N-CSR 1 d524470dncsr.htm OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-4108

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)

Cynthia Lo Bessette

OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008

(Name and address of agent for service)

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

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: 12/31/2017


Item 1.   Reports to Stockholders.


 

LOGO

 
   

December 31, 2017

   

      

 

 

Oppenheimer

 
 

Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund/VA

 

     Annual Report      

 

 

A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

 
     
 

ANNUAL REPORT

 
 

 Listing of Top Holdings

 
 

 Fund Performance Discussion

 
 

 Financial Statements

 


PORTFOLIO MANAGERS: Ronald J. Zibelli, Jr., CFA and Justin Livengood, CFA

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS FOR THE PERIODS ENDED 12/31/17

 

        Inception 
   Date 
  1-Year         5-Year          10-Year  

Non-Service Shares

     8/15/86           28.79%           15.11%          7.43

Service Shares

     10/16/00     28.46          14.82           7.16  

Russell Midcap Growth Index

        25.27          15.30           9.10  

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account. Returns for periods of less than one year are cumulative and not annualized. See Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses for more information on share classes and sales charges.

TOP HOLDINGS AND ALLOCATIONS

 

TOP TEN COMMON STOCK HOLDINGS

 

XPO Logistics, Inc.

   2.0%      

Red Hat, Inc.

   1.7          

SVB Financial Group

   1.6          

Total System Services, Inc.

   1.5          

Equinix, Inc.

   1.5          

DR Horton, Inc.

   1.5          

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

   1.5          

Waste Connections, Inc.

   1.5          

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

   1.5          

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.

   1.5          

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on net assets. For more current Fund holdings, please visit oppenheimerfunds.com.

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

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Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on the total market value of common stocks.

 

 

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Fund Performance Discussion

The Fund’s Non-Service shares produced a return of 28.79% during the reporting period, outperforming the Russell Midcap Growth Index (the “Index”) return of 25.27%. The Fund outperformed the Index in 8 out of 11 sectors, led by Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples and Health Care. Stock selection benefited in these three sectors, as did underweight positions in Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples. The Fund underperformed the Index within the Financials and Energy sectors, due to stock selection and an overweight position, respectively.

MARKET OVERVIEW

Domestic equities posted solid gains in 2017, continuing their strong upward move following the November 2016 election. Investors anticipated an administration friendly to both the economy and financial markets. Less regulation, tax reform and other policies favorable to domestic economic growth were on the new administration’s agenda. Consumer and business confidence remained high, corporate earnings strengthened, and other macroeconomic factors (employment, capital expenditures) were favorable, while inflationary pressures (wage growth, commodity prices, interest rates) seemed contained. During the year, growth indices outperformed their value counterparts.

TOP INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS

Top performing stocks for the Fund this reporting period included XPO Logistics, Inc., Align Technology, Inc. and Autodesk, Inc.

XPO Logistics, a non-asset based freight transportation provider, recorded strong financial results despite hurricane-related headwinds in the third quarter of 2017. The company benefited from e-commerce demand for its contract logistics and “last mile” services. In addition, growth in intermodal services and a favorable brokerage market benefited the company. The stock also rose due to rumored bids from Home Depot and/or Amazon. This remains one of the largest holdings in the Fund.

Align Technology designs, manufactures, and markets the Invisalign System, a method for treating the misalignment of teeth. This company is part of our Medical Technology theme, which we think is a bright spot in an overall difficult environment for Health Care companies. Align has delivered standout results this year, driven by their leadership in the market for adult dental correction, and increasing penetration of the teen market.

Autodesk is the leading provider of CAD software using a SaaS delivery model. The company reported strong results due to the continued success of their subscription business model transition and diligent total spend management.

TOP INDIVIDUAL DETRACTORS

Detractors from performance this reporting period included CBS Corporation, Nabors Industries Ltd., and Vulcan Materials Company.

CBS is a multimedia company that operates broadcasting, television production, and publishing businesses. The stock trended downwards driven by mixed earnings results and a difficult environment overall for media companies. We have exited our position in CBS.

Nabors Industries is one of the largest operators of land drilling rigs in the U.S. Earlier this year, the company reported somewhat disappointing financial results related to higher-than-expected operating costs. As a result we exited our position.

Vulcan Materials Company produces construction aggregates. The company’s principal product lines are aggregates, asphalt mix and concrete, and cement. Hurricanes Harvey and Irma had a major impact on Vulcan’s operations as stated by the company’s management on their Q3 earnings call. We have since exited our position in Vulcan.

STRATEGY & OUTLOOK

At the end of the period, the Fund was overweight Industrials, Financials and Health Care while underweight Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples.

Our long-term investment process remains the same. We seek dynamic companies with above-average and sustainable revenue and earnings growth that we believe are positioned to outperform. This includes leading firms in structurally attractive industries with committed management teams that have proven records of performance.

 

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Looking forward, we expect the U.S. economy to expand at a rate of 3% or more, faster than the trajectory of the last several years, due to an uplift from a synchronized global recovery. Although interest rates remain very low in a historical context, monetary stimulus has peaked. We believe the Federal Reserve will gradually raise short term rates while buying fewer bonds. Meanwhile, corporate profits are growing at a robust pace and cash flows are being directed to capital expenditures, dividends, buybacks and acquisitions. The impact of tax reform being passed in the United States could drive further market upside, as companies direct their tax savings into profitable investments. Equity valuations remain high but the bull market may persist given the favorable macro conditions. Technology driven disruption remains abundant across the economy and is at the forefront of our fundamental research. Our opportunity set remains compelling and we expect stock selection can continue to drive our relative performance.

Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The Fund’s prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information about the Fund, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.

Total returns include changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions in a hypothetical investment for the periods shown, but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund.

The Fund’s investment strategy and focus can change over time. The mention of specific fund holdings does not constitute a recommendation by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. or its affiliates.

Shares of Oppenheimer funds are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not guaranteed by any bank, are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency, and involve investment risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested.

Comparing the Fund’s Performance to the Market. The graphs that follow show the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in each share class of the Fund held until December 31, 2017. Performance is measured over a ten-fiscal-year period for both Classes. Performance information does not reflect charges that apply to separate accounts investing in the Fund. If these charges were taken into account, performance would be lower. The graphs assume that all dividends and capital gains distributions were reinvested in additional shares.

The Fund’s performance is compared to the performance of the Russell Midcap Growth Index. The Russell Midcap Growth Index measures the performance of the mid-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell Midcap companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The Index is unmanaged and cannot be purchased directly by investors. While index comparisons may be useful to provide a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, it must be noted that the Fund’s investments are not limited to the investments comprising the Index. Index performance includes reinvestment of income, but does not reflect transaction costs, fees, expenses or taxes. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only as a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, and does not predict or depict performance of the Fund. The Fund’s performance reflects the effects of the Fund’s business and operating expenses.

 

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COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

 

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COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

 

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Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account.

 

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Fund Expenses

Fund Expenses. As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service fees; and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire 6-month period ended December 31, 2017.

Actual Expenses. The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section for the class of shares you hold, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expense that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600.00 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.60), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During 6 Months Ended December 31, 2017” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes.

The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio for each class of shares, and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year for each class before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example for the class of shares you hold with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any charges associated with the separate accounts that offer this Fund. Therefore, the “hypothetical” lines of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these separate account charges were included your costs would have been higher.

 

Actual   

Beginning

Account

Value

July 1, 2017

    

Ending

Account

Value
December 31, 2017

    

Expenses

Paid During

6 Months Ended
December 31, 2017

 

Non-Service shares

     $       1,000.00                    $       1,124.00                    $              4.29                            

Service shares

     1,000.00                    1,122.40                    5.63                           
Hypothetical         
(5% return before expenses)                                

Non-Service shares

     1,000.00                    1,021.17                    4.08                           

Service shares

     1,000.00                    1,019.91                    5.36                           

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for that class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). Those annualized expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated funds, based on the 6-month period ended December 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

Class    Expense Ratios          

Non-Service shares

     0.80%              

Service shares

     1.05                 

The expense ratios reflect voluntary and/or contractual waivers and/or reimbursements of expenses by the Fund’s Manager. Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time, as indicated in the Fund’s prospectus. The “Financial Highlights” tables in the Fund’s financial statements, included in this report, also show the gross expense ratios, without such waivers or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, if applicable.

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS December 31, 2017

 

 

     Shares      Value          

 

    
Common Stocks—98.7%        

 

    
Consumer Discretionary—15.3%        

 

    
Auto Components—1.7%        

 

    
Aptiv plc      85,380       $ 7,242,785      

 

    
Visteon Corp.1      42,350        5,299,679      
     

 

 

    
                12,542,464      

 

    
Distributors—1.3%        

 

    
Pool Corp.      70,720        9,168,848      

 

    
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—6.1%        

 

    
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.      134,453        10,737,416      

 

    
Restaurant Brands International, Inc.      148,420        9,124,862      

 

    
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.      79,390        9,469,639      

 

    
Vail Resorts, Inc.      47,680        10,130,570      

 

    
Wynn Resorts Ltd.      33,510        5,649,451      
     

 

 

    
        45,111,938      

 

    
Household Durables—3.0%        

 

    
DR Horton, Inc.      219,160        11,192,501      

 

    
Mohawk Industries, Inc.1      21,000        5,793,900      

 

    
NVR, Inc.1      1,320        4,630,851      
     

 

 

    
        21,617,252      

 

    
Multiline Retail—1.0%        

 

    
Dollar Tree, Inc.1      67,280        7,219,817      

 

    
Specialty Retail—1.0%        

 

    
Ross Stores, Inc.      94,960        7,620,540      

 

    
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—1.2%        

 

    
lululemon athletica, Inc.1      23,940        1,881,444      

 

    
PVH Corp.      49,060        6,731,523      
     

 

 

    
        8,612,967      

 

    
Consumer Staples—2.5%        

 

    
Beverages—1.5%        

 

    
Constellation Brands, Inc., Cl. A      46,690        10,671,933      

 

    
Food Products—1.0%        

 

    
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.      134,680        7,602,686      

 

    
Energy—2.1%        

 

    
Energy Equipment & Services—0.6%        

 

    
RPC, Inc.      179,340        4,578,550      

 

    
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—1.5%        

 

    
Diamondback Energy, Inc.1      87,983        11,107,854      

 

    
Financials—12.7%        

 

    
Capital Markets—5.5%        

 

    
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.      76,000        9,468,840      

 

    
E*TRADE Financial Corp.1      197,900        9,809,903      

 

    
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.      18,530        3,738,428      

 

    
MSCI, Inc., Cl. A      64,510        8,163,095      

 

    
Raymond James Financial, Inc.      105,460        9,417,578      
     

 

 

    
        40,597,844      

 

    
Commercial Banks—2.1%        

 

    
First Republic Bank      41,480        3,593,827      

 

    
SVB Financial Group1      49,490        11,569,277      
     

 

 

    
        15,163,104      

 

    
Insurance—2.2%        

 

    
Arch Capital Group Ltd.1      35,630        3,234,135      

 

    
Athene Holding Ltd., Cl. A1      101,130        5,229,432      

 

    
Progressive Corp. (The)      133,930        7,542,938      
     

 

 

    
        16,006,505      

 

    
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—2.9%        

 

    
Equinix, Inc.      24,810        11,244,388      

 

    
SBA Communications Corp., Cl. A1      63,680        10,402,765      
     

 

 

    
        21,647,153      

 

    
Health Care—14.3%        

 

    
Biotechnology—1.3%        

 

    
Exelixis, Inc.1      156,370        4,753,648      
     Shares      Value   

 

 
Biotechnology (Continued)     

 

 
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.1      57,600       $ 4,469,184   
     

 

 

 
        9,222,832   

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies—5.6%     

 

 
ABIOMED, Inc.1      32,250        6,043,972   

 

 
Align Technology, Inc.1      45,120        10,025,213   

 

 
Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)      23,950        5,218,226   

 

 
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.1      53,310        8,336,618   

 

 
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.1      15,100        5,510,594   

 

 
Teleflex, Inc.      23,050        5,735,301   
     

 

 

 
                40,869,924   

 

 
Health Care Providers & Services—0.7%     

 

 
WellCare Health Plans, Inc.1      27,320        5,494,325   

 

 
Health Care Technology—0.9%     

 

 
Veeva Systems, Inc., Cl. A1      121,370        6,709,334   

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services—4.4%     

 

 
Agilent Technologies, Inc.      160,470        10,746,676   

 

 
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Cl. A1      15,410        3,677,905   

 

 
ICON plc1      63,620        7,134,983   

 

 
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.1      17,500        10,841,600   
     

 

 

 
        32,401,164   

 

 
Pharmaceuticals—1.4%     

 

 
Catalent, Inc.1      126,950        5,215,106   

 

 
Zoetis, Inc., Cl. A      68,960        4,967,878   
     

 

 

 
        10,182,984   

 

 
Industrials—20.4%     

 

 
Aerospace & Defense—1.7%     

 

 
BWX Technologies, Inc.      87,080        5,267,469   

 

 
L3 Technologies, Inc.      36,650        7,251,203   
     

 

 

 
        12,518,672   

 

 
Air Freight & Couriers—2.0%     

 

 
XPO Logistics, Inc.1      161,730        14,812,851   

 

 
Building Products—2.3%     

 

 
A.O. Smith Corp.      139,220        8,531,402   

 

 
Owens Corning      90,810        8,349,071   
     

 

 

 
        16,880,473   

 

 
Commercial Services & Supplies—2.8%     

 

 
Copart, Inc.1      220,520        9,524,259   

 

 
Waste Connections, Inc.      156,005        11,066,994   
     

 

 

 
        20,591,253   

 

 
Construction & Engineering—1.1%     

 

 
Quanta Services, Inc.1      204,350        7,992,128   

 

 
Electrical Equipment—1.5%     

 

 
Rockwell Automation, Inc.      56,070        11,009,345   

 

 
Industrial Conglomerates—1.2%     

 

 
Roper Technologies, Inc.      35,070        9,083,130   

 

 
Machinery—4.6%     

 

 
IDEX Corp.      58,960        7,780,951   

 

 
Oshkosh Corp.      81,480        7,405,717   

 

 
WABCO Holdings, Inc.1      70,670        10,141,145   

 

 
Xylem, Inc.      120,940        8,248,108   
     

 

 

 
        33,575,921   

 

 
Professional Services—1.1%     

 

 
TransUnion1      151,190        8,309,402   

 

 
Road & Rail—0.8%     

 

 
Knight-Swift Transportation
Holdings, Inc., Cl. A
     128,380        5,612,774   

 

 
Trading Companies & Distributors—1.3%     

 

 
United Rentals, Inc.1      54,080        9,296,893   

 

 
Information Technology—25.0%     

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments, & Components—4.6%  

 

 
Amphenol Corp., Cl. A      123,120        10,809,936   
 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

 

     Shares      Value   

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments, & Components (Continued)  

 

 

CDW Corp.

     109,990       $ 7,643,205   

 

 

Cognex Corp.

     116,300        7,112,908   

 

 

Trimble, Inc.1

     203,270        8,260,893   
     

 

 

 
                33,826,942   

 

 

Internet Software & Services—2.4%

 

  

 

 

CoStar Group, Inc.1

     24,660        7,322,787   

 

 

IAC/InterActiveCorp1

     43,120        5,272,713   

 

 

MercadoLibre, Inc.

     15,410        4,848,911   
     

 

 

 
        17,444,411   

 

 

IT Services—4.7%

 

  

 

 

Black Knight, Inc.1

     84,820        3,744,803   

 

 

DXC Technology Co.

     102,300        9,708,270   

 

 

Global Payments, Inc.

     95,680        9,590,963   

 

 

Total System Services, Inc.

     142,860        11,298,798   
     

 

 

 
        34,342,834   

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—5.2%

 

 

 

Lam Research Corp.

     54,450        10,022,611   

 

 

Microchip Technology, Inc.

     116,950        10,277,566   

 

 

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

     32,260        3,624,734   

 

 

ON Semiconductor Corp.1

     271,910        5,693,795   

 

 

Teradyne, Inc.

     216,880        9,080,766   
     

 

 

 
        38,699,472   

 

 

Software—8.1%

 

  

 

 

Atlassian Corp. plc, Cl. A1

     71,330        3,246,942   

 

 

Autodesk, Inc.1

     50,820        5,327,460   

 

 

PTC, Inc.1

     94,110        5,719,065   
     Shares      Value   

 

 

Software (Continued)

 

  

 

 

Red Hat, Inc.1

     101,530       $ 12,193,753   

 

 

ServiceNow, Inc.1

     76,994        10,039,248   

 

 

Synopsys, Inc.1

     80,600        6,870,344   

 

 

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.1

     86,230        9,466,329   

 

 

Workday, Inc., Cl. A1

     65,050        6,618,187   
     

 

 

 
                59,481,328   

 

 

Materials—6.4%

 

  

 

 

Chemicals—3.8%

 

  

 

 

Albemarle Corp.

     56,960        7,284,615   

 

 

Celanese Corp., Cl. A

     67,280        7,204,342   

 

 

FMC Corp.

     61,170        5,790,352   

 

 

Westlake Chemical Corp.

     67,330        7,172,665   
     

 

 

 
        27,451,974   

 

 

Containers & Packaging—2.0%

 

  

 

 

Avery Dennison Corp.

     57,720        6,629,719   

 

 

Packaging Corp. of America

     66,470        8,012,959   
     

 

 

 
        14,642,678   

 

 

Metals & Mining—0.6%

 

  

 

 

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

     107,080        4,618,360   
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $558,970,346)

 

     724,340,859   
      

 

 
Investment Company—1.0%     

 

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 1.22%2,3 (Cost $7,573,590)      7,573,590        7,573,590   

 

 
Total Investments, at Value (Cost $566,543,936)      99.7%        731,914,449   

 

 

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     0.3        2,359,136   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0%       $ 734,273,585   
  

 

 

 
 

 

Footnotes to Statement of Investments

1. Non-income producing security.

2. Rate shown is the 7-day yield at period end.

3. Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, at or during the reporting period, by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment adviser. Transactions during the reporting period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:

 

     Shares
December 31, 2016
     Gross
Additions
     Gross
Reductions
     Shares
December 31, 2017
 

 

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E      21,498,967          277,704,583          291,629,960          7,573,590    
     Value              Income     

Realized

        Gain (Loss)

         Change in Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

 

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E    $ 7,573,590        $ 103,497        $ —        $ —    

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES December 31, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

  

Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments:

  

Unaffiliated companies (cost $558,970,346)

     $               724,340,859      

Affiliated companies (cost $7,573,590)

     7,573,590      
  

 

 

 
     731,914,449      

 

 

Cash

     500,000      

 

 

Receivables and other assets:

  

Investments sold

     1,839,423      

Dividends

     362,838      

Shares of beneficial interest sold

     102,121      

Other

     69,101      
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     734,787,932      

 

 

 

Liabilities

  

Payables and other liabilities:

  

Shares of beneficial interest redeemed

     393,059      

Trustees’ compensation

     58,125      

Shareholder communications

     17,009      

Distribution and service plan fees

     8,380      

Other

     37,774      
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     514,347      

 

 

Net Assets

     $ 734,273,585      
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Composition of Net Assets

  

Par value of shares of beneficial interest

     $ 8,745      

 

 

Additional paid-in capital

     468,328,663      

 

 

Accumulated net investment loss

     (58,125)     

 

 

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

     100,623,789      

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     165,370,513      
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     $ 734,273,585      
  

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value Per Share

  

Non-Service Shares:

  
Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $694,675,055 and 8,249,616 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)      $84.21      

 

 

Service Shares:

  
Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $39,598,530 and 495,758 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)      $79.87      

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Income

  

Dividends:

  

Unaffiliated companies (net of foreign withholding taxes of $37,642)

   $ 4,638,316       

Affiliated companies

     103,497       
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

     4,741,813       

 

 

Expenses

  

Management fees

     4,955,861       

 

 

Distribution and service plan fees — service shares

     89,281       

 

 

Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:

  

Non-Service shares

     660,619       

Service shares

     35,724       

 

 

Shareholder communications:

  

Non-Service shares

     48,071       

Service shares

     2,591       

 

 

Trustees’ compensation

     27,421       

 

 

Borrowing fees

     18,665       

 

 

Custodian fees and expenses

     4,658       

 

 

Other

     85,280       
  

 

 

 

Total expenses

     5,928,171       

Less reduction to custodian expenses

     (429)      

Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses

     (249,055)      
  

 

 

 

Net expenses

     5,678,687       

 

 

Net Investment Loss

     (936,874)      

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain

  

Net realized gain on investment transactions in unaffiliated companies

     111,170,933       

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investment transactions in unaffiliated companies

     64,493,500       

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     $           174,727,559       
  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2017
    Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

 

 

Operations

    

 

Net investment income (loss)

     $ (936,874)        $ 192,842      

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     111,170,933          74,319,102      

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     64,493,500          (60,542,760)     
  

 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     174,727,559          13,969,184      

 

 

Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders

    

 

Dividends from net investment income:

 

    

 

Non-Service shares

     (202,565)         —      

 

Service shares

     —           —      
  

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

(202,565)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

—    

 

 

 

 

Distributions from net realized gain:

    

 

Non-Service shares

     (66,541,431)         (48,415,668)    

 

Service shares

     (3,695,269)         (2,737,189)    
  

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

(70,236,700)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

(51,152,857)  

 

 

 

 

Beneficial Interest Transactions

    

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:

    

 

Non-Service shares

 

     (8,172,895)         (21,717,260)    

Service shares

     2,197,994          (2,617,902)    
  

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

(5,974,901)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

(24,335,162)  

 

 

 

 

Net Assets

    

 

Total increase (decrease)

     98,313,393          (61,518,835)    

 

 

 

Beginning of period

     635,960,192          697,479,027     
  

 

 

 

 

End of period (including accumulated net investment income (loss) of $(58,125) and $154,168, respectively)

     $         734,273,585         $         635,960,192     
  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

Non-Service Shares    Year Ended
  December 31,
2017
    Year Ended
  December 31,
2016
    Year Ended
  December 31,
2015
    Year Ended
  December 31,
2014
    Year Ended
  December 31,
2013
 

 

 

Per Share Operating Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $72.65       $76.85       $78.82       $74.51       $54.80  

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income (loss)1

     (0.10)       0.03       (0.19)       (0.29)       (0.16)  

Net realized and unrealized gain

     20.08       1.69       5.67       4.60       19.88  
  

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     19.98       1.72       5.48       4.31       19.72  

 

 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.03)       0.00       0.00       0.00       (0.01)  

Distributions from net realized gain

     (8.39)       (5.92)       (7.45)       0.00       0.00  
  

 

 

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

     (8.42)       (5.92)       (7.45)       0.00       (0.01)  

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $84.21       $72.65       $76.85       $78.82       $74.51  
  

 

 

 
          

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value2

     28.79%       2.34%       6.61%       5.78%       35.98%  

 

    

          

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

     $694,675       $603,708       $660,450       $682,515       $725,406  

 

 

Average net assets (in thousands)

     $661,192       $621,110       $695,736       $688,259       $618,970  

 

 

Ratios to average net assets:3

          

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.12)%       0.04%       (0.24)%       (0.39)%       (0.24)%  

Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below

     0.84%       0.84%       0.83%       0.83%       0.84%  

Interest and fees from borrowings

     0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%       0.00%  
  

 

 

 

Total expenses5

     0.84%       0.84%       0.83%       0.83%       0.84%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      0.80%       0.80%       0.80%       0.80%       0.80%  

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

     105%       141%       81%       113%       84%  

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

3. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

4. Less than 0.005%.

5. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

  Year Ended December 31, 2017      0.84
  Year Ended December 31, 2016      0.84
  Year Ended December 31, 2015      0.83
  Year Ended December 31, 2014      0.83
  Year Ended December 31, 2013      0.84

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Service Shares    Year Ended
  December 31,
2017
    Year Ended
  December 31,
2016
    Year Ended
  December 31,
2015
    Year Ended
  December 31,
2014
     Year Ended
  December 31,
2013

 

Per Share Operating Data

           

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $69.43       $73.88       $76.21       $72.22      $53.25

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

           

Net investment loss1

     (0.28)       (0.15)       (0.38)       (0.46)      (0.30)

Net realized and unrealized gain

     19.11       1.62       5.50       4.45      19.27
  

 

 

Total from investment operations

     18.83       1.47       5.12       3.99      18.97

 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

           

Dividends from net investment income

     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00      0.00

Distributions from net realized gain

     (8.39)       (5.92)       (7.45)       0.00      0.00
  

 

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

     (8.39)       (5.92)       (7.45)       0.00      0.00

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $79.87       $69.43       $73.88       $76.21      $72.22
  

 

 

           

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value2

     28.46%       2.08%       6.35%       5.53%      35.62%

 

    

           

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

     $39,599       $32,252       $37,029       $30,964      $36,549

 

Average net assets (in thousands)

     $35,753       $33,797       $32,812       $32,927      $35,905

 

Ratios to average net assets:3

           

Net investment loss

     (0.37)%       (0.21)%       (0.49)%       (0.64)%      (0.49)%

Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below

     1.09%       1.09%       1.08%       1.08%      1.09%

Interest and fees from borrowings

     0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%      0.00%
  

 

 

Total expenses5

     1.09%       1.09%       1.08%       1.08%      1.09%
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      1.05%       1.05%       1.05%       1.05%      1.05%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

     105%       141%       81%       113%      84%

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

3. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

4. Less than 0.005%.

5. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

  Year Ended December 31, 2017      1.09
  Year Ended December 31, 2016      1.09
  Year Ended December 31, 2015      1.08
  Year Ended December 31, 2014      1.08
  Year Ended December 31, 2013      1.09

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2017

 

 

1. Organization

Oppenheimer Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund/VA (the “Fund”), a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, is a diversified open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as amended. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation. The Fund’s investment adviser is OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”). The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI. Shares of the Fund are sold only to separate accounts of life insurance companies.

