-----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, CjoaBBJD/Iz53ogEVF/j1DHUgs7co25u6eMxkJQFr1bFq7HZJUfIGtjI618AiNbN 3xbX/T/KM3Bz3witcYfx4Q== 0000752737-94-000016.txt : 19941006 0000752737-94-000016.hdr.sgml : 19941006 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000752737-94-000016 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19941004 SROS: NONE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000752737 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: 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: 94551534 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 September 30, 1994 to the Prospectus dated May 1, 1994 The Prospectus is amended as follows: 1. The section captioned "Forward Contracts" on pages 22-23 is deleted and replaced with the following: Forward Contracts Each Fund, other than Money 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. The Funds may enter into a Forward Contract in order to "lock in" the U.S. dollar price of a security denominated in a foreign currency which it has purchased or sold but which has not yet settled, or to protect against a possible loss resulting from an adverse change in the relationship between the U.S. dollar and a foreign currency. There is a risk that use of Forward Contracts may reduce gain that would otherwise result from a change in the relationship between the U.S. dollar and a foreign currency. 2. The first three sentences of the paragraph entitled "Puts on Securities and Futures" is deleted and replaced with the following: Each Fund, other than Oppenheimer Money 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, securities indices 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. 3. The paragraph captioned "Derivatives" on page 24 is deleted and replaced with the following: Derivative Investments. Each Fund, other than Money Fund, can invest in a number of different kinds of "derivative investments." In general, a "derivative investment" is a specially designed investment whose performance is linked to the performance of another investment or security, such as an option, future, index or currency. In the broadest sense, derivative investments include exchange-traded options and futures contracts (see "Writing Covered Calls" and "Hedging"), as well as the investments discussed in this section. The risks of investing in derivative investments include not only the ability of the company issuing the instrument to pay the amount due on the maturity of the instrument, but also the risk that the underlying investment or security might not perform the way the Manager expected it to perform. The performance of derivative investments may also be influenced by interest rate changes in the U.S. and abroad. All of this can mean that the Funds will realize less principal and/or income than expected. Certain derivative investments held by the Fund may trade in the over-the-counter market and may be illiquid. See "Restricted and Illiquid Securities." Examples of derivative investments the Funds may invest in include, among others, "index-linked" notes. These are debt securities of companies that call for payment on the maturity of the note in different terms than the typical note where the borrower agrees to pay a fixed sum on the maturity of the note. The payment on maturity of an index-linked note depends on the performance of one or more market indices, such as the S & P 500 Index. Further examples of derivative investments the Fund may invest in include "debt exchangeable for common stock" of an issuer or "equity-linked debt securities" of an issuer. At maturity, the principal amount of the debt security is exchanged for common stock of the issuer or is payable in an amount based on the issuer's common stock price at the time of maturity. In either case there is a risk that the amount payable at maturity will be less than the principal amount of the debt. Other examples of derivative investments the Funds may invest in are currency-indexed securities. These are typically short-term or intermediate-term debt securities whose maturity values or interest rates are determined by reference to one or more specified foreign currencies. Certain currency-indexed securities purchased by the Fund may have a payout factor tied to a multiple of the movement of the U.S. dollar (or the foreign currency in which the security is denominated) against the movement in the U.S. dollar, the foreign currency, another currency, or an index. Such securities may be subject to increased principal risk and increased volatility than comparable securities without a payout factor in excess of one, but the Manager believes the increased yield justifies the increased risk. September 30, 1994 PS999 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----