlined in the table of Biographical Information, below.

Trustees and Officers of the Fund

Except for Mr. Glavin, each of the Trustees is an Independent Trustee and is also a director or trustee of the following Oppenheimer funds (referred to as "Denver Board Funds"):

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Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund

Oppenheimer Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund

Oppenheimer Cash Reserves Fund

Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund

Oppenheimer Master Inflation Protected Securities Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund

Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Corporate Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Active Allocation Fund

Oppenheimer Currency Opportunities Fund

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust II

Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Debt Fund

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust III

Oppenheimer Equity Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund

Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

Oppenheimer Integrity Funds

Panorama Series Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer International Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund

Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc.

Oppenheimer Main Street Select Fund

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Messrs. Anello, Bhaman, Damian, Edwards, Ferreira, Glavin, Govil, Keffer, Legg, Memani, Petersen, Ram, Steinmetz, Strzalkowski, Vandehey, Vardharaj, Welsh, Williams, Wixted, Wong, Zack, Ziehl and Zibelli and Mss. Bloomberg, Bullington, Ives, Ruffle and Wolf, who are officers of the Funds, hold the same offices with one or more of the other Denver Board Funds.

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Present or former officers, directors, trustees and employees (and their immediate family members) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates, and retirement plans established by them for their employees are permitted to purchase Class A shares of other Oppenheimer funds at net asset value without sales charge. The sales charge on Class A shares is waived for that group because of the reduced sales efforts realized by the Distributor. Present or former officers, directors, trustees and employees (and their eligible family members) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates, its parent company and the subsidiaries of its parent company, and retirement plans established for the benefit of such individuals, are also permitted to purchase Class Y shares of the Oppenheimer funds that offer Class Y shares.

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As of April _, 2011 the Trustees/Directors and officers of the Fund, as a group, owned less than 1% of any class of shares of the Fund beneficially or of record.

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Biographical Information. The Trustees and officers, their positions with the Fund, length of service in such position(s) and principal occupations and business affiliations during at least the past five years are listed in the charts below. The address of each Independent Trustee in the chart below is 6803 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924. Each Trustee serves for an indefinite term, or until his or her resignation, retirement, death or removal.

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Each Independent Trustee has served the Fund in the following capacities from the following dates:

Position(s)

Length of Service

William L. Armstrong

Board Chariman

Since 2003

Trustee

Since 1999

George C. Bowen

Trustee

Since 1999

Edward L. Cameron

Trustee

Since 1999

Jon S. Fossel

Trustee

Since 1990

Sam Freedman

Trustee

Since 1996

Beverly L. Hamilton

Trustee

Since 2002

Robert J. Malone

Trustee

Since 2002

F. William Marshall, Jr.

Trustee

Since 2000



 

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Independent Trustees

Name, Age, Position(s)

Principal Occupations(s) During the Past
5 Years; Other Trusteeship/Directorships Held

Portfolios Overseen
in Fund Complex

William L. Armstrong (73), Chairman of the Board of Trustees

President, Colorado Christian University (since 2006); Chairman, Cherry Creek Mortgage Company (since 1991), Chairman, Centennial State Mortgage Company (since 1994), Chairman, The El Paso Mortgage Company (since 1993); Chairman, Ambassador Media Corporation (since 1984); Chairman, Broadway Ventures (since 1984); Director of Helmerich Payne, Inc. (oil and gas drilling/production company) (since 1992), former Director of Campus Crusade for Christ (non-profit) (1991-2008); former Director, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. (non-profit organization) (2002-2006); former Chairman of: Transland Financial Services, Inc. (private mortgage banking company) (1997-2003), Great Frontier Insurance (1995-2000), Frontier Real Estate, Inc. (residential real estate brokerage) (1994-2000) and Frontier Title (title insurance agency) (1995-2000); former Director of the following: UNUMProvident (insurance company) (1991-2004), Storage Technology Corporation (computer equipment company) (1991-2003) and International Family Entertainment (television channel) (1992-1997); U.S. Senator (January 1979-January 1991). Mr. Armstrong has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 1999, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards' deliberations.

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George C. Bowen (74), Trustee

Assistant Secretary and Director of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (December 1991-April 1999); President, Treasurer and Director of Centennial Capital Corporation (June 1989-April 1999); Chief Executive Officer and Director of MultiSource Services, Inc. (March 1996-April 1999); Mr. Bowen held several positions with the Manager and with subsidiary or affiliated companies of the Manager (September 1987-April 1999). Mr. Bowen has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 1998, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards' deliberations.

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Edward L. Cameron (72), Trustee

Member of The Life Guard of Mount Vernon (George Washington historical site) (June 2000 – June 2006); Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (accounting firm) (July 1974-June 1999); Chairman of Price Waterhouse LLP Global Investment Management Industry Services Group (accounting firm) (July 1994-June 1998). Mr. Cameron has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 1999, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards' deliberations.

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Jon S. Fossel (68), Trustee

Chairman of the Board (since 2006) and Director (since June 2002) of UNUMProvident (insurance company); Director of Northwestern Energy Corp. (public utility corporation) (since November 2004); Director of P.R. Pharmaceuticals (October 1999-October 2003); Director of Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (non-profit organization) (February 1998-February 2003 and February 2005-February 2007); Chairman and Director (until October 1996) and President and Chief Executive Officer (until October 1995) of the Manager; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the following: Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. ("OAC") (parent holding company of the Manager), Shareholders Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (until October 1995). Mr. Fossel has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 1990, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards' deliberations.

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Sam Freedman (70), Trustee

Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (since September 1984). Mr. Freedman held several positions with the Manager and with subsidiary or affiliated companies of the Manager (until October 1994). Mr. Freeman has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 1996, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards' deliberations.

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Beverly L. Hamilton (64), Trustee

Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (since February 2000); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (since December 2005); Chairman (since 2010) of American Funds' Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc. (mutual fund); Director of The California Endowment (philanthropic organization) (April 2002-April 2008); Director (February 2002-2005) and Chairman of Trustees (2006-2007) of the Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula; Director (October 1991-2005); Vice Chairman (2006-2009) of American Funds' Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc. (mutual fund); President of ARCO Investment Management Company (February 1991-April 2000); Member of the investment committees of The Rockefeller Foundation (2001-2006) and The University of Michigan (since 2000); Advisor at Credit Suisse First Boston's Sprout venture capital unit (venture capital fund) (1994-January 2005); Trustee of MassMutual Institutional Funds (investment company) (1996-June 2004); Trustee of MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (April 1989-June 2004); Member of the investment committee of Hartford Hospital (2000-2003); and Advisor to Unilever (Holland) pension fund (2000-2003). Ms. Hamilton has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2002, during which time she has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards' deliberations.

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Robert J. Malone (66), Trustee

Board of Directors of Opera Colorado Foundation (non-profit organization) (since March 2008); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (since 2006); Director of Jones International University (educational organization) (since August 2005); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Steele Street Bank Trust (commercial banking) (since August 2003); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (since 1986); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (since 2000); Former Chairman of U.S. Bank-Colorado (subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp and formerly Colorado National Bank) (July 1996-April 1999); Director of Commercial Assets, Inc. (real estate investment trust) (1993-2000); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2001-July 2004); and Director of U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and gas exploration) (1997-February 2004). Mr. Malone has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2002, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards' deliberations.

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F. William Marshall, Jr. (68), Trustee

Trustee Emeritus of Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI) (private university) (since 2009); Trustee of MassMutual Select Funds (formerly MassMutual Institutional Funds) (investment company) (since 1996) and MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (since 1996); President and Treasurer of the SIS Funds (private charitable fund) (since January 1999); Former Trustee of WPI (1985-2008); Former Chairman of the Board (2004-2006) and Former Chairman of the Investment Committee of WPI (1994-2008); Chairman of SIS Family Bank, F.S.B. (formerly SIS Bank) (commercial bank) (January 1999-July 1999); Executive Vice President of Peoples Heritage Financial Group, Inc. (commercial bank) (January 1999-July 1999); and Former President and Chief Executive Officer of SIS Bancorp. (1993-1999). Mr. Marshall has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer Funds since 2000, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards' deliberations.

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* Includes two open-end investment companies: MassMutual Select Funds and MML Series Investment Fund. In accordance with the instructions for SEC Form N-1A, for purposes of this section only, MassMutual Select Funds and MML Series Investment Fund are included in the "Fund Complex." The Manager does not consider MassMutual Select Funds and MML Series Investment Fund to be part of the OppenheimerFunds' "Fund Complex" as that term may be otherwise interpreted.


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Mr. Glavin is an "Interested Trustee" because he is affiliated with the Manager by virtue of his positions as an officer and director of the Manager, and as a shareholder of its parent company. Mr. Glavin was elected as a Trustee of the Fund with the understanding that if he ceases to be the chief executive officer of the Manager, he will resign as a Trustee of the Fund and of the other Denver Board Funds (defined above). Mr. Glavin's address is Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1008.

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Interested Trustee and Officer

Name, Age, Position(s)

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5
Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held

Portfolios Overseen
in Fund Complex

William F. Glavin Jr. (52) Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer

Chairman of the Manager (since December 2009); Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Manager (since January 2009); President of the Manager (since May 2009); Director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. ("OAC") (the Manager's parent holding company) (since June 2009); Executive Vice President (March 2006 - February 2009) and Chief Operating Officer (July 2007 - February 2009) of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (OAC's parent company); Director (May 2004 - March 2006) and Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer (May 2004 - January 2005), President (January 2005 - March 2006) and Chief Executive Officer (June 2005 - March 2006) of Babson Capital Management LLC; Director (March 2005 - March 2006), President (May 2003 - March 2006) and Chief Compliance Officer (July 2005 - March 2006) of Babson Capital Securities, Inc. (a broker-dealer); President (May 2003 - March 2006) of Babson Investment Company, Inc.; Director (May 2004 - August 2006) of Babson Capital Europe Limited; Director (May 2004 - October 2006) of Babson Capital Guernsey Limited; Director (May 2004 - March 2006) of Babson Capital Management LLC; Non-Executive Director (March 2005 - March 2007) of Baring Asset Management Limited; Director (February 2005 - June 2006) Baring Pension Trustees Limited; Director and Treasurer (December 2003 - November 2006) of Charter Oak Capital Management, Inc.; Director (May 2006 - September 2006) of C.M. Benefit Insurance Company; Director (May 2008 - June 2009) and Executive Vice President (June 2007 - July 2009) of C.M. Life Insurance Company; President (March 2006 - May 2007) of MassMutual Assignment Company; Director (January 2005 - December 2006), Deputy Chairman (March 2005 - December 2006) and President (February 2005 - March 2005) of MassMutual Holdings (Bermuda) Limited; Director (May 2008 - June 2009) and Executive Vice President (June 2007 - July 2009) of MML Bay State Life Insurance Company; Chief Executive Officer and President (April 2007 - January 2009) of MML Distributors, LLC.; and Chairman (March 2006 -December 2008) and Chief Executive Officer (May 2007 - December 2008) of MML Investors Services, Inc. Mr. Glavin has served on the Board since December 2009, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Board's deliberations.

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The addresses of the officers in the chart below are as follows: for Messrs. Anello, Bhaman, Damian, Edwards, Ferreira, Glavin, Govil, Keffer, Memani, Ram, Steinmetz, Strzalkowski, Vardharaj, Williams, Wong, Zack, Ziehl and Zibelli and Mss. Bloomberg and Ruffle, Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008, for Messrs. Legg, Petersen, Vandehey, Welsh and Wixted and Mss. Bullington, Ives and Wolf, 6803 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924. Each officer serves for an indefinite term or until his or her resignation, retirement death or removal.

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Each of the Officers has served the Funds in the following capacities from the following dates:

Raymond Anello

Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Since 2011

Rajeev Bhaman

Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Since 2004

John Damian

Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Since 2008 & 2009 respectively

Emmanuel Ferreira

Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Since 2003

Manind Govil

Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Since 2009

Krishna Memani

Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Since 2009

Benjamin Ram

Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Since 2009

Arthur P. Steinmetz

Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Since 1993

Peter A. Strzalkowski

Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Since 2009

Raman Vardharaj

Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Since 2009

Joseph Welsh

Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Since 2009

Mitch Williams

Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Since 2008 & 2009 respectively

Carol E. Wolf

Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Since 1998

Caleb Wong

Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Since 2009

Ronald Zibelli, Jr.

Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Since 2006

Matthew Ziehl

Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Since 2009

Thomas Keffer

Vice President and Chief Business Officer

Since 2009

Mark S. Vandehey

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

Since 2004

Robert G. Zack

Vice President

Since 2011

Brian W. Wixted

Treasurer and Principal Financial & Accounting Officer

Since 1999

Brian S. Petersen

Assistant Treasurer

Since 2004

Stephanie Bullington

Assistant Treasurer

Since 2008

Arthur S. Gabinet

Secretary

2011

Lisa I. Bloomberg

Assistant Secretary

Since 2004

Kathleen T. Ives

Assistant Secretary

Since 2001

Taylor V. Edwards

Assistant Secretary

Since 2008

Randy G. Legg

Assistant Secretary

Since 2008

Adrienne M. Ruffle

Assistant Secretary

Since 2008

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Other Officers of the Funds - Portfolio Managers

Name, Age, Position(s)

Principal Occupation(s) During the Last 5 Years

Portfolios Overseen in Fund Complex

Raymond Anello (  )
Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Mr. Anello has been a Vice President of the Manager since May 2009 and a portfolio manager of the Manager since May 2011. From May 2009 to May 2011, he has served as sector manager for energy and utilities for the Manager's Main Street Investment Team. Prior to joining the Manager, Mr. Anello was portfolio manager of the RS All Cap Dividend product from its inception in July 2007 through April 2009 and served as a sector manager for energy and utilities for various other RS Investments products. Mr. Anello joined Guardian Life Insurance Company in October 1999 and transitioned to RS Investments in October 2006 in connection with Guardian Life Insurance Company's acquisition of an interest in RS Investments. Before joining Guardian, he was an equity portfolio manager/analyst and high-yield analyst for Orion Capital from 1995 to 1998. He served as an assistant portfolio manager at the Garrison Bradford portfolio management firm from 1988 to 1995.

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Rajeev Bhaman (46)
Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Senior Vice President of the Manager (since May 2006). He was a Vice President of the Manager (January 1997-May 2006).

2

John Damian (41)
Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Senior Vice President and Director of Value Equity Investments (since February 2007); Vice President of the Manager (September 2001-February 2007). Senior Analyst/Director for Citigroup Asset Management (November 1999-September 2001).

5

Emmanuel Ferreira (41)
Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Vice President of the Manager since January 2003; Portfolio Manager at Lashire Investments (July 1999-December 2002).

3

Manind "Mani" Govil (40)
Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Mr. Govil, CFA, has been a Senior Vice President, the Main Street Team Leader and a portfolio manager of the Manager since May 2009. Prior to joining the Manager, Mr. Govil was a portfolio manager with RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006-March 2009). He served as the head of equity investments at The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (August 2005-October 2006) when Guardian Life Insurance acquired an interest in RS Investment Management Co. LLC. He served as the lead portfolio manager - large cap blend/core equity, co-head of equities and head of equity research (2001-July 2005), and was lead portfolio manager - core equity (April 1996-July 2005), at Mercantile Capital Advisers, Inc. A portfolio manager of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

4

Krishna Memani (49)
Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Senior Vice President and Head of the Investment Grade Fixed Income Team of the Manager since March 2009. Mr. Memani was a Managing Director and Head of the U.S. and European Credit Analyst Team at Deutsche Bank Securities from June 2006 through January 2009. He was the Chief Credit Strategist at Credit Suisse Securities from August 2002 through March 2006. He was a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Putnam Investments from September 1998 through June 2002.

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Benjamin Ram (38)
Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Vice President and portfolio manager of the Manager since May 2009. Prior to joining the Manager, Mr. Ram was sector manager for financial investments and a co portfolio manager for mid-cap portfolios with the RS Core Equity Team of RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006-May 2009). He served as Portfolio Manager Mid Cap Strategies, Sector Manager Financials at The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (January 2006-October 2006) when Guardian Life Insurance acquired an interest in RS Investment Management Co. LLC. He was a financials analyst, from 2003 to 2005, and co portfolio manager, from 2005 to 2006, at Mercantile Capital Advisers, Inc. Mr. Ram was a bank analyst at Legg Mason Securities from 2000 to 2003 and was a senior financial analyst at the CitiFinancial division of Citigroup, Inc. from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Ram is a portfolio manager of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

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Arthur P. Steinmetz (51)
Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Chief Investment Officer of Fixed-Income Investments of the Manager (since April 2009) and Executive Vice President of the Manager (since October 2009). He was a Senior Vice President of the Manager (March 1993-September 2009) and Director of Fixed-Income Investments of the Manager (January 2009-April 2009).

4

Peter A. Strzalkowski (44)
Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Vice President of the Manager (since August 2007), CFA and a member of the Manager's Investment Grade Fixed-Income Team (since April 2009). A Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Vector Capital Management, LLC (July 2006-August 2007). A Senior Portfolio Manager at Highland Capital Management, L.P. (June 2005-July 2006). A Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at Microsoft Corp. (June 2003-June 2005).

7

Raman Vardharaj (39)
Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Vice President of the Manager (since May 2009) and CFA. Prior to joining the Manager, Mr. Vardharaj was sector manager and a senior quantitative analyst creating stock selection models, monitoring portfolio risks and analyzing portfolio performance across the RS Core Equity Team of RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006-May 2009). He served as quantitative analyst at The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (1998-October 2006) when Guardian Life Insurance acquired an interest in RS Investment Management Co. LLC. He is a portfolio manager of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

2

Joseph Welsh (46)
Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Head of the Manager's High Yield Corporate Debt Team (since April 2009); Vice President of the Manager (since December 2000) and a CFA. He was an Assistant Vice President of the Manager (December 1996-November 2000) and a high yield bond analyst of the Manager (January 1995-December 1996). He was a senior bond analyst with W.R. Huff Asset Management (November 1991-December 1994).

6

Mitch Williams (41)
Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Vice President of the Manager (since July 2006); Vice President of the Fund (since February 2009); CFA and a Senior Research Manager (since April 2002). He was a Vice President and Research Analyst for Evergreen Funds (October 2000-January 2002).

4

Carol E. Wolf (58)
Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Senior Vice President of the Manager (since June 2000); Vice President of the Manager (June 1990-June 2000).

10

Caleb Wong (44)
Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Vice President of the Manager (since June 1999); employed in fixed-income quantitative research and risk management for the Manager (since July 1996).

5

Ronald Zibelli, Jr. (51)
Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Vice President of the Manager (since May 2006) and a CFA. He was a Managing Director and Small Cap Growth Team Leader at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (January 2002-May 2006).

5

Matthew Ziehl (43)
Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Vice President and portfolio manager of the Manager (since May 2009). Prior to joining the Manager, Mr. Ziehl was a portfolio manager with RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006-May 2009) and served as a managing director at The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (December 2001-October 2006) when Guardian Life Insurance acquired an interest in RS Investment Management Co. LLC. He was a team leader and co portfolio manager with Salomon Brothers Asset Management, Inc. for small growth portfolios (January 2001-December 2001). A portfolio manager of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

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Name, Age, Position(s)

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years

Portfolios Overseen
in Fund Complex

Thomas W. Keffer (55)
Vice President and Chief Business Officer

Senior Vice President of the Manager (since March 1997); Director of Investment Brand Management of the Manager (since November 1997); Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since December 1997).

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Mark S. Vandehey (60)
Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager (since March 2004); Chief Compliance Officer of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., Centennial Asset Management and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2004); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since June 1983).

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Robert G. Zack (62)
Vice President

Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of OAC (since November 2001); Executive Vice President (since January 2004) and General Counsel (from March 2002 to December 2010) of the Manager; General Counsel of the Distributor (from December 2001 to December 2010); General Counsel of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (from December 2001 to December 2010); Senior Vice President and General Counsel of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (from December 2001 to December 2010); Assistant Secretary (from September 1997 to December 2010) and Director (from November 2001 to December 2010) of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc; Vice President and Director of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (from December 2002 to December 2010); Director of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (from November 2001 to December 2010); Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc. (from December 2001 to December 2010); Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of OFI Private Investments, Inc. (from November 2001 to December 2010); Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Director of OFI Trust Company (since November 2001); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (from June 2003 to December 2010); Senior Vice President and General Counsel of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (from November 2001 to December 2010).

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Brian W. Wixted (51)
Treasurer and Principal Financial & Accounting Officer

Senior Vice President of the Manager (since March 1999); Treasurer of the Manager and the following: HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. and Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (March 1999-June 2008), OFI Private Investments, Inc. (March 2000-June 2008), OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc (since May 2000), OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since November 2000), and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (charitable trust program established by the Manager) (since June 2003); Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of OFI Trust Company (trust company subsidiary of the Manager) (since May 2000); Assistant Treasurer of the following: OAC (March 1999-June 2008).

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Brian Petersen (40)
Assistant Treasurer

Vice President of the Manager (since February 2007); Assistant Vice President of the Manager (August 2002-February 2007); Manager/Financial Product Accounting of the Manager (November 1998-July 2002).

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Stephanie Bullington (34)
Assistant Treasurer

Vice President of the Manager (since January 2010); Assistant Vice President of the Manager (October 2005-January 2010); Assistant Vice President of ButterField Fund Services (Bermuda) Limited, part of The Bank of N.T. Butterfield Son Limited (Butterfield) (February 2004-June 2005).

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Arthur S. Gabinet (52)
Secretary

Executive Vice President (since May 2010) and General Counsel (since January 2011) of the Manager; General Counsel of the Distributor (since January 2011); General Counsel of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (since January 2011); Executive Vice President and General Counsel of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (since January 2011); Assistant Secretary (since January 2011) and Director (since January 2011) of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc; Vice President and Director of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (since January 2011); Director of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (since January 2011); Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since January 2011); Executive Vice President and General Counsel of OFI Private Investments, Inc. (since January 2011); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (since January 2011); Executive Vice President and General Counsel of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since January 2011); General Counsel, Asset Management of the Manager (May 2010-December 2010); Principal, The Vanguard Group (November 2005-April 2010); District Administrator, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (January 2003-October 2005).