The Fund offers two classes of shares. Both classes are sold at their offering price, which is the net asset value per share, to separate investment accounts of participating insurance companies as an underlying investment for variable life insurance policies, variable annuity contracts or other investment products. The class of shares designated as Service shares is subject to a distribution and service plan. Both classes of shares have identical rights and voting privileges with respect to the Fund in general and exclusive voting rights on matters that affect that class alone. Earnings, net assets and net asset value per share may differ due to each class having its own expenses, such as transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees and shareholder communications, directly attributable to that class.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed in the Fund’s preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Security Valuation. All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.

Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other than those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated on a daily basis to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a specific class are charged against the operations of that class.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. GAAP, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually or at other times as determined necessary by the Manager.

Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends, if any, and capital gains taxes on foreign investments, if any, have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable tax rules and regulations. Interest income, if any, is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.

Return of Capital Estimates. Distributions received from the Fund’s investments in Real Estate Investments Trusts (REITs), generally are comprised of income and return of capital. The Fund records investment income and return of capital based on estimates. Such estimates are based on historical information available from each REIT and other industry sources. These estimates may subsequently be revised based on information received from REITs after their tax reporting periods are concluded.

Custodian Fees. “Custodian fees and expenses” in the Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by the Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. The Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by positive cash balances maintained by the Fund, at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 2.00%. The “Reduction to custodian expenses” line item, if applicable, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings.

Security Transactions. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

Indemnifications. The Fund’s organizational documents provide current and former Trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income, including any net realized gain on investments not offset by capital loss carryforwards, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s tax return filings generally remains open for the three preceding fiscal reporting period ends. The Fund has analyzed its tax positions for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, including open tax years, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

14      OPPENHEIMER DISCOVERY MID CAP GROWTH FUND/VA


    

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

The tax components of capital shown in the following table represent distribution requirements the Fund must satisfy under the income tax regulations, losses the Fund may be able to offset against income and gains realized in future years and unrealized appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes.

 

Undistributed

Net Investment

Income

   Undistributed
Long-Term
Gain
     Accumulated
Loss
Carryforward1,2
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
Based on cost of
Securities and
Other Investments
for Federal Income
Tax Purposes
 

 

 

$23,400,569

     $77,709,831        $—        $164,883,893  

1. During the reporting period, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforward.

2. During the previous reporting period, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforward.

Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes. The character of dividends and distributions made during the fiscal year from net investment income or net realized gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax requirements, which may differ from the character of net investment income or net realized gains presented in those financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Also, due to timing of dividends and distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or net realized gain was recorded by the Fund.

Accordingly, the following amounts have been reclassified for the reporting period. Net assets of the Fund were unaffected by the reclassifications.

Increase

to Paid-in Capital

   Reduction
to Accumulated
Net Investment
Loss
     Reduction
to Accumulated Net
Realized Gain
on Investments3
 

 

 

$7,408,883

     $927,146        $8,336,029  

3. $7,400,685, including $5,687,901 of long-term capital gain, was distributed in connection with Fund share redemptions.

The tax character of distributions paid during the reporting periods:

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2017
     Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

 

 

Distributions paid from:

     

Ordinary income

     $           202,565      $                     —   

Long-term capital gain

     70,236,700        51,152,857   
  

 

 

 

Total

     $           70,439,265      $           51,152,857   
  

 

 

 

The aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes at period end are noted in the following table. The primary difference between book and tax appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments, if applicable, is attributable to the tax deferral of losses or tax realization of financial statement unrealized gain or loss.

 

Federal tax cost of securities

     $     567,030,556     
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

     $     166,244,790     

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (1,360,897)    
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

     $ 164,883,893     
  

 

 

 

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

 

3. Securities Valuation

The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is open for trading, except in the case of a scheduled early closing of the Exchange, in which case the Fund will calculate net asset value of the shares as of the scheduled early closing time of the Exchange.

The Fund’s Board has adopted procedures for the valuation of the Fund’s securities and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for valuation determinations under those procedures to the Manager. The Manager has established a Valuation Committee which is responsible for determining a fair valuation for any security for which market quotations are not readily available. The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Fund’s Board at least quarterly or more frequently, if necessary.

 

15      OPPENHEIMER DISCOVERY MID CAP GROWTH FUND/VA


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

 

Valuation Methods and Inputs

Securities are valued primarily using unadjusted quoted market prices, when available, as supplied by third party pricing services or broker-dealers.

The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or the fair value of the types of securities described below:

Equity securities traded on a securities exchange (including exchange-traded derivatives other than futures and futures options) are valued based on the official closing price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the Manager, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. If the official closing price is unavailable, the security is valued at the last sale price on the principal exchange on which it is traded, or if no sales occurred, the security is valued at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Over-the-counter equity securities are valued at the last published sale price, or if no sales occurred, at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Events occurring after the close of trading on foreign exchanges may result in adjustments to the valuation of foreign securities to more accurately reflect their fair value as of the time when the Fund’s assets are valued.

Shares of a registered investment company that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that investment company’s net asset value per share.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or when a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, are fair valued either (i) by a standardized fair valuation methodology applicable to the security type or the significant event as previously approved by the Valuation Committee and the Fund’s Board or (ii) as determined in good faith by the Manager’s Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee considers all relevant facts that are reasonably available, through either public information or information available to the Manager, when determining the fair value of a security. Those standardized fair valuation methodologies include, but are not limited to, valuing securities at the last sale price or initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be further adjusted for any discounts related to security-specific resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities nor can it be assured that the Fund can obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security.

Classifications

Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Various data inputs may be used in determining the value of each of the Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

1) Level 1-unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)

2) Level 2-inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)

3) Level 3-significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager’s own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability).

The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

The Fund classifies each of its investments in investment companies which are publicly offered as Level 1. Investment companies that are not publicly offered, if any, are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end based on valuation input level:

 

                                                                                                                                                                               
   

Level 1—

Unadjusted
Quoted Prices

   

Level 2—

Other Significant
Observable Inputs

   

Level 3—
Significant

Unobservable
Inputs

    Value  

 

 

Assets Table

       

Investments, at Value:

       

Common Stocks

       

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 111,893,826      $ —      $ —      $ 111,893,826    

Consumer Staples

    18,274,619        —        —        18,274,619    

Energy

    15,686,404        —        —        15,686,404    

Financials

    93,414,606        —        —        93,414,606    

Health Care

    104,880,563        —        —        104,880,563    

Industrials

    149,682,842        —        —        149,682,842    

Information Technology

    183,794,987        —        —        183,794,987    

Materials

    46,713,012        —        —        46,713,012    

Investment Company

    7,573,590        —        —        7,573,590    
 

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 731,914,449      $ —      $ —      $ 731,914,449    
 

 

 

 

Forward currency exchange contracts and futures contracts, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.

 

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4. Investments and Risks

 

Investments in Affiliated Funds. The Fund is permitted to invest in other mutual funds advised by the Manager (“Affiliated Funds”). Affiliated Funds are open-end management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Manager is the investment adviser of, and the Sub-Adviser provides investment and related advisory services to, the Affiliated Funds. When applicable, the Fund’s investments in Affiliated Funds are included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of Affiliated Funds are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of the Affiliated Funds’ expenses, including their management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in the Affiliated Funds.

Each of the Affiliated Funds in which the Fund invests has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the Fund’s investments and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one Affiliated Fund than in another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that Affiliated Fund.

Investments in Money Market Instruments. The Fund is permitted to invest its free cash balances in money market instruments to provide liquidity or for defensive purposes. The Fund may invest in money market instruments by investing in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund (“IGMMF”), which is an Affiliated Fund. IGMMF is regulated as a money market fund under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Fund may also invest in money market instruments directly or in other affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds.

Equity Security Risk. Stocks and other equity securities fluctuate in price. The value of the Fund’s portfolio may be affected by changes in the equity markets generally. Equity markets may experience significant short-term volatility and may fall sharply at times. Different markets may behave differently from each other and U.S. equity markets may move in the opposite direction from one or more foreign stock markets. Adverse events in any part of the equity or fixed-income markets may have unexpected negative effects on other market segments.

The prices of individual equity securities 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 securities. 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.

Shareholder Concentration. At period end, two shareholders owned 20% or more of the Fund’s total outstanding shares.

The shareholders are related parties of the Fund. Related parties may include, but are not limited to, the investment manager and its affiliates, affiliated broker dealers, fund of funds, and directors or employees. Related parties owned 67% of the Fund’s total outstanding shares at period end.

 

 

5. Market Risk Factors

The Fund’s investments in securities and/or financial derivatives may expose the Fund to various market risk factors:

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

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

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

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.

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

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

 

 

6. Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest of each class. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

6. Shares of Beneficial Interest (Continued)

 

 

    Year Ended December 31, 2017       Year Ended December 31, 2016     
    Shares            Amount         Shares              Amount     

 

 

Non-Service Shares

       

Sold

    235,884          $ 18,341,538          260,318            $ 19,152,890     

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

    881,558            66,743,996          674,971              48,415,668     

Redeemed

                (1,177,553)                       (93,258,429)                     (1,219,400)             (89,285,818)    
 

 

 

 

Net decrease

    (60,111)         $ (8,172,895)         (284,111)           $             (21,717,260)    
 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Shares

       

Sold

    69,577          $ 5,232,152          50,885            $ 3,568,573     

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

    51,387            3,695,269          39,878              2,737,189     

Redeemed

    (89,745)           (6,729,427)         (127,436)             (8,923,664)    
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    31,219          $ 2,197,994          (36,673)           $ (2,617,902)    
 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Purchases and Sales of Securities

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term obligations and investments in IGMMF, for the reporting period were as follows:

 

     Purchases                                                       Sales  

 

 

Investment securities

   $ 716,653,993        $789,560,177  

 

 

8. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:

 

  Fee Schedule

 

  Up to $200 million

   0.75%

  Next $200 million

   0.72

  Next $200 million

   0.69

  Next $200 million

   0.66

  Next $700 million

   0.60

  Over $1.5 billion

   0.58        

The Fund’s effective management fee for the reporting period was 0.71% of average annual net assets before any applicable waivers.

Sub-Adviser Fees. The Manager has retained the Sub-Adviser to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Manager pays the Sub-Adviser an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the investment management fee collected by the Manager from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any investment management fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Adviser is paid by the Manager, not by the Fund.

Transfer Agent Fees. OFI Global (the “Transfer Agent”) serves as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee based on annual net assets. Fees incurred and average net assets for each class with respect to these services are detailed in the Statement of Operations and Financial Highlights, respectively.

Sub-Transfer Agent Fees. The Transfer Agent has retained Shareholder Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFI (the “Sub-Transfer Agent”), to provide the day-to-day transfer agent and shareholder servicing of the Fund. Under the Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement, the Transfer Agent pays the Sub-Transfer Agent an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the transfer agent fee collected by the Transfer Agent from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any applicable fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Transfer Agent is paid by the Transfer Agent, not by the Fund.

Trustees’ Compensation. The Fund’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) has adopted a compensation deferral plan for Independent Trustees that enables Trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Trustees under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustees. The Fund purchases shares of the funds selected for deferral by the Trustees in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of “Other” within the asset section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of Trustees’ fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the compensation deferral plan.

Distribution and Service Plan for Service Shares. The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for Service shares to pay OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the “Distributor”), for distribution related services, personal service and

 

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8. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

account maintenance for the Fund’s Service shares. Under the Plan, payments are made periodically at an annual rate of 0.25% of the daily net assets of Service shares of the Fund. The Distributor currently uses all of those fees to compensate sponsors of the insurance product that offers Fund shares, for providing personal service and maintenance of accounts of their variable contract owners that hold Service shares. These fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an on-going basis and increase operating expenses of the Service shares, which results in lower performance compared to the Fund’s shares that are not subject to a service fee. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plan are detailed in the Statement of Operations.

Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. The Manager has contractually agreed to limit the Fund’s expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, excluding any applicable dividend expense, taxes, interest and fees from borrowing, any subsidiary expenses, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, brokerage commissions, unusual and infrequent expenses and certain other Fund 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.

During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund as follows:

 

Non-Service shares

   $ 223,589  

Service shares

     12,170  

This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in IGMMF. During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $13,296 for IGMMF management fees. This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

 

 

9. Borrowings and Other Financing

Joint Credit Facility. A number of mutual funds managed by the Manager participate in a $1.875 billion revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions in connection with atypical redemption activity. Expenses and fees related to the Facility are paid by the participating funds and are disclosed separately or as other expenses on the Statement of Operations. The Fund did not utilize the Facility during the reporting period.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Oppenheimer Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund/VA, a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, (the “Fund”), including the statement of investments, as of December 31, 2017, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the “financial statements”) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and the transfer agent, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

KPMG LLP

We have not been able to determine the specific year that we began serving as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies, however we are aware that we have served as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies since at least 1969.

 

Denver, Colorado

February 13, 2018

 

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FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION Unaudited

 

 

In early 2018, if applicable, shareholders of record received information regarding all dividends and distributions paid to them by the Fund during calendar year 2017.

Capital gain distributions of $8.38645 per share were paid to Non-Service and Service shareholders, respectively, on June 20, 2017. Whether received in stock or in cash, the capital gain distribution should be treated by shareholders as a gain from the sale of the capital assets held for more than one year (long-term capital gains).

Dividends, if any, paid by the Fund during the reporting period which are not designated as capital gain distributions should be multiplied by the maximum amount allowable but not less than 15.51% to arrive at the amount eligible for the corporate dividend-received deduction.

The foregoing information is presented to assist shareholders in reporting distributions received from the Fund to the Internal Revenue Service. Because of the complexity of the federal regulations which may affect your individual tax return and the many variations in state and local tax regulations, we recommend that you consult your tax advisor for specific guidance.

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”) (“OFI Global” and “OFI” together, the “Managers”) and OFI Global has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI whereby OFI provides investment sub-advisory services to the Fund (collectively, the “Agreements”). Each year, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of the independent Trustees, is required to determine whether to approve the terms of the Agreements and the renewal thereof. The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that the Board request and evaluate, and that the Managers provide, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreements. The Board employs an independent consultant to prepare a report that provides information, including comparative information that the Board requests for that purpose. In addition to in-person meetings focused on this evaluation, the Board receives information throughout the year regarding Fund services, fees, expenses and performance.

The Managers and the independent consultant provided information to the Board on the following factors: (i) the nature, quality and extent of the Managers’ services, (ii) the comparative investment performance of the Fund and the Managers, (iii) the fees and expenses of the Fund, including comparative fee and expense information, (iv) the profitability of the Managers and their affiliates, including an analysis of the cost of providing services, (v) whether economies of scale are realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for Fund investors and (vi) other benefits to the Managers from their relationship with the Fund. The Board was aware that there are alternatives to retaining the Managers.

Outlined below is a summary of the principal information considered by the Board as well as the Board’s conclusions.

Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board considered information about the nature, quality and extent of the services provided to the Fund and information regarding the Managers’ key personnel who provide such services. The Managers’ duties include providing the Fund with the services of the portfolio managers and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team, who provide research, analysis and other advisory services in regard to the Fund’s investments; and securities trading services. OFI Global is responsible for oversight of third-party service providers; monitoring compliance with applicable Fund policies and procedures and adherence to the Fund’s investment restrictions; risk management; and oversight of the Sub-Adviser. OFI Global is also responsible for providing certain administrative services to the Fund. Those services include providing and supervising all administrative and clerical personnel who are necessary in order to provide effective corporate administration for the Fund; compiling and maintaining records with respect to the Fund’s operations; preparing and filing reports required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; preparing periodic reports regarding the operations of the Fund for its shareholders; preparing proxy materials for shareholder meetings; and preparing the registration statements required by federal and state securities laws for the sale of the Fund’s shares. OFI Global also provides the Fund with office space, facilities and equipment.

The Board also considered the quality of the services provided and the quality of the Managers’ resources that are available to the Fund. The Board took account of the fact that the Sub-Adviser has over fifty years of experience as an investment adviser and that its assets under management rank it among the top mutual fund managers in the United States. The Board evaluated the Managers’ advisory, administrative, accounting, legal, compliance and risk management services, among other services, and information the Board has received regarding the experience and professional qualifications of the Managers’ key personnel and the size and functions of their staff. In its evaluation of the quality of the portfolio management services provided, the Board considered the experience of Ronald Zibelli and Justin Livengood, the portfolio managers for the Fund, and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team and analysts. The Board members also considered the totality of their experiences with the Managers as directors or trustees of the Fund and other funds advised by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the quality of services provided by affiliates of the Managers, which the Board members have become knowledgeable about through their experiences with the Managers and in connection with the review or renewal of the Fund’s service agreements or service providers. The Board concluded, in light of the Managers’ experience, reputation, personnel, operations and resources that the Fund benefits from the services provided under the Agreements.

Investment Performance of the Managers and the Fund. Throughout the year, the Managers provided information on the investment performance of the Fund, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, including comparative performance information. The Board also reviewed information, prepared by the Managers and by the independent consultant, comparing the Fund’s historical performance to relevant market indices and to the performance of other mid-cap growth funds underlying variable insurance products. The Board considered that the Fund outperformed its performance category median for the three- and five-year periods, while it underperformed its category median for the one- and ten-year periods. The Board also noted that the Fund’s performance improved in 2017 and that the Fund outperformed its category median in the year-to-date period ended June 30, 2017.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The Board reviewed the fees paid to the Adviser and the other expenses borne by the Fund. The independent consultant provided comparative data in regard to the fees and expenses of the Fund and other mid-cap growth funds underlying variable insurance products. In reviewing the fees and expenses charged to the VA funds, the Board considered the Adviser’s assertion that, because there is much greater disparity in the fees and services that may be provided by a manager to a VA fund as opposed to a retail fund, when comparing the expenses of the various VA funds to those of retail funds, it is most appropriate to focus on total expenses (rather than on the management fees). Accordingly, while the Board reviewed and considered all expenses, it focused on total expenses. The Board considered that the Fund’s contractual management fees and total expenses were lower than their respective peer group medians and category medians. The Board noted that the Adviser has contractually 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 contractual expense limitation may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

Economies of Scale and Profits Realized by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the Managers’ costs in serving as the Fund’s investment adviser and sub-adviser, including the costs associated with the personnel and systems necessary to manage the Fund, and information regarding the Managers’ profitability from their relationship with the Fund. The Board also considered that the Managers must be able to pay and retain experienced professional personnel at competitive rates to provide quality services to the Fund. The Board reviewed whether the Managers may realize economies of scale in managing and supporting the Fund. The Board noted that the Fund currently has management fee breakpoints, which are intended to share with Fund shareholders economies of scale that may exist as the Fund’s assets grow.

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

Other Benefits to the Managers. In addition to considering the profits realized by the Managers, the Board considered information that was provided regarding the direct and indirect benefits the Managers receive as a result of their relationship with the Fund, including compensation paid to the Managers’ affiliates and research provided to the Adviser in connection with permissible brokerage arrangements (soft dollar arrangements).

Conclusions. These factors were also considered by the independent Trustees meeting separately from the full Board, assisted by experienced counsel to the Fund and to the independent Trustees. Fund counsel and the independent Trustees’ counsel are independent of the Managers within the meaning and intent of the Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

Based on its review of the information it received and its evaluations described above, the Board, including a majority of the independent Trustees, decided to continue the Agreements through August 31, 2018. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any factor or factors as being more important than others, but considered all of the above information, and considered the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the management fees, in light of all the surrounding circumstances.

 

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PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES; UPDATES TO STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has adopted Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines under which the Fund votes proxies relating to securities (“portfolio proxies”) held by the Fund. A description of the Fund’s Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), (ii) on the Fund’s website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, 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 voting record is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), and (ii) in the Form N-PX filing on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first quarter and the third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q filings are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Those forms may 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 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited

 

 

 

Name, Position(s) Held with the Fund, Length of
Service, Year of Birth
   Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships
Held; Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Currently Overseen
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES    The address of each 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.

Robert J. Malone,

Chairman of the Board of Trustees (since 2016),

Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1944

   Chairman - Colorado Market of MidFirst Bank (since January 2015); Chairman of the Board (2012-2016) and Director (August 2005-January 2016) of Jones International University (educational organization); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (2000-2016); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Steele Street Bank Trust (commercial banking) (August 2003-January 2015); Director of Opera Colorado Foundation (non-profit organization) (2008-2012); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (1986-2010); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2006-2010); 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 U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and gas exploration) (1997-February 2004); Chairman of the Board (1991-1994) and Trustee (1985-1994) of Regis University; and Chairman of the Board (1990-1991) and Member (1984-1999) of Young Presidents Organization. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Andrew J. Donohue,

Trustee (since 2017)

Year of Birth: 1950

   Of Counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP (since September 2017); Chief of Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (June 2015-February 2017); Managing Director and Investment Company General Counsel of Goldman Sachs (investment bank) (November 2012-May 2015); Partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP (law firm) (March 2011-October 2012); Director of the Division of Investment Management of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (May 2006-November 2010); Global General Counsel of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (investment firm) (May 2003-May 2006); General Counsel (October 1991-November 2001) and Executive Vice President (January 1993-November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (investment firm) (June 1991-November 2001). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Donohue has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2017, 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.

Jon S. Fossel,

Trustee (since 1990)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Chairman of the Board of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (2005-2015); Director of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (since March 2005); Chairman of the Board (2006-December 2011) and Director (June 2002-December 2011) of UNUMProvident (insurance company); Director of Northwestern Energy Corp. (public utility corporation) (November 2004-December 2009); 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 Sub-Adviser; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the following: Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (“OAC”) (parent holding company of the Sub-Adviser), Shareholders Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (until October 1995). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Richard F. Grabish,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1948

   Formerly Senior Vice President and Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing (March 1997-December 2007), Director (March 1987-December 2007) and Manager of Private Client Services (June 1985-June 2005) of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. (broker/dealer and investment firm); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (March 2001-December 2007); President and Vice Chairman of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (April 1987-March 2001); President of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (June 2005-December 2007). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Grabish has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2001, 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.

Beverly L. Hamilton,

Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1946

   Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (2000-2014); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (December 2005-June 2011); Director (1991-2016), Vice Chairman of the Board (2006- 2009) and Chairman of the Board (2010-2013) 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; 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Victoria J. Herget,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth:1951

   Board Chair (2008-2015) and Director (2004-Present), United Educators (insurance company); Trustee (since 2000) and Chair (since 2010), Newberry Library (independent research library); Trustee, Mather LifeWays (senior living organization) (since 2001); Independent Director of the First American Funds (mutual fund family) (2003-2011); former Managing Director (1993-2001), Principal (1985-1993), Vice President (1978-1985) and Assistant Vice President (1973-1978) of Zurich Scudder Investments (investment adviser) (and its predecessor firms); Trustee (1992-2007), Chair of the Board of Trustees (1999-2007), Investment Committee Chair (1994-1999) and Investment Committee member (2007-2010) of Wellesley College; Trustee, BoardSource (non-profit organization) (2006-2009) and Chicago City Day School (K-8 School) (1994-2005). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Herget has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited / Continued

 

F. William Marshall, Jr.,

Trustee (since 2000)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Trustee Emeritus of Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI) (private university) (since 2009); Trustee of MassMutual Select Funds (formerly MassMutual Institutional Funds) (investment company) (1996-2015), MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (1996-2015) and Mass Mutual Premier Funds (investment company) (January 2012-December 2015); President and Treasurer of the SIS Charitable Fund (private charitable fund) (January 1999-March 2011); 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Karen L. Stuckey,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1953

   Member (since May 2015) of Desert Mountain Community Foundation Advisory Board (non-profit organization); Partner (1990-2012) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (professional services firm) (held various positions 1975-1990); Trustee (1992- 2006); member of Executive, Nominating and Audit Committees and Chair of Finance Committee (1992-2006), and Emeritus Trustee (since 2006) of Lehigh University; and member, Women’s Investment Management Forum (professional organization) since inception. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Stuckey has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.

