-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: keymaster@town.hall.org Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFkwCgYEVQgBAQICAgADSwAwSAJBALeWW4xDV4i7+b6+UyPn5RtObb1cJ7VkACDq pKb9/DClgTKIm08lCfoilvi9Wl4SODbR1+1waHhiGmeZO8OdgLUCAwEAAQ== MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TD1rBGqFSU4JIEK5KfvOodadumnywF83NcClDv5EadjPkOV/veT1yHjQOwTs2IB2 Vsn3GMh7BcHzsIFJyhAXhA== 0000752737-94-000019.txt : 19950103 0000752737-94-000019.hdr.sgml : 19950103 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000752737-94-000019 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19941230 SROS: NONE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000752737 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 840974272 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-93177 FILM NUMBER: 94567221 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3410 S GALENA ST CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80231 BUSINESS PHONE: 3036713200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 2: 3410 S GALENA ST CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80231 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE LIFE FUNDS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19860609 497 1 OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS Supplement dated January 3, 1995 to the Prospectus dated May 1, 1994 The Prospectus is amended as follows: 1. The supplement dated September 1, 1994 is no longer in effect. 2. The paragraph entitled "Writing Covered Calls" under the caption "Special Investment Methods" is deleted and replaced with the following: Writing Covered Calls. Each Fund (except Money Fund) may write (i.e., sell) call options ("calls") that are traded on a domestic securities exchange or quoted on NASDAQ, on foreign securities exchanges and domestic over-the-counter markets or that are traded on foreign over-the-counter markets. All such calls written by the Funds must be "covered" while the call is outstanding (i.e., the Fund must own the securities subject to the call or other securities acceptable for applicable escrow requirements). Calls on Futures (see "Hedging," below) must be covered by deliverable securities or by liquid assets segregated to satisfy the Futures contract. Covered call writing is an attempt to enhance income through the receipt of premiums from expired calls and any net profits from closing purchase transactions. After any such sale, up to 100% of each such Fund's total assets may be subject to calls. 3. The subsection entitled "Hedging - Global Securities Fund, Strategic Bond Fund and High Income Fund" under the caption "Special Investment Methods" is revised as follows: (a) the first sentence of the first paragraph is deleted and replaced with the following: Hedging. For hedging purposes as a temporary defensive maneuver, Global Securities Fund, Capital Appreciation Fund, Growth Fund, Multiple Strategies Fund and Strategic Bond Fund may use Stock Index Futures; Bond Fund, Global Securities Fund, Strategic Bond Fund and High Income Fund may use Interest Rate Futures and Bond Index Futures (together with Stock Index Futures, referred to as "Futures), Forward Contracts (defined below), and call and put options on securities, Futures (as applicable), broadly-based indices and foreign currencies; Bond Fund High Income Fund and Strategic Bond Fund may also enter into Interest Rate Swap transactions (all of the foregoing are referred to as "Hedging Instruments"). (b) The last two sentences of that same paragraph are deleted and replaced with the following: The Funds will not use Futures and options on Futures for speculation. The Hedging Instruments which the Funds may use are described below. (c) The paragraphs entitled "Interest Rate Futures" and "Bond Index Futures" are revised to include "Bond Fund" in the listing of Funds. (d) The paragraph entitled "Stock Index Futures" is revised to include "Capital Appreciation Fund," "Growth Fund," and "Multiple Strategies Fund" in the listing of Funds. (e) The paragraph entitled "Purchasing Calls on Securities and Futures" is deleted and replaced with the following: Purchasing Calls on Securities and Futures. Each Fund may purchase calls on securities or on Futures that are traded on U.S. and foreign securities or commodities exchanges, the U.S. over-the-counter markets or foreign over-the-counter markets in order to protect against the possibility that its portfolio will not fully participate in an anticipated rise in value of the long-term securities market. The value of debt securities underlying calls will not exceed the value of the portion of the Fund's portfolio invested in cash or cash equivalents (i.e., securities with maturities of less than one year). (f) The first three sentences of the paragraph entitled "Puts on Securities and Futures" is deleted and replaced with the following: Each Fund may purchase put options ("puts") which relate to securities (whether or not it holds such securities in its portfolio) or Futures. They may also write puts on securities or Futures only if such puts are covered by segregated liquid assets. None of the Funds will write puts if, as a result, more than 50% of its net assets would be required to be segregated liquid assets. (g) The first sentence of the paragraph entitled "Forward Contracts" is deleted and replaced by the following: Each Fund may enter into foreign currency exchange contracts ("Forward Contracts"), which obligate the seller to deliver and the purchaser to take a specific amount of foreign currency at a specific future date for a fixed price. (h) The first sentence of the second paragraph entitled "Forward Contracts" deletes the reference to "These three" and replaces it with "The". (i) The paragraph entitled "Interest Rate Swap Transactions" is revised to include "Bond Fund" and "High Income Fund" in the listing of Funds. The fourth and sixth sentence of that paragraph is revised to delete the reference to "Strategic Bond Fund" and replace it with "These Funds". The cross reference in the last sentence under that caption is revised to refer to "Hedging--Interest Rate Swap Transactions." (j) The second sentence of the paragraph entitled "Risks of Options and Futures Trading" is deleted and replaced by the following: These limitations and the restrictions described in the above paragraph on cross hedging are not fundamental policies of the Funds. 