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Kathleen T. Ives (45)
Assistant Secretary

Senior Vice President (since May 2009), Deputy General Counsel (since May 2008) and Assistant Secretary (since October 2003) of the Manager; Vice President (since 1999) and Assistant Secretary (since October 2003) of the Distributor; Assistant Secretary of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (since October 2003); Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Shareholder Services, Inc. (since 1999); Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (since December 2001); Vice President of the Manager (June 1998-May 2009); Senior Counsel of the Manager (October 2003-May 2008).

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Lisa I. Bloomberg (43)
Assistant Secretary

Senior Vice President (since February 2010) and Deputy General Counsel (since May 2008) of the Manager; Vice President (May 2004-January 2010) and Associate Counsel of the Manager (May 2004-May 2008); First Vice President (April 2001-April 2004), Associate General Counsel (December 2000-April 2004) of UBS Financial Services, Inc.

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Taylor V. Edwards (43)
Assistant Secretary

Vice President (since February 2007) and Associate Counsel (since May 2009) of the Manager; Assistant Vice President (January 2006-January 2007) and Assistant Counsel (January 2006-April 2009) of the Manager; Associate at Dechert LLP (September 2000-December 2005).

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Randy G. Legg (45)
Assistant Secretary

Vice President (since June 2005) and Associate Counsel (since January 2007) of the Manager; Assistant Vice President (February 2004-June 2005) and Assistant Counsel (February 2004-January 2007) of the Manager.

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Adrienne M. Ruffle (33)
Assistant Secretary

Vice President (since February 2007) and Associate Counsel (since May 2009) of the Manager; Assistant Vice President (February 2005-January 2007) and Assistant Counsel (February 2005-April 2009) of the Manager; Associate (September 2002-February 2005) at Sidley Austin LLP.

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Trustees Share Ownership. The chart below shows information about each Trustee's beneficial share ownership in the Fund and in all of the registered investment companies that the Trustee oversees in the Oppenheimer family of funds ("Supervised Funds").

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As of December 31, 2010

Dollar Range of Shares Beneficially Owned in the Fund

Aggregate Dollar Range of Shares Beneficially Owned in Supervised Funds

Independent Trustees

William L. Armstrong

None

Over $100,000

George C. Bowen

None

Over $100,000

Edward L. Cameron

None

Over $100,000

Jon S. Fossel

None

Over $100,000

Sam Freedman

None

Over $100,000

Beverly L. Hamilton

None

Over $100,000

Robert J. Malone

None

Over $100,000

F. William Marshall, Jr.

None

Over $100,000

Interested Trustee

William F. Glavin

None

Over $100,000

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Remuneration of the Officers and Trustees. The officers of the Fund, who are affiliated with the Manager, receive no salary or fee from the Fund. The Independent Trustees' total compensation from the Fund and fund complex represents compensation for serving as a Trustee and member of a committee (if applicable) of the Boards of the Fund and other funds in the OppenheimerFunds complex during the calendar year ended December 31, 2010.

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Remuneration Table to be Provided

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1. "Aggregate Compensation from the Fund" includes fees and deferred compensation, if any.
2. In accordance with SEC regulations, for purposes of this section only, "Fund Complex" includes the Oppenheimer funds, the MassMutual Institutional Funds, the MassMutual Select Funds and the MML Series Investment Fund, the investment adviser for which is the indirect parent company of the Fund's Manager. The Manager also serves as the Sub-Adviser to the following: MassMutual Premier International Equity Fund, MassMutual Premier Main Street Fund, MassMutual Premier Strategic Income Fund, MassMutual Premier Capital Appreciation Fund, and MassMutual Premier Global Fund. The Manager does not consider MassMutual Institutional Funds, MassMutual Select Funds and MML Series Investment Fund to be part of the OppenheimerFunds' "Fund Complex" as that term may be otherwise interpreted.
3. Includes $_______ deferred by Ms. Hamilton under the "Compensation Deferral Plan" described below.
4. Includes $_______ compensation paid to Mr. Marshall for serving as a Trustee for MassMutual Select Funds and MML Series Investment Fund.

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Compensation Deferral Plan. The Board of Trustees has adopted a Compensation Deferral Plan for Independent Trustees that enables them to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual fees they are entitled to receive from certain Funds. Under the plan, the compensation deferred by a Trustee is periodically adjusted as though an equivalent amount had been invested in shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustee. The amount paid to the Trustee under the plan will be determined based on the amount of compensation deferred and the performance of the selected funds.

Deferral of the Trustees' fees under the plan will not materially affect a Fund's assets, liabilities or net income per share. The plan will not obligate a fund to retain the services of any Trustee or to pay any particular level of compensation to any Trustee. Pursuant to an Order issued by the SEC, a fund may invest in the funds selected by the Trustee under the plan without shareholder approval for the limited purpose of determining the value of the Trustee's deferred compensation account.

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Major Shareholders.  As of April _, 2011, the only persons or entities who owned of record or were known by the Funds to own beneficially 5% or more of any class of the Funds' outstanding shares were the Manager and the insurance companies and their respective affiliates, such shares were held as shown in Appendix A.

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The Manager

The Manager is wholly-owned by Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., a holding company primarily owned by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, a global, diversified insurance and financial services company.

Code of Ethics. The Funds (except Money Fund/VA), Manager and the Distributor have a Code of Ethics. It is designed to detect and prevent improper personal trading by certain employees, including portfolio managers, that would compete with or take advantage of a Fund's portfolio transactions. Covered persons include persons with knowledge of the investments and investment intentions of the Fund and other funds advised by the Manager. The Code of Ethics does permit personnel subject to the Code to invest in securities, including securities that may be purchased or held by the Fund, subject to a number of restrictions and controls. Compliance with the Code of Ethics is carefully monitored and enforced by the Manager.

The Code of Ethics is an exhibit to the Funds' registration statement filed with the SEC and can be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You can obtain information about the hours of operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1.202.551.8090. The Code of Ethics can also be viewed as part of the Funds' registration statement on the SEC's EDGAR database at the SEC's Internet website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following E-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov., or by writing to the SEC's Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.

The Investment Advisory Agreement. The Manager provides investment advisory and management services to each Fund under an investment advisory agreement between the Manager of each Fund. The Manager selects securities for the Funds' portfolios and handles their day-to-day business. The portfolio managers of the Funds are employed by the Manager and are the persons who are principally responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds' portfolios. Other members of the Manager's investment teams provide the portfolio managers with counsel and support in managing the Funds' portfolios.

The agreement requires the Manager, at its expense, to provide the Funds with adequate office space, facilities and equipment. It also requires the Manager to provide and supervise the activities of all administrative and clerical personnel required to provide effective administration for the Funds. Those responsibilities include the compilation and maintenance of records with respect to Funds' operations, the preparation and filing of specified reports, and composition of proxy materials and registration statements for the continuous public sale of shares of the Funds.

The Funds pays expenses not expressly assumed by the Manager under the advisory agreements. The advisory agreements lists examples of expenses paid by the Funds. The major categories relate to interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, fees to certain Trustees, legal and audit expenses, custodian and transfer agent expenses, share issuance costs, certain printing and registration costs and non-recurring expenses, including litigation costs. The management fees paid by the Funds to the Manager are calculated at the rates described in the Prospectus, which are applied to the assets of the Funds as a whole. The fees are allocated to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of a Fund's net assets represented by that class. The management fees paid by the Funds to the Manager during their last three fiscal years were:

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Management Fees for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31

Fund

2008

2009

2010

Balanced Fund/VA

$2,905,296

$1,759,787

$

Capital Appreciation/VA

$11,123,637

$8,611,318

$

Core Bond Fund/VA

$2,241,087

$1,142,088

$

Global Securities Fund/VA

$19,436,828

$14,552,153

$

Global Strategic Income Fund/VA

$21,372,387

$20,955,987

$

High Income Fund/VA

$2,529,797

$1,019,105

$

Main Street Fund/VA

$12,491,552

$9,599,661

$

Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund/VA

$5,909,561

$4,857,461

$

Money Fund/VA

$955,875

$982,135

$

Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA

$5,532,191

$3,638,767

$

Value Fund/VA

$48,203

$41,350

$

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The investment advisory agreements state that in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence in the performance of its duties or reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the investment advisory agreements, the Manager is not liable for any loss the Funds sustain in connection with matters to which the agreement relates.

The agreements permit the Manager to act as investment advisor for any other person, firm or corporation and to use the name "Oppenheimer" in connection with other investment companies for which it may act as investment advisor or general distributor. If OFI shall no longer act as investment advisor to the Funds, OFI may withdraw the right of the Funds to use the name "Oppenheimer" as part of their name.

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In addition, as described below under "Organization and Management of Wholly-Owned Subsidiary," the Subsidiary has entered into a separate contract with the Manager for the management of the Subsidiary's portfolio. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive the management fee it receives from the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA in an amount equal to the management fee paid to the Manager by the Subsidiary. This undertaking will continue in effect for so long as the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA invests in the Subsidiary, and may not be terminated by the Manager unless the Manager first obtains the prior approval of the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's Board of Trustees for such termination.

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Portfolio Proxy Voting. The Fund has adopted Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures, which include Proxy Voting Guidelines, under which the Fund votes proxies relating to securities held by the Fund ("portfolio proxies"). The Manager generally undertakes to vote portfolio proxies with a view to enhancing the value of the company's stock held by the Funds. The Fund has retained an independent, third party proxy voting agent to vote portfolio proxies in accordance with the Fund's Proxy Voting Guidelines and to maintain records of such portfolio proxy voting. The Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures include provisions to address conflicts of interest that may arise between the Fund and the Manager or the Manager's affiliates or business relationships. Such a conflict of interest may arise, for example, where the Manager or an affiliate of the Manager manages or administers the assets of a pension plan or other investment account of the portfolio company soliciting the proxy or seeks to serve in that capacity. The Manager and its affiliates generally seek to avoid such material conflicts of interest by maintaining separate investment decision making processes to prevent the sharing of business objectives with respect to proposed or actual actions regarding portfolio proxy voting decisions. Additionally, the Manager employs the following procedures, as long as OFI determines that the course of action is consistent with the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders: (1) if the proposal that gives rise to the conflict is specifically addressed in the Proxy Voting Guidelines, the Manager will vote the portfolio proxy in accordance with the Proxy Voting Guidelines, unless (i) the Proxy Voting Guidelines provide discretion to the Manager on how to vote on the matter; or (ii) to the extent a portfolio manager has requested that OFI vote in a manner inconsistent with the Proxy Voting Guidelines, it is determined that such a request is in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders and does not pose an actual material conflict of interest; (2) if such proposal is not specifically addressed in the Proxy Voting Guidelines or the Proxy Voting Guidelines provide discretion to the Manager on how to vote, the Manager will vote in accordance with the third-party proxy voting agent's general recommended guidelines on the proposal provided that the Manager has reasonably determined that there is no conflict of interest on the part of the proxy voting agent or item (1) (ii), above, is not applicable; and (3) if neither of the previous two procedures provides an appropriate voting recommendation, the Manager may retain an independent fiduciary to advise the Manager on how to vote the proposal or may abstain from voting. The Proxy Voting Guidelines' provisions with respect to certain routine and non-routine proxy proposals are summarized below:

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  • The Fund evaluates director nominees on a case-by-case basis, examining the following factors, among others: composition of the board and key board committees, experience and qualifications, attendance at board meetings, corporate governance provisions and takeover activity, long-term company performance and the nominee's investment in the company.
  • The Fund generally supports proposals requiring the position of chairman to be filled by an independent director unless there are compelling reasons to recommend against the proposal such as a counterbalancing governance structure.
  • The Fund generally supports proposals asking that a majority of directors be independent. The Fund generally supports proposals asking that a board audit, compensation, and/or nominating committee be composed exclusively of independent directors.
  • The Fund generally supports shareholder proposals to reduce a super-majority vote requirement, and opposes management proposals to add a super-majority vote requirement.
  • The Fund generally supports proposals to allow shareholders the ability to call special meetings.
  • The Fund generally supports proposals to allow or make easier shareholder action by written consent.
  • The Fund generally votes against proposals to create a new class of stock with superior voting rights.
  • The Fund generally votes against proposals to classify a board.
  • The Fund generally supports proposals to eliminate cumulative voting.

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  • The Fund generally votes against proposals to establish a new board committee.

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  • The Fund generally opposes re-pricing of stock options without shareholder approval.
  • The Fund generally supports proposals to require majority voting for the election of directors.
  • The Fund generally supports proposals seeking additional disclosure of executive and director pay information.
  • The Fund generally supports proposals seeking disclosure regarding the company's, board's or committee's use of compensation consultants.

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  • The Fund generally supports "pay-for-performance" and "pay-for-superior-performance standard" proposals that align a significant portion of total compensation of senior executives to company performance, and generally supports an annual frequency for advisory votes on executive compensation.

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  • The Fund generally supports having shareholder votes on poison pills.
  • The Fund generally supports proposals calling for companies to adopt a policy of not providing tax gross-up payments.
  • In the case of social, political and environmental responsibility issues, the Fund will generally abstain where there could be a detrimental impact on share value or where the perceived value if the proposal was adopted is unclear or unsubstantiated. The Fund generally supports proposals that would clearly have a discernible positive impact on short- or long-term share value, or that would have a presently indiscernible impact on short- or long-term share value but promotes general long-term interests of the company and its shareholders.

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 Form N-PX filing is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.525.7048 and (ii) on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Money Fund/VA is the only Fund that has not adopted the Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Procedues.

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Investment in Wholly-Owned Subsidiary. Global Strategic Income Fund/VA may invest up to 25% of its total assets in a wholly-owned and controlled subsidiary (the "Subsidiary"). The Subsidiary invests primarily in commodity-linked derivatives (including commodity futures, financial futures, options and swap contracts) and exchange tradedGlobal Strategic Income Fund/VAs related to gold or other special minerals ("Gold ETFs"). The Subsidiary may also invest in certain fixed-income securities and other investments that may serve as margin or collateral for its derivatives positions.

Since Global Strategic Income Fund/VA may invest a substantial portion of its assets in the Subsidiary, which may hold certain of the investments described in Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information, Global Strategic Income Fund/VA may be considered to be investing indirectly in those investments through its Subsidiary. Therefore, references in Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's prospectus and in this Statement of Additional Information to investments by Global Strategic Income Fund/VA also may be deemed to include theGlobal Strategic Income Fund/VA's indirect investments through the Subsidiary.

The Subsidiary is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Investment Company Act") and does not subject its investor protections, except as noted in Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's prospectus or this Statement of Additional Information. Global Strategic Income Fund/VA, as the sole shareholder of the Subsidiary, does not have all of the protections offered by the Investment Company Act. However, the Subsidiary is wholly-owned and controlled by Global Strategic Income Fund/VA and managed by the Manager. Therefore, Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's ownership and control of the Subsidiary make it unlikely that the Subsidiary would take action contrary to the interests of Global Strategic Income Fund/VA or its shareholders. Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's Board has oversight responsibility for the investment activities of Global Strategic Income Fund/VA, including its expected investment in the Subsidiary, and Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's role as the sole shareholder of the Subsidiary. Also, in managing the Subsidiary's portfolio, the Manager is subject to the same investment policies and restrictions that apply to the management of Global Strategic Income Fund/VA, and, in particular, to the requirements relating to portfolio leverage, liquidity, brokerage, and the timing and method of the valuation of the Subsidiary's portfolio investments and shares of the Subsidiary.

Changes in the laws of the United States (where Global Strategic Income Fund/VA is organized) and/or the Cayman Islands (where the Subsidiary is organized), could prevent Global Strategic Income Fund/VA and/or the Subsidiary from operating as described in Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information and could negatively affect Global Strategic Income Fund/VA and its shareholders. For example, the Cayman Islands currently does not impose certain taxes on the Subsidiary, including income and capital gains tax, among others. If Cayman Islands laws were changed to require the Subsidiary to pay Cayman Islands taxes, the investment returns of Global Strategic Income Fund/VA would likely decrease.

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Pending Litigation. Since 2009, a number of lawsuits have been pending in federal courts against the Manager, the Distributor, and certain mutual funds ("Defendant Funds") advised by the Manager and distributed by the Distributor (but not including the Fund). The lawsuits naming the Defendant Funds also name as defendants certain officers and current and former trustees of the respective Defendant Funds. The plaintiffs seek class action status on behalf of purchasers of shares of the respective Defendant Fund during a particular time period. The lawsuits raise claims under federal securities laws alleging that, among other things, the disclosure documents of the respective Defendant Fund contained misrepresentations and omissions, that such Defendant Fund's investment policies were not followed, and that such Defendant Fund and the other defendants violated federal securities laws and regulations. The plaintiffs seek unspecified damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses.

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In 2009, what are claimed to be derivative lawsuits were filed in state court against the Manager and a subsidiary (but not against the Fund), on behalf of the New Mexico Education Plan Trust. These lawsuits allege breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence and violation of state securities laws, and seek compensatory damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses.

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Other lawsuits have been filed since 2008 in various state and federal courts, against the Manager and certain of its affiliates. Those lawsuits were filed by investors who made investments through an affiliate of the Manager, and relate to the alleged investment fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff and his firm ("Madoff"). Those suits allege 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 an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses. None of the suits have named the Distributor, any of the Oppenheimer mutual funds or any of their independent Trustees or Directors as defendants. None of the Oppenheimer funds invested in any funds or accounts managed by Madoff.

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The Manager believes that the lawsuits described above are without legal merit and is defending against them vigorously. The Defendant Funds' Boards of Trustees have also engaged counsel to defend the suits brought against those Funds and the present and former Independent Trustees named in those suits. 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, the Manager believes that these suits should not impair the ability of the Manager 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 funds.

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Portfolio Managers. Each Fund's portfolio is managed by the following:

 

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Fund

Portfolio Manager(s)

Balanced Fund/VA

Emmanuel Ferreira, Krishna Memani, Peter A. Strzalkowski

Capital Appreciation Fund/VA

Julie Van Cleave

Core Bond Fund/VA

Krishna Memani, Peter A. Strzalkowski

Global Securities Fund/VA

Rajeev Bhaman

Global Strategic Income Fund/VA

Arthur P. Steinmetz, Krishna Memani, Joseph Welsh, Caleb Wong

High Income Fund/VA

Joseph Welsh

Main Street Fund/VA

Manind "Mani" Govil, Benjamin Ram

Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund/VA

Matthew Ziehl, Raymond Anello, Raman Vardharaj

Money Fund/VA

Carol E. Wolf

Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA

Ronald Zibelli, Jr.

Value Fund/VA

Mitch Williams, John Damian

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Each of the above individuals is referred to as "Portfolio Manager" and collectively they are referred to as the "Portfolio Managers." They are the persons who are responsible for the day-to-day management of each Fund's respective investments.

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Other Accounts Managed. In addition to managing the Funds' investment portfolio, Messrs. Bhaman, Damian, Ferreira, Govil, Memani, Ram, Steinmetz, Strzalkowski, Vardharaj, Welsh, Williams, Wong, Ziehl and Zibelli and Ms. Cleave and Wolf also manage other investment portfolios or accounts on behalf of the Manager or its affiliates. The following tables provide information regarding those portfolios and accounts as of December 31, 2010, except that information for Ms. Cleave is as of the most recent practicable date. Except for one registered investment company managed by Mr. Bhaman, no portfolio or account has a performance-based advisory fee:

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Fund Name & Portfolio Managers

Registered Investment Companies Managed

Total Assets in Registered Investment Companies Managed1

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles Managed

Total Assets in Other Pooled Investment Vehicles Managed1

Other Accounts Managed

Total Assets in Other Accounts Managed1,2

Balanced Fund/VA

Emmanuel Ferreira

3

$

0

$

0

$

Krishna Memani

15

$

0

$

0

$

Peter A. Strzalkowski

15

$

0

$

0

$

Capital Appreciation Fund/VA

Julie Van Cleave

8

1

$

1

$

Core Bond/VA

Krishna Memani

15

$

0

$

0

$

Peter A. Strzalkowski

15

$

0

$

0

$

Global Securities Fund/VA

Rajeev Bhaman

8

$

4

$

2

$

Global Strategic Income Fund/VA

Arthur P. Steinmetz

4

$

2

$

0

$

Krishna Memani

15

$

0

$

0

$

Joseph Welsh

5

$

1

$

0

0

Caleb Wong

6

$

1

0

$

High Income Fund/VA

Joseph Welsh

5

$

1

$

0

$

Main Street Fund/VA

Manind Govil

7

$

0

$0

1

$

Benjamin Ram

4

$

0

$0

0

$

Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund/VA

Matthew Ziehl

6

$

0

$

1

$

Raymond Anello

$

$

$

Raman Vardharaj

6

$

0

$

1

$

Money Fund/VA

Carol E. Wolf

4

$

2

$

0

$

Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA

Ronald J. Zibelli, Jr.

2

$

2

$

0

$

Value Fund/VA

Mitch Williams

8

$

0

$

4

$

John Damian

12

$

0

0

1

$

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1. In millions.
2. Does not include personal accounts of portfolio managers and their families, which are subject to the Code of Ethics.