James D. Vaughn,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1945

   Retired; former managing partner (1994-2001) of Denver office of Deloitte & Touche LLP, (held various positions 1969- 1993); Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Schroder Funds (2003-2012); Board member and Chairman of Audit Committee of AMG National Trust Bank (since 2005); Trustee and Investment Committee member, University of South Dakota Foundation (since 1996); Board member, Audit Committee Member and past Board Chair, Junior Achievement (since 1993); former Board member, Mile High United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Economic Club of Colorado and Metro Denver Network. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Vaughn has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.

 

INTERESTED TRUSTEE AND OFFICER

  

 

Mr. Steinmetz is an “Interested Trustee” because he is affiliated with the Manager and the Sub-Adviser by virtue of his positions as Chairman and director of the Sub-Adviser and officer and director of the Manager. Both as a Trustee and as an officer, Mr. Steinmetz serves for an indefinite term, or until his resignation, retirement, death or removal. Mr. Steinmetz’s address is 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008.

Arthur P. Steinmetz,

Trustee (since 2015), President and Principal Executive Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1958

   Chairman of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2015); CEO and Chairman of the Manager (since July 2014), President of the Manager (since May 2013), a Director of the Manager (since January 2013), Director of the Sub-Adviser (since July 2014), President, Management Director and CEO of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (the Sub-Adviser’s parent holding company) (since July 2014), and President and Director of OFI SteelPath, Inc. (since January 2013). Chief Investment Officer of the OppenheimerFunds advisory entities from (January 2013-December 2013); Executive Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-May 2013); Chief Investment Officer of the Sub-Adviser (October 2010-December 2012); Chief Investment Officer, Fixed- Income, of the Sub-Adviser (April 2009-October 2010); Executive Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 2009-December 2012); Director of Fixed Income of the Sub-Adviser (January 2009-April 2009); and a Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (March 1993-September 2009). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

OTHER OFFICERS OF THE FUND

  

 

The addresses of the Officers in the chart below are as follows: for Messrs. Zibelli, Jr., Livengood, Mss. Lo Bessette, Foxson and Picciotto, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008, for Mr. Petersen, 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.

Ronald J. Zibelli, Jr.,

Vice President (since 2008)

Year of Birth: 1959

   Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2014); Senior Portfolio Manager of the Sub-Adviser (since May 2006) and Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (May 2006-January 2014). Prior to joining the Sub-Adviser, he spent six years at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, during which time he was a Managing Director and Small Cap Growth Team Leader, responsible for managing 11 portfolios. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Mr. Zibelli spent 12 years with Chase Manhattan Bank, including two years as Senior Portfolio Manager (U.S. Small Cap Equity) at Chase Asset Management. A portfolio manager and an officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Justin Livengood,

Vice President (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1974

   Vice President (since May 2006) and Senior Portfolio (since January 2014) of the Sub-Adviser. Senior Research Analyst of the Sub-Adviser (May 2006-January 2014), responsible for the health care, energy and financial services sectors for mid- and small-cap growth accounts. Before joining the Sub-Adviser in May 2006, Mr. Livengood was a vice president and fund analyst with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, where he specialized in financial services, health care, energy and basic materials for the Merrill Lynch Small Cap Growth Fund. During his tenure at Merrill Lynch he also worked as an investment banking analyst in the Global Media Group and as an associate with Merrill Lynch Ventures. A portfolio manager and an officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Cynthia Lo Bessette,

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Manager (since February 2016); Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the Manager (March 2015-February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of the Sub-Adviser and the Distributor (since February 2016); Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (since February 2016); General Counsel of OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Advisors, LLC and Index Management Solutions, LLC (since February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of OFI Global Institutional, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, OFI Global Trust Company, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc. and Trinity Investment Management Corporation (since February 2016); Corporate Counsel (February 2012-March 2015) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (April 2013-March 2015) of Jennison Associates LLC; Assistant General Counsel (April 2008-September 2009) and Deputy General Counsel (October 2009-February 2012) of Lord Abbett & Co. LLC. An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

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Jennifer Foxson,

Vice President and Chief Business
Officer (since 2014)
Year of Birth: 1969

   Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since June 2014); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (April 2006-June 2014); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (January 1998-March 2006); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 1991-December 1998). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Mary Ann Picciotto,

Chief Compliance Officer and Chief
Anti-Money Laundering Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1973

   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager (since March 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of the Sub- Adviser, OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Global Trust Company, OFI Global Institutional, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments, Inc., Harborview Asset Management Corporation, Trinity Investment Management Corporation, and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2014); Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and certain of its various affiliated entities; Chief Compliance Officer of various Morgan Stanley Funds (May 2010-January 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (April 2007-January 2014). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Brian S. Petersen,

Treasurer and Principal Financial &
Accounting Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1970

   Senior Vice President of the Manager (since January 2017); Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-January 2017); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (February 2007-December 2012); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (August 2002- 2007). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and Officers and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1.800.988.8287.

 

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OPPENHEIMER DISCOVERY MID CAP GROWTH FUND/VA

 

A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

 

Manager

  OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

Sub-Adviser

  OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Distributor

  OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Transfer and

  OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

Shareholder

 

Servicing Agent

 

Sub-Transfer Agent

  Shareholder Services, Inc.
  DBA OppenheimerFunds Services

Independent

  KPMG LLP

Registered

 

Public

 

Accounting

 

Firm

 

Legal Counsel

  Ropes & Gray LLP
  Before investing in any of the Oppenheimer funds, investors should carefully consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses contain this and other information about the funds, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor, visiting oppenheimerfunds.com or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.
  © 2018 OppenheimerFunds, Inc. All rights reserved. Oppenheimer funds are distributed by OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

 

 

 

LOGO


   LOGO

  December 31, 2017

 

     
 

 

    Oppenheimer

      Annual Report  
 

Conservative Balanced Fund/VA

   
 

     A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

   
     

 

ANNUAL REPORT

Listing of Top Holdings

Fund Performance Discussion

Financial Statements


PORTFOLIO MANAGERS: Krishna Memani and Magnus Krantz

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS FOR THE PERIODS ENDED 12/31/17

 

    

  Inception

  Date

            1-Year     5-Year     10-Year  

Non-Service Shares

     2/9/87                 9.25     7.26     2.26

Service Shares

     5/1/02                 8.95       6.99       2.00  

Russell 3000 Index

                       21.13       15.58       8.60  

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

                       3.54       2.10       4.01  

Reference Index

                       9.48       6.85       6.19  

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account. Returns for periods of less than one year are cumulative and not annualized. See Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses for more information on share classes and sales charges.

TOP HOLDINGS AND ALLOCATIONS

 

TOP TEN COMMON STOCK HOLDINGS

 

Apple, Inc.

       1.3%        

Johnson & Johnson

       1.2         

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

       1.1         

Microsoft Corp.

       1.0         

Alphabet, Inc., Cl. C

       0.9         

Wells Fargo & Co.

       0.7         

Facebook, Inc., Cl. A

       0.7         

Merck & Co., Inc.

       0.7         

Schlumberger Ltd.

       0.6         

McDonald’s Corp.

       0.6         

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on net assets. For more current Fund holdings, please visit oppenheimerfunds.com.

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

 

Mortgage-Backed Obligations

          

Government Agency

       23.3%        

Non-Agency

       9.1         

Common Stocks

       29.7         

Non-Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes

       28.0         

Asset-Backed Securities

       7.6         

Investment Company

    

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund

       2.1         

U.S. Government Obligations

       0.2         

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on the total market value of investments.

 

 

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Fund Performance Discussion

The Fund’s Non-Service shares produced a return of 9.25% during the reporting period. On a relative basis, the Fund’s Reference Index returned 9.48%. The Fund’s Reference Index is a customized weighted index currently comprised of the following underlying broad-based security indices: 65% of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and 35% of the Russell 3000 Index. Measured separately, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned 3.54% and the Russell 3000 Index returned 21.13%.

MARKET OVERVIEW

Markets continued their general risk-on mode throughout 2017, with equities climbing and credit spreads tightening in most sectors. During the period, U.S. Treasury yields climbed up from the summer lows, but remained around the levels that have prevailed over the past couple of years.

The U.S. economy outperformed expectations in the second half of 2017, with gross domestic product (GDP) growth exceeding the 2% trend growth rate witnessed so far during the expansion. As of the reporting period’s end, private consumption, the driving force of the U.S. economy in recent years, is growing at a stable rate. In addition, business fixed investment has gained momentum in recent months and headwinds from international trade have turned into tailwinds as the lagged effects from earlier U.S. dollar strength diminish. In fact, U.S. dollar weakness is now leading to increased global growth momentum at period end. Business and consumer confidence are at cyclical highs and the recent tax cut should lead to marginal additional spending in the coming two years, helping to sustain the current momentum. With the economy’s continued expansion, the Federal Reserve (“Fed”) is nearing its dual mandate of full employment and price stability. While inflation has surprised to the downside for a number of months recently, the Fed believes this to be temporary and continues down its prescribed course of gradual tightening. As communicated, the Fed began normalizing its balance sheet during the reporting period by discontinuing its interest reinvestment program and raised rates for a third time this calendar year in December. Despite these tightening measures, by many measures financial conditions eased in 2017.

EQUITY STRATEGY REVIEW

The equity strategy produced positive absolute performance during the reporting period, but underperformed the Russell 3000 Index. The equity strategy’s underperformance stemmed primarily from weaker relative stock selection in the Consumer Staples, Health Care and Utilities sectors. The equity strategy outperformed the Index in the Information Technology, Real Estate and Industrials sectors, as a result of stronger relative stock selection.

Holdings that contributed positively to performance relative to the Index included Facebook and Applied Materials. Facebook continued to perform well this reporting period. The company reported strong financial results and continued to increase its moat versus competitors. Applied Materials continued to see strong fundamentals driven by two distinct growth drivers: 1) the number of chips being made is growing; and 2) increasing manufacturing complexity requires more capital equipment. Strong growth in semiconductor unit demand continues to be driven by electronics content growth (not just iPhones but also autos and industrial), as well as build-outs of cloud data centers that demand the highest performance processors and storage. Chip manufacturing has also grown to be much more complex, requiring many more tools to complete the different steps in the process.

Holdings that detracted from performance relative to the Index included PG&E and AutoZone. PG&E is one of the largest utility companies in California. The stock has been under pressure since the start of the Northern California wildfires due to concerns that some of the company’s equipment may have played a role in some of the fires. The stock saw further pressure after the company announced they would be suspending the dividend to preserve cash for potential future claims. We reduced the position size due to the current level of uncertainty. AutoZone’s underperformance has been driven by a deceleration in same store sales and the narrative that the deceleration was partially being driven by Amazon encroaching on the auto parts retail business. The stock has rebounded more recently after a stabilization of same store sales and lessening concerns about the health of the industry.

FIXED-INCOME STRATEGY REVIEW

The Fund’s fixed-income strategy outperformed the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index this reporting period. Primarily contributing to the Fund’s relative performance was its underweight to U.S. Treasuries, its allocation to non-agency MBS and allocation to high yield credit. Primarily detracting from relative performance was the Fund’s overweight to asset-backed securities and security selection within agency MBS.

Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The Fund’s prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information about the Fund, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.

 

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Total returns include changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions in a hypothetical investment for the periods shown, but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund.

The Fund’s investment strategy and focus can change over time. The mention of specific fund holdings does not constitute a recommendation by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. or its affiliates.

Shares of Oppenheimer funds are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not guaranteed by any bank, are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency, and involve investment risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested.

Comparing the Fund’s Performance to the Market. The graphs that follow show the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in each share class of the Fund held until December 31, 2017. Performance is measured over a ten-fiscal-year period for both Classes. Performance information does not reflect charges that apply to separate accounts investing in the Fund. If these charges were taken into account, performance would be lower. The graphs assume that all dividends and capital gains distributions were reinvested in additional shares.

The Fund’s performance is compared to the performance of the Russell 3000 Index, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and the Fund’s Reference Index. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies, representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market. The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an index of U.S dollar-denominated, investment-grade U.S. corporate government and mortgage-backed securities. The Fund’s Reference Index is a customized weighted index currently comprised of 65% of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and 35% of the Russell 3000 Index. The indices are unmanaged and cannot be purchased directly by investors. While index comparisons may be useful to provide a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, it must be noted that the Fund’s investments are not limited to the investments comprising the indices. Index performance includes reinvestment of income, but does not reflect transaction costs, fees, expenses or taxes. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only as a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, and does not predict or depict performance of the Fund. The Fund’s performance reflects the effects of the Fund’s business and operating expenses.

 

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COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

LOGO

Average Annual Total Returns of Non-Service Shares of the Fund at 12/31/17

1-Year     9.25%

                                5-Year     7.26%                  10-Year                  2.26 %        

 

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

LOGO

Average Annual Total Returns of Service Shares of the Fund at 12/31/17

1-Year     8.95%

                                5-Year     6.99%                  10-Year                  2.00 %        

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account.

 

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Fund Expenses

Fund Expenses. As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service fees; and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire 6-month period ended December 31, 2017.

Actual Expenses. The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section for the class of shares you hold, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expense that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600.00 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.60), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During 6 Months Ended December 31, 2017” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes.

The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio for each class of shares, and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year for each class before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example for the class of shares you hold with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any charges associated with the separate accounts that offer this Fund. Therefore, the “hypothetical” lines of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these separate account charges were included your costs would have been higher.

 

Actual   

Beginning

Account

Value

July 1, 2017

    

Ending

Account

Value

December 31, 2017

    

Expenses

Paid During

6 Months Ended
December 31, 2017

 

Non-Service shares

       $      1,000.00                          $      1,036.50                          $            3.44              

Service shares

     1,000.00                        1,034.90                        4.73              
Hypothetical                     
(5% return before expenses)                        

Non-Service shares

     1,000.00                        1,021.83                        3.42              

Service shares

     1,000.00                        1,020.57                        4.70              

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for that class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). Those annualized expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated funds, based on the 6-month period ended December 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

Class    Expense Ratios            

Non-Service shares

     0.67%             

Service shares

     0.92                

The expense ratios reflect voluntary and/or contractual waivers and/or reimbursements of expenses by the Fund’s Manager. Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time, as indicated in the Fund’s prospectus. The “Financial Highlights” tables in the Fund’s financial statements, included in this report, also show the gross expense ratios, without such waivers or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, if applicable.

 

6        OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS December 31, 2017

 

     Shares      Value   

 

 

Common Stocks—34.9%

     

 

 
Consumer Discretionary—3.4%  

 

 
Auto Components—0.4%      

 

 
Visteon Corp.1      6,210      $ 777,119   

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services—0.0%  

 

 
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.1      1,738        16,163   

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—0.8%  

 

 
Cedar Fair LP2      5,485        356,470   

 

 
McDonald’s Corp.      7,636        1,314,309   

 

 
Starbucks Corp.      254        14,587   
     

 

 

 
                1,685,366   

 

 
Household Durables—0.5%      

 

 
Mohawk Industries, Inc.1      2,468        680,921   

 

 
Newell Brands, Inc.      10,706        330,815   
     

 

 

 
        1,011,736   

 

 
Internet & Catalog Retail—0.0%  

 

 
Amazon.com, Inc.1      36        42,101   

 

 
Netflix, Inc.1      25        4,799   

 

 
Priceline Group, Inc. (The)1      5        8,689   
     

 

 

 
        55,589   

 

 
Leisure Products—0.0%      

 

 
American Outdoor Brands Corp.1      1,164        14,946   

 

 
Hasbro, Inc.      78        7,089   
     

 

 

 
        22,035   

 

 
Media—0.4%      

 

 
Pearson plc, Sponsored ADR      1,667        16,370   

 

 
Walt Disney Co. (The)      8,386        901,579   
     

 

 

 
        917,949   

 

 
Multiline Retail—0.0%      

 

 
Dollar General Corp.      165        15,347   

 

 
Fred’s, Inc., Cl. A      4,783        19,371   
     

 

 

 
        34,718   

 

 
Specialty Retail—0.8%      

 

 
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.      782        17,196   

 

 
Burlington Stores, Inc.1      5,706        702,009   

 

 
GNC Holdings, Inc., Cl. A1      1,642        6,059   

 

 
Lowe’s Cos., Inc.      11,046        1,026,615   

 

 
Office Depot, Inc.      5,174        18,316   

 

 
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.1      1,015        19,042   

 

 
TravelCenters of America LLC1      2,052        8,413   
     

 

 

 
        1,797,650   

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—0.5%  

 

 
Fossil Group, Inc.1      1,450        11,267   

 

 
Hanesbrands, Inc.      332        6,942   

 

 
NIKE, Inc., Cl. B      17,282        1,080,989   
     

 

 

 
        1,099,198   

 

 
Consumer Staples—2.4%      

 

 
Beverages—0.8%      

 

 
Boston Beer Co., Inc. (The), Cl. A1      90        17,199   

 

 
Constellation Brands, Inc., Cl. A      35        8,000   

 

 
Molson Coors Brewing Co., Cl. B      8,778        720,410   

 

 
PepsiCo, Inc.      8,843        1,060,453   
     

 

 

 
        1,806,062   

 

 
Food & Staples Retailing—0.2%      

 

 
CVS Health Corp.      228        16,530   

 

 
Kroger Co. (The)      827        22,701   

 

 
Rite Aid Corp.1      174,233        343,239   

 

 
SpartanNash Co.      527        14,060   

 

 
SUPERVALU, Inc.1      1,006        21,730   
     

 

 

 
        418,260   

 

 
Food Products—0.7%      

 

 
Campbell Soup Co.      444        21,361   

 

 
Dean Foods Co.      1,874        21,663   

 

 
Kellogg Co.      315        21,414   
     Shares      Value   

 

 
Food Products (Continued)      

 

 
Kraft Heinz Co. (The)      10,190      $ 792,374   

 

 
Pinnacle Foods, Inc.      10,554        627,646   

 

 
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.1      371        18,350   
     

 

 

 
        1,502,808   

 

 
Household Products—0.3%      

 

 
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.      5,960        669,904   

 

 
Personal Products—0.0%      

 

 
Avon Products, Inc.1      9,223        19,830   

 

 
Coty, Inc., Cl. A      1,151        22,893   
     

 

 

 
        42,723   

 

 
Tobacco—0.4%      

 

 
Altria Group, Inc.      372        26,565   

 

 
British American Tobacco plc      10,850        732,271   

 

 
Philip Morris International, Inc.      119        12,572   

 

 
Universal Corp.      354        18,585   
     

 

 

 
        789,993   

 

 
Energy—2.1%      

 

 
Energy Equipment & Services—0.6%  

 

 
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.1      819        15,225   

 

 
Schlumberger Ltd.      20,093        1,354,068   
     

 

 

 
                1,369,293   

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—1.5%  

 

 
EQT Corp.      15,577        886,643   

 

 
Matador Resources Co.1      192        5,977   

 

 
Noble Energy, Inc.      22,041        642,275   

 

 
Range Resources Corp.      1,041        17,759   

 

 
Shell Midstream Partners LP2      18,205        542,873   

 

 
Suncor Energy, Inc.      28,860        1,059,739   
     

 

 

 
        3,155,266   

 

 
Financials—6.7%      

 

 
Capital Markets—0.8%      

 

 
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)      12,060        649,551   

 

 
Charles Schwab Corp. (The)      186        9,555   

 

 
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.      15,789        1,114,072   
     

 

 

 
        1,773,178   

 

 
Commercial Banks—2.7%      

 

 
Citigroup, Inc.      11,360        845,298   

 

 
IBERIABANK Corp.      7,010        543,275   

 

 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.      21,510        2,300,279   

 

 
Signature Bank (New York)1      4,590        630,023   

 

 
Wells Fargo & Co.      27,140        1,646,584   
     

 

 

 
        5,965,459   

 

 
Consumer Finance—0.5%      

 

 
Synchrony Financial      25,510        984,941   

 

 
Insurance—1.2%      

 

 
American International Group, Inc.      17,710        1,055,162   

 

 
Chubb Ltd.      5,200        759,876   

 

 
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.      101        8,220   

 

 
Progressive Corp. (The)      12,625        711,040   

 

 
Validus Holdings Ltd.      421        19,753   

 

 
XL Group Ltd.      590        20,745   
     

 

 

 
        2,574,796   

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—1.4%  

 

 
AGNC Investment Corp.      1,006        20,311   

 

 
American Tower Corp.      31        4,423   

 

 
Brandywine Realty Trust      27,160        494,040   

 

 
Crown Castle International Corp.      4,290        476,233   

 

 
CubeSmart      24,457        707,297   

 

 
CYS Investments, Inc.      2,474        19,866   

 

 
EPR Properties      6,810        445,783   

 

 
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.      8,620        866,827   
     

 

 

 
        3,034,780   

 

 

 

7        OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

         
Shares
     Value   

 

 
Real Estate Management & Development—0.1%  

 

 
Realogy Holdings Corp.      12,240      $ 324,360   

 

 
Health Care—3.9%      

 

 
Biotechnology—0.6%      

 

 
AbbVie, Inc.      166        16,054   

 

 
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      39        4,664   

 

 
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.1      3,030        270,185   

 

 
Celgene Corp.1      9,000        939,240   

 

 
Exact Sciences Corp.1      100        5,254   

 

 
Exelixis, Inc.1      137        4,165   
     

 

 

 
        1,239,562   

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies—0.6%     

 

 
Boston Scientific Corp.1      353        8,751   

 

 
CryoPort, Inc.1      7,880        67,689   

 

 
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.1      36        5,630   

 

 
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.1      19        6,934   

 

 
NuVasive, Inc.1      7,240        423,468   

 

 
Stryker Corp.      5,641        873,452   
     

 

 

 
        1,385,924   

 

 
Health Care Providers & Services—0.4%  

 

 
Aceto Corp.      1,590        16,425   

 

 
Centene Corp.1      3,200        322,816   

 

 
Humana, Inc.      39        9,675   

 

 
LifePoint Health, Inc.1      217        10,806   

 

 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      104        22,928   

 

 
WellCare Health Plans, Inc.1      2,630        528,919   
     

 

 

 
        911,569   

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services—0.3%     

 

 
Agilent Technologies, Inc.      10,601        709,949   

 

 
Illumina, Inc.1      29        6,336   
     

 

 

 
        716,285   

 

 
Pharmaceuticals—2.0%      

 

 
AstraZeneca plc, Sponsored ADR      593        20,577   

 

 
Johnson & Johnson      18,391        2,569,591  

 

 
Mallinckrodt plc1      503        11,348   

 

 
Merck & Co., Inc.                25,989        1,462,401   

 

 
Mylan NV1      408        17,262   

 

 
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.1      8,230        171,019   
     

 

 

 
        4,252,198   

 

 
Industrials—4.3%     

 

 
Aerospace & Defense—1.0%     

 

 
Boeing Co. (The)      4,158        1,226,236   

 

 
Lockheed Martin Corp.      3,100        995,255   
     

 

 

 
        2,221,491   

 

 
Airlines—0.3%      

 

 
Spirit Airlines, Inc.1      12,853        576,457   

 

 
Commercial Services & Supplies—0.8%     

 

 
Essendant, Inc.      1,592        14,758   

 

 
KAR Auction Services, Inc.      19,839        1,002,068   

 

 
Pitney Bowes, Inc.      1,141        12,756   

 

 
RR Donnelley & Sons Co.      1,697        15,782   

 

 
Waste Connections, Inc.      9,446        670,099   
     

 

 

 
        1,715,463   

 

 
Construction & Engineering—0.2%     

 

 
Dycom Industries, Inc.1      4,700        523,721   

 

 
Industrial Conglomerates—0.0%     

 

 
General Electric Co.      1,101        19,212    

 

 
Machinery—1.0%      

 

 
Cummins, Inc.      4,592        811,131   

 

 
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.      4,176        708,625   

 

 
Wabtec Corp.      8,088        658,606   
     

 

 

 
                  2,178,362   
         
Shares
     Value   

 

 
Professional Services—0.4%     

 

 
Equifax, Inc.      46      $ 5,424   

 

 
Korn/Ferry International      18,020        745,668   

 

 
On Assignment, Inc.1      127        8,162   
     

 

 

 
        759,254   

 

 
Road & Rail—0.3%      

 

 
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.      3,860        705,454   

 

 
Trading Companies & Distributors—0.3%     

 

 
Fastenal Co.      212        11,594   

 

 
Watsco, Inc.      3,833        651,764   
     

 

 

 
        663,358   

 

 
Information Technology—8.8%     

 

 
Communications Equipment—0.4%     

 

 
Nokia OYJ, Sponsored ADR      3,225        15,028   

 

 
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.1      6,383        925,152   
     

 

 

 
        940,180   

 

 
Internet Software & Services—2.5%     

 

 
Alphabet, Inc., Cl. C1      1,935        2,024,784   

 

 
eBay, Inc.1      30,463        1,149,674   

 

 
Envestnet, Inc.1      96        4,785   

 

 
Facebook, Inc., Cl. A1      8,433        1,488,087   

 