4. The first and second sentence of the section entitled "Short Sales Against-the-Box" under the caption "Special Investment Methods" is deleted and replaced with the following: Short Sales Against-the-Box. Each Fund (except Money Fund) may sell securities short in "short sales against-the-box." No more than 15% of any Fund's net assets will be held as collateral for such short sales at any one time. 5. The first paragraph under the section entitled "Investment Restrictions" is revised as follows: (a) Investment restriction numbers (5) and (6) are deleted and replaced with the following: and (5) deviate from the percentage requirements and other restrictions listed under "Warrants and Rights," and the first paragraph under "Borrowing." (b) The last sentence of that same paragraph is revised as follows: None of the percentage limitations and restrictions described above and in the Statement of Additional Information for the Funds with respect to writing covered calls, hedging, short sales and derivatives is a fundamental policy. 6. The first paragraph under the caption "Management Of The Funds" is hereby deleted and replaced with the following: Effective September 1, 1994, the monthly management fee payable to the Manager is computed separately on the net assets of each Fund as of the close of business each day. The management fee rates that became effective that day are as follows (i) for Money Fund: 0.450% of the first $500 million of net assets, 0.425% of the next $500 million, 0.400% of the next $500 million, and 0.375% of net assets over $1.5 billion; (ii) for Capital Appreciation Fund, Growth Fund, Multiple Strategies Fund, and Global Securities Fund: 0.75% of the first $200 million of 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 net assets over $800 million; and (iii) for High Income Fund, Bond Fund and Strategic Bond Fund: 0.75% of the first $200 million of net assets, 0.72% of the next $200 million, 0.69% of the next $200 million, 0.66% of the next $200 million, 0.60% of the next $200 million, and 0.50% of net assets over $1 billion. The management fee rates in effect during the Funds' fiscal year ended December 31, 1993 are in Note 6 to the financial statements included in the Trust's Statement of Additional Information. 7. The second paragraph and the "Management Fees" and "Total Operating Expenses" table under the caption "Management Of The Funds" is hereby deleted and replaced by the following: During the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993, the management fee (computed on an annualized basis as a percentage of the net assets of all the Funds as of the close of business each day) and the total operating expenses as a percentage of average net assets of each Fund, when restated to reflect the current management fee rates described above and the current limitation on expenses described in the Statement of Additional Information, were as follows: Total Management Operating Fund Fees Expenses _____________________________________________________________ Money Fund 0.45% 0.51% High Income Fund 0.75% 0.86% Bond Fund 0.75% 0.80% Capital Appreciation 0.75% 0.80% Fund Growth Fund 0.75% 0.83% Multiple Strategies 0.75% 0.81% Fund Global Securities Fund 0.75% 0.96% Strategic Bond Fund (1) 0.69% 1.00% ____________________ (1) Annualized. Management Fees and Total Operating Expenses would have been 0.75% and 1.06%, respectively, in the absence of the Manager's voluntary expense limitation. 8. The second sentence of the third paragraph under "Purchase of Shares" is revised to read as follows: The offering price (and net asset value) is determined as of the close of The New York Stock Exchange, which is normally 4:00 P.M., New York time, but may be earlier on some days. January 3, 1995 OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS Supplement dated January 3, 1995 to the Statement of Additional Information dated May 1, 1994 The Statement of Additional Information is amended as follows: 1. The supplement dated September 1, 1994 is no longer in effect. 2. The section entitled "Investment Objectives and Policies--Covered Calls and Hedging" is revised as follows: (a) The first paragraph is deleted and replaced with the following: As described in the Prospectus, each Fund (except Money Fund) may write covered calls and may also employ one or more types of Hedging Instruments, including the futures described in the Prospectus ("Futures"). (b) In the first sentence of the second paragraph, the reference to "High Income Fund, Global Securities Fund and Strategic Bond Funds'" is deleted and replaced with "The Funds'". (c) The third sentence of that same paragraph is deleted and is replaced with the following: When hedging to permit a Fund to establish a position in the securities markets as a temporary substitute for purchasing individual securities (which that Fund will normally purchase, and then terminate that hedging position), or to attempt to protect against the possibility that a Funds' portfolio securities are not fully included in a rise in the securities market, these Funds may: (i) purchase Futures, or (ii) purchase calls on such Futures or on securities. (d) In the first sentence of the third paragraph, the reference to "High Income Fund, Global Securities Fund and Strategic Bond Fund" is deleted and replaced with "a Fund". (e) In the third sentence of that same paragraph, the reference to "High Income Fund, Global Securities Fund and Strategic Bond Fund" is deleted and replaced with "the Funds". 