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As indicated above, each of the Portfolio Managers also manages other funds and accounts. Potentially, at times, those responsibilities could conflict with the interests of the Funds. That may occur whether the investment strategies of the other funds or accounts are the same as, or different from, the Funds' investment objectives and strategies. For example, a Portfolio Manager may need to allocate investment opportunities between a Fund and another fund or account having similar objectives or strategies, or a Portfolio Manager may need to execute transactions for another fund or account that could have a negative impact on the value of securities held by a Fund. Not all funds and accounts advised by the Manager have the same management fee. If the management fee structure of another fund or account is more advantageous to the Manager than the fee structure of a Fund, the Manager could have an incentive to favor the other fund or account. However, the Manager's compliance procedures and Code of Ethics recognize the Manager's fiduciary obligations to treat all of its clients, including the Funds, fairly and equitably, and are designed to preclude the Portfolio Managers from favoring one client over another. It is possible, of course, that those compliance procedures and the Code of Ethics may not always be adequate to do so. At various times, the Funds' Portfolio Managers may manage other funds or accounts with investment objectives and strategies that are similar to those of the Funds, or may manage funds or accounts with investment objectives and strategies that are different from those of the Funds.

Compensation of the Portfolio Managers. The Funds' Portfolio Managers are employed and compensated by the Manager, not the Funds. The Manager's compensation structure is designed to attract and retain highly qualified investment management professionals and to reward individual and team contributions toward creating shareholder value. As of December 31, 2009, each Portfolio Managers' compensation consisted principally of three elements: a base salary, an annual discretionary bonus and eligibility to participate in long-term awards of options and appreciation rights in regard to the common stock of the Manager's holding company parent. Senior portfolio managers may also be eligible to participate in the Manager's deferred compensation plan.

To help the Manager attract and retain talent, the base pay component of each portfolio manager is reviewed regularly to ensure that it reflects the performance of the individual, is commensurate with the requirements of the particular portfolio, reflects any specific competence or specialty of the individual manager, and is competitive with other comparable positions. The annual discretionary bonus is determined by senior management of the Manager and is based on a number of factors, including management quality (such as style consistency, risk management, sector coverage, team leadership and coaching) and organizational development. The Portfolio Managers' compensation is not based on the total value of a Fund's portfolio assets or its investment performance. However, each portfolio managers' compensation is based on the performance of a tracking portfolio that is substantially similar to the Fund or Funds that he or she manages, measured against an appropriate Lipper benchmark selected by management. The Manager has a number of procedures in place to ensure that portfolio managers do not allocate securities to those portfolios in an inequitable manner, including monitoring and dispersion analysis. The compensation structure of certain other funds and accounts managed by the Portfolio Managers differs from the compensation structure of the Funds, described above. A portion of the Portfolio Managers' compensation with regard to other portfolios may be based on the performance of those portfolios compared to a particular benchmark and, with respect to one portfolio managed by Mr. Bhaman, may, under certain circumstances, include an amount based in part on the amount of that portfolio's management fee.

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Ownership of Fund Shares. As of December 31, 2010, the Portfolio Managers did not beneficially own any shares of the Funds, which are sold only through insurance companies to their contract owners.

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Organization and Management of Wholly-Owned Subsidiary. The Global Strategic Income Fund/VA may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. It is expected that the Subsidiary will invest primarily in commodity and financial futures and option contracts, Gold ETFs, as well as fixed income securities and other investments intended to serve as margin or collateral for the Subsidiary's derivatives positions.

The Subsidiary is a company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, whose registered office is located at the offices of Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box 309, Ugland House, South Church Street, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands. The Subsidiary's affairs are overseen by a board of directors consisting of the following directors:

Mark Cook: Mark Cook is a Senior Vice President with Maples Finance Limited, a company with offices in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dubai, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg and Montreal, that offers a comprehensive range of fiduciary and administrative services to finance vehicles and investment funds. Mr. Cook joined Maples Finance Limited in 2008 and works on a wide range of investment fund and structured finance products, including multi-manager funds, hedge funds, private equity funds and unit trust structures. From 2005 to 2008 Mr. Cook worked with Citco Fund Services (Cayman Islands) Limited where he was a Relationship Manager. From 1998 to 2005 he worked at WHK Greenwoods, Chartered Accountants in Australia where he provided taxation, business and advisory services to a variety of clients including a number in the financial services industry. Mr. Cook holds Bachelors degrees in Commerce and Economics from the University of Queensland, Australia. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Cayman Islands Society of Professional Accountants, the Cayman Islands Directors Association and holds the designation of Accredited Director granted by Chartered Secretaries Canada.

Victor Murray: Victor Murray is a Senior Vice President with Maples Finance Limited, a company with offices in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dubai, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg and Montreal that offers a comprehensive range of fiduciary and administrative services to finance vehicles and investment funds. Mr. Murray joined Maples Finance Limited in 2007 and is responsible for a wide range of investment fund and structured finance products, including multi-manager funds, hedge funds, private equity funds and unit trust structures. From 2002 to 2007 Mr. Murray worked with Citco Fund Services (Cayman Islands) Limited where he was the in-house counsel advising on a wide range of corporate- and financial services- oriented legal matters. He was also responsible for the corporate governance of a number of complex investment vehicles. Prior to joining Citco, Mr. Murray was in private legal practice as a Solicitor (Lawyer) in Scotland. Mr. Murray graduated from the University of Dundee, Scotland with an LL.B (Bachelor of Laws Degree) and Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice. As part of his law degree he studied Investor Protection. Mr. Murray's professional designations include admission as a Solicitor and Notary Public, Scotland and admission as an Attorney-at-Law in the State of New York, USA. He is also a Notary Public for the Cayman Islands. He does not currently practice law in any jurisdiction. Mr. Murray is also a member of the Cayman Islands Directors Association and is currently appointed to its executive committee. He is an Accredited Director by the Chartered Secretaries of Canada. Mr. Murray is currently resident in the Cayman Islands and has been since 2002.

Brian W. Wixted: Mr. Wixted's biographical information appears above in the chart "Other Officers of the Funds."

The Subsidiary has entered into separate contracts with the Manager for the management of the Subsidiary's portfolio. The Subsidiary has also entered into arrangements with KPMG LLP to serve as the Subsidiary's independent auditor. The Subsidiary has also entered into arrangements with JP Morgan Chase Bank to serve as the Subsidiary's custodian, and with OppenheimerFunds Services to serve as the Subsidiary's transfer agent. The Subsidiary has adopted compliance policies and procedures that are substantially similar to the policies and procedures adopted by the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA. The Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's Chief Compliance Officer oversees implementation of the Subsidiary's policies and procedures, and makes periodic reports to the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's Board regarding the Subsidiary's compliance with its policies and procedures.

The Global Strategic Income Fund/VA pays the Manager a fee for its services. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive the management fee it receives from the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA in an amount equal to the management fee paid to the Manager by the Subsidiary. This undertaking will continue in effect for so long as the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA invests in the Subsidiary, and may not be terminated by the Manager unless the Manager first obtains the prior approval of the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's Board of Trustees for such termination. The Subsidiary will bear the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the custody, transfer agency, and audit services that it receives. The Global Strategic Income Fund/VA expects that the expenses borne by the Subsidiary will not be material in relation to the value of the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's assets. It is also anticipated that the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's own expenses will be reduced to some extent as a result of the payment of such expenses at the Subsidiary level. It is therefore expected that the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's investment in the Subsidiary will not result in the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's paying duplicative fees for similar services provided to the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA and Subsidiary.

Please refer to the section titled "Dividends and Taxes" for information about certain tax aspects of the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's investment in the Subsidiary.

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Brokerage Policies of the Fund

Brokerage Provisions of the Investment Advisory Agreement. One of the duties of the Manager under the investment advisory agreements is to arrange the portfolio transactions for the Funds. The advisory agreements contain provisions relating to the employment of broker-dealers to effect the Funds' portfolio transactions. The Manager is authorized by the advisory agreements to employ broker-dealers, including "affiliated brokers," as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act, that the Manager thinks, in its best judgment based on all relevant factors, will implement the policy of the Funds to obtain, at reasonable expense, the "best execution" of the Funds' portfolio transactions. "Best execution" means prompt and reliable execution at the most favorable price obtainable for the services provided. The Manager need not seek competitive commission bidding. However, it is expected to be aware of the current rates of eligible brokers and to minimize the commissions paid to the extent consistent with the interests and policies of the Funds as established by its Board of Trustees.

Under the investment advisory agreements, in choosing brokers to execute portfolio transactions for the Funds, the Manager may select brokers (other than affiliates) that provide both brokerage and research services to the Funds. The commissions paid to those brokers may be higher than another qualified broker would charge, if the Manager makes a good faith determination that the commission is fair and reasonable in relation to the services provided.

Brokerage Practices Followed by the Manager. The Manager allocates brokerage for the Funds subject to the provisions of the investment advisory agreements and other applicable rules and procedures described below.

The Manager's portfolio traders allocate brokerage based upon recommendations from the Manager's portfolio managers, together with the portfolio traders' judgment as to the execution capability of the broker or dealer. In certain instances, portfolio managers may directly place trades and allocate brokerage. In either case, the Manager's executive officers supervise the allocation of brokerage.

For Equity Funds, transactions in securities other than those for which an exchange is the primary market are generally done with principals or market makers. In transactions on foreign exchanges, a Fund may be required to pay fixed brokerage commissions and therefore would not have the benefit of negotiated commissions that are available in U.S. markets. Brokerage commissions are paid primarily for transactions in listed securities or for certain fixed-income agency transactions executed in the secondary market. Otherwise, brokerage commissions are paid only if it appears likely that a better price or execution can be obtained by doing so. In an option transaction, a Fund ordinarily uses the same broker for the purchase or sale of the option and any transaction in the securities to which the option relates.

For the Fixed-Income Funds, most securities purchases made by a Fund are in principal transactions at net prices. A Fund usually deals directly with the selling or purchasing principal or market maker without incurring charges for the services of a broker on its behalf unless the Manager determines that a better price or execution may be obtained by using the services of a broker. Therefore, a Fund does not incur substantial brokerage costs. Portfolio securities purchased from underwriters include a commission or concession paid by the issuer to the underwriter in the price of the security. Portfolio securities purchased from dealers include a spread between the bid and asked price. In an option transaction, a Fund ordinarily uses the same broker for the purchase or sale of the option and any transaction in the investment to which the option relates.

Other accounts advised by the Manager have investment policies similar to those of the Funds. Those other accounts may purchase or sell the same securities as a Fund at the same time as that Fund, which could affect the supply and price of the securities. If two or more accounts advised by the Manager purchase the same security on the same day from the same dealer, the transactions under those combined orders are averaged as to price and allocated in accordance with the purchase or sale orders actually placed for each account. When possible, the Manager tries to combine concurrent orders to purchase or sell the same security by more than one of the accounts managed by the Manager or its affiliates. The transactions under those combined orders are averaged as to price and allocated in accordance with the purchase or sale orders actually placed for each account.

Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act prohibits any fund from compensating a broker or dealer for promoting or selling the fund's shares by (1) directing to that broker or dealer any of the fund's portfolio transactions, or (2) directing any other remuneration to that broker or dealer, such as commissions, mark-ups, mark downs or other fees from the fund's portfolio transactions, that were effected by another broker or dealer (these latter arrangements are considered to be a type of "step-out" transaction). In other words, a fund and its investment adviser cannot use the fund's brokerage for the purpose of rewarding broker-dealers for selling the fund's shares.

However, the Rule permits funds to effect brokerage transactions through firms that also sell fund shares, provided that certain procedures are adopted to prevent a quid pro quo with respect to portfolio brokerage allocations. As permitted by the Rule, the Manager has adopted procedures (and the Funds' Board of Trustees has approved those procedures) that permit the Funds to direct portfolio securities transactions to brokers or dealers that also promote or sell shares of the Funds, subject to the "best execution" considerations discussed above. Those procedures are designed to prevent: (1) the Manager's personnel who effect the Funds' portfolio transactions from taking into account a broker's or dealer's promotion or sales of the Funds shares when allocating the Funds' portfolio transactions, and (2) the Funds, the Manager and the Distributor from entering into agreements or understandings under which the Manager directs or is expected to direct the Funds' brokerage directly, or through a "step-out" arrangement, to any broker or dealer in consideration of that broker's or dealer's promotion or sale of the Funds' shares or the shares of any of the other Oppenheimer funds.

The investment advisory agreement permits the Manager to allocate brokerage for research services. The research services provided by a particular broker may be useful both to the Funds and to one or more of the other accounts advised by the Manager or its affiliates. Investment research may be supplied to the Manager by the broker or by a third party at the instance of a broker through which trades are placed.

Investment research services include information and analysis on particular companies and industries as well as market or economic trends and portfolio strategy, market quotations for portfolio evaluations, analytical software and similar products and services. If a research service also assists the Manager in a non research capacity (such as bookkeeping or other administrative functions), then only the percentage or component that provides assistance to the Manager in the investment decision making process may be paid in commission dollars.

Although the Manager currently does not do so, the Board of Trustees may permit the Manager to use stated commissions on secondary fixed-income agency trades to obtain research if the broker represents to the Manager that: (i) the trade is not from or for the broker's own inventory, (ii) the trade was executed by the broker on an agency basis at the stated commission, and (iii) the trade is not a riskless principal transaction. The Board of Trustees may also permit the Manager to use commissions on fixed-price offerings to obtain research, in the same manner as is permitted for agency transactions.

The research services provided by brokers broaden the scope and supplement the research activities of the Manager. That research provides additional views and comparisons for consideration, and helps the Manager to obtain market information for the valuation of securities that are either held in the Funds' portfolio or are being considered for purchase. The Manager provides information to the Board about the commissions paid to brokers furnishing such services, together with the Manager's representation that the amount of such commissions was reasonably related to the value or benefit of such services.

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During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, the Fund paid the total brokerage commissions indicated in the chart below:

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Total Brokerage Commissions Paid by the Funds*

Fund

2008

2009

2010

Balanced Fund/VA

$366,700

$225,733

$

Capital AppreciationFund/VA

$2,131,803

$1,203,623

$

Core Bond Fund/VA

$79,727

$19,457

$

Global Securities Fund/VA

$1,165,815

$954,874

$

Global Strategic Income Fund/VA

$541,579

$470,849

$

High Income Fund/VA

$45,699

$2,432

$

Main Street Fund/VA

$1,650,295

$1,909,107

$

Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund/VA

$1,480,655

$2,087,784

$

Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA

$1,186,270

$1,014,498

$

Value Fund/VA

$16,525

$13,470

$

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* Amounts do not include spreads or commissions on principal transactions on a net trade basis.


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During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, the Fund paid the following amounts in commissions to firms that provide brokerage and research services to the Fund with respect to the aggregate portfolio transactions indicated. All such transactions were on a "best execution" basis, as described above. The provision of research services was not necessarily a factor in the placement of all such transactions.

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Fund

Commissions Paid
to Firms that
Provide Research

Aggregate Transactions
by Firms that
Provide Research

Balanced Fund/VA

$

$

Capital Appreciation Fund/VA

$

$

Core Bond Fund/VA

$

$

Global Securities Fund/VA

$

$

Global Strategic Income Fund/VA

$

$

High Income Fund/VA

$

$

Main Street Fund/VA

$

$

Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund/VA

$

$

Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA

$

$

Value Fund/VA

$

$

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Distribution and Service Arrangements

The Distributor. Under its General Distributor's Agreement with each Fund, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. ("OFDI" or the "Distributor") will act as the principal underwriter for the Funds' Service shares and Class 4 shares only.

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Each Fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act (a "Plan") for its Service shares and Class 4 shares, although as of December 31, 2010, only Global Securities Fund/VA and High Income Fund/VA offered Class 4 shares. Each Fund that offers Service shares and/or Class 4 shares will make compensation payments to the Distributor in connection with the distribution and/or servicing of those shares. The Distributor will pay insurance company separate account sponsors and other entities that offer and/or provide services to Service shares and Class 4 shares, as described in the applicable Fund's Prospectus.

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Each Plan has been approved by a vote of (i) the Board of Trustees of the Trust, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on that Plan, and (ii) the Manager as the then-sole initial holder of such shares.

Under the Plans, the Funds currently use the fees it receives to pay insurance company separate account sponsors or their affiliates (each is referred to as a "Recipient") for personal services and account maintenance services they provide for their customers who hold Service and Class 4 shares. The services include, among others, answering customer inquiries about the Funds, assisting in establishing and maintaining accounts in the Funds, and providing other services at the request of a Fund.

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Under the Plans, no payment will be made to any Recipient in any period if the aggregate net assets of a Fund's Service and Class 4 shares held by the Recipient for itself and its customers did not exceed a minimum amount, if any, that may be determined from time to time by a majority of the Trust's Independent Trustees. The Plans provide for a fee of 0.25% of average annual net assets (although the Board of Trustees had set the fee at 0.15% of average net assets for all series prior to May 1, 2003). As of December 31, 2010, the Board had set no minimum asset amount. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, all payments made under the Service share Plan were paid by the Distributor, to Recipients (including Recipients affiliated with the Manager).

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The Service shares class payments during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, for all Funds having Service shares outstanding as of that date, were as follows:

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Fund

Service Plan Payments by OFDI

Balanced Fund/VA Service Shares

$

Capital Appreciation Fund/VA Service Shares

$

Core Bond Fund/VA Service Shares

$

Global Securities Fund/VA Service Shares

$

Global Securities Fund/VA Class 4 Shares

$

Global Strategic Income Fund/VA Service Shares

$

High Income Fund/VA Service Shares

$

High Income Fund/VA Class 4 Shares

$

Main Street Fund/VA Service Shares

$

Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund/VA Service Shares

$

Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA Service Shares

$

Value Fund/VA Service Shares

$

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Under the Plans, the Manager and the Distributor may make payments to affiliates. In their sole discretion, they may also from time to time make substantial payments from their own resources, which include the profits the Manager derives from the advisory fees it receives from the Funds, to compensate brokers, dealers, financial institutions and other intermediaries for providing distribution assistance and/or administrative services or that otherwise promote sales of the Funds' shares. These payments, some of which may be referred to as "revenue sharing," may relate to the Funds' inclusion on a financial intermediary's preferred list of funds offered to its clients.

Unless a plan is terminated as described below, each Plan continues in effect from year to year but only if the Trust's Board of Trustees and its Independent Trustees specially vote annually to approve its continuance. Approval must be by a vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on continuing each Plan. Each Plan may be terminated at any time by the vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees or by the vote of the holders of a "majority" (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the outstanding Service shares or Class 4 shares. The Board of Trustees and the Independent Trustees must approve all material amendments to each plan. An amendment to increase materially the amount of payments to be made under a plan must be approved by shareholders of the class affected by the amendment.

While the plans are in effect and Service shares and/or Class 4 shares are outstanding, the Treasurer of the Trust shall provide separate written reports on each plan to the Board of Trustees at least quarterly for their review. The reports shall detail the amount of all payments made under a plan and the purpose for which the payments were made. Those reports are subject to the review and approval of the Independent Trustees.

Payments to Fund Intermediaries

Financial intermediaries may receive various forms of compensation or reimbursement from the Fund in the form of distribution and service (12b-1) plan payments as described above. They may also receive payments or concessions from the Distributor, derived from sales charges paid by the financial intermediary's clients, also as described in this SAI. In addition, the Manager and the Distributor (including their affiliates) may make payments to financial intermediaries in connection with the intermediaries' offering and sales of Fund shares and shares of other Oppenheimer funds, or their provision of marketing or promotional support, transaction processing or administrative services. Among the financial intermediaries that may receive these payments are brokers or dealers who sell or hold shares of the Fund, banks (including bank trust departments), registered investment advisers, insurance companies, retirement plan or qualified tuition program administrators, third party administrators, recordkeepers or other institutions that have selling, servicing or similar arrangements with the Manager or the Distributor. The payments to financial intermediaries vary by the types of product sold, the features of the Fund share class and the role played by the intermediary.

 

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Types of payments to financial intermediaries may include, and the Fund or an investor buying or selling Fund shares may pay, without limitation, all or portions of the following:

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  • an initial front-end sales charge, all or a portion of which is payable by the Distributor to financial intermediaries (see the "More About Your Account" section in the Prospectus);

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  • ongoing asset-based distribution and/or service fees (described in the section "Distribution and Service Arrangements - Distribution and Service (12b-1) Plans" above);

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  • shareholder servicing expenses that are paid from Fund assets to reimburse the Manager or the Distributor for Fund expenses they incur for providing omnibus accounting, recordkeeping, networking, sub-transfer agency or other administrative or shareholder services (including retirement plan and 529 plan administrative services fees).

In addition, the Manager or Distributor may, at their discretion, make the following types of payments from their own respective resources, which may include profits the Manager derives from investment advisory fees paid by the Fund. Payments are made based on the guidelines established by the Manager and Distributor, subject to applicable law. These payments are often referred to as "revenue sharing" payments, and may include:

  • compensation for marketing support, support provided in offering shares in the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds through certain trading platforms and programs, and transaction processing or other services;

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  • other compensation, to the extent the payment is not prohibited by law or by any self-regulatory agency, such as FINRA.

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Although a broker or dealer that sells Fund shares may also act as a broker or dealer in connection with the purchase or sale of portfolio securities by the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds, the Manager does not consider a financial intermediary's sales of shares of the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds when choosing brokers or dealers to effect portfolio transactions for the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds.

Revenue sharing payments can pay for distribution-related or asset retention items including, without limitation:

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  • transactional support, one-time charges for setting up access for the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds on particular trading systems, and paying the intermediary's networking fees;
  • program support, such as expenses related to including the Oppenheimer funds in retirement plans, college savings plans, fee-based advisory or wrap fee programs, fund "supermarkets", bank or trust company products or insurance companies' variable annuity or variable life insurance products;
  • placement on the dealer's list of offered funds and providing representatives of the Distributor with access to a financial intermediary's sales meetings, sales representatives and management representatives; or
  • firm support, such as business planning assistance, advertising, or educating a financial intermediary's sales personnel about the Oppenheimer funds and shareholder financial planning needs.