 
Pandora Media, Inc.1      2,517        12,132   

 

 
Q2 Holdings, Inc.1      240        8,844   

 

 
Yelp, Inc., Cl. A1      18,002        755,364   
     

 

 

 
        5,443,670   

 

 
IT Services—1.5%      

 

 
CACI International, Inc., Cl. A1      35        4,632   

 

 
DXC Technology Co.      8,450        801,905   

 

 
Mastercard, Inc., Cl. A      8,325        1,260,072   

 

 
PayPal Holdings, Inc.1      176        12,957   

 

 
Teradata Corp.1      13,720        527,671   

 

 
Total System Services, Inc.      8,115        641,816   
     

 

 

 
        3,249,053   

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—0.7%  

 

 
Applied Materials, Inc.      269        13,752   

 

 
Broadcom Ltd.      48        12,331   

 

 
Microchip Technology, Inc.      10,225        898,573   

 

 
MKS Instruments, Inc.      7,160        676,620   

 

 
Texas Instruments, Inc.      130        13,577   
     

 

 

 
        1,614,853   

 

 
Software—2.0%      

 

 
Microsoft Corp.      24,728        2,115,233   

 

 
MobileIron, Inc.1      2,506        9,774   

 

 
Pegasystems, Inc.      14,647        690,606   

 

 
PTC, Inc.1      190        11,546   

 

 
Snap, Inc., Cl. A1      45,595        666,143   

 

 
Zynga, Inc., Cl. A1      185,962        743,848   
     

 

 

 
        4,237,150   

 

 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—1.7%  

 

 
Apple, Inc.      16,227        2,746,095   

 

 
BlackBerry Ltd.1      639        7,138   

 

 
Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.      840        13,734   

 

 
Eastman Kodak Co.1      3,291        10,202   

 

 
Western Digital Corp.      12,107        962,870   
     

 

 

 
        3,740,039   

 

 
Materials—1.4%      

 

 
Chemicals—0.9%      

 

 
DowDuPont, Inc.      16,161        1,150,987   

 

 
Eastman Chemical Co.      7,610        704,990   
     

 

 

 
        1,855,977   

 

 
Construction Materials—0.3%     

 

 
Vulcan Materials Co.      4,921        631,709   

 

 
Metals & Mining—0.2%      

 

 
Franco-Nevada Corp.      187        14,951   
 

 

8        OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA


         
Shares
     Value   

 

 
Metals & Mining (Continued)  

 

 
Kaiser Aluminum Corp.      50      $ 5,342   

 

 
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd.      34,237        395,482   

 

 
Tahoe Resources, Inc.      3,521        16,866   
     

 

 

 
        432,641   

 

 
Telecommunication Services—0.8%  

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services—0.6%  

 

 
AT&T, Inc.      693        26,944   

 

 
ORBCOMM, Inc.1      375        3,817   

 

 
Verizon Communications, Inc.      23,374        1,237,186   

 

 
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.1      210        7,728   
     

 

 

 
        1,275,675   

 

 
Wireless Telecommunication Services—0.2%  

 

 
T-Mobile US, Inc.1      8,179        519,449   

 

 
Utilities—1.1%      

 

 
Electric Utilities—0.5%     

 

 
Edison International      160        10,118   

 

 
PG&E Corp.                20,314        910,677   

 

 
Southern Co. (The)      300        14,427   
     

 

 

 
        935,222   

 

 
Gas Utilities—0.2%      

 

 
Suburban Propane Partners LP2      19,456        471,224   

 

 
Multi-Utilities—0.4%      

 

 
Centrica plc, Sponsored ADR      2,396        17,802   

 

 
National Grid plc      46,590        547,292   

 

 
National Grid plc, Sponsored ADR      277        16,291   

 

 
SCANA Corp.      8,781        349,308   
     

 

 

 
        930,693   
     

 

 

 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $63,158,647)                  75,975,191   
     Principal
Amount
        

 

 

Asset-Backed Securities—9.0%

 

 

 

American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust:

 

Series 2014-4, Cl. D, 5.24%, 2/10/223    $ 60,000        60,334   
Series 2015-1, Cl. B, 2.85%, 2/12/213      20,170        20,177   
Series 2015-3, Cl. B, 3.56%, 10/12/213      92,553        92,823   
Series 2015-3, Cl. C, 4.84%, 10/12/213      470,000        479,277   
Series 2015-3, Cl. D, 5.86%, 7/12/223      135,000        137,884   
Series 2017-3, Cl. B, 2.25%, 1/11/213      70,000        69,767   
Series 2017-4, Cl. B, 2.61%, 5/10/213      69,000        68,969   
Series 2017-4, Cl. C, 2.94%, 1/10/243      195,000        194,856   
Series 2017-4, Cl. D, 3.57%, 1/10/243      166,000        165,801   

 

 
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust:  
Series 2013-4, Cl. D, 3.31%, 10/8/19      35,000        35,119   
Series 2015-2, Cl. D, 3.00%, 6/8/21      245,000        247,508   
Series 2017-2, Cl. D, 3.42%, 4/18/23      320,000        323,472   
Series 2017-4, Cl. D, 3.08%, 12/18/23      245,000        244,264   

 

 
Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust:  
Series 2013-2A, Cl. A2, 2.127%      
[LIBOR01M+65], 8/16/213,4      105,000        105,364   
Series 2016-1, Cl. A1, 1.78%, 6/15/22      340,000        338,119   
Series 2016-1, Cl. A2, 2.327%      
[LIBOR01M+85], 6/15/224      615,000        620,930   

 

 
Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust:  
Series 2014-1, Cl. D, 3.39%, 7/22/19      140,000        140,395   
Series 2017-1, Cl. D, 3.15%, 2/20/253      40,000        39,810   

 

 
Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust:  
Series 2016-A1, Cl. A1, 1.927%      
[LIBOR01M+45], 2/15/224      390,000        391,918   
Series 2016-A3, Cl. A3, 1.34%, 4/15/22      560,000        554,414   

 

 
CarFinance Capital Auto Trust:  
Series 2014-1A, Cl. D, 4.90%, 4/15/203      160,000        162,361   
Series 2015-1A, Cl. A, 1.75%, 6/15/213      36,614        36,571   

 

 
CarMax Auto Owner Trust:  
Series 2015-2, Cl. D, 3.04%, 11/15/21      115,000        115,587   
Series 2015-3, Cl. D, 3.27%, 3/15/22      330,000        331,155   
     Principal
Amount
     Value   

 

 

Asset-Backed Securities (Continued)

 

 

 

CarMax Auto Owner Trust: (Continued)

 

Series 2016-1, Cl. D, 3.11%, 8/15/22    $ 220,000      $ 221,657   
Series 2016-3, Cl. D, 2.94%, 1/17/23      125,000        123,683   
Series 2016-4, Cl. D, 2.91%, 4/17/23      275,000        271,545   
Series 2017-1, Cl. D, 3.43%, 7/17/23      245,000        245,139   
Series 2017-4, Cl. D, 3.30%, 5/15/24      110,000        109,267   

 

 
CCG Receivables Trust, Series 2017-1, Cl. B, 2.75%, 11/14/233      250,000        247,575   

 

 
Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2014-A5, Cl. A5, 1.847% [LIBOR01M+37], 4/15/214      245,000        245,967   

 

 
CIG Auto Recevables Trust, Series 2017-1A, Cl. A, 2.71%, 5/15/233      133,352        133,169   

 

 
Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust,      
Series 2014-A6, Cl. A6, 2.15%, 7/15/21      110,000        110,139   

 

 
CNH Equipment Trust, Series 2017-C,      
Cl. B, 2.54%, 5/15/25      70,000        69,675   

 

 
CPS Auto Receivables Trust:  
Series 2013-C, Cl. D, 6.59%, 8/15/193      110,000        111,857   
Series 2017-C, Cl. A, 1.78%, 9/15/203      73,847        73,738   
Series 2017-C, Cl. B, 2.30%, 7/15/213                105,000                  104,600   

 

 
CPS Auto Trust:      
Series 2017-A, Cl. B, 2.68%, 5/17/213      35,000        35,054   
Series 2017-D, Cl. B, 2.43%, 1/18/223      180,000        179,407   

 

 
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2017-3A, Cl. C, 3.48%, 10/15/265      220,000        218,538   

 

 
CWABS Asset-Backed Certificates  
Trust, Series 2005-14, Cl. 1A1, 1.782% [US0001M+23], 4/25/364      105,809        106,041   

 

 
Dell Equipment Finance Trust, Series 2017-2, Cl. B, 2.47%, 10/24/223      75,000        74,599   

 

 
Discover Card Execution Note Trust:  
Series 2012-A6, Cl. A6, 1.67%, 1/18/22      310,000        308,302   
Series 2016-A1, Cl. A1, 1.64%, 7/15/21      615,000        613,119   
Series 2016-A4, Cl. A4, 1.39%, 3/15/22      660,000        652,085   

 

 
Drive Auto Receivables Trust:  
Series 2015-BA, Cl. D, 3.84%, 7/15/213      20,000        20,323   
Series 2015-CA, Cl. D, 4.20%, 9/15/213      70,000        71,519   
Series 2016-BA, Cl. C, 3.19%, 7/15/223      170,000        171,314   
Series 2016-CA, Cl. C, 3.02%, 11/15/213      150,000        151,169   
Series 2016-CA, Cl. D, 4.18%, 3/15/243      170,000        174,650   
Series 2017-1, Cl. B, 2.36%, 3/15/21      165,000        165,179   
Series 2017-2, Cl. B, 2.25%, 6/15/21      105,000        105,066   
Series 2017-2, Cl. C, 2.75%, 9/15/23      115,000        115,211   
Series 2017-3, Cl. C, 2.80%, 7/15/22      120,000        120,106   
Series 2017-AA, Cl. C, 2.98%, 1/18/223      195,000        196,374   
Series 2017-AA, Cl. D, 4.16%, 5/15/243      225,000        230,774   
Series 2017-BA, Cl. D, 3.72%, 10/17/223      235,000        238,235   

 

 
DT Auto Owner Trust:      
Series 2014-2A, Cl. D, 3.68%, 4/15/213      366,345        367,540   
Series 2016-1A, Cl. B, 2.79%, 5/15/203      7,962        7,965   
Series 2016-4A, Cl. E, 6.49%, 9/15/233      75,000        77,156   
Series 2017-1A, Cl. C, 2.70%, 11/15/223      95,000        94,789   
Series 2017-1A, Cl. D, 3.55%, 11/15/223      150,000        150,008   
Series 2017-1A, Cl. E, 5.79%, 2/15/243      160,000        162,609   
Series 2017-2A, Cl. B, 2.44%, 2/15/213      140,000        140,260   
Series 2017-2A, Cl. D, 3.89%, 1/15/233      180,000        181,331   
Series 2017-3A, Cl. B, 2.40%, 5/17/213      200,000        199,461   
Series 2017-3A, Cl. E, 5.60%, 8/15/243      155,000        157,332   
 

 

9        OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value   

 

 

Asset-Backed Securities (Continued)

 

 

 
DT Auto Owner Trust: (Continued)     
Series 2017-4A, Cl. D, 3.47%, 7/17/233    $ 205,000      $ 204,583   
Series 2017-4A, Cl. E, 5.15%, 11/15/243      150,000        150,122   

 

 
Element Rail Leasing I LLC, Series 2014-1A, Cl. A1, 2.299%, 4/19/443      192,645        192,250   

 

 
Evergreen Credit Card Trust,      
Series 2016-3, Cl. A, 1.977%      
[LIBOR01M+50], 11/16/203,4      480,000        481,627   

 

 
Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust:     
Series 2013-2A, Cl. D, 6.81%, 8/17/203      292,278        294,846   
Series 2014-2A, Cl. C, 3.26%, 12/16/193      86,639        86,964   
Series 2017-3A, Cl. A, 2.05%, 12/15/213      146,122        145,925   

 

 
Flagship Credit Auto Trust:  
Series 2013-2, Cl. D, 6.26%, 2/16/213      70,000        70,529   
Series 2014-1, Cl. D, 4.83%, 6/15/203      20,000        20,390   
Series 2016-1, Cl. C, 6.22%, 6/15/223      380,000        401,794   

 

 
FRS I LLC, Series 2013-1A, Cl. A1, 1.80%, 4/15/433      17,670        17,562   

 

 
GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust, Series 2017-3, Cl. C, 2.73%, 9/20/21      120,000        118,871   

 

 
Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master Owner Trust II:  
Series 2016-1, Cl. D, 4.852%      
[LIBOR01M+330], 9/27/213,4      80,000        80,134   
Series 2017-1, Cl. C, 3.102%      
[LIBOR01M+155], 6/27/223,4      60,000        60,367   
Series 2017-1, Cl. D, 3.852%      
[LIBOR01M+230], 6/27/223,4      75,000        75,040   

 

 
Nissan Auto Lease Trust, Series 2017-A, Cl. A3, 1.91%, 4/15/20      245,000        244,191   

 

 
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust:  
Series 2013-A, Cl. E, 4.71%, 1/15/213      325,000        327,294   
Series 2016-2, Cl. D, 3.39%, 4/15/22      115,000        116,760   
Series 2017-1, Cl. D, 3.17%, 4/17/23      175,000        175,995   
Series 2017-1, Cl. E, 5.05%, 7/15/243      410,000        421,639   
Series 2017-3, Cl. D, 3.20%, 11/15/23            415,000              415,769   

 

 
Santander Retail Auto Lease Trust, Series 2017-A, Cl. C, 2.96%, 11/21/223      195,000        194,967   

 

 
TCF Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2015-1A, Cl. D, 3.53%, 3/15/223      190,000        189,508   

 

 
Verizon Owner Trust, Series 2017-3A, Cl. A1A, 2.06%, 4/20/223      195,000        194,242   

 

 
Veros Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2017-1, Cl. A, 2.84%, 4/17/233      148,372        148,120   

 

 
Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust:  
Series 2016-1A, Cl. E, 6.52%, 6/15/223      200,000        205,445   
Series 2017-2A, Cl. E, 4.63%, 7/15/243      265,000        265,636   

 

 
World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust:  
Series 2012-D, Cl. A, 2.15%, 4/17/23      150,000        149,905   
Series 2016-B, Cl. A, 1.44%, 6/15/22      380,000        378,921   
Series 2017-A, Cl. A, 2.12%, 3/15/24      430,000        428,429   
Series 2017-B, Cl. A, 1.98%, 6/15/23      325,000        324,131   
Series 2017-C, Cl. A, 2.31%, 8/15/24      430,000        428,411   
     

 

 

 
Total Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $19,541,054)
       19,540,769   
     

 

 

Mortgage-Backed Obligations—38.0%

 

 

 

Government Agency—27.4%

 

 

 

FHLMC/FNMA/FHLB/Sponsored—21.1%

 

 

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Gold Pool:     
4.50%, 10/1/18      4,279        4,342   
5.00%, 12/1/34      2,302        2,499   
5.50%, 9/1/39      305,239        334,794   
6.50%, 4/1/18-4/1/34      21,106        23,394   
7.00%, 10/1/31-10/1/37      76,017        84,183   
     Principal
Amount
     Value   

 

 
FHLMC/FNMA/FHLB/Sponsored (Continued)  

 

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Gold Pool: (Continued)  
9.00%, 8/1/22-5/1/25    $ 1,496      $ 1,593   

 

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security:  
Series 183,Cl. IO, 61.142%, 4/1/276      53,584        11,264   
Series 192,Cl. IO, 99.999%, 2/1/286      15,439        2,890   
Series 243,Cl. 6, 4.623%, 12/15/326      41,961        7,197   

 

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Mtg.-Linked Amortizing Global Debt Securities, Series 2012-1, Cl. A10, 2.06%, 1/15/22      147,333        146,769   

 

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Principal-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security, Series 176, Cl. PO, 4.198%, 6/1/267      16,175        15,050   

 

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass-Through Certificates:  
Series 2427,Cl. ZM, 6.50%, 3/15/32      92,741        102,001   
Series 2461,Cl. PZ, 6.50%, 6/15/32      37,036        40,947   
Series 2564,Cl. MP, 5.00%, 2/15/18      3,909        3,913   
Series 2585,Cl. HJ, 4.50%, 3/15/18      1,958        1,960   
Series 2626,Cl. TB, 5.00%, 6/15/33      63,311        66,540   
Series 2635,Cl. AG, 3.50%, 5/15/32      31,838        32,366   
Series 2707,Cl. QE, 4.50%, 11/15/18      51,732        52,019   
Series 2770,Cl. TW, 4.50%, 3/15/19      2,712        2,739   
Series 3010,Cl. WB, 4.50%, 7/15/20      11,479        11,701   
Series 3025,Cl. SJ, 19.334% [(3.667) x      
LIBOR01M+2,475], 8/15/354      13,165        19,162   
Series 3030,Cl. FL, 1.877%      
[LIBOR01M+40], 9/15/354      75,349        75,700   
Series 3741,Cl. PA, 2.15%, 2/15/35      69,178        69,169   
Series 3815,Cl. BD, 3.00%, 10/15/20      1,430        1,434   
Series 3822,Cl. JA, 5.00%, 6/15/40      30,892        31,721   
Series 3840,Cl. CA, 2.00%, 9/15/18      1,097        1,095   
Series 3848,Cl. WL, 4.00%, 4/15/40      75,952        77,548   
Series 3857,Cl. GL, 3.00%, 5/15/40      4,689        4,737   
Series 4221,Cl. HJ, 1.50%, 7/15/23            472,971              466,094   

 

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass-Through Certificates, Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security:  
Series 2130,Cl. SC, 62.242%, 3/15/296      40,382        6,468   
Series 2796,Cl. SD, 54.874%, 7/15/266      73,235        10,726   
Series 2920,Cl. S, 7.147%, 1/15/356      375,335        58,315   
Series 2922,Cl. SE, 10.552%, 2/15/356      23,030        3,804   
Series 2981,Cl. AS, 7.463%, 5/15/356      207,680        27,826   
Series 3397,Cl. GS, 0.00%, 12/15/376,8      23,231        3,753   
Series 3424,Cl. EI, 0.00%, 4/15/386,8      10,620        966   
Series 3450,Cl. BI, 13.216%, 5/15/386      66,319        9,855   
Series 3606,Cl. SN, 16.296%, 12/15/396      36,067        5,478   

 

 
Federal National Mortgage Assn.:  
2.50%, 1/1/339      2,270,000        2,267,680   
3.00%, 1/1/339      7,975,000        8,125,553   
3.50%, 1/1/489      12,075,000        12,405,591   
4.00%, 1/1/489      8,180,000        8,559,373   
4.50%, 1/1/489      7,815,000        8,315,600   
5.00%, 1/1/489      2,020,000        2,171,816   

 

 
Federal National Mortgage Assn. Pool:  
5.00%, 3/1/21      2,291        2,334   
5.50%, 9/1/20      1,341        1,371   
6.00%, 3/1/37      117,255        131,890   
6.50%, 10/1/19      26        26   
7.00%, 10/1/35      8,361        8,655   
7.50%, 1/1/33      53,890        63,275   
8.50%, 7/1/32      3,947        4,226   

 

 
Federal National Mortgage Assn., Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security:  
Series 222,Cl. 2, 99.999%, 6/25/236      101,242        13,018   
Series 233,Cl. 2, 63.993%, 8/25/236      68,748        10,526   
Series 252,Cl. 2, 99.999%, 11/25/236      91,483        13,514   
Series 319,Cl. 2, 8.489%, 2/25/326      23,380        5,289   
 

 

10        OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA


     Principal
Amount
     Value   

 

 

FHLMC/FNMA/FHLB/Sponsored (Continued)

 

 

 
Federal National Mortgage Assn., Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security: (Continued)  
Series 320,Cl. 2, 40.637%, 4/25/326    $ 8,545      $ 2,127   
Series 321,Cl. 2, 12.992%, 4/25/326      83,366        19,787   
Series 331,Cl. 9, 20.652%, 2/25/336      100,466        20,682   
Series 334,Cl. 17, 17.833%, 2/25/336      53,806        10,553   
Series 339,Cl. 12, 0.00%, 6/25/336,8      72,595        16,813   
Series 339,Cl. 7, 0.00%, 11/25/336,8      208,488        43,340   
Series 343,Cl. 13, 0.00%, 9/25/336,8      78,263        16,729   
Series 345,Cl. 9, 0.00%, 1/25/346,8      70,699        14,691   
Series 351,Cl. 10, 0.00%, 4/25/346,8      9,354        2,027   
Series 351,Cl. 8, 0.00%, 4/25/346,8      33,297        6,630   
Series 356,Cl. 10, 0.00%, 6/25/356,8      22,984        4,743   
Series 356,Cl. 12, 0.00%, 2/25/356,8      12,348        2,700   
Series 362,Cl. 13, 0.00%, 8/25/356,8      88,984        19,734   
Series 364,Cl. 16, 0.00%, 9/25/356,8      63,379        14,068   

 

 
Federal National Mortgage Assn., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass-Through Certificates:  
Series 1998-61,Cl. PL, 6.00%, 11/25/28      39,234        43,254   
Series 2003-100,Cl. PA, 5.00%, 10/25/18      22,384        22,480   
Series 2003-130,Cl. CS, 10.996% [(2) x      
LIBOR01M+1,410], 12/25/334      5,083        5,400   
Series 2003-84,Cl. GE, 4.50%, 9/25/18      1,869        1,878   
Series 2004-25,Cl. PC, 5.50%, 1/25/34      40,256        40,780   
Series 2005-104,Cl. MC, 5.50%, 12/25/25      153,910        164,777   
Series 2005-31,Cl. PB, 5.50%, 4/25/35      250,000        276,677   
Series 2005-73,Cl. DF, 1.802% [LIBOR01M+25], 8/25/354      89,603        89,975   
Series 2006-11,Cl. PS, 18.876% [(3.667) x LIBOR01M+2,456.67], 3/25/364      54,746        85,488   
Series 2006-46,Cl. SW, 18.508% [(3.667) x LIBOR01M+2,419.92], 6/25/364      36,002        53,640   
Series 2006-50,Cl. KS, 18.509% [(3.667) x LIBOR01M+2,420], 6/25/364      7,571        11,499   
Series 2008-75,Cl. DB, 4.50%, 9/25/23      9,845        9,897   
Series 2009-113,Cl. DB, 3.00%, 12/25/20      35,043        35,161   
Series 2009-36,Cl. FA, 2.492% [LIBOR01M+94], 6/25/374      34,585        35,357   
Series 2009-37,Cl. HA, 4.00%, 4/25/19      3,423        3,426   
Series 2009-70,Cl. TL, 4.00%, 8/25/19      67,078        67,223   
Series 2010-43,Cl. KG, 3.00%, 1/25/21      26,045        26,164   
Series 2011-15,Cl. DA, 4.00%, 3/25/41      19,770        20,133   
Series 2011-3,Cl. EL, 3.00%, 5/25/20      59,688        59,817   
Series 2011-3,Cl. KA, 5.00%, 4/25/40      112,214        118,763   
Series 2011-38,Cl. AH, 2.75%, 5/25/20      1,109        1,109   
Series 2011-82,Cl. AD, 4.00%, 8/25/26      62,655        63,188   

 

 
Federal National Mortgage Assn., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass-Through Certificates, Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security:  
Series 2001-65,Cl. S, 8.589%, 11/25/316      93,070        17,926   
Series 2001-81,Cl. S, 19.717%, 1/25/326      22,735        4,251   
Series 2002-47,Cl. NS, 15.974%, 4/25/326      63,326        12,615   
Series 2002-51,Cl. S, 16.355%, 8/25/326      58,149        11,058   
Series 2002-52,Cl. SD, 40.914%, 9/25/326      91,782        18,683   
Series 2002-77,Cl. SH, 25.249%, 12/18/326      34,127        6,530   
Series 2002-84,Cl. SA, 4.687%, 12/25/326      87,647        16,651   
     Principal
Amount
     Value   

 

 
FHLMC/FNMA/FHLB/Sponsored (Continued)  

 

 
Federal National Mortgage Assn., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass-Through Certificates, Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security: (Continued)  
Series 2002-9,Cl. MS, 20.777%, 3/25/326    $ 24,490      $ 4,518   
Series 2003-33,Cl. SP, 8.861%, 5/25/336      94,481        20,933   
Series 2003-4,Cl. S, 3.086%, 2/25/336      51,214        11,113   
Series 2003-46,Cl. IH, 0.00%, 6/25/236,8      157,985        15,839   
Series 2004-54,Cl. DS, 56.349%, 11/25/306      72,534        12,216   
Series 2004-56,Cl. SE, 4.807%, 10/25/336      17,897        3,532   
Series 2005-12,Cl. SC, 26.626%, 3/25/356      10,795        1,527   
Series 2005-14,Cl. SE, 18.691%, 3/25/356      34,976        4,857   
Series 2005-40,Cl. SA, 27.943%, 5/25/356      191,838        26,417   
Series 2005-52,Cl. JH, 31.505%, 5/25/356      495,973        70,965   
Series 2005-93,Cl. SI, 3.083%, 10/25/356      42,262        5,910   
Series 2007-88,Cl. XI, 0.00%, 6/25/376,8      93,100        14,953   
Series 2008-55,Cl. SA, 0.00%, 7/25/386,8      34,856        3,327   
Series 2009-8,Cl. BS, 0.00%, 2/25/246,8      746        30   
Series 2011-96,Cl. SA, 5.861%, 10/25/416      123,844        18,736   
Series 2012-134,Cl. SA, 4.994%, 12/25/426      436,054        86,357   
Series 2012-40,Cl. PI, 4.32%, 4/25/416      233,928        34,907   