3. The section entitled "Investment Objectives and Policies--Writing Covered Call Options" is revised as follows: (a) In the first sentence of the first paragraph, the reference to "either High Income Fund, Capital Appreciation Fund, Growth Fund, Multiple Strategies Fund, Global Securities Fund or Strategic Bond Fund writes" is deleted and replaced with "any of the Funds (except Money Fund) write". (b) In the first sentence of the third paragraph, the reference to "High Income Fund, Global Securities Fund and Strategic Bond Funds" is deleted and replaced with "The Funds". (c) In the second and third sentence of that same paragraph, the reference to "one of these" is deleted and replaced with "any of the". (d) In the first sentence of the fourth paragraph, the reference to "High Income Fund, Global Securities Fund and Strategic Bond Fund" is deleted and replaced with "A Fund". 4. The section entitled "Investment Objectives and Policies--Hedging - High Income Fund, Global Securities Fund and Strategic Bond Fund" is revised as follows: (a) The first paragraph is deleted and replaced with the following: Hedging. Set forth below are the Hedging Instruments which the Funds (except Money Fund) may use. (b) The first sentence of the first paragraph under the sub-heading "Purchasing Calls and Puts" is deleted and replaced with the following: When a Fund purchases a call (other than in a closing purchase transaction), it pays a premium and 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. (c) In the first sentence of the second paragraph under the sub-heading "Forward Contracts," the reference to "High Income Fund, Global Securities Fund and Strategic Bond Funds" is deleted and replaced with "The Funds". (d) In the last sentence of that same paragraph and the first sentence of the third, fourth and fifth paragraphs, the references to "these" are deleted and replaced with "the". (e) The first sentence of the first paragraph under the sub-heading "Interest Rate Swap Transactions" is deleted and replaced with the following: The risk incurred by Bond Fund, High Income Fund and Strategic Bond Fund in entering into a swap agreement is twofold: interest rate risk and credit risk. (f) In the sixth sentence of that same paragraph, the reference to "The Fund" is deleted and replaced with "These Funds". (g) In the first sentence of the second paragraph under the sub-heading "Additional Information About Hedging Instruments and Their Use," the reference to "High Income Fund, Strategic Bond Fund or Global Securities Fund" is deleted and replaced with "a Fund". (h) In the first sentence of the first paragraph under the sub-heading "Regulatory Aspects of Hedging Instruments," the reference to "High Income Fund, Global Securities Fund and Strategic Bond Fund" is deleted and replaced with "The Funds". (i) In the second and third sentences of that same paragraph, the references to "the Fund" is deleted and replaced with "each Fund". 5. The first sentence of the section entitled "Short Sales Against-The- Box" is deleted and replaced with the following: Each Fund (except Money Fund) may sell securities short in "short sales against-the-box." 6. In the second paragraph of the section entitled "Investment Restrictions," restrictions (1), (4) and (5) are deleted and the remaining restrictions are renumbered consecutively. 7. The address for "Charles Conrad, Jr." in the section entitled "Trustees and Officers" is revised as follows: "1447 Vista del Cerro, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88005". 8. The second paragraph below the management fee table in the section entitled "Investment Management Services" is revised as follows: (a) the following is added after the first sentence: Effective January 1, 1995, the Manager has voluntarily undertaken that the total expenses of any Fund shall not exceed 2.5% of the first $30 million of average net assets of that Fund, 2.0% of the next $70 million and 1.5% of average net assets over $100 million. In addition, the Manager has voluntarily undertaken that it will limit the management fee charged under Strategic Bond Fund's Agreement so that the ordinary operating expenses of that Fund would not exceed 1.0% of its average net assets in any fiscal year. (b) The last three sentences of that same paragraph are deleted. 9. The first sentence of the second paragraph under the caption "Determination of Net Asset Value Per Share" is revised to read as follows: The net asset value per share of each Fund is determined as of the close of The New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") on each day that the NYSE is open (a "regular business day") by dividing the value of the Fund's net assets by the number of shares outstanding. The NYSE normally closes at 4:00 P.M. New York time, but may close earlier on some days (for example, in case of weather emergencies or on days falling before a holiday). January 3, 1995 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----