These payments may provide an incentive to financial intermediaries to actively market or promote the sale of shares of the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds, or to support the marketing or promotional efforts of the Distributor in offering shares of the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds. In addition, some types of payments may provide a financial intermediary with an incentive to recommend the Fund or a particular share class. Financial intermediaries may earn profits on these payments, since the amount of the payments may exceed the cost of providing the services. Certain of these payments are subject to limitations under applicable law. Financial intermediaries may categorize and disclose these arrangements to their clients and to members of the public in a manner different from the disclosures in the Fund's Prospectus and this SAI. You should ask your financial intermediary for information about any payments it receives from the Fund, the Manager or the Distributor and any services it provides, as well as the fees and commissions it charges.

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For the year ended December 31, 2010, the following financial intermediaries that are broker dealers offering shares of the Oppenheimer and Centennial funds, and/or their respective affiliates, received revenue sharing or similar distribution related payments from the Manager or the Distributor for marketing or program support:

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A.G. Edwards and Sons, Inc.

Hartford Life & Annuity Insurance
  Company

Prime Capital Services, Inc.

Aetna Life Insurance & Annuity Company

Independent Financial Group, LLC

Primevest Financial Services, Inc.

AIG Advisor Group, Inc.

ING Financial Advisers, LLC

Proequities, Inc.

Allianz Life Insurance Company

ING Financial Partners, Inc.

Protective Group Securities, Inc.

Allstate Financial Services LLC

Invest Financial Corporation

Protective Life and Annuity Insurance
  Company

Allstate Life Insurance Company

Jackson National Life Insurance Company

Pruco Securities, LLC

American Enterprise Life Insurance
  Company

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

Prudential Investment Management
  Services, Inc.

American General Annuity Insurance
  Company

Jefferson Pilot Securities Corporation

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

American Portfolios Financial Services, Inc.

JJB Hillard W.L. Lyons, Inc.

Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.

American United Life Insurance Company

JP Morgan Securities, Inc.

RBC Capital Markets Corporation

Ameriprise Advisor Services, Inc.

Kemper Investors Life Insurance Company

RBC Dain Rauscher

Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Key Investment Services LLC

Retirement Plan Consultants

Ameritas Life Insurance Company

KMS Financial Services Inc.

Robert W. Baird & Co.

AXA Advisors, LLC

Legend Equities Corporation

Royal Alliance Associates, Inc.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company

Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation

Sagepoint Financial Advisors

Banc of America Investment Services, Inc.

Lincoln Financial Securities Corporation

Securities America, Inc.

Cadaret Grant & Co.

Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc.

Security Benefit Life Insurance Company

Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.

Lincoln National Life Insurance Company

Sigma Financial Corp.

CCO Investment Services Corporation

LPL Financial Corporation

Signator Investments, Inc.

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

Manulife Financial

State Farm VP Management Corp.

Chase Investment Services Corporation

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
  Company

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

MassMutual Financial Group

Sun Life Financial Distributors, Inc.

CitiStreet Advisors LLC

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc.

Sun Life Insurance Company

Citizens Bank of Rhode Island

MetLife Investors Insurance Company

Sun Trust Securities, Inc.

C.M. Life Insurance Company

MetLife Investors Insurance Company -
  Security First

Sunamerica Securities, Inc.

Commonwealth Financial Network

MetLife Securities, Inc.

SunTrust Bank

CUNA Brokerage Services, Inc.

MML Investor Services, Inc.

Suntrust Investment Services, Inc.

CUSO Financial Services, LP

Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated

TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.

Direct Services LLC

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

The Hartford/Planco

Edward D. Jones and Company, LP

Multi-Financial Securities Corporation

The Investment Center, Inc.

Essex National Securities, Inc.

Mutual Funds Against Cancer

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Federal Kemper Life Assurance Company

National Planning Corporation

Thrivent Investment Management, Inc.

Financial Network Investment Corporation

National Retirement Partners, Inc.

Transamerica Life Insurance Co.

Financial Services Corporation

Nationwide Financial Services, Inc.

UBS Financial Services, Inc.

First Allied Securities, Inc.

New England Securities, Inc.

Union Central Life Insurance Company

First Clearing LLC

NFP Securities Inc.

USI Securities, Inc.

First Global Capital Corporation

North Ridge Securities Corp.

Valic Financial Advisors, Inc.

FSC Securities Corporation

Northwestern Mutual Investment Services,
  LLC

Vanderbilt Securities LLC

GE Life and Annuity Company

NRP Financial, Inc.

VSR Financial Services, Inc.

Geneos Wealth Management, Inc.

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

Wachovia Securities, LLC

Genworth Financial, Inc.

Pacific Life Insurance Co.

Walnut Street Securities, Inc.

Great West Life Insurance Company

Park Avenue Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company

Pershing LLC

Wells Fargo Investments, LLC

H. Beck, Inc.

PFS Investments, Inc.

Woodbury Financial Services, Inc.

H.D. Vest Investment Services, Inc.

PlanMember Securities Corp.

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For the year ended December 31, 2010, the following firms (which in some cases are broker-dealers) received payments from the Manager or Distributor (of at least $2,500) for administrative or other services provided (other than revenue sharing arrangements), as described above:

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Acensus, Inc.

First Clearing LLC

National Financial Services LLC

ACS HR Solutions LLC

First Global Capital Corporation

New York Life Insurance and Annuity
  Company

ADP Broker-Dealer, Inc.

First Trust Corp.

Northwest Plan Services Inc.

Aegon USA

GE Financial Assurance

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

Aetna Life Insurance & Annuity Company

GE Life and Annuity Company

Pershing LLC

Alliance Benefit Group

Geller Group Ltd.

Phoenix Life Insurance Company

Allianz Life Insurance Company

Genworth Financial, Inc.

Plan Administrators Inc.

American Diversified Distribution, LLC

Great West Life Insurance Company

PlanMember Securities

American Enterprise Life Insurance

Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company,
  Inc.

Primevest Financial Services, Inc.

American Funds

H&R Block Financial Advisors, Inc.

Principal Life Insurance

American General Annuity Insurance
  Company

H.D. Vest Investment Services, Inc.

Protective Life and Annuity Insurance
  Company

American United Life Insurance Co.

Hartford Life Insurance Company

Prudential Investment Management
  Services, Inc.

Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Hewitt Associates LLC

PSMI Group

Ameritas Life Insurance Company

ICMA-RC Services LLC

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

Ameritrade, Inc.

Ingham Group

Reliance Trust Co.

Annuity Investors Life Insurance Company

Interactive Retirement Systems

Robert W. Baird & Co.

AST Trust Company

Intuition Systems, Inc.

RSM McGladrey, Inc.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company

Investmart

Scott & Stringfellow, Inc.

Benefit Administration Co.

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

Scottrade, Inc.

Benefit Consultants Group

JJB Hillard W. L. Lyons, Inc.

Security Benefit Life Insurance Company

Benefit Plans Administrative Services, Inc.

John Hancock Life Insurance Company

Southwest Securities, Inc.

Boston Financial Data Services, Inc.

JP Morgan Securities, Inc.

Standard Insurance Co.

Ceridian

July Business Services

Standard Retirement Services, Inc.

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

Kemper Investors Life Insurance Company

Stanton Group, Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Lincoln Benefit National Life

Sterne Agee & Leach, Inc.

CitiStreet Advisors LLC

Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation

Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc.

Clark Consulting

Lincoln Investment Planning Inc.

Sun Trust Securities, Inc.

CPI Qualified Plan Consultants

LPL Financial Corporation

T. Rowe Price

CUNA Mutual Insurance Society

Marshall & Ilsley Trust Company, Inc.

The Princeton Retirement Group

DA Davidson & Co.

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
  Company

The Retirement Plan Company, LLC

Daily Access. Com, Inc.

Matrix Settlement & Clearance Services

Transamerica Retirement Services

Davenport & Company, LLC

Mercer HR Services

UBS Financial Services, Inc.

David Lerner Associates, Inc.

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc.

Unified Fund Services, Inc.

Digital Retirement Solutions

Mesirow Financial, Inc.

Union Bank & Trust Company

Diversified Advisors Investments Inc.

MG Trust

US Clearing Co.

DR, Inc.

Mid Atlantic Capital Co.

USAA Investment Management Co.

Dyatech, LLC

Milliman, Inc.

USI Consulting Group

E*TRADE Clearing LLC

Minnesota Life Insurance Company

Valic Financial Advisors, Inc.

Edward D. Jones and Company, LP

Mony Life Insurance Company of America

Vanguard Group

ExpertPlan.com

Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated

Wachovia Securities, LLC

Federal Kemper Life Assurance Company

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

Wedbush Morgan Securities

Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC

Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company

Wells Fargo Bank NA

Fidelity Investments Institutional
  Operations Co.

National City Bank

Wells Fargo Investments, LLC

Financial Administrative Services
  Corporation

National Deferred Compensation

Wilmington Trust Company

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Performance of the Fund

Explanation of Performance Terminology. The Funds use a variety of terms to illustrate their investment performance. Those terms include "cumulative total return," "average annual total return," "average annual total return at net asset value" and "total return at net asset value." An explanation of how total returns are calculated is set forth below. The charts below show the Funds' performance as of the Funds' most recent fiscal year end. You can obtain current performance information by calling the Funds' Transfer Agent at 1.800.981.2871 or by visiting the OppenheimerFunds Internet website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com.

The Funds' illustrations of their performance data in advertisements must comply with rules of the SEC. Those rules describe the types of performance data that may be used and how it is to be calculated. In general, any advertisement by a Fund of its performance data must include the average annual total returns for the advertised class of shares of that Fund.

Use of standardized performance calculations enables an investor to compare the Funds' performance to the performance of other funds for the same periods. However, a number of factors should be considered before using the Funds' performance information as a basis for comparison with other investments:

  • Yields and total returns measure the performance of a hypothetical account in a Fund over various periods and do not show the performance of each shareholder's account. Your account's performance will vary from the model performance data if the participating insurance company selects to have dividends paid in cash, or you buy or sell shares during the period, or you bought your shares at a different time and price than the shares used in the model.
  • The Funds' performance does not reflect the charges deducted from an investor's separate account by the insurance company or other sponsor of that separate account, which vary from product to product. If these charges were deducted, performance will be lower than as described in the Funds' Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information. In addition, the separate accounts may have inception dates different from those of the Funds. The sponsor for your insurance product can provide performance information that reflects those charges and inception dates.
  • The Funds' performance returns may not reflect the effect of taxes on dividends and capital gains distributions.
  • An investment in the Funds is not insured by the FDIC or any other government agency.
  • The principal value of the Funds' shares, its yields and total returns are not guaranteed and normally will fluctuate on a daily basis.
  • The preceding statement does not apply to Money Fund/VA, which seeks to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share. There can be no assurance that Money Fund/VA will be able to do so.
  • When an investor's shares are redeemed, they may be worth more or less than their original cost.
  • Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA did not adopt its investment policy on investing in small- and mid-cap stocks until April 30, 2010, and prior to that, the Fund did not adopt its investment policy on investing in mid-cap stocks until April 30, 2006.

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  • Prior to April 30, 2011, Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Fund/VA had a policy of investing in small-cap securities rather than in small- and mid-cap securities.

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  • Yields and total returns for any given past period represent historical performance information and are not, and should not be considered, a prediction of future yields or returns. The Funds' total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other Oppenheimer funds, whether or not such other funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names.

The performance of each class of shares is shown separately, because the performance of each class of shares will usually be different. That is because of the different kinds of expenses each class bears. The yields and total returns of each class of shares of the Funds are affected by market conditions, the quality of that Fund's investments, the maturity of debt investments, the types of investments that Fund holds, and its operating expenses that are allocated to the particular class.

Yields. The Fixed Income Funds use a variety of different yields to illustrate their current returns. Each class of shares calculates its yield separately because of the different expenses that affect each class.

  • Standardized Yield. The "standardized yield" (sometimes referred to just as "yield") is shown for a class of shares for a stated 30-day period. It is not based on actual distributions paid by the Fixed Income Funds to shareholders in the 30-day period, but is a hypothetical yield based upon the net investment income from the Fixed Income Funds' portfolio investments for that period. It may therefore differ from the "dividend yield" for the same class of shares, described below.

Standardized yield is calculated using the following formula set forth in rules adopted by the SEC, designed to assure uniformity in the way that all funds calculate their yields:


 

   


The symbols above represent the following factors:
a =dividends and interest earned during the 30-day period.
b =expenses accrued for the period (net of any expense assumptions).
c =the average daily number of shares of that class outstanding during the 30-day period that were entitled to receive dividends.
d =the maximum offering price per share of that class on the last day of the period, adjusted for undistributed net investment income.
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  • Dividend Yield. The Fixed Income Funds may quote a "dividend yield" for each class of its shares. Dividend yield is based on the dividends paid on a class of shares during the actual dividend period. To calculate dividend yield, the dividends of a class declared during a stated period are added together, and the sum is multiplied by 12 (to annualize the yield) and divided by the maximum offering price on the last day of the dividend period. Because the Fixed Income Funds pay their annual dividend in March of each year, dividend yield is shown for the 30 days ended March 31, 2011. The formula is shown below:

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Dividend Yield = Distribution Paid ÷ No. of Days in the Period x No. of Days in the Calendar Year
                                   Maximum Offering Price (payment date)

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Fund

Standardized Yield for the 30-Day Period Ended 12/31/10

Dividend Yield for the 30-Day Period Ended 03/31/11

Core Bond Fund/VA Non-Service Shares

%

%

Core Bond Fund/VA Service Shares

%

%

High Income Fund/VA Non-Service Shares

%

%

High Income Fund/VA Service Shares

%

%

High Income Fund/VA Class 3 Shares

%

%

High Income Fund/VA Class 4 Shares

%

%

Global Strategic Income Fund/VA Non-Service Shares

%

%

Global Strategic Income Fund/VA Service Shares

%

%

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  • Money Fund/VA Yields. The current yield for Money Fund/VA is calculated for a seven-day period of time as follows. First, a base period return is calculated for the seven-day period by determining the net change in the value of a hypothetical pre-existing account having one share at the beginning of the seven-day period. The change includes dividends declared on the original share and dividends declared on any shares purchased with dividends on that share, but such dividends are adjusted to exclude any realized or unrealized capital gains or losses affecting the dividends declared. Next, the base period return is multiplied by 365/7 to obtain the current yield to the nearest hundredth of one percent.

The compounded effective yield for a seven-day period is calculated by
(1)adding 1 to the base period return (obtained as described above),
(2)raising the sum to a power equal to 365 divided by 7, and
(3)subtracting 1 from the result.

Total Return Information. There are different types of "total returns" to measure the Funds' performance. Total return is the change in value of a hypothetical investment in a Fund over a given period, assuming that all dividends and capital gains distributions are reinvested in additional shares and that the investment is redeemed at the end of the period. Because of differences in expenses for each class of shares, the total returns for each class are separately measured. The cumulative total return measures the change in value over the entire period (for example, ten years). An average annual total return shows the average rate of return for each year in a period that would produce the cumulative total return over the entire period. However, average annual total returns do not show actual year-by-year performance. Each Fund uses standardized calculations for its total returns as prescribed by the SEC. The methodology is discussed below.

  • Average Annual Total Return. The "average annual total return" of each class is an average annual compounded rate of return for each year in a specified number of years. It is the rate of return based on the change in value of a hypothetical initial investment of $1,000 ("P" in the formula below) held for a number of years ("n" in the formula) to achieve an Ending Redeemable Value ("ERV" in the formula) of that investment, according to the following formula:


 

   


 

  • Cumulative Total Return. The "cumulative total return" calculation measures the change in value of a hypothetical investment of $1,000 over an entire period of years. Its calculation uses some of the same factors as average annual total return, but it does not average the rate of return on an annual basis. Cumulative total return is determined as follows:


 

   


 

 

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The Funds' Total Returns for the Periods Ended 12/31/10

Fund and Class/Inception Date

1 Year

5-Years (or life of class)

10 Years (or life of class)

Balanced Fund/VA Non-Service Shares (2/9/87)

%

%

%

Balanced Fund/VA Service Shares (5/1/02)

%

%

%

Capital Appreciation Fund/VA Non-Service Shares (4/3/85)

%

%

%

Capital Appreciation Fund/VA Service Shares (9/18/01)

%

%

%

Core Bond Fund/VA Non-Service Shares (4/3/85)

%

%

%

Core Bond Fund/VA Service Shares (5/1/02)

%

%

%

Global Securities Fund/VA Non-Service Shares (11/12/90)

%

%

%

Global Securities Fund/VA Service Shares (7/13/00)

%

%

%

Global Securities Fund/VA Class 3 Shares (5/1/03)

%

%

%

Global Securities Fund/VA Class 4 Shares (5/3/04)

%

%

%

Global Strategic Income Fund/VA Non-Service Shares (5/3/93)

%

%

%

Global Strategic Income Fund/VA Service Shares (3/19/01)

%

%

%

High Income Fund/VA Non-Service Shares (4/30/86)

%

%

%

High Income Fund/VA Service Shares (9/18/01)

%

%

%

High Income Fund/VA Class 3 Shares (5/1/07)

%

%

N/A

High Income Fund/VA Class 4 Shares (5/1/07)

%

%

N/A

Main Street Fund/VA Non-Service Shares (7/5/95)

%

%

%

Main Street Fund/VA Service Shares (7/13/00)

%

%

%

Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund/VA Non-Service Shares (5/1/98)

%

%

%

Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund/VA Service Shares (7/16/01)

%

%

%

Money Fund/VA (4/3/85)

%

%

%

Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA Non-Service Shares (8/15/86)

%

%

%

Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA Service Shares (10/16/00)

%

%

%

Value Fund/VA Non-Service Shares (1/2/03)

%

%

%

Value Fund/VA Service Shares (9/18/06)

%

%

N/A

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Other Performance Comparisons. In its Annual Report to shareholders, the Fund compares its performance to that of one or more appropriate market indices. You can obtain that information by visiting the OppenheimerFunds website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com or by calling the Fund's Transfer Agent at the telephone number shown on the cover of this SAI. The Fund may also compare its performance to that of other investments, including other mutual funds, or use rankings of its performance by independent ranking entities. The following are examples of some of those comparisons.

     Lipper Rankings. From time to time the Fund may publish the ranking of the performance of its share classes by Lipper, Inc. ("Lipper"), a widely-recognized independent mutual fund monitoring service. Lipper monitors and ranks the performance of regulated investment companies for various periods in categories based on investment styles. Lipper also publishes "peer-group" indices and averages of the performance of all mutual funds in particular categories.

     Morningstar Ratings. From time to time the Fund may publish the "star ratings" of its classes of shares by Morningstar, Inc. ("Morningstar"), an independent mutual fund monitoring service that rates and ranks mutual funds within their specialized market sectors. Morningstar proprietary star ratings reflect risk-adjusted historical total investment returns for funds with at least a three-year performance history. The top 10% of funds in each category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star.

     Performance Rankings and Comparisons by Other Entities and Publications. From time to time the Fund may include in its advertisements and sales literature performance information about the Fund cited in newspapers and other periodicals such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron's or other similar publications. That information may include performance quotations from other sources, including Lipper and Morningstar or the Fund's performance may be compared to the performance of various market indices, other investments, or averages, performance rankings or other benchmarks prepared by recognized mutual fund statistical services. The Fund's advertisements and sales literature may also include, for illustrative or comparative purposes, statistical data or other information about general or specific market and economic conditions, for example:

  • information about the performance of certain securities or commodities markets or segments of those markets,
  • information about the performance of the economies of particular countries or regions,
  • the earnings of companies included in segments of particular industries, sectors, securities markets, countries or regions,
  • the availability of different types of securities or offerings of securities,
  • information relating to the gross national or gross domestic product of the United States or other countries or regions,
  • comparisons of various market sectors or indices to demonstrate performance, risk, or other characteristics of the Fund.

From time to time, the Fund may publish rankings or ratings of the Manager or Transfer Agent by third parties, including comparisons of investor services provided to shareholders of the Oppenheimer funds to those provided by other mutual fund families selected by the rating or ranking services. Those comparisons may be based on the opinions of the rating or ranking service itself, using its research or judgment, or may be based on surveys of investors, brokers, shareholders or others.

Investors may also wish to compare the returns on the Fund's share classes to the return on fixed-income investments available from banks and thrift institutions, including certificates of deposit, ordinary interest-paying checking and savings accounts, and other forms of fixed or variable time deposits or instruments such as Treasury bills. However, the Fund's returns and share price are not guaranteed or insured by the FDIC or any other agency and will fluctuate daily, while bank depository obligations may be insured by the FDIC and may provide fixed rates of return. Repayment of principal and payment of interest on Treasury securities is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

 

How to Buy Shares

Shares of the Funds are sold to provide benefits under variable life insurance policies and variable annuity and other insurance company separate accounts, as explained in the Prospectuses of the Funds and of the insurance product you have selected. Instructions from an investor to buy or sell shares of a Fund should be directed to the insurance sponsor for the investor's separate account, or that insurance sponsor's agent.

Allocation of Expenses. Each Fund pays expenses related to its daily operations, such as custodian fees, Trustees' fees, transfer agency fees, legal fees and auditing costs. Those expenses are paid out of each Fund's assets and are not paid directly by shareholders. However, those expenses reduce the net asset values of shares, and therefore are indirectly borne by shareholders through their investment.

For each Fund that has more than one class of shares outstanding, methodology for calculating the net asset value, dividends and distributions of each Fund's share classes recognizes two types of expenses. General expenses that do not pertain specifically to any one class are allocated pro rata to the shares of all classes. The allocation is based on the percentage of a Fund's total assets that is represented by the assets of each class, and then equally to each outstanding share within a given class. Such general expenses include management fees, legal, bookkeeping and audit fees, printing and mailing costs of shareholder reports, Prospectuses, Statements of Additional Information and other materials for current shareholders, fees to unaffiliated Trustees, custodian expenses, share issuance costs, organization and start-up costs, interest, taxes and brokerage commissions, and non-recurring expenses, such as litigation costs.