 

 
Federal National Mortgage Assn., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass-Through Certificates, Principal-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed  
Security, Series 1993-184, Cl. M, 5.343%, 9/25/237      37,224        34,695   
     

 

 

 
        45,811,005   

 

 
GNMA/Guaranteed—6.3%      

 

 
Government National Mortgage Assn. I Pool:     
7.00%, 1/15/24      12,263        12,377   
7.50%, 1/15/23-6/15/24      19,591        20,392   
8.00%, 4/15/23      7,776        8,281   

 

 
Government National Mortgage Assn. II Pool:     
3.50%, 1/1/489      4,240,000        4,386,611   
4.00%, 1/1/489      8,810,000        9,189,518   

 

 
Government National Mortgage Assn., Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security:  
Series 2002-15,Cl. SM, 99.999%, 2/16/326      110,883        508   
Series 2002-76,Cl. SY, 5.546%, 12/16/266      198,756        23,526   
Series 2007-17,Cl. AI, 46.403%, 4/16/376      297,222        50,114   
Series 2011-52,Cl. HS, 25.052%, 4/16/416      143,547        20,049   
     

 

 

 
        13,711,376   

 

 
Non-Agency—10.6%      

 

 
Commercial—5.6%      

 

 
BCAP LLC Trust, Series 2011-R11, Cl. 18A5, 3.41% [H15T1Y+210], 9/26/353,4      83,102        83,492   

 

 
CD Commercial Mortgage Trust:     
Series 2016-CD2,Cl. AM, 3.668%, 11/10/4910      155,000        158,858   
 

 

11        OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value   

 

 
Commercial (Continued)      

 

 
CD Commercial Mortgage Trust: (Continued)  
Series 2017-CD3,Cl. AS, 3.833%, 2/10/50    $ 210,000      $ 217,105   

 

 
CD Mortgage Trust, Interest-Only Commercial Mtg. Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6, Cl. XA, 12.227%, 11/13/506      889,389        59,471   

 

 
Chase Mortgage Finance Trust, Series 2005-A2, Cl. 1A3, 3.448%, 1/25/3610      129,473        126,485   

 

 
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust:  
Series 2012-GC8,Cl. AAB, 2.608%, 9/10/45      118,911        119,598   
Series 2014-GC21,Cl. AAB, 3.477%, 5/10/47      105,000        108,331   

 

 
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Interest-Only Commercial Mtg. Pass- Through Certificates, Series 2017-C4, Cl. XA, 0.00%, 10/12/506,8            2,368,047        187,483   

 

 
COMM Mortgage Trust:  
Series 2012-CR3,Cl. ASB, 2.372%, 10/15/45      24,607        24,556   
Series 2012-LC4,Cl. A3, 3.069%, 12/10/44      46,236        46,523   
Series 2013-CR13,Cl. ASB, 3.706%, 11/12/46      195,000        202,306   
Series 2013-CR6,Cl. AM, 3.147%, 3/10/463      255,000        256,587   
Series 2013-CR7,Cl. D, 4.28%, 3/10/463,10      445,000        355,084   
Series 2014-CR20,Cl. ASB, 3.305%, 11/10/47      70,000        71,913   
Series 2014-CR21,Cl. AM, 3.987%, 12/10/47      865,000        905,415   
Series 2014-LC15,Cl. AM, 4.198%, 4/10/47      140,000        147,786   
Series 2014-UBS6,Cl. AM, 4.048%, 12/10/47      495,000        517,335   
Series 2015-CR22,Cl. A2, 2.856%, 3/10/48      115,000        116,179   
Series 2015-CR23,Cl. AM, 3.801%, 5/10/48      280,000              288,665   

 

 
COMM Mortgage Trust, Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security, Series 2012-CR5, Cl. XA, 0.00%, 12/10/456,8      334,813        20,705   

 

 
CSMC Mortgage-Backed Trust, Series 2006-6, Cl. 1A4, 6.00%, 7/25/36      140,735        119,534   

 

 
Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-C1, Cl. AM, 3.539%, 5/10/49      155,000        156,507   

 

 
First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2005-FA8, Cl. 1A6, 2.202% [US0001M+65], 11/25/354      86,656        61,859   

 

 
FREMF Mortgage Trust:  
Series 2011-K702,Cl. B, 4.774%, 4/25/443,10      55,000        55,016   
Series 2013-K25,Cl. C, 3.619%, 11/25/453,10      60,000        59,161   
Series 2013-K26,Cl. C, 3.598%, 12/25/453,10      40,000        39,475   
Series 2013-K27,Cl. C, 3.495%, 1/25/463,10      110,000        107,981   
Series 2013-K28,Cl. C, 3.49%, 6/25/463,10      450,000        441,408   
Series 2013-K712,Cl. C, 3.362%, 5/25/453,10      70,000        70,131   
Series 2013-K713,Cl. C, 3.165%, 4/25/463,10      145,000        144,544   
     Principal
Amount
     Value   

 

 
Commercial (Continued)      

 

 
FREMF Mortgage Trust: (Continued)  
Series 2014-K715,Cl. C, 4.125%, 2/25/463,10    $ 35,000      $ 35,584   

 

 
GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, Series 2012-SHOP, Cl. A, 2.933%, 6/5/313      150,000        151,321   

 

 
GS Mortgage Securities Trust:  
Series 2013-GC12,Cl. AAB, 2.678%, 6/10/46      35,000        35,114   
Series 2013-GC16,Cl. AS, 4.649%, 11/10/46      65,000        69,830   
Series 2014-GC18,Cl. AAB, 3.648%, 1/10/47      90,000        93,187   

 

 
GSMSC Pass-Through Trust, Series 2009-3R, Cl. 1A2, 6.00%, 4/25/373,10            267,703        258,277   

 

 
JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust:  
Series 2012-LC9,Cl. A4, 2.611%, 12/15/47      25,000        24,943   
Series 2013-C10,Cl. AS, 3.372%, 12/15/47      325,000        328,169   
Series 2013-C16,Cl. AS, 4.517%, 12/15/46      330,000        352,941   
Series 2013-LC11,Cl. AS, 3.216%, 4/15/46      40,000        40,286   
Series 2013-LC11,Cl. ASB, 2.554%, 4/15/46      55,000        55,077   
Series 2014-C20,Cl. AS, 4.043%, 7/15/47      245,000        255,801   
Series 2016-JP3,Cl. A2, 2.435%, 8/15/49      230,000              228,483   

 

 
JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-A1, Cl. 5A1, 3.629%, 7/25/3510      107,493        110,416   

 

 
JP Morgan Resecuritization Trust, Series 2009-5, Cl. 1A2, 3.387%, 7/26/363,10      146,137        140,160   

 

 
JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust:  
Series 2013-C17,Cl. ASB, 3.705%, 1/15/47      75,000        77,796   
Series 2014-C18,Cl. A3, 3.578%, 2/15/47      115,000        117,519   
Series 2014-C19,Cl. ASB, 3.584%, 4/15/47      45,000        46,456   
Series 2014-C24,Cl. B, 4.116%, 11/15/4710      270,000        276,831   
Series 2014-C25,Cl. AS, 4.065%, 11/15/47      105,000        109,949   
Series 2014-C26,Cl. AS, 3.80%, 1/15/48      250,000        257,722   

 

 
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage      
Securities Trust, Series 2016-C4, Cl. AS, 3.385%, 12/15/49      240,000        239,436   

 

 
MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, Series 2004-13, Cl. 2A2, 3.595%, 4/21/3410      38,042        38,923   

 

 
Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust:  
Series 2013-C7,Cl. AAB, 2.469%, 2/15/46      110,000        110,187   
Series 2013-C9,Cl. AS, 3.456%, 5/15/46      240,000        242,876   
Series 2014-C19,Cl. AS, 3.832%, 12/15/47      720,000        742,252   
Series 2016-C30,Cl. AS, 3.175%, 9/15/49      405,000        395,440   

 

 
Morgan Stanley Capital I, Inc., Interest- Only Commercial Mtg. Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-HR2, Cl. XA, 10.107%, 12/15/506      775,000        47,862   

 

 
Morgan Stanley Re-Remic Trust, Series 2012-R3, Cl. 1B, 2.968%, 11/26/363,10      242,968        225,795   
 

 

12        OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA


     Principal
Amount
     Value   

 

 

Commercial (Continued)

     

 

 
Morgan Stanley Resecuritization Trust,      
Series 2013-R9, Cl. 3A, 3.149%, 6/26/463,10    $ 224,671      $ 210,275   

 

 
RBSSP Resecuritization Trust, Series 2010-1, Cl. 2A1, 3.446%, 7/26/453,10      19,841        20,329   

 

 
Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-10, Cl. 2A, 3.399%, 8/25/3410      180,945        182,039   

 

 
UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Interest-Only Commercial Mtg. Pass- Through Certificates, Series 2017-C5, Cl. XA, 11.683%, 11/15/506      1,529,172        110,609   

 

 
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust:  
Series 2015-C29,Cl. AS, 4.013%, 6/15/4810      170,000        177,144   
Series 2016-C37,Cl. AS, 4.018%, 12/15/49      390,000        409,923   

 

 
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Interest-Only Commercial Mtg. Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C42, Cl. XA, 0.00%, 12/15/506,8      1,080,000        77,853   

 

 
WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust:  
Series 2012-C7,Cl. E, 4.825%, 6/15/453,10      80,000        65,419   
Series 2013-C14,Cl. AS, 3.488%, 6/15/46      155,000        157,875   
Series 2014-C20,Cl. AS, 4.176%, 5/15/47      150,000        156,443   
Series 2014-C22,Cl. A3, 3.528%, 9/15/57      45,000        46,268   
Series 2014-LC14,Cl. AS, 4.351%, 3/15/4710      165,000        174,182   

 

 
WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Interest-Only Commercial Mtg. Pass- Through Certificates, Series 2011-C3, Cl. XA, 35.103%, 3/15/443,6          2,542,088        78,573   
     

 

 

 
            12,245,058   

 

 
Residential—5.0%      

 

 
Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2005-29CB, Cl. A4, 5.00%, 7/25/35      243,495        216,273   

 

 
Banc of America Funding Trust:  
Series 2007-1,Cl. 1A3, 6.00%, 1/25/37      48,619        45,477   
Series 2007-C,Cl. 1A4, 3.444%, 5/20/3610      21,675        20,442   
Series 2014-R7,Cl. 3A1, 3.544%, 3/26/363,10,16      128,302        128,201   

 

 
Banc of America Mortgage Trust, Series 2004-E, Cl. 2A6, 3.829%, 6/25/3410      59,783        59,675   

 

 
Bear Stearns ARM Trust:  
Series 2005-2,Cl. A1, 3.26% [H15T1Y+245], 3/25/354      175,346        177,657   
Series 2005-9,Cl. A1, 3.52% [H15T1Y+230], 10/25/354      497,058        507,868   
Series 2006-1,Cl. A1, 3.67% [H15T1Y+225], 2/25/364      183,807        184,622   

 

 
CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust:  
Series 2005-26,Cl. 1A8, 5.50%, 11/25/35      68,625        62,794   
Series 2006-6,Cl. A3, 6.00%, 4/25/36      40,618        35,857   

 

 
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Series 2006-AR1, Cl. 1A1, 3.21% [H15T1Y+240], 10/25/354      449,606        452,863   

 

 
Connecticut Avenue Securities:  
Series 2014-C02,Cl. 1M1, 2.502% [US0001M+95], 5/25/244      137,405        137,899   
Series 2014-C03,Cl. 1M2, 4.552% [US0001M+300], 7/25/244      357,045        381,850   
     Principal
Amount
     Value   

 

 
Residential (Continued)      

 

 
Connecticut Avenue Securities: (Continued)  
Series 2016-C03,Cl. 1M1, 3.552% [US0001M+200], 10/25/284    $ 15,884      $ 16,140   
Series 2016-C07,Cl. 2M1, 2.852% [US0001M+130], 5/25/294      198,858        200,129   
Series 2016-C07,Cl. 2M2, 5.902% [US0001M+435], 5/25/294      140,000        155,366   
Series 2017-C02,Cl. 2M1, 2.702% [US0001M+115], 9/25/294      330,413        333,462   
Series 2017-C02,Cl. 2M2, 5.202% [US0001M+365], 9/25/294      305,000        330,362   
Series 2017-C03,Cl. 1M1, 2.502% [US0001M+95], 10/25/294      199,054        200,670   
Series 2017-C04,Cl. 2M2, 4.402% [US0001M+285], 11/25/294      195,000        202,941   
Series 2017-C06,Cl. 1M1, 2.302% [US0001M+75], 2/25/304      156,407        156,969   
Series 2017-C07,Cl. 1M1, 2.202% [US0001M+65], 5/25/304            228,641              229,040   
Series 2017-C07,Cl. 1M2, 3.952% [US0001M+240], 5/25/304      225,000        231,161   

 

 
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005- AR4, Cl. 6A1, 3.522%, 7/25/3510      25,396        25,583   

 

 
HomeBanc Mortgage Trust,      
Series 2005-3, Cl. A2, 1.862% [US0001M+31], 7/25/354      29,775        29,765   

 

 
RALI Trust, Series 2006-QS13, Cl. 1A8, 6.00%, 9/25/36      8,963        8,005   

 

 
Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Nts.:  
Series 2013-DN2,Cl. M2, 5.802% [US0001M+425], 11/25/234      235,000        261,634   
Series 2014-DN1,Cl. M3, 6.052% [US0001M+450], 2/25/244      160,000        187,052   
Series 2014-DN2,Cl. M3, 5.152% [US0001M+360], 4/25/244      185,000        206,542   
Series 2014-HQ2,Cl. M2, 3.752% [US0001M+220], 9/25/244      104,939        108,301   
Series 2014-HQ2,Cl. M3, 5.302% [US0001M+375], 9/25/244      335,000        383,214   
Series 2015-HQA2,Cl. M2, 4.352% [US0001M+280], 5/25/284      6,786        7,018   
Series 2016-DNA1,Cl. M2, 4.452% [US0001M+290], 7/25/284      45,000        46,382   
Series 2016-DNA3,Cl. M1, 2.652% [US0001M+110], 12/25/284      99,219        99,371   
Series 2016-DNA4,Cl. M1, 2.352% [US0001M+80], 3/25/294      110,737        110,962   
Series 2016-DNA4,Cl. M3, 5.352% [US0001M+380], 3/25/294      355,000        396,684   
Series 2016-HQA2,Cl. M1, 2.752% [US0001M+120], 11/25/284      39,719        39,764   
Series 2016-HQA3,Cl. M1, 2.352% [US0001M+80], 3/25/294      448,741        449,573   
Series 2016-HQA3,Cl. M3, 5.402% [US0001M+385], 3/25/294      340,000        379,100   
Series 2016-HQA4,Cl. M1, 2.352% [US0001M+80], 4/25/294      267,579        268,122   
Series 2016-HQA4,Cl. M3, 5.452% [US0001M+390], 4/25/294      350,000        389,780   
Series 2017-DNA2,Cl. M2, 5.002% [US0001M+345], 10/25/294      160,000        174,264   
Series 2017-DNA3,Cl. M2, 4.052% [US0001M+250], 3/25/304      160,000        165,913   
Series 2017-HQA1,Cl. M1, 2.752% [US0001M+120], 8/25/294      224,790        227,232   
Series 2017-HQA1,Cl. M2, 5.102% [US0001M+355], 8/25/294      325,000        351,170   
Series 2017-HQA3,Cl. M1, 2.102% [US0001M+55], 4/25/304      280,248        280,291   
 

 

13        OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value   

 

 
Residential (Continued)  

 

 
Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Nts.: (Continued)  
Series 2017-HQA3,Cl. M2, 3.902%     
[US0001M+235], 4/25/304    $ 380,000      $ 389,452   

 

 
WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust:  
Series 2003-AR10,Cl. A7, 3.453%, 10/25/3310      96,543        97,809   
Series 2005-AR14,Cl. 1A4, 3.357%, 12/25/3510      96,978        95,013   
Series 2005-AR16,Cl. 1A1, 3.363%, 12/25/3510      90,469        88,533   

 

 
Wells Fargo Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust:  
Series 2005-AR1,Cl. 1A1, 3.252%, 2/25/3510      18,081        18,484   
Series 2005-AR15,Cl. 1A2, 3.561%, 9/25/3510      118,662        115,314   
Series 2005-AR15,Cl. 1A6, 3.561%, 9/25/3510      227,408        219,396   
Series 2005-AR4,Cl. 2A2, 3.422%, 4/25/3510      223,744        225,203   
Series 2006-AR10,Cl. 1A1, 3.354%, 7/25/3610      45,154        44,107   
Series 2006-AR10,Cl. 5A5, 3.387%, 7/25/3610      165,349        167,183   
Series 2006-AR2,Cl. 2A3, 3.544%, 3/25/3610      21,378        21,605   
Series 2006-AR7,Cl. 2A4, 3.336%, 5/25/3610      123,188        122,304   
Series 2006-AR8,Cl. 2A1, 3.568%, 4/25/3610      129,011        130,745   
Series 2006-AR8,Cl. 2A4, 3.568%, 4/25/3610      76,990        78,025   
Series 2007-16,Cl. 1A1, 6.00%, 12/28/37      35,477        37,191   
     

 

 

 
        10,913,804   
     

 

 

 
Total Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Cost $82,656,498)         82,681,243   

 

 

U.S. Government Obligation—0.2%

 

 

 
United States Treasury Nts., 1.50%, 5/31/1911,12 (Cost $553,038)      552,000        549,279   

 

 

Non-Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes—32.8%

 

 

 
Consumer Discretionary—5.1%  

 

 
Auto Components—0.1%      

 

 
Lear Corp., 3.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/27      212,000        212,547   

 

 
Automobiles—1.2%      

 

 
Daimler Finance North America LLC:  
2.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/5/203      304,000        302,358   
8.50% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 1/18/31      185,000        279,756   

 

 
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC:  
2.425% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/12/20            236,000              234,725   
3.664% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/8/24      232,000        235,286   

 

 
General Motors Co., 6.25% Sr. Unsec.      
Nts., 10/2/43      92,000        109,264   

 

 
General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/30/22      321,000        321,043   

 

 
Harley-Davidson, Inc., 4.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/28/45      107,000        116,594   

 

 
Hyundai Capital America, 1.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/27/193      371,000        364,079   

 

 
Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp., 2.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/28/203      225,000        223,213   

 

 
Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC, 2.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/20/193      351,000        350,906   
     

 

 

 
        2,537,224   
     Principal
Amount
     Value   

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services—0.2%  

 

 
Service Corp. International, 4.625% Sr.     
Unsec. Nts., 12/15/27    $ 362,000      $ 368,198   

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—0.3%  

 

 
Aramark Services, Inc., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/253      179,000        189,525   

 

 
Marriott International, Inc., 3.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/22      158,000        161,046   

 

 
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 2.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/28/20      305,000        304,963   
     

 

 

 
        655,534   

 

 
Household Durables—0.9%  

 

 
DR Horton, Inc., 2.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/20      315,000        314,725   

 

 
Leggett & Platt, Inc., 3.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/27      172,000        170,631   

 

 
Lennar Corp., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/30/25      343,000        357,577   

 

 
Newell Brands, Inc.:      
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/23      391,000        412,746   
5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/46      105,000        125,370   

 

 
PulteGroup, Inc., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/27      258,000        270,577   

 

 
Toll Brothers Finance Corp.:  
4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/23            298,000        310,293   
4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/27      45,000        46,800   
     

 

 

 
            2,008,719   

 

 
Internet & Catalog Retail—0.3%  

 

 
Amazon.com, Inc., 4.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/5/44      106,000        129,247   

 

 
QVC, Inc., 4.45% Sr. Sec. Nts., 2/15/25      595,000        607,703   
     

 

 

 
        736,950   

 

 
Media—0.9%      

 

 
21st Century Fox America, Inc., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/46      138,000        160,256   

 

 
Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital, 5.375% Sr. Sec. Nts., 5/1/47      148,000        152,188   

 

 
Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., 9.455% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/22      318,000        415,694   

 

 
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The), 4.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/24      331,000        347,581   

 

 
Sky plc:      
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/16/243      161,000        168,128   
6.10% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/183      125,000        125,586   

 

 
Time Warner Cable LLC, 4.50% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 9/15/42      185,000        174,059   

 

 
Virgin Media Secured Finance plc, 5.25% Sr. Sec. Nts., 1/15/263      337,000        341,634   
     

 

 

 
        1,885,126   

 

 
Multiline Retail—0.2%      

 

 
Dollar Tree, Inc., 5.75% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/1/23      334,000        350,491   

 

 
Specialty Retail—0.7%      

 

 
AutoZone, Inc., 1.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/21/19      68,000        67,450   

 

 
Best Buy Co., Inc., 5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/21      304,000        327,678   

 

 
L Brands, Inc., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/22      333,000        356,727   

 

 
Ross Stores, Inc., 3.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/24      314,000        318,579   

 

 
Sally Holdings LLC/Sally Capital, Inc., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/25      185,000        185,000   
 

 

14        OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA


     Principal
Amount
     Value   

 

 
Specialty Retail (Continued)      

 

 
Signet UK Finance plc, 4.70% Sr.     
Unsec. Nts., 6/15/24    $ 356,000      $ 350,935   
     

 

 

 
        1,606,369   

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—0.3%  

 

 
Hanesbrands, Inc., 4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/263      336,000        346,080   

 

 
Levi Strauss & Co., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/25      252,000        263,970   

 

 
PVH Corp., 4.50% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 12/15/22      163,000        166,651   
     

 

 

 
        776,701   

 

 
Consumer Staples—3.2%  

 

 
Beverages—1.0%  

 

 
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc.:     
1.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/19            448,000        447,159   
3.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/26      57,000        58,908   
4.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/46      72,000        83,707   

 

 
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 8.20% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 1/15/39      262,000        417,674   

 

 
Constellation Brands, Inc., 2.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/6/20      355,000        351,957   

 

 
Molson Coors Brewing Co.:      
2.10% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/21      329,000        322,702   
4.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/46      50,000        51,115   

 

 
Pernod Ricard SA, 4.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/223      325,000        344,481   
     

 

 

 
              2,077,703   

 

 
Food & Staples Retailing—0.4%  

 

 
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., 2.35% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/13/193      364,000        364,106   

 

 
CVS Health Corp.:      
2.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/21      356,000        347,672   
5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/20/45      80,000        91,963   

 

 
Kroger Co. (The):      
2.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/19      9,000        8,985   
6.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/38      86,000        111,436   
     

 

 

 
        924,162   

 

 
Food Products—1.0%      

 

 
Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.:      
3.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/26      232,000        222,066   
8.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/19      320,000        346,737   

 

 
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.:      
3.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/25      188,000        194,441   
4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/46      125,000        124,207   

 

 
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc., 4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/263      193,000        202,168   

 

 
Mondelez International Holdings      
Netherlands BV, 1.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/28/193      374,000        368,725   

 

 
Smithfield Foods, Inc., 2.70% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/31/203      365,000        362,962   

 

 
TreeHouse Foods, Inc., 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/243      221,000        230,945   

 

 
Tyson Foods, Inc., 3.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/2/27      174,000        178,465   
     

 

 

 
        2,230,716   

 

 
Tobacco—0.8%      

 

 
Altria Group, Inc., 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/31/24      238,000        252,644   

 

 
BAT Capital Corp.:      
2.297% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/14/203      351,000        349,265   
3.557% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/273      177,000        177,536   

 

 
Imperial Brands Finance plc, 2.05% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/20/183      411,000        410,684   

 

 
Philip Morris International, Inc., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/2/22      313,000        310,382   
     Principal
Amount
     Value   

 

 
Tobacco (Continued)      

 

 
Reynolds American, Inc., 5.85% Sr.      
Unsec. Nts., 8/15/45    $ 122,000      $ 152,794   
     

 

 

 
        1,653,305   

 

 
Energy—2.6%      

 

 
Energy Equipment & Services—0.2%  

 

 
Halliburton Co., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/45      78,000        89,846   

 

 
Helmerich & Payne International      
Drilling Co., 4.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/25      201,000        211,850   

 

 
Schlumberger Holdings Corp., 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/21/253      196,000        206,257   
     

 

 

 
        507,953   

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—2.4%  

 

 
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.:      
4.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/44      72,000        71,964   
6.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/40      68,000        82,662   

 

 
Andeavor, 5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/263            323,000        355,489   

 

 
Andeavor Logistics LP/Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp.:  
4.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/27      177,000        178,819   
5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/25      120,000        126,354   

 

 
Apache Corp., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/43      101,000        104,097   

 

 
Boardwalk Pipelines LP, 4.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/24      162,000        173,759   

 

 
BP Capital Markets plc, 1.676% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/3/19      353,000        351,182   

 

 
Buckeye Partners LP, 3.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/26      89,000        87,618   

 

 
Chevron Corp., 1.561% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/16/19      379,000        376,878   

 

 
Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc.:      
3.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/20      324,000        328,791   
4.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/25      168,000        179,110   

 

 
ConocoPhillips Co.:      
4.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/26      47,000        53,424   
5.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/46      75,000        101,330   

 

 
Devon Energy Corp., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/42      79,000        83,889   

 

 
Energy Transfer LP, 5.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/47      100,000        99,658   

 

 
EnLink Midstream Partners LP, 4.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/26      79,000        82,902   

 

 
Enterprise Products Operating LLC:      
4.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/42      80,000        88,100   
4.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/46      32,000        35,366   

 

 
EQT Corp., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/20      353,000              350,745   

 

 
Kinder Morgan, Inc., 5.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/45      270,000        296,319   

 

 
Marathon Oil Corp., 4.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/27      182,000        190,511   

 

 
Noble Energy, Inc., 5.05% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/44      104,000        111,723   

 

 
ONEOK Partners LP:      
4.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/25      139,000        149,227   
8.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/19      152,000        162,274   

 

 
Phillips 66 Partners LP, 3.605% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/25      170,000        171,496   

 

 
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 4.20% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/15/28      180,000        182,428   

 

 
Shell International Finance BV, 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/10/46      125,000        133,348   

 

 
Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations     
LP, 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/27      198,000        194,480   
 

 

15        OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value   

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)  

 

 
Williams Partners LP:      
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/27    $ 140,000      $ 140,522   
5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/20      153,000        161,693   

 

 
Woodside Finance Ltd., 8.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/193      3,000        3,212   
     

 

 

 
              5,209,370   

 

 
Financials—9.0%  

 

 
Capital Markets—1.9%  

 

 
Apollo Management Holdings LP, 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/30/243      208,000        213,078   

 

 
Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. LLC, 3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/2/273      147,000        144,686   

 

 
Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/25      373,000        383,276   

 

 
Credit Suisse AG (New York), 3.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/9/24      197,000        203,981   

 

 
Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd., 4.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/17/26      140,000        150,117   

 

 
E*TRADE Financial Corp., 5.875% [US0003M+443.5] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds4,13      327,000        347,437   

 

 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The):     
3.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/16/26            208,000        209,379   
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/25/26      200,000        205,516   
4.017% [US0003M+137.3] Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/31/384      144,000        148,280   

 

 
Morgan Stanley:      
4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/22/47      256,000        281,072   
5.00% Sub. Nts., 11/24/25      322,000        352,840   

 

 
MSCI, Inc., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/263      338,000        355,745   

 

 
Northern Trust Corp., 3.375% [US0003M+113.1] Sub. Nts., 5/8/324      155,000        154,565   

 

 
Raymond James Financial, Inc., 3.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/26      215,000        216,350   

 

 
S&P Global, Inc., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/18      256,000        256,778   

 

 
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., 3.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/27      216,000        218,154   

 

 
UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG:     
4.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/263      134,000        140,716   
4.253% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/23/283      147,000        155,145   
     

 

 

 
        4,137,115   

 

 
Commercial Banks—4.4%  

 

 
ABN AMRO Bank NV, 4.40% [USSW5+219.7] Sub. Nts., 3/27/284      406,000        418,536   

 

 
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (New York), 2.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/19/22      358,000        357,009   

 

 
Bank of America Corp.:      
3.248% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/21/27      277,000        275,132   
3.824% [US0003M+157.5] Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/20/284      191,000        197,736   
7.75% Jr. Sub. Nts., 5/14/38      239,000        358,957   

 

 
Barclays plc, 4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/12/26      338,000        352,364   

 

 
BB&T Corp., 2.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/26/24      294,000        292,058   

 

 
BNP Paribas SA, 4.625% Sub. Nts., 3/13/273      244,000        260,712   

 

 
BPCE SA, 4.50% Sub. Nts., 3/15/253      243,000        254,317   

 

 
Citigroup, Inc., 4.281%      
[US0003M+183.9] Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/24/484      356,000        387,802   

 

 
Citizens Bank NA (Providence RI):     
2.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/13/21      205,000        204,385   
2.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/26/22      87,000        86,282   
     Principal
Amount
     Value   

 

 
Commercial Banks (Continued)  

 

 
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/19/273    $ 288,000      $ 284,213   

 

 
Compass Bank, 2.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/29/22      369,000        365,477   

 

 
Credit Agricole SA, 4.375% Sub. Nts., 3/17/253      412,000        431,095   

 

 
Fifth Third Bank (Cincinnati OH), 3.85% Sub. Nts., 3/15/26      228,000        235,561   

 

 
First Republic Bank, 4.375% Sub. Nts., 8/1/46      146,000        149,735   

 

 
Glencore Funding LLC, 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/16/253      200,000        202,326   

 

 
HSBC Holdings plc, 4.041%      
[US0003M+154.6] Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/13/284      170,000        177,318   

 

 
Huntington Bancshares, Inc., 3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/14/21      245,000        249,015   

 

 
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 3.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/14/273      289,000        289,352   

 

 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.:      
3.54% [US0003M+138] Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/284      284,000        289,185   
3.782% [US0003M+133.7] Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/284      563,000        583,916   

 

 
Lloyds Banking Group plc, 6.657%     
[US0003M+127] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds3,4,13      400,000        469,000   

 

 
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.     
(The), 3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/19/27      323,000        324,400   

 

 
Regions Bank (Birmingham AL), 2.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/14/18      328,000        328,406   

 

 
Regions Financial Corp., 2.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/14/22      238,000        237,475   

 

 
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, 3.498% [US0003M+148] Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/234      255,000        255,781   

 

 
SunTrust Bank (Atlanta GA), 3.30% Sub. Nts., 5/15/26      163,000        161,684   

 

 
Synovus Financial Corp., 3.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/22      213,000        211,498   

 

 
US Bancorp:      
3.10% Sub. Nts., 4/27/26      210,000        208,693   
3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/27/27      87,000        87,239   

 

 
Wells Fargo & Co.:      
3.584% [US0003M+131] Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/22/284      291,000        296,929   
4.75% Sub. Nts., 12/7/46            207,000        231,709   
     

 

 

 
              9,515,297   

 

 
Consumer Finance—0.5%  

 

 
American Express Co., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/22      143,000        141,407   

 

 
American Express Credit Corp., 3.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/3/27      217,000        220,404   

 

 
Capital One Financial Corp., 3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/9/27      143,000        144,762   

 

 
Discover Financial Services:      
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/4/25      143,000        144,130   
4.10% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/9/27      146,000        149,788   

 

 
Electricite de France SA, 6.50% Sr.     
Unsec. Nts., 1/26/193      259,000        270,944   
     

 

 

 
        1,071,435   

 

 
Diversified Financial Services—0.4%  

 

 
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co., 2.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/18      115,000        115,111   

 

 
Peachtree Corners Funding Trust, 3.976% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/253      139,000        143,310   

 

 
Precision Castparts Corp., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/23      212,000        210,776   
 

 

16        OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA


     Principal
Amount
     Value   

 

 
Diversified Financial Services (Continued)  

 

 
Voya Financial, Inc., 5.65%      
[US0003M+358] Jr. Sub. Nts., 5/15/534    $ 335,000      $ 357,613   
     

 

 

 
        826,810   

 

 
Insurance—0.8%      

 

 
AXIS Specialty Finance plc, 5.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/45      179,000        192,625   

 

 
Brighthouse Financial, Inc., 3.70% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/22/273      93,000        91,617   

 

 
CNA Financial Corp., 3.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/27      255,000        251,727   

 

 
Manulife Financial Corp., 4.061% [USISDA05+164.7] Sub. Nts., 2/24/324      219,000        221,009   

 

 
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 4.35% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/30/47      113,000        125,581   

 

 
MetLife, Inc., 5.25% [US0003M+357.5] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds4,13      296,000        308,503   

 

 
Nuveen Finance LLC, 4.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/243      267,000        282,138   

 

 
Prudential Financial, Inc., 5.20% [US0003M+304] Jr. Sub. Nts., 3/15/444      276,000        294,285   
     

 

 

 
        1,767,485   

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—0.9%  

 

 
American Tower Corp.:      
2.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/20      312,000        314,101   
3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/23      299,000        298,544   

 

 
Crown Castle International Corp., 3.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/27      176,000        175,872   

 

 
Digital Realty Trust LP:      
3.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/20      30,000        30,610   
5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/20      125,000        132,629   

 

 
HCP, Inc., 2.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/20      348,000        349,386   

 

 
Lamar Media Corp., 5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/26      325,000        348,156   

 

 
Ventas Realty LP/Ventas Capital Corp., 2.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/18      103,000        102,997   

 

 
VEREIT Operating Partnership LP, 3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/6/19      134,000        134,671   

 

 
Welltower, Inc., 2.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/18      88,000        88,038   
     

 

 

 
              1,975,004   

 

 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance—0.1%  

 

 
Nationwide Building Society, 4.125% [USISDA05+184.9] Sub. Nts., 10/18/324      215,000        215,440   

 

 
Health Care—3.1%      

 

 
Biotechnology—0.7%      

 

 
AbbVie, Inc.:      
3.60% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/14/25      210,000        216,184   
4.70% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/14/45      64,000        71,598   

 

 
Biogen, Inc., 5.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/45      82,000        97,635   

 

 
Celgene Corp.:      
3.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/25            202,000        209,373   
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/45      41,000        46,659   

 

 
Gilead Sciences, Inc., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/46      132,000        152,924   

 

 
Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC:     
1.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/23/19      376,000        372,712   
3.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/23/26      287,000        281,066   
     

 

 

 
        1,448,151   

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies—0.7%  

 

 
Abbott Laboratories:      
2.35% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/22/19      366,000        366,206   
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/30/26      300,000        308,544   
     Principal
Amount
     Value   

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (Continued)  

 

 
Becton Dickinson & Co.:      
2.404% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/5/20    $ 226,000      $ 224,891   
3.70% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/6/27      268,000        270,512   

 

 
Boston Scientific Corp., 3.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/25            277,000        285,166   

 

 
Hologic, Inc., 4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/253      15,000        15,262   

 

 
Medtronic, Inc., 4.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/45      145,000        169,193   
     

 

 

 
              1,639,774   

 

 
Health Care Providers & Services—1.0%  

 

 
Anthem, Inc., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/21/20      351,000        350,483   

 

 
Cigna Corp., 5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/20      303,000        321,621   

 

 
Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II, Inc., 5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/31/223      450,000        495,830   

 

 
Humana, Inc., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/20      91,000        90,987   

 

 
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings:     
2.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/20      348,000        349,073   
3.60% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/25      218,000        221,715   

 

 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 2.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/23      285,000        285,719   
     

 

 

 
        2,115,428   

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services—0.4%  

 

 
Life Technologies Corp., 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/20      259,000        277,329   

 

 
Quintiles IMS, Inc., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/263      330,000        339,488   

 

 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.:      
3.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/27      175,000        173,754   
4.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/24      125,000        132,741   
     

 

 

 
        923,312   

 

 
Pharmaceuticals—0.3%      

 

 
Allergan Funding SCS:      
3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/12/20      348,000        351,290   
3.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/25      247,000        251,784   

 

 
Zoetis, Inc., 3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/12/27      86,000        84,157   
     

 

 

 
        687,231   

 

 
Industrials—2.3%  

 

 
Aerospace & Defense—0.5%  

 

 
BAE Systems Holdings, Inc., 3.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/253      270,000        280,403   

 

 
Hexcel Corp., 3.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/27      135,000        137,845   

 

 
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., 3.483% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/273      134,000        133,833   

 

 
Northrop Grumman Corp., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/43      190,000        220,100   

 

 
Rolls-Royce plc, 2.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/14/203      93,000        92,444   

 

 
Textron, Inc.:      
3.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/27      90,000        91,615   
3.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/25      129,000        133,894   

 

 
United Technologies Corp., 1.778% Jr. Sub. Nts., 5/4/1810      67,000        66,903   
     

 

 

 
        1,157,037   

 

 
Air Freight & Couriers—0.0%  

 

 
FedEx Corp., 4.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/47      69,000        73,863   

 

 
Building Products—0.2%  

 

 
Allegion US Holding Co., Inc., 3.55% Sec. Nts., 10/1/27      255,000        252,784   
 

 

17        OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value   

 

 
Building Products (Continued)  

 

 
Owens Corning, 3.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/26    $ 242,000      $ 237,907   
     

 

 

 
       

 

490,691 

 

 

 

 

 
Commercial Services & Supplies—0.1%  

 

 
Republic Services, Inc., 3.80% Sr.      

Unsec. Nts., 5/15/18

 

    

 

      311,000

 

 

 

    

 

      313,178 

 

 

 

 

 
Electrical Equipment—0.2%  

 

 
Sensata Technologies BV, 4.875% Sr.     

Unsec. Nts., 10/15/233

 

    

 

345,000

 

 

 

    

 

361,819 

 

 

 

 

 
Industrial Conglomerates—0.4%  

 

 
Carlisle Cos., Inc., 3.75% Sr. Unsec.     
Nts., 12/1/27      188,000        190,279   

 

 
Roper Technologies, Inc.:      
3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/20      288,000        291,605   
3.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/26      263,000        271,647   
     

 

 

 
       

 

753,531 

 

 

 

 

 
Machinery—0.3%  

 

 
CNH Industrial NV, 3.85% Sr. Unsec.     
Nts., 11/15/27      189,000        188,799   

 

 
Fortive Corp., 1.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/19      385,000        382,322   

 

 
Wabtec Corp., 3.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/26      144,000        141,053   
     

 

 

 
       

 

712,174 

 

 

 

 

 
Road & Rail—0.2%      

 

 
Canadian Pacific Railway Co., 4.80%     
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/35      76,000        88,744   

 

 
Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL     
Finance Corp., 3.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/263      284,000        280,869   
     

 

 

 
       

 

369,613 

 

 

 

 

 
Trading Companies & Distributors—0.4%  

 

 
Air Lease Corp.:      
3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/23      160,000        158,941   
3.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/27      156,000        156,136   

 

 
GATX Corp., 3.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/28      285,000        281,758   

 

 
United Rentals North America, Inc., 4.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/25      178,000        179,780   
     

 

 

 
       

 

776,615 

 

 

 

 

 
Information Technology—1.9%  

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments, & Components—0.3%  

 

 
Arrow Electronics, Inc., 3.875% Sr.     
Unsec. Nts., 1/12/28      248,000        247,691   

 

 
CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp., 5.50%     
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/24      58,000        63,365   

 

 
Tech Data Corp., 4.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/27      271,000        286,302   
     

 

 

 
       

 

597,358 

 

 

 

 

 
Internet Software & Services—0.1%  

 

 
VeriSign, Inc.:      
4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/27      189,000        194,197   
5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/25      105,000        114,844   
     

 

 

 
       

 

309,041 

 

 

 

 

 
IT Services—0.3%      

 

 
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., 3.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/27/26      164,000        162,912   

 

 
DXC Technology Co.:      
2.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/27/20      261,000        262,395   
4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/27      267,000        284,377   
     

 

 

 
        709,684   
     Principal
Amount
     Value   

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—0.1%  

 

 

Intel Corp., 3.734% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/8/473

 

   $

 

116,000

 

 

 

   $

 

120,664 

 

 

 

 

 
Software—0.8%      

 

 
Autodesk, Inc., 4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/25      125,000        131,342   

 

 
Dell International LLC/EMC Corp.:      
3.48% Sr. Sec. Nts., 6/1/193            376,000              380,807   
6.02% Sr. Sec. Nts., 6/15/263      213,000        235,185   

 

 
Open Text Corp., 5.625% Sr. Unsec.     
Nts., 1/15/233      174,000        182,048   

 

 
Oracle Corp.:      
2.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/23      214,000        211,457   
2.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/25      211,000        212,067   

 

 
VMware, Inc.:      
2.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/21/20      108,000        107,448   
3.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/21/27      178,000        179,987   
     

 

 

 
       

 

1,640,341 

 

 

 

 

 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—0.3%  

 

 
Apple, Inc., 4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/13/45      227,000        256,132   

 

 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 3.60%     
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/20      342,000        349,381   

 

 
NetApp, Inc., 2.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/27/19      160,000        158,810   
     

 

 

 
       

 

764,323 

 

 

 

 

 
Materials—2.0%      

 

 
Chemicals—1.1%      

 

 
Agrium, Inc.:      
3.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/25      104,000        104,618   
4.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/35      87,000        90,090   

 

 
CF Industries, Inc., 4.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 12/1/263      263,000        274,583   

 

 
Ecolab, Inc., 2.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/14/19      370,000        369,455   

 

 
LyondellBasell Industries NV, 5.00% Sr.     
Unsec. Nts., 4/15/19      227,000        233,111   

 

 
PolyOne Corp., 5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/23      308,000        325,710   

 

 
RPM International, Inc.:      
3.45% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 11/15/22      304,000        311,821   
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/27      91,000        92,230   
4.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/48      86,000        85,779   

 

 
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The):      
3.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/25      122,000        121,437   
3.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/26      174,000        181,712   

 

 
Yara International ASA, 3.80% Sr.      
Unsec. Nts., 6/6/263      230,000        228,520   
     

 

 

 
       

 

2,419,066 

 

 

 

 

 
Construction Materials—0.2%  

 

 
LafargeHolcim Finance US LLC, 3.50%     
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/22/263      80,000        79,002   

 

 
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., 3.50%     
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/27      171,000        170,026   

 

 
Vulcan Materials Co., 3.90% Sr. Unsec.     
Nts., 4/1/27      263,000        269,267   
     

 

 

 
       

 

518,295 

 

 

 

 

 
Containers & Packaging—0.4%  

 

 
International Paper Co.:      
3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/27      150,000        145,677   
4.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/44      142,000        155,904   

 

 
Packaging Corp. of America:      
3.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/24      113,000        116,008   
4.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/23      150,000        161,542   
 

 

18        OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA


    Principal
Amount
    Value   

 

 
Containers & Packaging (Continued)  

 

 
Silgan Holdings, Inc., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/253   $             290,000      $             298,700   
   

 

 

 
     

 

877,831 

 

 

 

 

 
Metals & Mining—0.2%  

 

 
Anglo American Capital plc: 3.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/11/243     86,000       85,670   
4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/11/273     140,000       139,245   

 

 
Goldcorp, Inc., 5.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/9/44     96,000       112,070   
   

 

 

 
     

 

336,985 

 

 

 

 

 
Paper & Forest Products—0.1%  

 

 
Louisiana-Pacific Corp., 4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/24     199,000       205,965   

 

 
Telecommunication Services—1.5%  

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services—1.5%  

 

 
AT&T, Inc.:    
3.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/14/24     146,000       146,928   
4.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/303     331,000       331,389   
4.35% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/45     189,000       174,895   
5.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/14/50     109,000       109,971   

 

 
British Telecommunications plc, 9.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/30     289,000       432,583   

 

 
Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, 2.225% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/17/203     355,000       353,468   

 

 
Telefonica Emisiones SAU:    
3.192% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/27/18     397,000       398,441   
4.103% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/8/27     98,000       101,428   
5.213% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/8/47     123,000       140,016   
7.045% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 6/20/36     125,000       168,077   

 

 
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/26     317,000       346,719   

 

 
Verizon Communications, Inc.:    
1.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/21     131,000       127,579   
4.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/46     152,000       140,861   
4.522% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/48     281,000       277,570   
   

 

 

 
     

 

3,249,925 

 

 

 

 

 
Utilities—2.1%    

 

 
Electric Utilities—1.5%    

 

 
AEP Texas, Inc., 3.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/253     153,000       159,995   

 

 
Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC, 3.743% Sr. Sec. Nts., 5/1/26     146,000       146,759   

 

 
Duke Energy Corp.:    
3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/27     176,000       175,035   
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/46     70,000       69,458   

 

 
Edison International, 2.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/23     233,000       233,601   
    Principal
Amount
    Value   

 

 
Electric Utilities (Continued)    

 

 
EDP Finance BV, 3.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/243   $ 238,000     $ 239,883   

 

 
Emera US Finance LP, 2.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/19     241,000       240,126   

 

 
Enel Finance International NV, 3.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/25/273     178,000       177,151   

 

 
Exelon Corp., 4.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/46     87,000       94,847   

 

 
Indiana Michigan Power Co., Series K, 4.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/46     88,000       100,691   

 

 
ITC Holdings Corp., 5.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/1/43     81,000       98,005   

 

 
NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP, 4.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/243     29,000       29,580   

 

 
Pennsylvania Electric Co., 5.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/20     88,000       92,925   

 

 
PPL WEM Ltd./Western Power Distribution Ltd., 5.375% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 5/1/213     317,000       339,950   

 

 
Public Service Co. of New Mexico, 7.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/18     347,000       354,257   

 

 
Southern Co. Gas Capital Corp., 4.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/30/47     128,000       137,581   

 

 
Southern Power Co., 1.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/19     324,000       321,450   

 

 
Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Co., 3.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/253     187,000       194,240   
   

 

 

 
     

 

3,205,534 

 

 

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities—0.6%    

 

 
Black Hills Corp., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/11/19     179,000       179,532   

 

 
Dominion Energy, Inc.:    
2.579% Jr. Sub. Nts., 7/1/20     285,000       285,272   
4.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/41     123,000       142,540   

 

 
NiSource Finance Corp., 3.49% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/27     258,000       263,039   

 

 
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc., 1.60% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/19     303,000       298,109   

 

 
Virginia Electric & Power Co., 2.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/22     242,000       245,172   
   

 

 

 
      1,413,664   
   

 

 

 
Total Non-Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $69,655,947)       71,440,747   
    Shares        

 

 

Investment Company—2.5%

 

 

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 1.22%14,15 (Cost $5,367,607)     5,367,607       5,367,607   

 

 
Total Investments, at Value (Cost $240,932,791)     117.4%       255,554,836   

 

 
Net Other Assets (Liabilities)     (17.4)       (37,906,837)  
 

 

 

 
Net Assets     100.0%     $       217,647,999   
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Footnotes to Statement of Investments

1. Non-income producing security.

2. Security is a Master Limited Partnership.

3. Represents securities sold under Rule 144A, which are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities have been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. These securities amount to $28,168,360 or 12.94% of the Fund’s net assets at period end.

4. Represents the current interest rate for a variable or increasing rate security, determined as [Referenced Rate + Basis-point spread].

5. Restricted security. The aggregate value of restricted securities at period end was $218,538, which represents 0.10% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 4 of the accompanying Notes.

Information concerning restricted securities is as follows:

 

Security    Acquisition
Dates
     Cost      Value      Unrealized
Depreciation
 

 

 
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2017-3A, Cl. C, 3.48%, 10/15/26      10/17/17      $                 219,965          $                 218,538          $                 1,427      

 

19        OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

Footnotes to Statement of Investments (Continued)

6. Interest-Only Strips represent the right to receive the monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgage loans. These securities typically decline in price as interest rates decline. Most other fixed income securities increase in price when interest rates decline. The principal amount of the underlying pool represents the notional amount on which current interest is calculated. The price of these securities is typically more sensitive to changes in prepayment rates than traditional mortgage-backed securities (for example, GNMA pass-throughs). Interest rates disclosed represent current yields based upon the current cost basis and estimated timing and amount of future cash flows. These securities amount to $1,486,117 or 0.68% of the Fund’s net assets at period end.

7. Principal-Only Strips represent the right to receive the monthly principal payments on an underlying pool of mortgage loans. The value of these securities generally increases as interest rates decline and prepayment rates rise. The price of these securities is typically more volatile than that of coupon-bearing bonds of the same maturity. Interest rates disclosed represent current yields based upon the current cost basis and estimated timing of future cash flows. These securities amount to $49,745 or 0.02% of the Fund’s net assets at period end.

8. Interest rate is less than 0.0005%.

9. All or a portion of the security position is when-issued or delayed delivery to be delivered and settled after period end. See Note 4 of the accompanying Notes.

10. This interest rate resets periodically. Interest rate shown reflects the rate in effect at period end. The rate on this variable rate security is not based on a published reference rate and spread but is determined by the issuer or agent based on current market conditions.

11. All or a portion of the security position has been pledged for collateral in association with forward roll transactions. See Note 4 of the accompanying Notes.