Other expenses that are directly attributable to a particular class are allocated equally to each outstanding share within that class. Examples of such expenses include distribution and service plan (12b-1) fees, transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees and expenses, and shareholder meeting expenses (to the extent that such expenses pertain only to a specific class).

Determination of Net Asset Values Per Share. The net asset values per share of each class of shares of the Funds are determined as of the close of business of the NYSE on each day that the NYSE is open. The calculation is done by dividing the value of a Fund's net assets attributable to a class by the number of shares of that class that are outstanding. The NYSE normally closes at 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, but may close earlier on some other days (for example, in case of weather emergencies or on days falling before a U.S. holiday). All references to time in this SAI mean "Eastern time." The NYSE's most recent annual announcement (which is subject to change) states that it will close on New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. It may also close on other days.

Dealers other than NYSE members may conduct trading in certain securities on days on which the NYSE is closed (including weekends and holidays) or after 4:00 p.m. on a regular business day. Because the Funds' net asset values will not be calculated on those days, the Funds' net asset values per share may be significantly affected on such days when shareholders may not purchase or redeem shares. Additionally, trading on many foreign stock exchanges and over-the-counter markets normally is completed before the close of the NYSE.

Changes in the values of securities traded on foreign exchanges or markets as a result of events that occur after the prices of those securities are determined, but before the close of the NYSE, will not be reflected in the Funds' calculation of its net asset values that day unless the Manager determines that the event is likely to effect a material change in the value of the security. The Manager, or an internal valuation committee established by the Manager, as applicable, may establish a valuation, under procedures established by the Board and subject to the approval, ratification and confirmation by the Board at its next ensuing meeting.

Securities Valuation. The Funds' Board of Trustees has established procedures for the valuation of the Funds' securities. In general those procedures for all Funds other than Money Fund/VA are as follows:

  • Equity securities traded on a U.S. securities exchange are valued as follows:
  1. if last sale information is regularly reported, they are valued at the last reported sale price on the principal exchange on which they are traded, on that day, or
  2. if last sale information is not available on a valuation date, they are valued at the last reported sale price preceding the valuation date if it is within the spread of the closing "bid" and "asked" prices on the valuation date or, if not, at the closing "bid" price on the valuation date.
  • Equity securities traded on a foreign securities exchange generally are valued in one of the following ways:
  1. at the last sale price available to the pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees, or
  2. at the last sale price obtained by the Manager from the report of the principal exchange on which the security is traded at its last trading session on or immediately before the valuation date, or
  3. at the mean between the "bid" and "asked" prices obtained from the principal exchange on which the security is traded or, on the basis of reasonable inquiry, from two market makers in the security.
  • Long-term debt securities having a remaining maturity in excess of 60 days are valued based on the mean between the "bid" and "asked" prices determined by a portfolio pricing service approved by the Funds' Board of Trustees or obtained by the Manager from two active market makers in the security on the basis of reasonable inquiry.
  • The following securities are valued at the mean between the "bid" and "asked" prices determined by a pricing service approved by the Funds' Board of Trustees or obtained by the Manager from two active market makers in the security on the basis of reasonable inquiry:
  1. debt instruments that have a maturity of more than 397 days when issued,
  2. debt instruments that had a maturity of 397 days or less when issued and have a remaining maturity of more than 60 days, and
  3. non-money market debt instruments that had a maturity of 397 days or less when issued and which have a remaining maturity of 60 days or less.
  • The following securities are valued at cost, adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts:
  1. money market debt securities held by a non-money market fund that had a maturity of less than 397 days when issued that have a remaining maturity of 60 days or less, and
  2. debt instruments held by a money market fund that have a remaining maturity of 397 days or less.
  • Securities (including restricted securities) not having readily-available market quotations are valued at fair value determined under the Board's procedures. If the Manager is unable to locate two market makers willing to give quotes, a security may be priced at the mean between the "bid" and "asked" prices provided by a single active market maker (which in certain cases may be the "bid" price if no "asked" price is available).

In the case of U.S. government securities, mortgage-backed securities, corporate bonds and foreign government securities, when last sale information is not generally available, the Manager may use pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees. The pricing service may use "matrix" comparisons to the prices for comparable instruments on the basis of quality, yield and maturity. Other special factors may be involved (such as the tax-exempt status of the interest paid by municipal securities). The Manager will monitor the accuracy of the pricing services. That monitoring may include comparing prices used for portfolio valuation to actual sales prices of selected securities.

The closing prices in the New York foreign exchange market on a particular business day that are provided to the Manager by a bank, dealer or pricing service that the Manager has determined to be reliable are used to value foreign currency, including forward contracts, and to convert to U.S. dollars securities that are denominated in foreign currency.

Puts, calls, and futures are valued at the last sale price on the principal exchange on which they are traded, as determined by a pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees or by the Manager. If there were no sales that day, they shall be valued at the last sale price on the preceding trading day if it is within the spread of the closing "bid" and "asked" prices on the principal exchange on the valuation date. If not, the value shall be the closing bid price on the principal exchange on the valuation date. If the put, call or future is not traded on an exchange, it shall be valued by the mean between "bid" and "asked" prices obtained by the Manager from two active market makers. In certain cases that may be at the "bid" price if no "asked" price is available.

When a Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received is included in that Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset. An equivalent credit is included in the liability section. The credit is adjusted ("marked-to-market") to reflect the current market value of the option. In determining the Funds' gain on investments, if a call or put written by a Fund is exercised, the proceeds are increased by the premium received. If a call or put written by a Fund expires, that Fund has a gain in the amount of the premium. If a Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, it will have a gain or loss, depending on whether the premium received was more or less than the cost of the closing transaction. If a Fund exercises a put it holds, the amount that Fund receives on its sale of the underlying investment is reduced by the amount of premium paid by that Fund.

Money Fund/VA Net Asset Valuation Per Share. Money Fund/VA will seek to maintain a net asset value of $1.00 per share for purchases and redemptions. There can be no assurance it will be able to do so. Money Fund/VA operates under Rule 2a-7 under which it may use the amortized cost method of valuing their shares. The Funds' Board of Trustees has adopted procedures for that purpose. The amortized cost method values a security initially at its cost and thereafter assumes a constant amortization of any premium or accretion of any discount, regardless of the impact of fluctuating interest rates on the market value of the security. This method does not take into account unrealized capital gains or losses.

The Funds' Board of Trustees has established procedures intended to stabilize Money Fund/VA's net asset value at $1.00 per share. If Money Fund/VA's net asset value per share were to deviate from $1.00 by more than 0.5%, Rule 2a-7 requires the Board promptly to consider what action, if any, should be taken. If the Trustees find that the extent of any such deviation may result in material dilution or other unfair effects on shareholders, the Board will take whatever steps it considers appropriate to eliminate or reduce such dilution or unfair effects, including, without limitation, selling portfolio securities prior to maturity, shortening the average portfolio maturity, withholding or reducing dividends, reducing the outstanding number of shares of that Fund without monetary consideration, or calculating net asset value per share by using available market quotations.

As long as Money Fund/VA uses Rule 2a-7, it must abide by certain conditions described in the Prospectus which limit the maturity of securities that Fund buys. Under Rule 2a-7, the maturity of an instrument is generally considered to be its stated maturity (or in the case of an instrument called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment must be made), with special exceptions for certain variable rate demand and floating rate instruments. Repurchase agreements and securities loan agreements are, in general, treated as having maturity equal to the period scheduled until repurchase or return, or if subject to demand, equal to the notice period.

While amortized cost method provides certainty in valuation, there may be periods during which the value of an instrument, as determined by amortized cost, is higher or lower than the price Money Fund/VA would receive if it sold the instrument. During periods of declining interest rates, the daily yield on shares of that Fund may tend to be lower (and net investment income and daily dividends higher) than market prices or estimates of market prices for its portfolio. Thus, if the use of amortized cost by the funds resulted in a lower aggregate portfolio value on a particular day, a prospective investor in Money Fund/VA would be able to obtain a somewhat higher yield than would result from investment in a fund utilizing solely market values, and existing investors in that Fund would receive less investment income than if Money Fund/VA were priced at market value. Conversely, during periods of rising interest rates, the daily yield on shares of that Fund will tend to be higher and its aggregate value lower than that of a portfolio priced at market value. A prospective investor would receive a lower yield than from an investment in a portfolio priced at market value, while existing investors in Money Fund/VA would receive more investment income than if that Fund were priced at market value.

Fair Value Pricing. Pursuant to Rule 2a-7, Money Fund/VA will also calculate a shadow price for periodic review by the Board. For purposes of calculating the shadow price, Money Fund/VA may if after the close of the principal market on which a security held by the Fund is traded and before the time as of which the Fund's net asset value is calculated that day, an event occurs that the Manager learns of and believes in the exercise of its judgment will cause a material change in the value of that security, that security may be valued by another method that the Board believes would more accurately reflect the security's fair value. Fair value determinations by the Manager are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Board at its next scheduled meeting after the fair valuations are determined.

Money Fund/VA's use of fair value pricing procedures involves subjective judgments and it is possible that the fair value determined for a security may be materially different from the value that could be realized upon the sale of that security.

 

Payments "In Kind". The Prospectus states that payment for shares tendered for redemption is ordinarily made in cash. However, under certain circumstances, the Board of Trustees of the Global Securities Fund/VA, Main Street Fund®/VA and Global Strategic Income Fund/VA may determine that it would be detrimental to the best interests of the remaining shareholders of those Funds to make payment of a redemption order wholly or partly in cash. In that case, the Funds may pay the redemption proceeds in whole or in part by a distribution "in kind" of liquid portfolio securities from the portfolio of the Funds, in lieu of cash. The Board of Trustees of the Fund has adopted procedures for "in kind" redemptions. In accordance with the procedures, the Board of Trustees of a Fund may be required to approve an "in kind" redemption paid to a shareholder that holds 5% or more of the shares of any class, or of all outstanding shares, of that Fund, or to any other shareholder that may be deemed to be an "affiliated person" under section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act.

Each of Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA, Oppenheimer Main Street Fund®/VA and Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund/VA has elected to be governed by Rule 18f-1 under the Investment Company Act. Under that rule, each of Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA, Oppenheimer Main Street Fund®/VA and Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund/VA is obligated to redeem shares solely in cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the net assets of such Fund redeemed during any 90-day period for any one shareholder. As of the date of this SAI, those Funds intend to redeem shares in kind only under certain limited circumstances (such as redemptions of substantial amounts by shareholders that have consented to such in kind redemptions). If shares are redeemed in kind, the redeeming shareholder may incur brokerage or other costs in selling the securities. Each of Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA, Oppenheimer Main Street Fund®/VA and Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund/VA will value securities used to pay redemptions in kind using the same method it uses to value its portfolio securities described above under "Determination of Net Asset Values Per Share." That valuation will be made as of the time the redemption price is determined.

Distributions and Taxes

Dividends and Distributions. The Funds have no fixed dividend rate and there can be no assurance as to the payment of any dividends or the realization of any capital gains. The dividends and distributions paid by a class of shares will vary from time to time depending on market conditions, the composition of the Funds' portfolio, and expenses borne by the Fund or borne separately by a class (if more than one class of shares is outstanding). Dividends are calculated in the same manner, at the same time, and on the same day for each class of shares. Dividends on Service shares and Class 4 Shares are expected to be lower because of the additional expenses for those shares. Dividends will also differ in amount as a consequence of any difference in the net asset values of the different classes of shares.

Taxes. Each Fund is treated as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes. Each Fund intends to qualify as a "regulated investment company" under the provisions of Subchapter M of the Code. As a regulated investment company, each Fund is required to distribute to its shareholders for each taxable year at least 90% of its investment company taxable income (consisting generally of net investment income, net short-term capital gain, and net gains from certain foreign currency transactions). To qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company, a Fund must meet certain income source, asset diversification and income distribution requirements. If each Fund qualifies as a "regulated investment company" and complies with the relevant provisions of the Code, each Fund will be relieved of federal income tax on the part of its net ordinary income and realized net capital gain which it distributes to the separate accounts. If a Fund fails to qualify as a regulated investment company, the Fund will be subject to federal, and possibly state, corporate taxes on its taxable income and gains. Furthermore, distributions to its shareholders will constitute ordinary dividend income to the extent of such Fund's available earnings and profits, and insurance policy and product holders could be subject to current tax on distributions received with respect to Fund shares.

Each Fund supports variable life insurance, variable annuity contracts and other insurance company separate accounts and therefore must, and intends to, comply with the diversification requirements imposed by section 817(h) of the Code and the regulations hereunder. These requirements place certain limitations on the proportion of each Fund's assets that may be represented by any single investment (which includes all securities of the issuer) and are in addition to the diversification requirements applicable to such Fund's status as a regulated investment company. For these purposes, each U.S. Government agency or instrumentality is treated as a separate issuer, while a particular foreign government and its agencies, instrumentalities, and political subdivisions are all considered the same issuer.

Generally, a regulated investment company must distribute substantially all of its ordinary income and capital gains in accordance with a calendar year distribution requirement in order to avoid a nondeductible 4% federal excise tax. However, the excise tax does not apply to a Fund whose only shareholders are certain tax-exempt trusts or segregated asset accounts of life insurance companies held in connection with variable contracts. The Funds intend to qualify for this exemption or to make distributions in accordance with the calendar year distribution requirements and therefore do not expect to be subject to this excise tax.

Foreign Taxes. Investment income received from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign income taxes. In this regard, withholding tax rates in countries with which the United States does not have a tax treaty are often as high as 30% or more. The United States has entered into tax treaties with many foreign countries that entitle certain investors to a reduced rate of tax (generally 10-15%) or to certain exemptions from tax. Each Fund will operate so as to qualify for such reduced tax rates or tax exemptions whenever possible. While insurance policy and product holders will bear the cost of any foreign tax withholding, they will not be able to claim a foreign tax credit or deduction for taxes paid by the Fund.

The Funds that may invest in foreign securities, may invest in securities of "passive foreign investment companies" ("PFICs"). A PFIC is a foreign corporation that, in general, meets either of the following tests: (1) at least 75% of the its gross income is passive; or (2) an average of at least 50% of its assets produce, or are held for the production of, passive income. A Fund investing in securities of PFICs may be subject to U.S. federal income taxes and interest charges, which would reduce the investment return of a Fund making such investments. The owners of variable annuities, variable life insurance products and other insurance company separate accounts investing in such Fund would effectively bear the cost of these taxes and interest charges. In certain cases, a Fund may be eligible to make certain elections with respect to securities of PFICs that could reduce taxes and interest charges payable by the Fund. However, no assurance can be given that such elections can or will be made.

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Tax Considerations with Respect to the Subsidiary. The Global Strategic Income Fund/VA may invest a portion of its assets in the Subsidiary, which is classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. A foreign corporation, such as the Subsidiary, will generally not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation unless it is deemed to be engaged in a U.S. trade or business. It is expected that the Subsidiary will conduct its activities in a manner so as to meet the requirements of a safe harbor under Section 864(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Safe Harbor") pursuant to which the Subsidiary, provided it is not a dealer in stocks, securities or commodities, may engage in the following activities without being deemed to be engaged in a U.S. trade or business: (1) trading in stocks or securities (including contracts or options to buy or sell securities) for its own account; and (2) trading, for its own account, in commodities that are "of a kind customarily dealt in on an organized commodity exchange" if the transaction is of a kind customarily consummated at such place. Thus, the Subsidiary's securities and commodities trading activities should not constitute a U.S. trade or business. However, if certain of the Subsidiary's activities were determined not to be of the type described in the Safe Harbor or if the Subsidiary's gains are attributable to investments in securities that constitute U.S. real property interests (which is not expected), then the activities of the Subsidiary may constitute a U.S. trade or business, or be taxed as such.

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In general, a foreign corporation that does not conduct a U.S. trade or business is nonetheless subject to tax at a flat rate of 30 percent on the gross amount of certain U.S.-source income that is not effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business (or lower tax treaty rate), generally payable through withholding. There is presently no tax treaty in force between the U.S. and the Cayman Islands that would reduce this rate of withholding tax. Income subject to such a flat tax includes dividends and certain interest income. The 30 percent tax does not apply to U.S.-source capital gains (whether long-term or short-term) or to interest paid to a foreign corporation on its deposits with U.S. banks. The 30 percent tax also does not apply to interest which qualifies as "portfolio interest." The term "portfolio interest" generally includes interest (including original issue discount) on an obligation in registered form which has been issued after July 18, 1984 and with respect to which the person, who would otherwise be required to deduct and withhold the 30 percent tax, received the required statement that the beneficial owner of the obligation is not a U.S. person within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code. Under certain circumstances, interest on bearer obligations may also be considered portfolio interest.

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The Subsidiary is wholly-owned by the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA. A U.S. person who owns (directly, indirectly or constructively) 10 percent or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of a foreign corporation is a "U.S. Shareholder" for purposes of the controlled foreign corporation ("CFC") provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. A foreign corporation is a CFC if, on any day of its taxable year, more than 50 percent of the voting power or value of its stock is owned (directly, indirectly or constructively) by "U.S. Shareholders." Because the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA is a U.S. person that owns all of the stock of the Subsidiary, the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA is a "U.S. Shareholder" and the Subsidiary is a CFC. As a "U.S. Shareholder," the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA is required to include in gross income for United States federal income tax purposes all of the Subsidiary's "subpart F income" (defined, in part, below), whether or not such income is distributed by the Subsidiary. It is expected that all of the Subsidiary's income will be "subpart F income." "Subpart F income" generally includes interest, original issue discount, dividends, net gains from the disposition of stocks or securities, receipts with respect to securities loans and net payments received with respect to equity swaps and similar derivatives. "Subpart F income" also includes the excess of gains over losses from transactions (including futures, forward and similar transactions) in any commodities. The Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's recognition of the Subsidiary's "subpart F income" will increase the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's tax basis in the Subsidiary.

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Distributions by the Subsidiary to the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA will be tax-free, to the extent of its previously undistributed "subpart F income," and will correspondingly reduce the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA's tax basis in the Subsidiary. "Subpart F income" is generally treated as ordinary income, regardless of the character of the Subsidiary's underlying income.

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In general, each "U.S. Shareholder" is required to file IRS Form 5471 with its U.S. federal income tax (or information) returns providing information about its ownership of the CFC and the CFC. In addition, a "U.S. Shareholder" may in certain circumstances be required to report a disposition of shares in the Subsidiary by attaching IRS Form 5471 to its U.S. federal income tax (or information) return that it would normally file for the taxable year in which the disposition occurs. In general, these filing requirements will apply to investors of the Global Strategic Income Fund/VA if the investor is a U.S. person who owns directly, indirectly or constructively (within the meaning of Sections 958(a) and (b) of the Internal Revenue Code) 10 percent or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of voting stock of a foreign corporation that is a CFC for an uninterrupted period of 30 days or more during any tax year of the foreign corporation, and who owned that stock on the last day of that year.

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This is a general and abbreviated summary of the applicable provisions of the Code and Treasury Regulations currently in effect as interpreted by the Courts and the Internal Revenue Service. For further information, consult the prospectus and/or statement of additional information for your particular insurance product, as well as your own tax advisor.

Additional Information About the Fund

The Transfer Agent. OppenheimerFunds Services, the Fund's Transfer Agent, is a division of the Manager. It is responsible for maintaining the Fund's shareholder registry and shareholder accounting records, and for paying dividends and distributions to shareholders. It also handles shareholder servicing and administrative functions. It serves as the Transfer Agent for an annual per account fee. It also acts as shareholder servicing agent for the other Oppenheimer funds. Shareholders should direct inquiries about their accounts to the Transfer Agent at the address and toll-free numbers shown on the back cover.

Information about your investment in the Funds through your variable annuity contract, variable life insurance policy or other plan can be obtained only from your participating insurance company or its servicing agent. The Funds' Transfer Agent does not hold or have access to those records. Instructions for buying or selling shares of the Funds should be given to your insurance company or its servicing agent, not directly to the Funds or its Transfer Agent.

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The Custodian. JPMorgan Chase Bank is the custodian of the Fund's assets. The custodian's responsibilities include safeguarding and controlling the Fund's portfolio securities and handling the delivery of such securities to and from the Fund. It is the practice of the Fund to deal with the custodian in a manner uninfluenced by any banking relationship the custodian may have with the Manager and its affiliates. The Fund's cash balances with the custodian in excess of $250,000 are not protected by the federal deposit insurance corporation ("FDIC"). Those uninsured balances at times may be substantial.

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Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.  _____ serves as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund. _____ audits the Fund's financial statements and performs other related audit and tax services.  _____ also acts as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Manager and certain other funds advised by the Manager and its affiliates. Audit and non-audit services provided by _____ to the Fund must be pre-approved by the Audit Committee.

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Appendix A

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Major Shareholders. As of April __, 2011, the total number of shares outstanding, and the number of shares and approximate percentage of Fund shares held of record by separate accounts of the following insurance companies (and their respective subsidiaries) and by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI") were as follows.

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Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds (consisting of 11 separate Funds)

Total Number of Shares in Fund

Name of Insurance Company

Number of Shares Owned by Insurance Co.

% Owned by Insurance Co.