12. All or a portion of the security position is held in accounts at a futures clearing merchant and pledged to cover margin requirements on open futures contracts and written options on futures, if applicable. The aggregate market value of such securities is $141,300. See Note 6 of the accompanying Notes.

13. This bond has no contractual maturity date, is not redeemable and contractually pays an indefinite stream of interest.

14. Rate shown is the 7-day yield at period end.

15. Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, at or during the reporting period, by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment adviser. Transactions during the reporting period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:

 

     Shares
December 31, 2016
    

Gross

Additions

    

Gross

Reductions

     Shares
December 31, 2017
 

 

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E      5,367,607          —          —          5,367,607    
     Value        Income      Realized    
Gain (Loss)    
     Change in Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

 

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E    $                     5,367,607        $                 43,517        $                             —        $                                          —    

16. The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 3 of the accompanying Notes

 

 

 
Futures Contracts as of December 31, 2017  
Description    Buy/Sell      Expiration Date      Number of
Contracts
            Notional
Amount
(000’s)
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
 

 

 
United States Treasury Long Bonds      Buy        3/20/18        18        USD        2,751        $              2,754,000        $                    2,847  
United States Treasury Nts., 10 yr.      Sell        3/20/18        129        USD        16,080        16,002,047        77,661  
United States Treasury Nts., 2 yr.      Buy        3/29/18        11        USD        2,355        2,355,203        36  
United States Treasury Nts., 5 yr.      Sell        3/29/18        3        USD        349        348,492        769  
United States Ultra Bonds      Buy        3/20/18        50        USD        8,334        8,382,812        48,776  
                    

 

 

 
                       $            130,089  
                    

 

 

 

 

Glossary:     
Definitions     

H15T1Y

   US Treasury Yield Curve Rate T Note Constant Maturity 1 Year

ICE LIBOR

   Intercontinental Exchange London Interbank Offered Rate

LIBOR01M

   ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month

US0001M

   ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month

US0003M

   ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month

USISDA05

   USD ICE Swap Rate 11:00am NY 5 Year

USSW5

   USD Swap Semi 30/360 5 Year

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

20        OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES December 31, 2017

 

 

 

Assets

  
Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments:   
Unaffiliated companies (cost $235,565,184)      $ 250,187,229      
Affiliated companies (cost $5,367,607)      5,367,607      
  

 

 

 
     255,554,836      

 

 
Cash      16,556,911      

 

 
Cash used for collateral on futures      277,000      

 

 
Receivables and other assets:   
Investments sold (including $2,162,782 sold on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis)      2,266,651      
Interest, dividends and principal paydowns      930,051      
Shares of beneficial interest sold      48,216      
Variation margin receivable      26,778      
Other      54,806      
  

 

 

 

Total assets

 

    

 

275,715,249    

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

  
Payables and other liabilities:   
Investments purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis      57,568,656      
Shares of beneficial interest redeemed      335,662      
Trustees’ compensation      46,325      
Variation margin payable      26,205      
Shareholder communications      12,496      
Distribution and service plan fees      10,765      
Other      67,141      
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

    

 

58,067,250    

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets

     $             217,647,999      
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Composition of Net Assets

  
Par value of shares of beneficial interest      $ 13,717      

 

 
Additional paid-in capital      194,520,797      

 

 
Accumulated net investment income      3,826,718      

 

 
Accumulated net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions      4,536,208      

 

 
Net unrealized appreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies      14,750,559      
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     $ 217,647,999      
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value Per Share

  
Non-Service Shares:   
Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $166,014,627 and 10,430,619 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)      $15.92      

 

 
Service Shares:   
Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $51,633,372 and 3,286,400 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)      $15.71      

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

 

 

 

Investment Income

  
Interest      $ 4,051,663       

 

 
Dividends:   
Unaffiliated companies (net of foreign withholding taxes of $7,093)      1,257,309       
Affiliated companies      43,517       
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

 

    

 

5,352,489     

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses

  
Management fees      1,656,729       

 

 
Distribution and service plan fees — Service shares      128,331       

 

 
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:   
Non-Service shares      170,426       
Service shares      51,342       

 

 
Shareholder communications:   
Non-Service shares      38,917       
Service shares      11,731       

 

 
Custodian fees and expenses      44,606       

 

 
Trustees’ compensation      14,213       

 

 
Borrowing fees      6,050       

 

 
Other      97,546       
  

 

 

 
Total expenses      2,219,891       
Less reduction to custodian expenses      (932)      
Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses      (598,734)      
  

 

 

 

Net expenses

 

    

 

1,620,225     

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

     3,732,264       

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

  
Net realized gain (loss) on:   
Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies      11,292,892       
Futures contracts      363,666       
Foreign currency transactions      (961)      
Swap contracts      101,939       
  

 

 

 
Net realized gain      11,757,536       

 

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:   
Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies      3,849,482       
Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies      1,889       
Futures contracts      165,856       
Swap contracts      843       
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

    

 

4,018,070     

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     $             19,507,870       
  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2017
    Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

 

 

Operations

    
Net investment income      $ 3,732,264         $ 3,974,985    

 

 
Net realized gain      11,757,536         6,003,120    

 

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation      4,018,070         1,806,844    
  

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

 

    

 

19,507,870  

 

 

 

   

 

11,784,949  

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders

    
Dividends from net investment income:     
Non-Service shares      (3,346,883)        (4,214,715)   
Service shares      (889,490)        (1,155,621)   
  

 

 

 
    

 

(4,236,373) 

 

 

 

   

 

(5,370,336) 

 

 

 

 

 

Beneficial Interest Transactions

    
Net decrease in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:     
Non-Service shares      (18,304,514)        (14,689,603)   
Service shares      (3,634,518)        (2,041,174)   
  

 

 

 
    

 

(21,939,032) 

 

 

 

   

 

(16,730,777) 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets

    
Total decrease      (6,667,535)        (10,316,164)   

 

 
Beginning of period      224,315,534         234,631,698    
  

 

 

 

End of period (including accumulated net investment income of $3,826,718 and $ 4,130,290, respectively)

 

     $

 

        217,647,999  

 

 

 

    $

 

        224,315,534  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

23        OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

Non-Service Shares    Year Ended
December 31,
2017
    Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    Year Ended
December 31,
2015
    Year Ended
December 31,
2014
     Year Ended
December 31,
2013
 

 

 

Per Share Operating Data

           
Net asset value, beginning of period      $14.86       $14.46       $14.67       $13.84        $12.52    

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:            
Net investment income1      0.27       0.26       0.31       0.29        0.25    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)      1.09       0.49       (0.18)       0.83        1.38    
  

 

 

 
Total from investment operations      1.36       0.75       0.13       1.12        1.63    

 

 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:            
Dividends from net investment income      (0.30)       (0.35)       (0.34)       (0.29)        (0.31)    

 

 
Net asset value, end of period      $15.92       $14.86       $14.46       $14.67        $13.84    
  

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value2

     9.25%       5.26%       0.83%       8.20%        13.17%    
                                 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

           
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)      $166,015       $172,573       $182,406       $203,684        $213,697    

 

 
Average net assets (in thousands)      $170,438       $177,368       $194,208       $208,556        $218,090    

 

 
Ratios to average net assets:3            
Net investment income      1.74%       1.78%       2.09%       2.03%        1.87%    
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below      0.94%       0.94%       0.91%       0.90%        0.89%    
Interest and fees from borrowings      0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%        0.00%    
  

 

 

 
Total expenses5      0.94%       0.94%       0.91%       0.90%        0.89%    
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      0.67%       0.67%       0.67%       0.67%        0.66%    

 

 
Portfolio turnover rate6      76%       68%       68%       98%        187%    

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

3. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

4. Less than 0.005%.

5. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

            

Year Ended December 31, 2017

     0.94  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

     0.94  

Year Ended December 31, 2015

     0.91  

Year Ended December 31, 2014

     0.90  

Year Ended December 31, 2013

     0.90  

6. The portfolio turnover rate excludes purchase and sale transactions of To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage-related securities as follows:

 

     Purchase Transactions      Sale Transactions  

 

 

 Year Ended December 31, 2017

     $729,295,309        $711,803,922  

 Year Ended December 31, 2016

     $737,550,642        $742,753,245  

 Year Ended December 31, 2015

     $829,988,104        $849,696,153  

 Year Ended December 31, 2014

     $697,503,637        $678,765,376  

 Year Ended December 31, 2013

     $794,398,216        $800,879,825  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

24        OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA


 

Service Shares    Year Ended
December 31,
2017
    Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    Year Ended
December 31,
2015
    Year Ended
December 31,
2014
    

 

Year Ended
December 31,
2013

 

 

 

Per Share Operating Data

           
Net asset value, beginning of period      $14.67       $14.28       $14.49       $13.66        $12.37    

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:            
Net investment income1      0.23       0.22       0.27       0.25        0.21    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)      1.07       0.48       (0.18)       0.84        1.36    
  

 

 

 
Total from investment operations      1.30       0.70       0.09       1.09        1.57    

 

 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:            
Dividends from net investment income      (0.26)       (0.31)       (0.30)       (0.26)        (0.28)    

 

 
Net asset value, end of period      $15.71       $14.67       $14.28       $14.49        $13.66    
  

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value2

     8.95%       4.96%       0.57%       8.02%        12.83%    
                                 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

           
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)      $51,633       $51,743       $52,226       $63,880        $69,601    

 

 
Average net assets (in thousands)      $51,345       $53,914       $59,085       $65,450        $72,332    

 

 
Ratios to average net assets:3            
Net investment income      1.49%       1.53%       1.84%       1.78%        1.62%    
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below      1.19%       1.19%       1.16%       1.15%        1.15%    
Interest and fees from borrowings      0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%        0.00%    
  

 

 

 
Total expenses5      1.19%       1.19%       1.16%       1.15%        1.15%    
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      0.92%       0.92%       0.92%       0.92%        0.92%    

 

 
Portfolio turnover rate6      76%       68%       68%       98%        187%    

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

3. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

4. Less than 0.005%.

5. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

            

Year Ended December 31, 2017

     1.19  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

     1.19  

Year Ended December 31, 2015

     1.16  

Year Ended December 31, 2014

     1.15  

Year Ended December 31, 2013

     1.16  

6. The portfolio turnover rate excludes purchase and sale transactions of To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage-related securities as follows:

 

     Purchase Transactions      Sale Transactions  

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2017

     $729,295,309        $711,803,922  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

     $737,550,642        $742,753,245  

Year Ended December 31, 2015

     $829,988,104        $849,696,153  

Year Ended December 31, 2014

     $697,503,637        $678,765,376  

Year Ended December 31, 2013

     $794,398,216        $800,879,825  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

25        OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2017

 

 

1. Organization

Oppenheimer Conservative Balanced Fund/VA (the “Fund”), a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, is a diversified open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as amended. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek total return. The Fund’s investment adviser is OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”). The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI. Shares of the Fund are sold only to separate accounts of life insurance companies.

The Fund offers two classes of shares. Both classes are sold at their offering price, which is the net asset value per share, to separate investment accounts of participating insurance companies as an underlying investment for variable life insurance policies, variable annuity contracts or other investment products. The class of shares designated as Service shares is subject to a distribution and service plan. Both classes of shares have identical rights and voting privileges with respect to the Fund in general and exclusive voting rights on matters that affect that class alone. Earnings, net assets and net asset value per share may differ due to each class having its own expenses, such as transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees and shareholder communications, directly attributable to that class.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed in the Fund’s preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Security Valuation. All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.

Foreign Currency Translation. The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Any foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:

(1) Value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange rates prevailing at Market Close as described in Note 3.

(2) Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

Although the net assets and the values are presented at the foreign exchange rates at Market Close, the Fund does not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments shown in the Statement of Operations.

For securities, which are subject to foreign withholding tax upon disposition, realized gains or losses on such securities are recorded net of foreign withholding tax.

Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding tax reclaims recorded on the Fund’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.

Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other than those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated on a daily basis to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a specific class are charged against the operations of that class.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. GAAP, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually or at other times as determined necessary by the Manager.

Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends, if any, and capital gains taxes on foreign investments, if any, have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable tax rules and regulations. Interest income, if any, is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.

Return of Capital Estimates. Distributions received from the Fund’s investments in Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and Real Estate Investments Trusts (REITs), generally are comprised of income and return of capital. The Fund records investment income and return of capital based on estimates. Such estimates are based on historical information available from each MLP, REIT and other industry sources. These estimates may subsequently be revised based on information received from MLPs and REITs after their tax reporting periods are concluded.

Custodian Fees. “Custodian fees and expenses” in the Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by the Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. The Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by positive cash balances maintained by the Fund, at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 2.00%. The “Reduction to custodian expenses” line item, if applicable, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings.

 

26        OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA


 

 

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Security Transactions. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

Indemnifications. The Fund’s organizational documents provide current and former Trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income, including any net realized gain on investments not offset by capital loss carryforwards, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s tax return filings generally remains open for the three preceding fiscal reporting period ends. The Fund has analyzed its tax positions for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, including open tax years, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Fund’s financial statements.

The tax components of capital shown in the following table represent distribution requirements the Fund must satisfy under the income tax regulations, losses the Fund may be able to offset against income and gains realized in future years and unrealized appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes.

 

Undistributed

Net Investment

Income

   Undistributed
Long-Term
Gain
     Accumulated
Loss
Carryforward1,2
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
Based on cost of
Securities and
Other Investments
for Federal Income
Tax Purposes
 

 

 

$3,873,530

     $4,754,290        $—        $14,531,986  

1. During the reporting period, the Fund utilized $5,261,675 of capital loss carryforward to offset capital gains realized in that fiscal year.

2. During the previous reporting period, the Fund utilized $6,632,281 of capital loss carryforward to offset capital gains realized in that fiscal year.

Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes. The character of dividends and distributions made during the fiscal year from net investment income or net realized gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax requirements, which may differ from the character of net investment income or net realized gains presented in those financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Also, due to timing of dividends and distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or net realized gain was recorded by the Fund.

Accordingly, the following amounts have been reclassified for the reporting period. Net assets of the Fund were unaffected by the reclassifications.

Increase

to Paid-in Capital

 

Increase

to Accumulated
Net Investment
Income

    

Reduction

to Accumulated Net
Realized Gain

on Investments3

 

 

 

$354,657

    $200,537        $555,194  

3. $354,657, all of which was long-term capital gain, was distributed in connection with Fund share redemptions.

The tax character of distributions paid during the reporting periods:

 

    Year Ended
December 31, 2017
     Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

 

 

Distributions paid from:

    

Ordinary income

  $ 4,236,373      $ 5,370,336  

The aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes at period end are noted in the following table. The primary difference between book and tax appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments, if applicable, is attributable to the tax deferral of losses or tax realization of financial statement unrealized gain or loss.

 

 

Federal tax cost of securities

     $ 241,021,276    

Federal tax cost of other investments

     (2,858,525)   
  

 

 

 

Total federal tax cost

     $     238,162,751    
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

     $ 17,799,742    

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (3,267,756)   
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

     $ 14,531,986    
  

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

 

3. Securities Valuation

The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is open for trading, except in the case of a scheduled early closing of the Exchange, in which case the Fund will calculate net asset value of the shares as of the scheduled early closing time of the Exchange.

The Fund’s Board has adopted procedures for the valuation of the Fund’s securities and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for valuation determinations under those procedures to the Manager. The Manager has established a Valuation Committee which is responsible for determining a fair valuation for any security for which market quotations are not readily available. The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Fund’s Board at least quarterly or more frequently, if necessary.

Valuation Methods and Inputs

Securities are valued primarily using unadjusted quoted market prices, when available, as supplied by third party pricing services or broker-dealers.

The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or the fair value of the types of securities described below:

Equity securities traded on a securities exchange (including exchange-traded derivatives other than futures and futures options) are valued based on the official closing price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the Manager, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. If the official closing price is unavailable, the security is valued at the last sale price on the principal exchange on which it is traded, or if no sales occurred, the security is valued at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Over-the-counter equity securities are valued at the last published sale price, or if no sales occurred, at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Events occurring after the close of trading on foreign exchanges may result in adjustments to the valuation of foreign securities to more accurately reflect their fair value as of the time when the Fund’s assets are valued.

Shares of a registered investment company that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that investment company’s net asset value per share.

Corporate and government debt securities (of U.S. or foreign issuers) and municipal debt securities, short-term notes, mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, and asset-backed securities are valued at the mean between the bid and asked prices utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers who may use matrix pricing methods to determine the evaluated prices. Pricing services generally price debt securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional “round lot” size, but some trades may occur in smaller, “odd lot” sizes, sometimes at lower prices than institutional round lot trades. Standard inputs generally considered by third-party pricing vendors include reported trade data, broker-dealer price quotations, benchmark yields, issuer spreads on comparable securities, the credit quality, yield, maturity, as well as other appropriate factors.

Futures contracts and futures options traded on a commodities or futures exchange will be valued at the final settlement price or official closing price on the principal exchange as reported by such principal exchange at its trading session ending at, or most recently prior to, the time when the Fund’s assets are valued.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or when a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, are fair valued either (i) by a standardized fair valuation methodology applicable to the security type or the significant event as previously approved by the Valuation Committee and the Fund’s Board or (ii) as determined in good faith by the Manager’s Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee considers all relevant facts that are reasonably available, through either public information or information available to the Manager, when determining the fair value of a security. Those standardized fair valuation methodologies include, but are not limited to, valuing securities at the last sale price or initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be further adjusted for any discounts related to security-specific resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities nor can it be assured that the Fund can obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security.

To assess the continuing appropriateness of security valuations, the Manager regularly compares prior day prices and sale prices to the current day prices and challenges those prices exceeding certain tolerance levels with the third party pricing service or broker source. For those securities valued by fair valuations, whether through a standardized fair valuation methodology or a fair valuation determination, the Valuation Committee reviews and affirms the reasonableness of the valuations based on such methodologies and fair valuation determinations on a regular basis after considering all relevant information that is reasonably available.

Classifications

Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Various data inputs may be used in determining the value of each of the Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

1) Level 1-unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)

2) Level 2-inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets

 

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and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)

3) Level 3-significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager’s own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability).

The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

The Fund classifies each of its investments in investment companies which are publicly offered as Level 1. Investment companies that are not publicly offered, if any, are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end based on valuation input level:

 

    

Level 1—

Unadjusted
Quoted Prices

    

Level 2—

Other Significant
Observable Inputs

    

Level 3—

Significant
Unobservable

Inputs

     Value  

 

 

Assets Table

           

Investments, at Value:

           

Common Stocks

           

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 7,417,523      $      $      $ 7,417,523    

Consumer Staples

     4,497,479        732,271               5,229,750    

Energy

     4,524,559                      4,524,559    

Financials

     14,657,514                      14,657,514    

Health Care

     8,505,538                      8,505,538    

Industrials

     9,362,772                      9,362,772    

Information Technology

     19,224,945                      19,224,945    

Materials

     2,920,327                      2,920,327    

Telecommunication Services

     1,795,124                      1,795,124    

Utilities

     1,789,847        547,292               2,337,139    

Asset-Backed Securities

            19,540,769               19,540,769    

Mortgage-Backed Obligations

            82,553,042        128,201        82,681,243    

U.S. Government Obligation

            549,279               549,279    

Non-Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes

            71,440,747               71,440,747    

Investment Company

     5,367,607                      5,367,607    
  

 

 

 

Total Investments, at Value

     80,063,235        175,363,400        128,201        255,554,836    

Other Financial Instruments:

           

Futures contracts

     130,089                      130,089    
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $                     80,193,324      $                     175,363,400      $                         128,201      $                     255,684,925    
  

 

 

 

Forward currency exchange contracts and futures contracts, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.

 

 

4. Investments and Risks

Investments in Affiliated Funds. The Fund is permitted to invest in other mutual funds advised by the Manager (“Affiliated Funds”). Affiliated Funds are open-end management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Manager is the investment adviser of, and the Sub-Adviser provides investment and related advisory services to, the Affiliated Funds. When applicable, the Fund’s investments in Affiliated Funds are included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of Affiliated Funds are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of the Affiliated Funds’ expenses, including their management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in the Affiliated Funds.

Each of the Affiliated Funds in which the Fund invests has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the Fund’s investments and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one Affiliated Fund than in another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that Affiliated Fund.

Investments in Money Market Instruments. The Fund is permitted to invest its free cash balances in money market instruments to provide liquidity or for defensive purposes. The Fund may invest in money market instruments by investing in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund (“IGMMF”), which is an Affiliated Fund. IGMMF is regulated as a money market fund under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Fund may also invest in money market instruments directly or in other affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds.

Master Limited Partnerships (“MLPs”). MLPs issue common units that represent an equity ownership interest in a partnership and provide limited voting rights. MLP common units are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and are freely tradable on securities exchanges such as the NYSE and the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”), or in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. An MLP consists of one or more general partners, who conduct the business, and one or more limited partners, who contribute capital. MLP common unit holders have a limited role in the partnership’s operations and management. The Fund, as a limited partner, normally would not be liable for the debts of the MLP beyond the amounts

 

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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.

Securities on a When-Issued or Delayed Delivery Basis. The Fund may purchase securities on a “when-issued” basis, and may purchase or sell securities on a “delayed delivery” basis. “When-issued” or “delayed delivery” refers to securities whose terms and indenture are available and for which a market exists, but which are not available for immediate delivery. Delivery and payment for securities that have been purchased by the Fund on a when-issued basis normally takes place within six months and possibly as long as two years or more after the trade date. During this period, such securities do not earn interest, are subject to market fluctuation and may increase or decrease in value prior to their delivery. The purchase of securities on a when-issued basis may increase the volatility of the Fund’s net asset value to the extent the Fund executes such transactions while remaining substantially fully invested. When the Fund engages in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions, it relies on the buyer or seller, as the case may be, to complete the transaction. Their failure to do so may cause the Fund to lose the opportunity to obtain or dispose of the security at a price and yield it considers advantageous. The Fund may also sell securities that it purchased on a when-issued basis or forward commitment prior to settlement of the original purchase.

At period end, the Fund had purchased securities issued on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis and sold securities issued on a delayed delivery basis as follows:

 

     When-Issued or
Delayed Delivery
Basis Transactions
 

 

 

Purchased securities

     $57,568,656  

Sold securities

     2,162,782  

The Fund may enter into “forward roll” transactions with respect to mortgage-related securities. In this type of transaction, the Fund sells a mortgage-related security to a buyer and simultaneously agrees to repurchase a similar security (same type, coupon and maturity) at a later date at a set price. 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. The Fund records the incremental difference between the forward purchase and sale of each forward roll as realized gain (loss) on investments or as fee income in the case of such transactions that have an associated fee in lieu of a difference in the forward purchase and sale price.

Forward roll transactions may be deemed to entail embedded leverage since the Fund purchases mortgage-related securities with extended settlement dates rather than paying for the securities under a normal settlement cycle. This embedded leverage increases the Fund’s market value of investments relative to its net assets which can incrementally increase the volatility of the Fund’s performance. Forward roll transactions can be replicated over multiple settlement periods.

Risks of entering into forward roll transactions include the potential inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the agreement; the potential of the Fund to receive inferior securities at redelivery as compared to the securities sold to the counterparty; and counterparty credit risk.

At period end, the Fund pledged $32,837 of collateral to the counterparty for forward roll transactions.

Restricted Securities. At period end, investments in securities included issues that are restricted. A restricted security may have a contractual restriction on its resale and is valued under methods approved by the Board of Trustees as reflecting fair value. Securities that are restricted are marked with an applicable footnote on the Statement of Investments. Restricted securities are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments.

Equity Security Risk. Stocks and other equity securities fluctuate in price. The value of the Fund’s portfolio may be affected by changes in the equity markets generally. Equity markets may experience significant short-term volatility and may fall sharply at times. Different markets may behave differently from each other and U.S. equity markets may move in the opposite direction from one or more foreign stock markets. Adverse events in any part of the equity or fixed-income markets may have unexpected negative effects on other market segments.

The prices of individual equity securities 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 securities. 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.

Shareholder Concentration. At period end, one shareholder owned 20% or more of the Fund’s total outstanding shares.

The shareholder is a related party of the Fund. Related parties may include, but are not limited to, the investment manager and its affiliates, affiliated broker dealers, fund of funds, and directors or employees. The related party owned 43% of the Fund’s total outstanding shares at period end.

 

 

5. Market Risk Factors

The Fund’s investments in securities and/or financial derivatives may expose the Fund to various market risk factors:

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

 

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

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

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.

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

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

 

 

6. Use of Derivatives

The Fund’s investment objective not only permits the Fund to purchase investment securities, it also allows the Fund to enter into various types of derivatives contracts, including, but not limited to, futures contracts, forward currency exchange contracts, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, total return swaps, variance swaps and purchased and written options. In doing so, the Fund will employ strategies in differing combinations to permit it to increase, decrease, or change the level or types of exposure to market risk factors. These instruments may allow the Fund to pursue its objectives more quickly and efficiently than if it were to make direct purchases or sales of securities capable of effecting a similar response to market factors. Such contracts may be entered into through a bilateral over-the-counter (“OTC”) transaction, or through a securities or futures exchange and cleared through a clearinghouse.