Balanced Fund/VA - Non-Service Shares

%

%

%

%

Balanced Fund/VA - Service Shares

%

%

%

%

Capital Appreciation Fund/VA - Non-Service Shares

%

%

Capital Appreciation Fund/VA - Service Shares

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Core Bond Fund/VA - Non-Service Shares

%

%

%

Core Bond Fund/VA - Service Shares

%

%

%

Global Securities Fund/VA - Non-Service Shares

%

%

%

Global Securities Fund/VA - Service Shares

%

%

%

%

Global Securities Fund/VA - Class 3 Shares

%

Global Securities Fund/VA - Class 4 Shares

%

Global Strategic Income Fund/VA - Non-Service Shares

%

%

Global Strategic Income Fund/VA - Service Shares

%

High Income Fund/VA - Non-Service Shares

%

%

%

High Income Fund/VA - Service Shares

%

%

%

%

%

High Income Fund/VA - Class 3 Shares

%

High Income Fund/VA - Class 4 Shares

%

Main Street Fund/VA - Non-Service Shares

%

%

%

Main Street Fund/VA - Service Shares

%

%

%

%

Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund/VA - Non-Service Shares

%

%

%

%

%

Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund/VA - Service Shares

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Money Fund/VA - Non-Service Shares

%

%

%

Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA - Non-Service Shares

%

%

%

Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA - Service Shares

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%

%

%

%

%

Value Fund/VA - Non-Service Shares

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Value Fund/VA - Service Shares

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Appendix B

Ratings Definitions

Below are summaries of the rating definitions used by the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations ("NRSROs") listed below. Those ratings represent the opinion of the NRSRO as to the credit quality of issues that they rate. The summaries below are based upon publicly available information provided by the NRSROs.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's")

LONG-TERM RATINGS: BONDS AND PREFERRED STOCK ISSUER RATINGS

Aaa: Bonds and preferred stock rated "Aaa" are judged to be the best quality. They carry the smallest degree of investment risk. Interest payments are protected by a large or by an exceptionally stable margin and principal is secure. While the various protective elements are likely to change, the changes that can be expected are most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of such issues.

Aa: Bonds and preferred stock rated "Aa" are judged to be of high quality by all standards. Together with the "Aaa" group, they comprise what are generally known as high-grade bonds. They are rated lower than the best bonds because margins of protection may not be as large as with "Aaa" securities or fluctuation of protective elements may be of greater amplitude or there may be other elements present which make the long-term risk appear somewhat larger than that of "Aaa" securities.

A: Bonds and preferred stock rated "A" possess many favorable investment attributes and are to be considered as upper-medium grade obligations. Factors giving security to principal and interest are considered adequate but elements may be present which suggest a susceptibility to impairment some time in the future.

Baa: Bonds and preferred stock rated "Baa" are considered medium-grade obligations; that is, they are neither highly protected nor poorly secured. Interest payments and principal security appear adequate for the present but certain protective elements may be lacking or may be characteristically unreliable over any great length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding investment characteristics and have speculative characteristics as well.

Ba: Bonds and preferred stock rated "Ba" are judged to have speculative elements. Their future cannot be considered well-assured. Often the protection of interest and principal payments may be very moderate and thereby not well safeguarded during both good and bad times over the future. Uncertainty of position characterizes bonds in this class.

B: Bonds and preferred stock rated "B" generally lack characteristics of the desirable investment. Assurance of interest and principal payments or of maintenance of other terms of the contract over any long period of time may be small.

Caa: Bonds and preferred stock rated "Caa" are of poor standing. Such issues may be in default or there may be present elements of danger with respect to principal or interest.

Ca: Bonds and preferred stock rated "Ca" represent obligations which are speculative in a high degree. Such issues are often in default or have other marked shortcomings.

C: Bonds and preferred stock rated "C" are the lowest class of rated bonds and can be regarded as having extremely poor prospects of ever attaining any real investment standing.

Moody's applies numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 in each generic rating classification from "Aa" through "Caa." The modifier "1" indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier "2" indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier "3" indicates a ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category. Advanced refunded issues that are secured by certain assets are identified with a # symbol.

PRIME RATING SYSTEM (SHORT-TERM RATINGS – TAXABLE DEBT)

These ratings are opinions of the ability of issuers to honor senior financial obligations and contracts. Such obligations generally have an original maturity not exceeding one year, unless explicitly noted.

Prime-1: Issuer has a superior ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations.

Prime-2: Issuer has a strong ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. Earnings trends and coverage ratios, while sound, may be more subject to variation. Capitalization characteristics, while appropriate, may be more affected by external conditions. Ample alternate liquidity is maintained.

Prime-3: Issuer has an acceptable ability for repayment of senior short-term obligations. The effect of industry characteristics and market compositions may be more pronounced. Variability in earnings and profitability may result in changes in the level of debt protection measurements and may require relatively high financial leverage. Adequate alternate liquidity is maintained.

Not Prime: Issuer does not fall within any Prime rating category.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services ("Standard & Poor's"), a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

LONG-TERM ISSUE CREDIT RATINGS
Issue credit ratings are based in varying degrees, on the following considerations:

  • Likelihood of payment-capacity and willingness of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on an obligation in accordance with the terms of the obligation;
  • Nature of and provisions of the obligation; and
  • Protection afforded by, and relative position of, the obligation in the event of bankruptcy, reorganization, or other arrangement under the laws of bankruptcy and other laws affecting creditors' rights.

The issue ratings definitions are expressed in terms of default risk. As such, they pertain to senior obligations of an entity. Junior obligations are typically rated lower than senior obligations, to reflect the lower priority in bankruptcy, as noted above.

AAA: An obligation rated "AAA" has the highest rating assigned by Standard & Poor's. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is extremely strong.

AA: An obligation rated "AA" differs from the highest rated obligations only in small degree. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is very strong.

A: An obligation rated "A" is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher-rated categories. However, the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is still strong.

BBB: An obligation rated "BBB" exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

BB, B, CCC, CC, and C: Obligations rated "BB", "B", "CCC", "CC", and "C" are regarded as having significant speculative characteristics. "BB" indicates the least degree of speculation and "C" the highest. While such obligations will likely have some quality and protective characteristics, these may be outweighed by large uncertainties or major exposures to adverse conditions.

BB: An obligation rated "BB" is less vulnerable to nonpayment than other speculative issues. However, they face major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions which could lead to the obligor's inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

B: An obligation rated "B" is more vulnerable to nonpayment than obligations rated "BB", but the obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. Adverse business, financial, or economic conditions will likely impair the obligor's capacity or willingness to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

CCC: An obligation rated "CCC" is currently vulnerable to nonpayment, and are dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. In the event of adverse business, financial, or economic conditions, the obligor is not likely to have the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

CC: An obligation rated "CC" is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment.

C: Subordinated debt or preferred stock obligations rated "C" are currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment. The "C" rating may be used to cover a situation where a bankruptcy petition has been filed or similar action taken, but payments on this obligation are being continued. A "C" also will be assigned to a preferred stock issue in arrears on dividends or sinking fund payments, but that is currently paying.

D: An obligation rated "D" is in payment default. The "D" rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due even if the applicable grace period has not expired, unless Standard & Poor's believes that such payments will be made during such grace period. The "D" rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of a similar action if payments on an obligation are jeopardized.

The ratings from "AA" to "CCC" may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories.

c: The "c" subscript is used to provide additional information to investors that the bank may terminate its obligation to purchase tendered bonds if the long-term credit rating of the issuer is below an investment-grade level and/or the issuer's bonds are deemed taxable.

p: The letter "p" indicates that the rating is provisional. A provisional rating assumes the successful completion of the project financed by the debt being rated and indicates that payment of debt service requirements is largely or entirely dependent upon the successful, timely completion of the project. This rating, however, while addressing credit quality subsequent to completion of the project, makes no comment on the likelihood of or the risk of default upon failure of such completion. The investor should exercise his own judgment with respect to such likelihood and risk.

Continuance of the ratings is contingent upon Standard & Poor's receipt of an executed copy of the escrow agreement or closing documentation confirming investments and cash flows.

r: The "r" highlights derivative, hybrid, and certain other obligations that Standard & Poor's believes may experience high volatility or high variability in expected returns as a result of noncredit risks. Examples of such obligations are securities with principal or interest return indexed to equities, commodities, or currencies; certain swaps and options; and interest-only and principal-only mortgage securities. The absence of an "r" symbol should not be taken as an indication that an obligation will exhibit no volatility or variability in total return.

N.R. Not rated.

Debt obligations of issuers outside the United States and its territories are rated on the same basis as domestic corporate and municipal issues. The ratings measure the creditworthiness of the obligor but do not take into account currency exchange and related uncertainties.

Bond Investment Quality Standards

Under present commercial bank regulations issued by the Comptroller of the Currency, bonds rated in the top four categories ("AAA", "AA", "A", and "BBB", commonly known as investment-grade ratings) generally are regarded as eligible for bank investment. Also, the laws of various states governing legal investments impose certain rating or other standards for obligations eligible for investment by savings banks, trust companies, insurance companies, and fiduciaries in general

SHORT-TERM ISSUE CREDIT RATINGS

Short-term ratings are generally assigned to those obligations considered short-term in the relevant market. In the U.S., for example, that means obligations with an original maturity of no more than 365 days-including commercial paper.

A-1: A short-term obligation rated "A-1" is rated in the highest category by Standard & Poor's. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is strong. Within this category, certain obligations are designated with a plus sign (+). This indicates that the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on these obligations is extremely strong.

A-2: A short-term obligation rated "A-2" is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher rating categories. However, the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is satisfactory.

A-3: A short-term obligation rated "A-3" exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

B: A short-term obligation rated "B" is regarded as having significant speculative characteristics. The obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation; however, it faces major ongoing uncertainties which could lead to the obligor's inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

C: A short-term obligation rated "C" is currently vulnerable to nonpayment and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

D: A short-term obligation rated "D" is in payment default. The "D" rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due even if the applicable grace period has not expired, unless Standard & Poor's believes that such payments will be made during such grace period. The "D" rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of a similar action if payments on an obligation are jeopardized.

NOTES:
A Standard & Poor's note rating reflects the liquidity factors and market access risks unique to notes. Notes due in three years or less will likely receive a note rating. Notes maturing beyond three years will most likely receive a long-term debt rating. The following criteria will be used in making that assessment:

  • Amortization schedule-the larger the final maturity relative to other maturities, the more likely it will be treated as a note; and
  • Source of payment-the more dependent the issue is on the market for its refinancing, the more likely it will be treated as a note.

SP-1: Strong capacity to pay principal and interest. An issue with a very strong capacity to pay debt service is given a (+) designation.

SP-2: Satisfactory capacity to pay principal and interest, with some vulnerability to adverse financial and economic changes over the term of the notes.

SP-3: Speculative capacity to pay principal and interest.

Fitch, Inc.
International credit ratings assess the capacity to meet foreign currency or local currency commitments. Both "foreign currency" and "local currency" ratings are internationally comparable assessments. The local currency rating measures the probability of payment within the relevant sovereign state's currency and jurisdiction and therefore, unlike the foreign currency rating, does not take account of the possibility of foreign exchange controls limiting transfer into foreign currency.

INTERNATIONAL LONG-TERM CREDIT RATINGS
The following ratings scale applies to foreign currency and local currency ratings.

Investment-Grade:

AAA: Highest Credit Quality. "AAA" ratings denote the lowest expectation of credit risk. They are assigned only in the case of exceptionally strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. This capacity is highly unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events.

AA: Very High Credit Quality. "AA" ratings denote a very low expectation of credit risk. They indicate a very strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. This capacity is not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable events.

A: High Credit Quality. "A" ratings denote a low expectation of credit risk. The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is considered strong. This capacity may, nevertheless, be more vulnerable to changes in circumstances or in economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.

BBB: Good Credit Quality. "BBB" ratings indicate that there is currently a low expectation of credit risk. The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is considered adequate, but adverse changes in circumstances and in economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity. This is the lowest investment-grade category.




Speculative Grade:

BB: Speculative. "BB" ratings indicate that there is a possibility of credit risk developing, particularly as the result of adverse economic change over time. However, business or financial alternatives may be available to allow financial commitments to be met. Securities rated in this category are not investment-grade.

B: Highly Speculative. "B" ratings indicate that significant credit risk is present, but a limited margin of safety remains. Financial commitments are currently being met. However, capacity for continued payment is contingent upon a sustained, favorable business and economic environment.

CCC, CC, and C: High Default Risk. Default is a real possibility. Capacity for meeting financial commitments is solely reliant upon sustained, favorable business or economic developments. A "CC" rating indicates that default of some kind appears probable. "C" ratings signal imminent default.

DDD, DD, and D: Default. The ratings of obligations in this category are based on their prospects for achieving partial or full recovery in a reorganization or liquidation of the obligor. While expected recovery values are highly speculative and cannot be estimated with any precision, the following serve as general guidelines. "DDD" obligations have the highest potential for recovery, around 90%-100% of outstanding amounts and accrued interest. "DD" indicates potential recoveries in the range of 50%-90%, and "D" the lowest recovery potential, i.e., below 50%.

Entities rated in this category have defaulted on some or all of their obligations. Entities rated "DDD" have the highest prospect for resumption of performance or continued operation with or without a formal reorganization process. Entities rated "DD" and "D" are generally undergoing a formal reorganization or liquidation process; those rated "DD" are likely to satisfy a higher portion of their outstanding obligations, while entities rated "D" have a poor prospect for repaying all obligations.

Plus (+) and minus (-) signs may be appended to a rating symbol to denote relative status within the major rating categories. Plus and minus signs are not added to the "AAA" category or to categories below "CCC," nor to short-term ratings other than "F1" (see below).

INTERNATIONAL SHORT-TERM CREDIT RATINGS
The following ratings scale applies to foreign currency and local currency ratings. A short-term rating has a time horizon of less than 12 months for most obligations, or up to three years for U.S. public finance securities, and thus places greater emphasis on the liquidity necessary to meet financial commitments in a timely manner.

F1: Highest credit quality. Strongest capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. May have an added "+" to denote any exceptionally strong credit feature.

F2: Good credit quality. A satisfactory capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, but the margin of safety is not as great as in the case of higher ratings.

F3: Fair credit quality. Capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is adequate. However, near-term adverse changes could result in a reduction to non-investment-grade.

B: Speculative. Minimal capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, plus vulnerability to near-term adverse changes in financial and economic conditions.

C: High default risk. Default is a real possibility. Capacity for meeting financial commitments is solely reliant upon a sustained, favorable business and economic environment.

D: Default. Denotes actual or imminent payment default.

 

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OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS
 

FORM N-1A

PART C
 
OTHER INFORMATION

Item 28. Exhibits

(a)     Eighteenth Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated 4/30/10: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 56 (4/28/10), and incorporated herein by reference.

(b)     Amended By-Laws dated 10/24/00: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 36 (4/17/01), and incorporated herein by reference.

(c)     (i)     Oppenheimer Aggressive Growth Fund/VA Non-Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 (4/24/02), and incorporated herein by reference.

(ii)     

Oppenheimer Aggressive Growth Fund/VA Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 (4/24/02), and incorporated herein by reference.


(iii)     

Oppenheimer Balanced Fund/VA Non-Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 (04/28/05), and incorporated herein by reference.


(iv)     

Oppenheimer Balanced Fund/VA Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 (04/28/05), and incorporated herein by reference.


(v)     

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA Non-Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 (4/24/02), and incorporated herein by reference.


(vi)     

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 (4/24/02), and incorporated herein by reference.


(vii)     

Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund/VA Non-Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 (04/28/05), and incorporated herein by reference.


(viii)     

Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund/VA Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 (04/28/05), and incorporated herein by reference.


(ix)     

Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA Non-Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 (4/24/02), and incorporated herein by reference.


(x)     

Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 (4/24/02), and incorporated herein by reference.


(xi)     

Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA Class 3 Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 (2/11/03), and incorporated herein by reference.


(xii)     

Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA Class 4 Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 (2/11/04), and incorporated herein by reference.


(xiii)     

Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA Non-Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 (4/24/02), and incorporated herein by reference.


(xiv)     

Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 (4/24/02), and incorporated herein by reference.


(xv)     

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA Non-Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 41 (4/28/03) and incorporated herein by reference.


(xvi)     

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 41 (4/28/03) and incorporated herein by reference.


(xvii)     

Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund/VA Non-Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 (4/24/02), and incorporated herein by reference.


(xviii)     

Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund/VA Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 (4/24/02), and incorporated herein by reference.


(xix)     

Oppenheimer Money Fund/VA Non-Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 (4/24/02), and incorporated herein by reference.


(xx)     

Oppenheimer Money Fund/VA Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 (4/24/02), and incorporated herein by reference.


(xxi)     

Oppenheimer Strategic Bond Fund/VA Non-Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 (4/24/02), and incorporated herein by reference.


(xxii)     

Oppenheimer Strategic Bond Fund/VA Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 (4/24/02), and incorporated herein by reference.


(xxiii)     

Oppenheimer Value Fund/VA Service Class Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 (10/08/02), and incorporated herein by reference.


(d)     (i)     Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement for Oppenheimer Aggressive Growth Fund/VA dated 1/1/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 (2/25/05), and incorporated herein by reference.

(ii)     Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement for Oppenheimer Balanced Fund/VA dated 1/1/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 (2/25/05), and incorporated herein by reference.

(iii)     Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement for Oppenheimer Bond Fund/VA dated 1/1/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 (2/25/05), and incorporated herein by reference.

(iv)     Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated investment Advisory Agreement for Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund/VA dated 4/10/07: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 52 (4/24/07), and incorporated herein by reference.

(v)     Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement for Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA dated 1/1/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 (2/25/05), and incorporated herein by reference.

(vi)     Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement for Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA dated 1/1/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 (2/25/05), and incorporated herein by reference.

(vii)     Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement for Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA dated 1/1/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 (2/25/05), and incorporated herein by reference.

(viii)     Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement for Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA dated 1/1/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 (2/25/05), and incorporated herein by reference.

(ix)     Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement for Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund/VA dated 1/1/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 (2/25/05), and incorporated herein by reference.

(x)     Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement for Oppenheimer Money Fund/VA dated 1/1/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 (2/25/05), and incorporated herein by reference.

(xi)     Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement for Oppenheimer Strategic Bond Fund/VA dated 1/1/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 (2/25/05), and incorporated herein by reference.

(xii)     Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement for Oppenheimer Value Fund/VA dated 1/1/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 (2/25/05), and incorporated herein by reference.

(e)     (i)     General Distributors Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Aggressive Growth Fund/VA dated 5/1/98: Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 (4/29/98), and incorporated herein by reference.

(ii)     

General Distributors Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Bond Fund/VA dated 5/1/98: Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 (4/29/98), and incorporated herein by reference.


(iii)     

General Distributors Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA dated 5/1/98: Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 (4/29/98), and incorporated herein by reference.


(iv)     

General Distributors Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA dated 5/1/98: Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 (4/29/98), and incorporated herein by reference.


(v)     

General Distributors Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA dated 5/1/98: Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 (4/29/98), and incorporated herein by reference.


(vi)     

General Distributors Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Main Street Growth & Income Fund/VA dated 5/1/98: Filed with Post-Effective Amendment 32 (4/29/98), and incorporated herein by reference.


(vii)     

General Distributors Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund/VA dated 5/1/98: Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 (4/29/98), and incorporated herein by reference.


(viii)     

General Distributors Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Money Fund/VA dated 5/1/98: Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 (4/29/98), and incorporated herein by reference.


(ix)     

General Distributors Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund/VA dated 5/1/98: Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 (4/29/98), and incorporated herein by reference.


(x)     

General Distributors Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Strategic Bond Fund/VA dated 5/1/98: Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 (4/29/98), and incorporated herein by reference.


(xi)     

General Distributors Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Value Fund/VA dated 10/22/02: Filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 39 (12/20/02) and incorporated herein by reference.


(xii)     

Form of Participation Agreement: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 52 (4/24/07), and incorporated herein by reference.


(f)     Form of Oppenheimer Funds Compensation Deferral Plan, As Amended and Restated

Effective January 1, 2008: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Active Allocation Fund (Reg. No. 333-146105), (5/29/09), and incorporated herein by reference.

(g)      (i)     Global Custody Agreement dated August 16, 2002, as amended: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 51 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund (Reg. No. 2-69719), (10/23/06), and incorporated herein by reference.

(ii)     Amendment dated September 28, 2010 to the Global Custody Agreement: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund (Reg. No. 333-78269), (10/28/10), and incorporated herein by reference.

(h)     Not applicable.
 
(i)     (i)     Opinion and Consent of Counsel dated 3/14/85: Previously filed with Registrant’s Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 (3/20/85), refiled with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 (4/27/95) pursuant to Item 102 of Regulation S-T, and incorporated herein by reference.

(ii)     

Opinion and Consent of Counsel dated 4/28/86: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 (8/12/86), refiled with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 (4/27/95) pursuant to Item 102 of Regulation S-T, and incorporated herein by reference.


(iii)     

Opinion and Consent of Counsel dated 7/31/86: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 (8/12/86), refiled with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 (4/27/95) pursuant to Item 102 of Regulation S-T, and incorporated herein by reference.


(iv)     

Opinion and Consent of Counsel dated 1/21/87: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 (2/6/87), refiled with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 (4/27/95), pursuant to Item 102 of Regulation S-T, and incorporated herein by reference.


(v)     

Opinion and Consent of Counsel dated July 31, 1990: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 (9/19/90), refiled with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 (4/27/95) pursuant to Item 102 of Regulation S-T, and incorporated herein by reference.


(vi)     

Opinion and Consent of Counsel dated April 23, 1993: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 (4/30/93), refiled with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 (4/27/95) pursuant to Item 102 of Regulation S-T, and incorporated herein by reference.


(vii)     

Opinion and Consent of Counsel dated April 18, 1995: Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 (4/22/96), and incorporated herein by reference.


(viii)     

Opinion and Consent of Counsel dated May 1, 1998: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 35 (4/26/00), and incorporated herein by reference.


(ix)     

Opinion and Consent of Counsel dated 12/20/02: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 (04/28/05), and incorporated herein by reference.


(j)     Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Consent: To be filed by amendment.

(k)     Not applicable.
 

(l)     Investment Letter dated 3/14/85 from Monarch Life Insurance Company to Registrant: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 (4/24/02), and incorporated herein by reference.

(m)     (i)     Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Aggressive Growth Fund/VA dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 48 (04/28/06), and incorporated herein by reference.

(ii)     

Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Balanced Fund/VA dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 48 (04/28/06), and incorporated herein by reference.


(iii)     

Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 48 (04/28/06), and incorporated herein by reference.


(iv)     

Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund/VA dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 48 (04/28/06), and incorporated herein by reference.


(v)     

Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 48 (04/28/06), and incorporated herein by reference.


(vi)     

Amended and Restated Service Plan and Agreement for Class 4 shares of Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 48 (04/28/06), and incorporated herein by reference.


(vii)     

Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 48 (04/28/06), and incorporated herein by reference.


(viii)     

Amended and Restated Service Plan and Agreement for Class 4 shares of Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA dated 4/30/06: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 52 (4/24/07), and incorporated herein by reference.


(ix)     

Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 48 (04/28/06), and incorporated herein by reference.


(x)     

Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund/VA dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 48 (04/28/06), and incorporated herein by reference.


(xi)     

Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Money Fund/VA dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 48 (04/28/06), and incorporated herein by reference.


(xii)     

Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Strategic Bond Fund/VA dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 48 (04/28/06), and incorporated herein by reference.


(xiii)     

Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Service shares of Oppenheimer Value Fund /VA dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 48 (04/28/06), and incorporated herein by reference.


(n)     Oppenheimer Funds Multiple Class Plan under Rule 18f-3 updated through 9/17/09: Previously filed with the Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund (Reg. No. 333-78269), (10/2/09), and incorporated herein by reference.

(o)     Powers of Attorney dated August 24, 2010 for all Trustees/Directors and Officers: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund (Reg. No. 333-166297), (11/12/10), and incorporated herein by reference.

(p)     Amended and Restated Code of Ethics of the Oppenheimer Funds dated November 30, 2007 under Rule 17j-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940: Previously filed with Post Effective Amendment No. 65 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Quest For Value Funds, (Reg. No. 33-15489), (2/24/10), and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 29. - Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Fund

None.
 

Item 30. - Indemnification

Reference is made to the provisions of Article Seven of Registrant's Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust filed as Exhibit 28(a) to this Registration Statement, and incorporated herein by reference.
 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to trustees, officers and controlling persons of Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person, Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Item 31. - Business and Other Connections of the Investment Adviser

(a)     OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is the investment adviser of the Registrant; it and certain subsidiaries and affiliates act in the same capacity to other investment companies, including without limitation those described in Parts A and B hereof and listed in Item 31(b) below.
 

(b)     

There is set forth below information as to any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature in which each officer and director of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is, or at any time during the past two fiscal years has been, engaged for his/her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.


Name and Current Position with OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Other Business and Connections During the Past Two Years

Timothy L. Abbuhl,

Senior Vice President

Treasurer of Centennial Asset Management Corporation; Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.; Trinity Investment Management Corporation and OFI Trust Company; Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.; Vice President and Assistant Treasurer of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Patrick Adams
Vice President

None

Robert Agan,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. and Shareholders Services, Inc.; Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation and OFI Private Investments Inc.

Obianyo Akunwafor,
Vice President

None.

Carl Algermissen,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

Assistant Secretary of Centennial Asset Management Corporation.

Ramesh Allu,
Vice President

Formerly VP of Business Solutions at Equant Solutions (July 2008 – July 2010).

Michael Amato,
Vice President

None

Nicole Andersen,
Assistant Vice President

None

Konstantin Andreev,
Assistant Vice President

None

Raymond Anello,
Vice President

Formerly Portfolio Manager of Dividend Strategy/Sector Analyst for Energy/Utilities at RS Investments (June 2007– April 2009).

Janette Aprilante,
Vice President & Secretary

Secretary (since December 2001) of: Centennial Asset Management Corporation, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (since June 2003), Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., Trinity Investment Management Corporation (since January 2005), OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program, OFI Private Investments Inc. (since June 2003) and OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since June 2003). Assistant Secretary of OFI Trust Company (since December 2001).

Daryl Armstrong,
Vice President

None

Hany S. Ayad,
Vice President

None

Paul Aynsley,
Vice President

None

James F. Bailey,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2006).

Robert Baker,
Vice President

None

John Michael Banta,
Assistant Vice President

None

Anthony Barbato,
Assistant Vice President

 

Michael Barnes,
Assistant Vice President

None

Adam Bass,
Assistant Vice President

None

Kevin Baum,
Senior Vice President

None

Jeff Baumgartner,
Vice President

Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Kathleen Beichert,
Senior Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Emanuele Bergagnini,
Vice President

Assistant Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Robert Bertucci,
Assistant Vice President: Rochester Division

None

Rajeev Bhaman,
Senior Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Adam Bierstedt,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly a manager in the Business Controller Group at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (February 2006 – January 2010).

Craig Billings,
Vice President

None

Mark Binning,
Assistant Vice President

None

Donal Bishnoi,
Assistant Vice President

None

Beth Bleimehl,
Assistant Vice President

None

Lisa I. Bloomberg,
Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

Assistant Secretary of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.

Veronika Boesch,
Vice President

None

Chad Boll,
Vice President

None

Michelle Borre Massick,
Vice President

None

Lori E. Bostrom,
Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program.

John Boydell,
Vice President

None

Richard Britton,
Vice President

None

Jack Brown,
Vice President

Assistant Secretary of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Roger Buckley,
Assistant Vice President

None

Joy Budzinski,
Vice President

None

Carla Buffulin,
Vice President

None

Stephanie Bullington,
Vice President

None

Julie Burke,
Vice President

None

Lisa Burke,
Assistant Vice President

Previously a Manager and OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Mark Burns,
Vice President

None

JoAnne Butler,
Assistant Vice President

None

Christine Calandrella,
Assistant Vice President

None

Michael Camarella,
Assistant Vice President

None

Edward Campbell,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly a Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (February 2007 – January 2011).

Debra Casey,
Vice President

None

Herman Chan,
Vice President

None

Ronald Chibnik,
Vice President

None

Patrick Sheng Chu,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jennifer Clark,
Assistant Vice President

Assistant Vice President at Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., and OFI Private Investments Inc.

H.C. Digby Clements,
Senior Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Thomas Closs,
Assistant Vice President

None

Darrin Clough,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly an Intermediate/Senior Analyst (April 2009 – June 2010) and Senior Analyst at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

David Cole,
Assistant Vice President

None

Tamara Colorado,
Vice President

None

Eric Compton,
Vice President

None

Scott Cottier,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

William Couch,
Assistant Vice President

None

Stephanie Colca,
Assistant Vice President

Previously a Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Geoffrey Craddock
Senior Vice President

Formerly Senior Vice President and Head of Market Risk Management for CIBC.

Terry Crady,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly IT Development Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Roger W. Crandall,
Director

President, Director and Chief Executive Officer of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company; Chairman of the Board & Class A Director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.

Lisa Crotty,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jerry Cubbin,
Vice President

Formerly a Consultant at National Australia Bank, (May 2009 – October 2009), and a Consultant at Magnitude Capital, (November 2008 – May 2009).

George Curry,
Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Kevin Dachille,
Vice President

None

Rushan Dagli,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc., Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc.

John Damian,
Senior Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Robert Dawson,
Assistant Vice President

None

John Delano,
Vice President

None

Madeline Delianides,
Vice President

None

Kendra Delisa,
Assistant Vice President

None

Alessio de Longis,
Vice President

Formerly Sr. Research Analyst (February 2008 – April 2009).

Brendan Deasy,
Vice President

None

Damaris De Los Santos,
Assistant Vice President

None

Richard Demarco,
Assistant Vice President

None

Mark Demitry,
Vice President

None

Robin Dey,
Vice President

None

Craig P. Dinsell,
Executive Vice President

None

Randall C. Dishmon,
Vice President

None

Steven D. Dombrower,
Vice President

Senior Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.; Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Alicia Dopico,
Vice President

None

Andrew Doyle,
Senior Vice President

Formerly First Vice President, head of Global Wealth Management Rewards and Information Services at Bank of America (March 2006 – March 2009).

Thomas Doyle,
Assistant Vice President

None

Robert Dunphy,
Vice President

Formerly Intermediate Analyst at OppenheimerFunds, Inc (August 2004 – May 2009).

Brian Dvorak,
Vice President

None

Taylor Edwards,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

None

Peter Elder,
Vice President

None

Peter Ellman,
Assistant Vice President

None

Christopher Emanuel,
Vice President

None

Daniel R. Engstrom,
Vice President

None

James Robert Erven,
Assistant Vice President

None

Dana Espinel,
Assistant Vice President

Senior Meetings Events Manager at Wolters Kluwer (May 2007 – October 2010)

George R. Evans,
Senior Vice President & Director of Equities

None

Kathy Faber,
Assistant Vice President

None

David Falicia,
Assistant Vice President

Assistant Secretary (as of July 2004) of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Matthew Farkas,
Vice President and Associate Counsel

None

Kristie Feinberg,
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer

Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., Centennial Asset Management Corp., OFI Trust Company; Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.; Treasurer of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program, OFI Private Investments Inc.; Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. and HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Emmanuel Ferreira,
Vice President

None

Steven Fling,
Assistant Vice President

None

Colleen M. Franca,
Vice President

None

Debbie Francis,
Assistant Vice President

Previously employed at OppenheimerFunds, Inc (August 2007 – August 2009).

Dominic Freud,
Vice President

None

Marcus Franz,
Vice President

None

Arthur Gabinet,
Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Executive Vice President (since May 2010) and General Counsel (since January 2011) of the Manager; General Counsel of the Distributor (since January 2011); General Counsel of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (since January 2011); Executive Vice President and General Counsel of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (since January 2011); Assistant Secretary (since January 2011) and Director (since January 2011) of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc; Vice President and Director of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (since January 2011); Director of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (since January 2011); Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since January 2011); Executive Vice President and General Counsel of OFI Private Investments, Inc. (since January 2011); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (since January 2011); Vice President of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp (since February 2011); Executive Vice President and General Counsel of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since January 2011); General Counsel, Asset Management of the Manager (May 2010-December 2010); (Principal, The Vanguard Group (November 2005-April 2010).

Hazem Gamal,
Vice President

None

Charles Gapay,
Assistant Vice President

None

Anthony W. Gennaro, Jr.,
Vice President

Formerly a sector manager for media, internet and telecom and a co-portfolio manager for mid-cap portfolios with the RS Core Equity Team of RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006 – April 2009.); Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Timothy Gerlach,
Assistant Vice President

None

Charles Gilbert,
Assistant Vice President

None

Alan C. Gilston,
Vice President

Director of OFI Trust Company

Edward Gizzi,
Vice President
and Assistant Counsel

Associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP (February 2006 – October 2010).

William F. Glavin, Jr., Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director

Formerly Executive Vice President and co-Chief Operating Officer of MassMutual Financial Group; Director of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. Tremont Group Holdings, Inc. and Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.; Chief Executive Officer, President & Management Director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.

Jill E. Glazerman,
Senior Vice President

None

Kevin Glenn,
Vice President

None

Manind Govil,
Senior Vice President

Formerly portfolio manager with RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006 – May 2009); Senior Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Raquel Granahan,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.; Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program.

Robert B. Grill,
Senior Vice President

None

Samuel Groban,
Assistant Vice President

None

Selin Gulcelik,
Vice President

None

Marilyn Hall,
Vice President

None

Cheryl Hampton,
Vice President

Formerly Vice President and Director of Mutual Fund and Hedge Fund Operations at Calamos Advisors LLC (March 2007 – September 2009).

Kelly Haney,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jason Harubin,
Assistant Vice President

None

Steve Hauenstein,
Assistant Vice President

None

Molly Hausmann,
Assistant Vice President

None

Thomas B. Hayes,
Vice President

None

Heidi Heikenfeld,
Vice President

None

Lori Heinel
Senior Vice President

Formerly a managing director and head of investment solutions at Citi Private Bank

Nicholas Henry,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly a Product Analyst at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (June 2007 – February 2011).

Philipp Hensler,
Executive Vice President

Formerly CEO, Chairman and Managing Director at DWS Investment Distributors, Inc.; Director, Chairman of the Board & President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc; Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Director of Centennial Asset Management, Inc.

Kenneth Herold,
Assistant Vice President

None

Robert Herz,
Vice President

Formerly a Managing Director at John W. Bristol & Co., Inc. (May 2003 – January 2011).

Benjamin Hetrick,
Assistant Vice President

None

Joseph Higgins,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc and OFI Private Investments Inc.

Dorothy F. Hirshman,
Vice President

None

Daniel Hoelscher,
Assistant Vice President

None

Craig Holloway,
Vice President

None

Lucienne Howell,
Vice President

None

Brian Hourihan,
Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

Assistant Secretary of OFI Trust Company, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since April 2006) and Trinity Investment Management Corporation; Secretary of OFI Trust Company.

Edward Hrybenko,
Senior Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Jason Hubersberger,
Vice President

None

Douglas Huffman,
Assistant Vice President

None

Margaret Hui,
Vice President

Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Dana Hunter,
Assistant Vice President

None

John Huttlin,
Vice President

Senior Vice President (Director of the International Division) (since January 2004) of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.; Director (since June 2003) of OppenheimerFunds International Distributor Limited.

Kelly Bridget Ireland,
Vice President

None

Kathleen T. Ives,
Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Assistant Secretary

Vice President and Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc.; Assistant Secretary of Centennial Asset Management Corporation, HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc.

Frank V. Jennings,
Senior Vice President

None

Lisa Kadehjian,
Vice President

None

Rezo Kanovich,
Vice President

None

Amee Kantesaria,
Vice President, Assistant Secretary and Assistant Counsel

Assistant Secretary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.

Cem Karacadag,
Vice President

None

Thomas W. Keffer,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Sean Keller,
Vice President

None

James Kennedy,
Senior Vice President

None

John Kiernan,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

None

Robert Kinsey,
Vice President

None

Audrey Kiszla,
Vice President

None

Daniel Kohn,
Vice President

None

Samuel Koren,
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

None

Martin S. Korn,
Senior Vice President

None

Michael Kotlarz,
Vice President

None

Brian Kramer,
Vice President

Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.

Magnus Krantz,
Vice President

Formerly an Analyst at RS Investments (December 2005 – May 2009).

Alexander Kurinets,
Assistant Vice President

None

Gloria LaFond,
Assistant Vice President

None

Lisa Lamentino,
Vice President

None

Eric Larson,
Vice President

Formerly Senior Equity Trader at RS Investments (October 2006 – May 2009).

Gayle Leavitt,
Assistant Vice President

None

John Lech,
Vice President

None

Helena Lee,
Assistant Vice President

Previously an associate at Citigroup (October 2006 – February 2011).

Johnny C. Lee,
Vice President & Assistant Counsel

None

Victor Lee,
Vice President

None

Young-Sup Lee,
Vice President

None.

Randy Legg,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

None

Michael Leskinen,
Vice President

None

Michael S. Levine,
Vice President

None

Brian Levitt,
Vice President

None

Justin Leverenz,
Senior Vice President

None

William M. Levey,
Assistant Vice President
& Assistant Counsel

Formerly an attorney at Seward & Kissel LLP (September 2005 – April 2009).

Gang Li,
Vice President

None

Shanquan Li,
Vice President

None

Julie A. Libby,
Senior Vice President

President and Chief Operating Officer of OFI Private Investments Inc.

Mitchell J. Lindauer,
Vice President & Assistant General Counsel

None

William Linden,
Vice President

None

Jay Lisowski,
Vice President

None

Justin Livengood,
Vice President

None

Christina Loftus,
Vice President

None

David P. Lolli,
Assistant Vice President

None

Daniel G. Loughran,
Senior Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Misha Lozovik,
Vice President

None

Dongyan Ma,
Assistant Vice President

None

Amrish Makwana,
Assistant Vice President

Previously a Vice President at Loomis Sayles & Co. (November 2004 – March 2007).

Dana Mangnuson,
Assistant Vice President

None

Daniel Martin,
Assistant Vice President

None

Kenneth Martin,
Vice President

Formerly a Compliance Officer at Merrill Lynch & Co. (May 2007 – August 2009).

William T. Mazzafro,
Vice President

None

Melissa Mazer,
Vice President

None

Neil McCarthy,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc and OFI Private Investments Inc.

Elizabeth McCormack,
Vice President

Vice President and Assistant Secretary of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc., and OFI Trust Company.

Joseph McDonnell,
Vice President

None

Annika McGovern,
Assistant Vice President

None

Joseph McGovern,
Vice President

None

William McNamara,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.

Michael Medev,
Assistant Vice President

None

Krishna Memani,
Senior Vice President and Director of Fixed Income

Senior Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Jay Mewhirter,
Vice President

None

Andrew J. Mika,
Senior Vice President

None

Jan Miller,
Assistant Vice President

None

Scott Miller,
Vice President

None

Rejeev Mohammed,
Assistant Vice President

None

David Moore,
Vice President

None

Sarah Morrison,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jill Mulcahy,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Suzanne Murphy,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.

Thomas J. Murray,
Vice President

None

Christina Nasta,
Senior Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Amie Nelson,
Vice President

None

Derek Newman,
Vice President and Assistant Counsel

Formerly an associate at Dechert LLP

Paul Newman,
Assistant Vice President

None

James B. O’Connell,
Assistant Vice President

None

Tricia O’Connor,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly a Product Analyst from (March 2008 – May 2010) at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Matthew O’Donnell,
Vice President

None

Lisa Ogren,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Tony Oh,
Vice President

None

Kristina Olson,
Senior Vice President

None

Kristin Pak,
Vice President

None

Lerae A. Palumbo,
Assistant Vice President

None

Phillip Parrotta,
Senior Vice President

None

Kim Pascalau,
Vice President

Assistant Vice President of Shareholder Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc.

Robert H. Pemble,
Vice President

None

Lori L. Penna,
Vice President

None

Nadia Persaud,
Assistant Vice President and Assistant Counsel

Formerly an associate at Sidley Austin, LLP.

Brian Petersen,
Vice President

Assistant Treasurer of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program.

Marmeline Petion-Midy,
Vice President

None

David Pfeffer,
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer & Director

Management Director and Treasurer of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.; Director of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc. and Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.; Director & Executive Vice President OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. and Trinity Investment Management Corporation; Senior Vice President of OFI Trust Company; Director & President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; Director of Shareholder Services, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation, Tremont Group Holdings, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc.

James F. Phillips,
Senior Vice President

None

Gary Pilc,
Vice President

None

Christine Polak,
Vice President

None

Sergei Polevikov,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jeffrey Portnoy,
Assistant Vice President

None

Stacy Pottinger,
Vice President

None

Christopher Proctor,
Vice President

None

Ellen Puckett,
Assistant Vice President

None

Charlie Pulire,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly a Portfolio Analyst at Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. (February 2007 – December 2010).

Jodi Pullman,
Assistant Vice President

None

Paul Quarles,
Assistant Vice President

None

Michael E. Quinn,
Vice President

None

Julie S. Radtke,
Vice President

None

Benjamin Ram,
Vice President

Sector manager at RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006 – May 2009) and Portfolio Manager Mid Cap Strategies; Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Norma J. Rapini,
Assistant Vice President:

Rochester Division

None

Amber Reilly,
Assistant Vice President

Manager (October 2008 – May 2009) at Newsday Media Group.

Jill Reiter,
Assistant Vice President

None

Barbara Reinhard,
Senior Vice President

Formerly deputy Chief Investment Strategist at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.

Jill Reiter,
Assistant Vice President

None

Maria Ribeiro De Castro,
Vice President

None

Grace Roberts,
Vice President

None

Benjamin Rockmuller,
Vice President

None

Antoinette Rodriguez,
Vice President

None

Lucille Rodriguez,
Assistant Vice President

None

Michael Rollings,
Director

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company; Class A Director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.

Stacey Roode,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program, Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc.

Erica Rualo,
Vice President

None

Adrienne Ruffle,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program and OFI Private Investments Inc.

Gerald Rutledge,
Vice President

None

Sean Ryan,
Assistant Vice President and Assistant Counsel

None

Rohit Sah,
Vice President

None

Gary Salerno,
Assistant Vice President

None

Valerie Sanders,
Vice President

None

Carlos Santiago
Assistant Vice President

None

Kurt Savallo,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Senior Business Analyst at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Mary Beth Schellhorn,
Assistant Vice President

None

Ellen P. Schoenfeld,
Vice President

None

Patrick Schneider,
Assistant Vice President

None

Scott A. Schwegel,
Assistant Vice President

None

Allan P. Sedmak,
Assistant Vice President

None

Matthew Severski,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Lead IS Engineer at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (August 2006 – May 2009).

Jennifer L. Sexton,
Vice President

Senior Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.

Asutosh Shah,
Vice President

None

Kamal Shah,
Vice President

None

Tammy Sheffer,
Senior Vice President

None

Richard Shepley,
Vice President

Managing Director at Deutsche Asset Management (January 1998 – March 2010).

William Sheppard,
Vice President

None

Mary Dugan Sheridan,
Vice President

None

Nicholas Sherwood,
Assistant Vice President

None

Joel Simon,
Vice President

Formerly Assistant Vice President at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (1999

2009).

David C. Sitgreaves,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jan Smith,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds Inc. (May 2005 – June 2009).

Louis Sortino,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Keith J. Spencer,
Senior Vice President

None

Brett Stein,
Vice President

None

Richard A. Stein,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Arthur P. Steinmetz,

Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer

Director and Senior Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.; Director & President of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.

Jennifer Stevens,
Vice President

None

Benjamin Stewart,
Assistant Vice President

None

Wayne Strauss,
Vice President

None

Peter Strzalkowski,
Vice President

Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management, Inc.

Agata Strzelichowski,
Assistant Vice President

None

Amy Sullivan,
Assistant Vice President

Assistant Secretary of HarbourView Asset Management, Inc.

Michael Sussman,
Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Kanishka Surana,
Vice President

Partner and Director of Analytics at Ogilvy and Mather (May 2009 – July 2010); Manager at Gerson and Lehrman Group (October 2007 – May 2009).

Kelly Thomas,
Assistant Vice President

None

Igor Tishin,
Vice President

Formerly an employee at Troika Dialog USA (February 2005 – January 2011).

Matthew Torpey,
Vice President

None

Melinda Trujillo,
Vice President

None

Leonid Tsvayg,
Assistant Vice President

None

Keith Tucker,
Vice President

None

Angela Uttaro,
Vice President: Rochester Division

None

Julie Van Cleave,
Vice President

None

Mark S. Vandehey,
Senior Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation and Shareholder Services, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Trinity Investment Management Corporation, OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program, OFI Private Investments Inc. and OFI Trust Company and OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Maureen Van Norstrand,
Vice President

None

Nancy Vann,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

None

Raman Vardharaj,
Vice President

Formerly a sector manager and a senior quantitative analyst at RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006 – May 2009); Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Rene Vecka,
Vice President:

Rochester Division

None

Elaine Villas
Assistant Vice President

None

Ryan Virag,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jake Vogelaar,
Assistant Vice President

None

Phillip F. Vottiero,
Senior Vice President

None

Mark Wachter,
Vice President

None

Darren Walsh,
Executive Vice President

President and Director of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc.

Eliot Walsh,
Assistant Vice President

None

Richard Walsh,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Private Investments.

Samuel Wang,

Vice President

Director (January 2010 – October 2010) and Vice President (November 2005 – December 2009) of Global Communications and Public Affairs at Citigroup, Inc.

Elizabeth Ward,
Director

Senior Vice President and Chief Enterprise Risk Officer of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company; Class A Director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.

Thomas Waters,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Margaret Weaver,
Vice President

None

Jerry A. Webman,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Christopher D. Weiler,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Adam Weiner,
Vice President

None

Christine Wells,
Vice President

None

Joseph J. Welsh,
Senior Vice President

Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Adam Wilde,
Assistant Vice President

Assistant Secretary of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation

Troy Willis,

Vice President,
Rochester Division

None

Mitchell Williams,
Vice President

None

Martha Willis,
Executive Vice President

Formerly Executive Vice President of Investment Product Management at Fidelity Investments; Director of OFI Private Investments Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation; President & Director of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program.

Brian W. Wixted,

Senior Vice President

Treasurer of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; OppenheimerFunds International Ltd., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc., OppenheimerFunds plc and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program; Senior Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.; Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of OFI Trust Company; Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.

Carol E. Wolf,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. and Centennial Asset Management Corporation; serves on the Board of the Colorado Ballet.

Oliver Wolff,
Assistant Vice President

Assistant Secretary of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Caleb C. Wong,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Sookhee Yee,
Assistant Vice President

Vice President at Merrill Lynch Bank and Trust, FSB (February 2002 – May 2009).

Edward C. Yoensky,
Assistant Vice President

None

Geoff Youell,
Assistant Vice President

None

Robert G. Zack,
Executive Vice President

Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of OAC (since November 2001); Executive Vice President (since January 2004) and General Counsel (from March 2002 to December 2010) of the Manager; General Counsel of the Distributor (from December 2001 to December 2010); General Counsel of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (from December 2001 to December 2010); Senior Vice President and General Counsel of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (from December 2001 to December 2010); Assistant Secretary (from September 1997 to December 2010) and Director (from November 2001 to December 2010) of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc; Vice President and Director of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (from December 2002 to December 2010); Director of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (from November 2001 to December 2010); Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc. (from December 2001 to December 2010); Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of OFI Private Investments, Inc. (from November 2001 to December 2010); Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Director of OFI Trust Company (since November 2001); Vice President OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (from June 2003 to December 2010); Senior Vice President and General Counsel of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (from November 2001 to December 2010).

Anna Zatulovskaya,
Assistant Vice President

None

Sara Zervos,
Vice President

None

Ronald Zibelli, Jr.
Vice President

None

Matthew Ziehl,
Vice President

Formerly a portfolio manager with RS Investment Management Co. LLC (from October 2006 – May 2009);

The Oppenheimer Funds include the following:

Limited Term New York Municipal Fund (a series of Rochester Portfolio Series)

Oppenheimer Absolute Return Fund

Oppenheimer AMT-Free Municipals

Oppenheimer AMT-Free New York Municipals

Oppenheimer Balanced Fund

Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund

Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund

Oppenheimer Cash Reserves

Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund

Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund

Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund (a series of Oppenheimer Integrity Funds)

Oppenheimer Corporate Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Currency Opportunities Fund

Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund

Oppenheimer Discovery Fund

Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Debt Fund

Oppenheimer Equity Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Equity Income Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Global Fund

Oppenheimer Global Opportunities Fund

Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund

Oppenheimer Global Value Fund

Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund

Oppenheimer International Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund

Oppenheimer International Diversified Fund

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund

Oppenheimer International Small Company Fund

Oppenheimer Limited Term California Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund

Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal Fund (a series of Oppenheimer Municipal Fund)

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund (a series of Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc.)

Oppenheimer Main Street Select Fund

Oppenheimer Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund

Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Master Inflation Protected Securities Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Master International Value Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Multi-State Municipal Trust (3 series):

Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals

Oppenheimer Portfolio Series (4 series)

Active Allocation Fund

Equity Investor Fund

Conservative Investor Fund

Moderate Investor Fund

Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Active Allocation Fund
Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund II (a series of Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust II)

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III (a series of Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust III)

Oppenheimer Quest For Value Funds (3 series)

Oppenheimer Global Allocation Fund

Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund

Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Value Fund

Oppenheimer Quest International Value Fund

Oppenheimer Real Estate Fund

Oppenheimer Rising Dividends Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Arizona Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Intermediate Term Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Maryland Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Massachusetts Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Michigan Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Minnesota Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester North Carolina Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Ohio Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Short Term Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Virginia Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Select Value Fund

Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund

Oppenheimer Series Fund, Inc. (1 series):

Oppenheimer Value Fund

Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2010 Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2015 Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2020 Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2025 Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2030 Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2040 Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2050 Fund

Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds (11 series):

Oppenheimer Balanced Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund/VA

Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Money Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Value Fund/VA

Panorama Series Fund, Inc. (3 series):

Growth Portfolio

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund/VA

Total Return Portfolio

Rochester Fund Municipals

The address of the Oppenheimer funds listed above, Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation, and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program is 6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924.
The address of OppenheimerFunds, Inc., OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., OFI Private Investments Inc., OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. and OFI Trust Company is Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11
th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1008.
The address of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. is 70 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland.
The address of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Ltd., is One Silk Road, London, England EC27 8HQ
The address of Trinity Investment Management Corporation is 301 North Spring Street, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823.
The address of OppenheimerFunds International Distributor Limited is 13
th Floor, Printing House, 6 Duddell Street, Central, Hong Kong.

Item 32. Principal Underwriter

(a)     OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. is the Distributor of the Registrant's shares. It is also the Distributor of each of the other registered open-end investment companies for which OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is the investment adviser, as described in Part A and Part B of this Registration Statement and listed in Item 31(b) above (except Panorama Series Fund, Inc.) and for MassMutual Institutional Funds.
 
(b)     The directors and officers of the Registrant's principal underwriter are:

Item 32. Principal Underwriter

(a)     OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. is the Distributor of the Registrant's shares. It is also the Distributor of each of the other registered open-end investment companies for which OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is the investment adviser, as described in Part A and Part B of this Registration Statement and listed in Item 31(b) above (except Panorama Series Fund, Inc.) and for MassMutual Institutional Funds.
 
(b)     The directors and officers of the Registrant's principal underwriter are:

Name & Principal
Business Address

Position & Office
with Underwriter

Position and Office
with Registrant

Timothy Abbhul(1)

Vice President and Treasurer

None

Robert Agan(1)

Vice President

None

Anthony Allocco(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Janette Aprilante(2)

Secretary

None

James Austin(1)

Vice President

None

James Barker
1723 W. Nelson Street
Chicago, IL 60657

Vice President

None

Kathleen Beichert(1)

Senior Vice President

None

Rocco Benedetto(2)

Vice President

None

Christopher Bergeron

Vice President

None

Rick Bettridge

11504 Flowering Plum Lane

Highland, UT 84003

Vice President

None

Adam Bilmes(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

William Borders(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

David A. Borrelli
105 Black Calla Ct.
San Ramon, CA 94583

Vice President

None

Jeffrey R. Botwinick

4431 Twin Pines Drive
Manlius, NY 13104

Vice President

None

Sarah Bourgraf(1)

Vice President

None

Bryan Bracchi

1124 Hampton Dr.
Allen, TX
75013

Vice President

None

Joshua Broad(2)

Vice President

None

Ken Broadsky(2)

Vice President

None

Kevin E. Brosmith
5 Deer Path

South Natlick, MA 01760

Senior Vice President

None

Jeffrey W. Bryan
1048 Malaga Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33134

Vice President

None

Ross Burkstaller

211 Tulane Drive SE

Albuquerque, NM 87106

Vice President

None

Michael Butler(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Tracy Cairoli(2)

Vice President

None

Robert Caruso
15 Deforest Road
Wilton, CT 06897

Vice President

None

Donelle Chisolm(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Andrew Chronofsky

Vice President

None

Angelanto Ciaglia(2)

Vice President

None

Nicholas Cirbo(1)

Vice President

None

Kevin Clark(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Melissa Clayton(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Craig Colby(2)

Vice President

None

Rodney Constable(1)

Vice President

None

Cameron Cowden(2)

Vice President

None

Neev Crane
1530 Beacon Street, Apt. #1403
Brookline, MA 02446

Vice President

None

Scott Curran(2)

Vice President

None

Michael Daley
40W387 Oliver Wendell Holmes St
St. Charles, IL 60175

Vice President

None

John Davis(2)

Vice President

None

Stephen J. Demetrovits(2)

Vice President

None

Brian Dietrich(1)

Assistant Vice President

None

Steven Dombrower
13 Greenbrush Court
Greenlawn, NY 11740

Vice President

None

Ryan Duffy(2)

Vice President

None

Robert Dunphy(2)

Vice President

None

Beth Arthur Du Toit(1)

Vice President

None

Paul Eck

3055 Forest Ridge Court
Fairlawn, OH 44333

Vice President

None

Kent M. Elwell
35 Crown Terrace
Yardley, PA 19067

Vice President

None

Rick Ernzen(2)

Vice President

None

Dana Espinel(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Gregg A. Everett
4328 Auston Way
Palm Harbor, FL 34685-4017

Vice President

None

George R. Fahey

9511 Silent Hills Lane
Lone Tree, CO 80124

Senior Vice President

None

Eric C. Fallon
10 Worth Circle
Newton, MA 02458

Vice President

None

Kristie Feinberg(2)

Assistant Treasurer

None

Joseph Fernandez
1717 Richbourg Park Drive
Brentwood, TN 37027

Vice President

None

Michael Ferrer(2)

Vice President

None

Mark J. Ferro
104 Beach 221
st Street
Breezy Point, NY 11697

Senior Vice President

None

Eric P. Fishel
725 Boston Post Rd., #12
Sudbury, MA 01776

Vice President

None

David Flaherty(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Patrick W. Flynn
14083 East Fair Avenue
Englewood, CO 80111

Senior Vice President

None

John (“J”) Fortuna(2)

Vice President

None

Jayme D. Fowler
3818 Cedar Springs Road, #101-349
Dallas, TX 75219

Vice President

None

Diane Frankenfield(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Jerry Fraustro(2)

Vice President

None

William Friebel

2919 St. Albans Forest Circle
Glencoe, MO 63038

Vice President

None

Alyson Frost(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Arthur S. Gabinet(2)

General Counsel

Secretary

William Gahagan(2)

Vice President

None

Charlotte Gardner(1)

Vice President

None

David Goldberg(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Michael Gottesman
255 Westchester Way
Birmingham, MI 48009

Vice President

None

Raquel Granahan(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Robert Grill(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Eric Grossjung
4002 N. 194
th Street
Elkhorn, NE 68022

Vice President

None

Michael D. Guman
3913 Pleasant Avenue
Allentown, PA 18103

Vice President

None

James E. Gunter

603 Withers Circle
Wilmington, DE 19810

Vice President

None

Kevin J. Healy(2)

Vice President

None

Kenneth Henry(2)

Vice President

None

Philipp Hensler(2)

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Director

None

Wendy G. Hetson(2)

Vice President

None

Jennifer Hoelscher(1)

Assistant Vice President

None

Edward Hrybenko(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Amy Huber(1)

Assistant Vice President

None

Brian F. Husch
37 Hollow Road
Stonybrook, NY 11790

Vice President

None

Keith Hylind(2)

Vice President

None

Vincent Iacono(2)

Vice President

None

Kathleen T. Ives(1)

Vice President & Assistant Secretary

Assistant Secretary

Shonda Rae Jaquez(2)

Vice President

None

Brian Johnson(1)

Vice President

None

Eric K. Johnson

8588 Colonial Drive
Lone Tree, CO 80124

Senior Vice President

None

Elyse Jurman
5486 NW 42 Ave
Boca Raton, FL 33496

Vice President

None

Thomas Keffer(2)

Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer

Scott Kelley(1)

Vice President

None

Brian Kiley(2)

Vice President

None

Richard Klein
4820 Fremont Avenue South

Minneapolis, MN 55419

Senior Vice President

None

Brent A. Krantz

61500 Tam McArthur Loop
Bend, OR 97702

Senior Vice President

None

Eric Kristenson(2)

Vice President

None

Lamar Kunes(2)

Vice President

None

David T. Kuzia

10258 S. Dowling Way

Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

Vice President

None

John Laudadio(2)

Vice President

None

Jesse Levitt(2)

Vice President

None

Julie Libby(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Eric J. Liberman

27 Tappan Ave., Unit West
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591

Vice President

None

Lorna Lindquist(2)

Vice President

None

Malissa Lischin(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Christina Loftus(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Thomas Loncar

1401 North Taft Street, Apt. 726
Arlington, VA 22201

Vice President

None

Peter Maddox(2)

Vice President

None

Michael Malik
546 Idylberry Road
San Rafael, CA 94903

Vice President

None

Joseph Marich(2)

Vice President

None

Steven C. Manns

1627 N. Hermitage Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622

Vice President

None

Todd A. Marion

24 Midland Avenue
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724

Vice President

None

LuAnn Mascia(2)

Vice President

None

Anthony Mazzariello(2)

Vice President

None

Michael McDonald

11749 S Cormorant Circle

Parker, CO 80134

Vice President

None

John C. McDonough
533 Valley Road

New Canaan, CT 06840

President and Director

None

Brian McGinty

   

Kent C. McGowan
9510 190
th Place SW

Edmonds, WA 98020

Vice President

None

Brian F. Medina

3009 Irving Street

Denver, CO 80211

Vice President

None

Clint Modler(1)

Vice President

None

Joseph Moran(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Robert Moser

9650 East Aspen Hill Circle

Lone Tree, CO 80124

Vice President

None

David W. Mountford

7820 Banyan Terrace
Tamarac, FL 33321

Vice President

None

James Mugno(2)

Vice President

None

Matthew Mulcahy(2)

Vice President

None

Wendy Jean Murray
32 Carolin Road
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043

Vice President

None

Kimberly Mustin(2)

Senior Vice President

None

John S. Napier

17 Hillcrest Ave.

Darien, CT 06820

Senior Vice President

None

Christina Nasta(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Kevin P. Neznek(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Christopher Nicholson(2)

Vice President

None

Chad Noel

Vice President

None

Timothy O’Connell(2)

Vice President

None

Janet Oleary(2)

Vice President

None

Alan Panzer6755 Ridge Mill Lane
Atlanta, GA 30328

Vice President

None

Anthony Parisi

Vice President

None

Maria Paster(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Ashley Patten(1)

Vice President

None

Brian C. Perkes
6 Lawton Ct.

Frisco, TX 75034

Vice President

None

Charles K. Pettit(2)

Vice President

None

David Pfeffer(2)

Director

None

Andrew Phillips(1)

Assistant Vice President

None

Cheryl Pipia

Senior Vice President

None

Aaron Pisani(1)

Vice President

None

Rachel Powers(1)

Vice President

None

Nicole Pretzel(2)

Vice President

None

David Preuss(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Minnie Ra

100 Dolores Street, #203

Carmel, CA 93923

Vice President

None

Dustin Raring
27 Blakemore Drive
Ladera Ranch, CA 92797

Vice President

None

Michael A. Raso

3 Vine Place

Larchmont, NY 10538

Vice President

None

Richard E. Rath
46 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22301

Vice President

None

William J. Raynor(4)

Vice President

None

Ian M. Roche
7070 Bramshill Circle
Bainbridge, OH 44023

Vice President

None

Michael Rock

9016 Stourbridge Drive
Huntersville, NC 28078

Vice President

None

Stacy Roode(1)

Vice President

None

Thomas Sabow
6617 Southcrest Drive
Edina, MN 55435

Vice President

None

Mark Santero(2)

Senior Vice President

None

John Saunders
2251 Chantilly Ave.
Winter Park, FL 32789

Vice President

None

Thomas Schmitt

40 Rockcrest Rd

Manhasset, NY 11030

Vice President

None

William Schories
3 Hill Street
Hazlet, NJ 07730

Vice President

None

Jennifer Sexton(2)

Vice President

None

Eric Sharp
862 McNeill Circle

Woodland, CA 95695

Vice President

None

Kenneth Shell(1)

Vice President

None

Debbie A. Simon
55 E. Erie St., #4404

Chicago, IL 60611

Vice President

None

Bryant Smith

Vice President

None

Christopher M. Spencer
2353 W 118
th Terrace
Leawood, KS 66211

Vice President

None

John A. Spensley

375 Mallard Court
Carmel, IN 46032

Vice President

None

Michael Staples

4255 Jefferson St Apt 328

Kansas City, MO 64111

Vice President

None

Alfred St. John(2)

Vice President

None

Matthew Steckler(2)

Vice President

None

Bryan Stein
8 Longwood Rd.
Voorhees, NJ 08043

Vice President

None

Brian C. Summe
2479 Legends Way

Crestview Hills, KY 41017

Vice President

None

Michael Sussman(2)

Vice President

None

George T. Sweeney
5 Smokehouse Lane

Hummelstown, PA 17036

Senior Vice President

None

Leon Tallon(2)

Vice President

None

Brian Taylor

Vice President

None

James Taylor(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Paul Temple(2)

Vice President

None

Troy Testa

Vice President

None

David G. Thomas
16628 Elk Run Court

Leesburg, VA 20176

Vice President

None

Cenk Toroslu(1)

Vice President

None

Wesley Vance(2)

Vice President

None

Mark S. Vandehey(1)

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

Vincent Vermette(2)

Vice President

None

Teresa Ward(1)

Vice President

None

Janeanne Weickum(1)

Vice President

None

Michael J. Weigner
4905 W. San Nicholas Street

Tampa, FL 33629

Vice President

None

Donn Weise
3249 Earlmar Drive

Los Angeles, CA 90064

Vice President

None

Chris G. Werner

98 Crown Point Place

Castle Rock, CO 80108

Vice President

None

Ryan Wilde(1)

Vice President

None

Julie Wimer(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Peter Winters
911 N. Organce Ave, Apt. 514
Orlando, FL 32801

Vice President

None

Patrick Wisneski(1)

Vice President

None

Meredith Wolff(2)

Vice President

None

Cary Patrick Wozniak
18808 Bravata Court
San Diego, CA 92128

Vice President

None

John Charles Young
3914 Southwestern
Houston, TX 77005

Vice President

None

Steven Zito(1)

Vice President

None

(1)6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112-3924

(2)Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10281-1008
(3)350 Linden Oaks, Rochester, NY 14623

(4)Independence Wharf, 470 Atlantic Avenue, 11th Floor, Boston, MA 02210
 

(c)     Not applicable.

Item 33. Location of Accounts and Records

The accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Registrant pursuant to Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rules promulgated thereunder are in the possession of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. at its offices at 6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924.

Item 34. Management Services

Not applicable
 

Item 35. Undertakings

Not applicable.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on the 28th day of February, 2011.
 
 

     Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

          By:     William F. Glavin, Jr.*               

                    William F. Glavin, Jr., President
                     Principal Executive Officer and Trustee

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities on the dates indicated:
 

Signatures                                                   Title                                                                   Date

William L. Armstrong*                                 Chairman of the                                               February 28, 2011
William L. Armstrong                                   Board of Trustees
 
 

William F. Glavin, Jr.*                                   President, Principal                                         February 28, 2011

William F. Glavin, Jr.                                    Executive Officer and Trustee
 
 

Brian W. Wixted*                                         Treasurer, Principal                                         February 28, 2011
Brian W. Wixted                                          Financial & Accounting Officer
 

George C. Bowen*                                       Trustee                                                           February 28, 2011
George C. Bowen
 
 

Edward L. Cameron*                                    Trustee                                                           February 28, 2011
Edward L. Cameron
 
 

Jon S. Fossel*                                              Trustee                                                           February 28, 2011
Jon S. Fossel
 

Sam Freedman*                                           Trustee                                                            February 28, 2011
Sam Freedman
 
 

Beverly L. Hamilton*                                    Trustee                                                            February 28, 2011
Beverly L. Hamilton
 
 

Robert J. Malone*                                         Trustee                                                            February 28, 2011

Robert J. Malone
 
 

F. William Marshall, Jr.*                               Trustee                                                             February 28, 2011
F. William Marshall, Jr.

*By:     /s/ Mitchell J. Lindauer     
           Mitchell J. Lindauer, Attorney-in-Fact