Derivatives may have little or no initial cash investment relative to their market value exposure and therefore can produce significant gains or losses in excess of their cost due to changes in the market risk factors and the overall market. This use of embedded leverage allows the Fund to increase its market value exposure relative to its net assets and can substantially increase the volatility of the Fund’s performance. In instances where the Fund is using derivatives to decrease, or hedge, exposures to market risk factors for securities held by the Fund, there are also risks that those derivatives may not perform as expected resulting in losses for the combined or hedged positions. Some derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the Fund’s initial investment.

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

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

Futures Contracts

A futures contract is a commitment to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity, financial instrument or currency at a negotiated price on a stipulated future date. The Fund may buy and sell futures contracts and may also buy or write put or call options on these futures contracts. Futures contracts and options thereon are generally entered into on a regulated futures exchange and cleared through a clearinghouse associated with the exchange.

Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract value in an account registered in the futures commission merchant’s name. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are paid to or from the futures commission merchant each day equal to the daily changes in the contract value. Such payments are recorded as unrealized gains and losses. Should the Fund fail to make requested variation margin payments, the futures commission merchant can gain access to the initial margin to satisfy the Fund’s payment obligations.

Futures contracts are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments. Securities held by a futures commission merchant to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts are noted in the Statement of Investments. Cash held by a futures commission merchant to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts and the receivable and/or payable for the daily mark to market for the variation margin are noted in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The net change in unrealized appreciation and depreciation is reported in the Statement of Operations. Realized gains (losses) are reported in the Statement of Operations at the closing or expiration of futures contracts.

The Fund may purchase and/or sell financial futures contracts and options on futures contracts to gain exposure to, or decrease exposure to interest rate risk, equity risk, foreign exchange rate risk, volatility risk, or commodity risk.

During the reporting period, the Fund had an ending monthly average market value of $24,983,731 and $15,646,786 on futures contracts purchased and sold, respectively.

Additional associated risks of entering into futures contracts (and related options) include the possibility that there may be an illiquid market where the Fund is unable to liquidate the contract or enter into an offsetting position and, if used for hedging purposes, the risk that the price of the contract

 

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6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

will correlate imperfectly with the prices of the Fund’s securities.

Swap Contracts

The Fund may enter into swap contract agreements with a counterparty to exchange a series of cash flows based on either specified reference rates, the price or volatility of asset or non-asset references, or the occurrence of a credit event, over a specified period. Swaps can be executed in a bi-lateral privately negotiated arrangement with a dealer in an OTC transaction (“OTC swaps”) or executed on a regulated market. Certain swaps, regardless of the venue of their execution, are required to be cleared through a clearinghouse (“centrally cleared swaps”). Swap contracts may include interest rate, equity, debt, index, total return, credit default, currency, and volatility swaps.

Swap contracts are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments. The values of centrally cleared swap and OTC swap contracts are aggregated by positive and negative values and disclosed separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The unrealized appreciation (depreciation) related to the change in the valuation of the notional amount of the swap is combined with the accrued interest due to (owed by) the Fund, if any, at termination or settlement. The net change in this amount during the period is included on the Statement of Operations. The Fund also records any periodic payments received from (paid to) the counterparty, including at termination, under such contracts as realized gain (loss) on the Statement of Operations.

Swap contract agreements are exposed to the market risk factor of the specific underlying reference rate or asset. Swap contracts are typically more attractively priced compared to similar investments in related cash securities because they isolate the risk to one market risk factor and eliminate the other market risk factors. Investments in cash securities (for instance bonds) have exposure to multiple risk factors (credit and interest rate risk). Because swaps have embedded leverage, they can expose the Fund to substantial risk in the isolated market risk factor.

Credit Default Swap Contracts. A credit default swap is a contract that enables an investor to buy or sell protection against a defined-issuer credit event, such as the issuer’s failure to make timely payments of interest or principal on a debt security, bankruptcy or restructuring. The Fund may enter into credit default swaps either by buying or selling protection on a corporate issuer, sovereign issuer, or a basket or index of issuers (the “reference asset”).

The buyer of protection pays a periodic fee to the seller of protection based on the notional amount of the swap contract. The seller of protection agrees to compensate the buyer of protection for future potential losses as a result of a credit event on the reference asset. The contract effectively transfers the credit event risk of the reference asset from the buyer of protection to the seller of protection.

The ongoing value of the contract will fluctuate throughout the term of the contract based primarily on the credit risk of the reference asset. If the credit quality of the reference asset improves relative to the credit quality at contract initiation, the buyer of protection may have an unrealized loss greater than the anticipated periodic fee owed. This unrealized loss would be the result of current credit protection being cheaper than the cost of credit protection at contract initiation. If the buyer elects to terminate the contract prior to its maturity, and there has been no credit event, this unrealized loss will become realized. If the contract is held to maturity, and there has been no credit event, the realized loss will be equal to the periodic fee paid over the life of the contract.

If there is a credit event, the buyer of protection can exercise its rights under the contract and receive a payment from the seller of protection equal to the notional amount of the swap less the market value of specified debt securities issued by the reference asset. Upon exercise of the contract the difference between such value and the notional amount is recorded as realized gain (loss) and is included on the Statement of Operations.

The Fund may purchase or sell credit protection through credit default swaps to increase or decrease exposure to the credit risk of individual issuers and/or indexes of issuers that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractive in the bond market.

For the reporting period, the Fund had ending monthly average notional amounts of $1,989,285 on credit default swaps to sell protection.

Additional associated risks to the Fund include counterparty credit risk and liquidity risk.

At period end, the Fund had no credit default swap agreements outstanding.

Counterparty Credit Risk. Derivative positions are subject to the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. The Fund intends to enter into derivative transactions with counterparties that the Manager believes to be creditworthy at the time of the transaction.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on exchange-traded derivatives cleared through a clearinghouse and for centrally cleared swaps is generally considered lower than as compared to OTC derivatives. However, counterparty credit risk exists with respect to initial and variation margin deposited/paid by the Fund that is held in futures commission merchant, broker and/or clearinghouse accounts for such exchange-traded derivatives and for centrally cleared swaps.

With respect to centrally cleared swaps, such transactions will be submitted for clearing, and if cleared, will be held in accounts at futures commission merchants or brokers that are members of clearinghouses. While brokers, futures commission merchants and clearinghouses are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse for all its customers, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro-rata basis across all the broker’s, futures commission merchant’s or clearinghouse’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.

There is the risk that a broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse will decline to clear a transaction on the Fund’s behalf, and the Fund may be required to pay a termination fee to the executing broker with whom the Fund initially enters into the transaction. Clearinghouses may also

 

 

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be permitted to terminate centrally cleared swaps at any time. The Fund is also subject to the risk that the broker or futures commission merchant will improperly use the Fund’s assets deposited/paid as initial or variation margin to satisfy payment obligations of another customer. In the event of a default by another customer of the broker or futures commission merchant, the Fund might not receive its variation margin payments from the clearinghouse, due to the manner in which variation margin payments are aggregated for all customers of the broker/futures commission merchant.

Collateral and margin requirements differ by type of derivative. Margin requirements are established by the broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse for exchange-traded and cleared derivatives, including centrally cleared swaps. Brokers, futures commission merchants and clearinghouses can ask for margin in excess of the regulatory minimum, or increase the margin amount, in certain circumstances.

For financial reporting purposes, cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund, if any, is reported separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Fund, if any, is noted in the Statement of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a party must exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold (e.g. $250,000) before a transfer has to be made. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance.

The following table presents the valuations of derivative instruments by risk exposure as reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end:

 

   

         Asset Derivatives

    

      Liability Derivatives

 

Derivatives

Not Accounted

for as Hedging

Instruments

 

Statement of Assets

and Liabilities Location

   Value     

Statement of Assets

and Liabilities Location

   Value  

 

 

Interest rate contracts Variation margin receivable

   $             26,778*      Variation margin payable    $             26,205*  

* Includes only the current day’s variation margin. Prior variation margin movements have been reflected in cash on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities upon receipt or payment.

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations is as follows:

 

Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives

 

Derivatives

Not Accounted

for as Hedging

Instruments

   Futures
contracts
    Swap
contracts
    Total  

 

 

Credit contracts

   $     $ 101,939     $ 101,939   

Interest rate contracts

     363,666             363,666   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $         363,666     $         101,939     $         465,605   
  

 

 

 

 

Amount of Change in Unrealized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives

 

Derivatives

Not Accounted

for as Hedging

Instruments

   Futures
contracts
     Swap
contracts
     Total  

 

 

Credit contracts

   $      $ 843      $ 843   

Interest rate contracts

     165,856               165,856   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $         165,856      $             843      $         166,699   
  

 

 

 

 

 

7. Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest of each class. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

    

Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

    

Year Ended December 31, 2016  

 

 
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount    

 

 

Non-Service Shares

           

Sold

     167,674       $ 2,587,806         180,594       $ 2,654,702     

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     217,048         3,346,883         289,075         4,214,715     

Redeemed

     (1,568,489)        (24,239,203)        (1,468,409)        (21,559,020)    
  

 

 

 

Net decrease

             (1,183,767)      $ (18,304,514)        (998,740)      $ (14,689,603)    
  

 

 

 
           

 

 

Service Shares

           

Sold

     258,277       $ 3,974,804         707,970       $ 10,153,873     

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     58,365         889,490         80,196         1,155,621     

Redeemed

     (557,584)        (8,498,812)        (918,852)        (13,350,668)    
  

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (240,942)      $ (3,634,518)        (130,686)      $ (2,041,174)    
  

 

 

 

 

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8. Purchases and Sales of Securities

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term obligations and investments in IGMMF, for the reporting period were as follows:

    Purchases             Sales  

 

 

Investment securities

    $143,698,419           $152,101,459  

U.S. government and government agency obligations

    191,875           1,195,086  

To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage-related securities

    729,295,309           711,803,922  

 

 

9. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:

 

Fee Schedule

 

Up to $200 million

    0.75%      

Next $200 million

    0.72         

Next $200 million

    0.69         

Next $200 million

    0.66         

Over $800 million

    0.60         

The Fund’s effective management fee for the reporting period was 0.75% of average annual net assets before any applicable waivers.

Sub-Adviser Fees. The Manager has retained the Sub-Adviser to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Manager pays the Sub-Adviser an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the investment management fee collected by the Manager from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any investment management fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Adviser is paid by the Manager, not by the Fund.

Transfer Agent Fees. OFI Global (the “Transfer Agent”) serves as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee based on annual net assets. Fees incurred and average net assets for each class with respect to these services are detailed in the Statement of Operations and Financial Highlights, respectively.

Sub-Transfer Agent Fees. The Transfer Agent has retained Shareholder Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFI (the “Sub-Transfer Agent”), to provide the day-to-day transfer agent and shareholder servicing of the Fund. Under the Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement, the Transfer Agent pays the Sub-Transfer Agent an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the transfer agent fee collected by the Transfer Agent from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any applicable fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Transfer Agent is paid by the Transfer Agent, not by the Fund.

Trustees’ Compensation. The Fund’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) has adopted a compensation deferral plan for Independent Trustees that enables Trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Trustees under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustees. The Fund purchases shares of the funds selected for deferral by the Trustees in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of “Other” within the asset section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of Trustees’ fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the compensation deferral plan.

Distribution and Service Plan for Service Shares. The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for Service shares to pay OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the “Distributor”), for distribution related services, personal service and account maintenance for the Fund’s Service shares. Under the Plan, payments are made periodically at an annual rate of 0.25% of the daily net assets of Service shares of the Fund. The Distributor currently uses all of those fees to compensate sponsors of the insurance product that offers Fund shares, for providing personal service and maintenance of accounts of their variable contract owners that hold Service shares. These fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an on-going basis and increase operating expenses of the Service shares, which results in lower performance compared to the Fund’s shares that are not subject to a service fee. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plan are detailed in the Statement of Operations.

Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. The Manager has contractually agreed to limit the Fund’s expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, excluding any applicable dividend expense, taxes, interest and fees from borrowing, any subsidiary expenses, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, brokerage commissions, unusual and infrequent expenses and certain other Fund expenses; so that those expenses, as percentages of daily net assets, will not exceed the annual rate of 0.67% for Non-Service shares and 0.92% for Service shares as calculated on the daily net assets of the Fund.

During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund as follows:

 

Non-Service shares

  $ 455,950  

Service shares

    137,430  

 

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9. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in IGMMF. During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $5,354 for IGMMF management fees. This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

 

 

10. Borrowings and Other Financing

Joint Credit Facility. A number of mutual funds managed by the Manager participate in a $1.875 billion revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions in connection with atypical redemption activity. Expenses and fees related to the Facility are paid by the participating funds and are disclosed separately or as other expenses on the Statement of Operations. The Fund did not utilize the Facility during the reporting period.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Oppenheimer Conservative Balanced Fund/VA, a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, (the “Fund”), including the statement of investments, as of December 31, 2017, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the “financial statements”) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and the transfer agent, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

KPMG LLP

We have not been able to determine the specific year that we began serving as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies, however we are aware that we have served as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies since at least 1969.

Denver, Colorado

February 13, 2018

 

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FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION

 

 

In early 2018, if applicable, shareholders of record received information regarding all dividends and distributions paid to them by the Fund during calendar year 2017.

Dividends, if any, paid by the Fund during the reporting period which are not designated as capital gain distributions should be multiplied by the maximum amount allowable but not less than 25.49% to arrive at the amount eligible for the corporate dividend-received deduction.

The foregoing information is presented to assist shareholders in reporting distributions received from the Fund to the Internal Revenue Service. Because of the complexity of the federal regulations which may affect your individual tax return and the many variations in state and local tax regulations, we recommend that you consult your tax advisor for specific guidance.

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”) (“OFI Global” and “OFI” together, the “Managers”) and OFI Global has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI whereby OFI provides investment sub-advisory services to the Fund (collectively, the “Agreements”). Each year, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of the independent Trustees, is required to determine whether to approve the terms of the Agreements and the renewal thereof. The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that the Board request and evaluate, and that the Managers provide, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreements. The Board employs an independent consultant to prepare a report that provides information, including comparative information that the Board requests for that purpose. In addition to in-person meetings focused on this evaluation, the Board receives information throughout the year regarding Fund services, fees, expenses and performance.

The Managers and the independent consultant provided information to the Board on the following factors: (i) the nature, quality and extent of the Managers’ services, (ii) the comparative investment performance of the Fund and the Managers, (iii) the fees and expenses of the Fund, including comparative fee and expense information, (iv) the profitability of the Managers and their affiliates, including an analysis of the cost of providing services, (v) whether economies of scale are realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for Fund investors and (vi) other benefits to the Managers from their relationship with the Fund. The Board was aware that there are alternatives to retaining the Managers.

Outlined below is a summary of the principal information considered by the Board as well as the Board’s conclusions.

Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board considered information about the nature, quality and extent of the services provided to the Fund and information regarding the Managers’ key personnel who provide such services. The Managers’ duties include providing the Fund with the services of the portfolio managers and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team, who provide research, analysis and other advisory services in regard to the Fund’s investments; and securities trading services. OFI Global is responsible for oversight of third-party service providers; monitoring compliance with applicable Fund policies and procedures and adherence to the Fund’s investment restrictions; risk management; and oversight of the Sub-Adviser. OFI Global is also responsible for providing certain administrative services to the Fund. Those services include providing and supervising all administrative and clerical personnel who are necessary in order to provide effective corporate administration for the Fund; compiling and maintaining records with respect to the Fund’s operations; preparing and filing reports required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; preparing periodic reports regarding the operations of the Fund for its shareholders; preparing proxy materials for shareholder meetings; and preparing the registration statements required by federal and state securities laws for the sale of the Fund’s shares. OFI Global also provides the Fund with office space, facilities and equipment.

The Board also considered the quality of the services provided and the quality of the Managers’ resources that are available to the Fund. The Board took account of the fact that the Sub-Adviser has over fifty years of experience as an investment adviser and that its assets under management rank it among the top mutual fund managers in the United States. The Board evaluated the Managers’ advisory, administrative, accounting, legal, compliance and risk management services, among other services, and information the Board has received regarding the experience and professional qualifications of the Managers’ key personnel and the size and functions of their staff. In its evaluation of the quality of the portfolio management services provided, the Board considered the experience of Krishna Memani and Magnus Krantz, the portfolio managers for the Fund, and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team and analysts. The Board members also considered the totality of their experiences with the Managers as directors or trustees of the Fund and other funds advised by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the quality of services provided by affiliates of the Managers, which the Board members have become knowledgeable about through their experiences with the Managers and in connection with the review or renewal of the Fund’s service agreements or service providers. The Board concluded, in light of the Managers’ experience, reputation, personnel, operations and resources that the Fund benefits from the services provided under the Agreements.

Investment Performance of the Managers and the Fund. Throughout the year, the Managers provided information on the investment performance of the Fund, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, including comparative performance information. The Board also reviewed information, prepared by the Managers and by the independent consultant, comparing the Fund’s historical performance to relevant market indices and to the performance of other conservative allocation funds. The Board considered that the Fund outperformed its performance category during the three- and five-year periods, but underperformed for the one- and ten-year periods. The Board further noted that the Fund’s recent underperformance occurred in 2016. In that regard, the Board observed that when it considered the Fund’s performance record one year prior the Fund had outperformed its category median for all periods.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The Board reviewed the fees paid to the Adviser and the other expenses borne by the Fund. The Board noted that the Adviser, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser’s fee under the sub-advisory agreement. The independent consultant provided comparative data in regard to the fees and expenses of the Fund and other conservative allocation funds . In reviewing the fees and expenses charged to the VA funds, the Board considered the Adviser’s assertion that, because there is much greater disparity in the fees and services that may be provided by a manager to a VA fund as opposed to a retail fund, when comparing the expenses of the various VA funds to those of retail funds, it is most appropriate to focus on total expenses (rather than on the management fees). Accordingly, while the Board reviewed and considered all expenses, it focused on total expenses. The Board considered that the Fund’s total expenses, net of waivers, were lower than its peer group median and category median. The Board also considered that the Fund’s contractual management fee was higher than its peer group median and its category median. The Board noted that the Adviser has contractually 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 0.67% for Non-Service Shares and 0.92% for Service Shares. This contractual expense limitation may not be amended or withdrawn for one year after the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

Economies of Scale and Profits Realized by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the Managers’ costs in serving as the Fund’s investment adviser and sub-adviser, including the costs associated with the personnel and systems necessary to manage the Fund, and information regarding the Managers’ profitability from their relationship with the Fund. The Board also considered that the Managers must be able to pay and retain experienced professional personnel at competitive rates to provide quality services to the Fund. The Board reviewed whether the Managers may realize economies of scale in managing and supporting the Fund. The Board noted that the Fund currently has management fee

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

breakpoints, which are intended to share with Fund shareholders economies of scale that may exist as the Fund’s assets grow.

Other Benefits to the Managers. In addition to considering the profits realized by the Managers, the Board considered information that was provided regarding the direct and indirect benefits the Managers receive as a result of their relationship with the Fund, including compensation paid to the Managers’ affiliates and research provided to the Adviser in connection with permissible brokerage arrangements (soft dollar arrangements).

Conclusions. These factors were also considered by the independent Trustees meeting separately from the full Board, assisted by experienced counsel to the Fund and to the independent Trustees. Fund counsel and the independent Trustees’ counsel are independent of the Managers within the meaning and intent of the Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

Based on its review of the information it received and its evaluations described above, the Board, including a majority of the independent Trustees, decided to continue the Agreements through August 31, 2018. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any factor or factors as being more important than others, but considered all of the above information, and considered the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the management fees, in light of all the surrounding circumstances.

 

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PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES; UPDATES TO STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has adopted Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines under which the Fund votes proxies relating to securities (“portfolio proxies”) held by the Fund. A description of the Fund’s Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), (ii) on the Fund’s website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, 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 voting record is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), and (ii) in the Form N-PX filing on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first quarter and the third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q filings are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Those forms may 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 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited

 

 

Name, Position(s) Held with the Fund, Length of Service, Year of Birth    Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held; Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Currently Overseen
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES    The address of each 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.

Robert J. Malone,

Chairman of the Board of Trustees (since 2016),

Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1944

   Chairman - Colorado Market of MidFirst Bank (since January 2015); Chairman of the Board (2012-2016) and Director (August 2005-January 2016) of Jones International University (educational organization); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (2000-2016); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Steele Street Bank Trust (commercial banking) (August 2003-January 2015); Director of Opera Colorado Foundation (non-profit organization) (2008-2012); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (1986-2010); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2006-2010); 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 U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and gas exploration) (1997-February 2004); Chairman of the Board (1991-1994) and Trustee (1985-1994) of Regis University; and Chairman of the Board (1990-1991) and Member (1984-1999) of Young Presidents Organization. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Andrew J. Donohue,

Trustee (since 2017)

Year of Birth: 1950

   Of Counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP (since September 2017); Chief of Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (June 2015-February 2017); Managing Director and Investment Company General Counsel of Goldman Sachs (investment bank) (November 2012-May 2015); Partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP (law firm) (March 2011-October 2012); Director of the Division of Investment Management of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (May 2006-November 2010); Global General Counsel of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (investment firm) (May 2003-May 2006); General Counsel (October 1991-November 2001) and Executive Vice President (January 1993-November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (investment firm) (June 1991-November 2001). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Donohue has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2017, 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.

Jon S. Fossel,

Trustee (since 1990)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Chairman of the Board of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (2005-2015); Director of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (since March 2005); Chairman of the Board (2006-December 2011) and Director (June 2002-December 2011) of UNUMProvident (insurance company); Director of Northwestern Energy Corp. (public utility corporation) (November 2004-December 2009); 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 Sub-Adviser; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the following: Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (“OAC”) (parent holding company of the Sub-Adviser), Shareholders Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (until October 1995). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Richard F. Grabish,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1948

   Formerly Senior Vice President and Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing (March 1997-December 2007), Director (March 1987-December 2007) and Manager of Private Client Services (June 1985-June 2005) of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. (broker/dealer and investment firm); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (March 2001-December 2007); President and Vice Chairman of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (April 1987-March 2001); President of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (June 2005-December 2007). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Grabish has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2001, 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.

Beverly L. Hamilton,

Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1946

   Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (2000-2014); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (December 2005-June 2011); Director (1991-2016), Vice Chairman of the Board (2006- 2009) and Chairman of the Board (2010-2013) 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; 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Victoria J. Herget,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth:1951

   Board Chair (2008-2015) and Director (2004-Present), United Educators (insurance company); Trustee (since 2000) and Chair (since 2010), Newberry Library (independent research library); Trustee, Mather LifeWays (senior living organization) (since 2001); Independent Director of the First American Funds (mutual fund family) (2003-2011); former Managing Director (1993-2001), Principal (1985-1993), Vice President (1978-1985) and Assistant Vice President (1973-1978) of Zurich Scudder Investments (investment adviser) (and its predecessor firms); Trustee (1992-2007), Chair of the Board of Trustees (1999-2007), Investment Committee Chair (1994-1999) and Investment Committee member (2007-2010) of Wellesley College; Trustee, BoardSource (non-profit organization) (2006-2009) and Chicago City Day School (K-8 School) (1994-2005). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Herget has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited / Continued

 

F. William Marshall, Jr.,

Trustee (since 2000)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Trustee Emeritus of Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI) (private university) (since 2009); Trustee of MassMutual Select Funds (formerly MassMutual Institutional Funds) (investment company) (1996-2015), MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (1996-2015) and Mass Mutual Premier Funds (investment company) (January 2012-December 2015); President and Treasurer of the SIS Charitable Fund (private charitable fund) (January 1999-March 2011); 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Karen L. Stuckey,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1953

   Member (since May 2015) of Desert Mountain Community Foundation Advisory Board (non-profit organization); Partner (1990-2012) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (professional services firm) (held various positions 1975-1990); Trustee (1992- 2006); member of Executive, Nominating and Audit Committees and Chair of Finance Committee (1992-2006), and Emeritus Trustee (since 2006) of Lehigh University; and member, Women’s Investment Management Forum (professional organization) since inception. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Stuckey has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.

James D. Vaughn,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth:1945

   Retired; former managing partner (1994-2001) of Denver office of Deloitte & Touche LLP, (held various positions 1969- 1993); Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Schroder Funds (2003-2012); Board member and Chairman of Audit Committee of AMG National Trust Bank (since 2005); Trustee and Investment Committee member, University of South Dakota Foundation (since 1996); Board member, Audit Committee Member and past Board Chair, Junior Achievement (since 1993); former Board member, Mile High United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Economic Club of Colorado and Metro Denver Network. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Vaughn has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.

 

INTERESTED TRUSTEE AND OFFICER    Mr. Steinmetz is an “Interested Trustee” because he is affiliated with the Manager and the Sub-Adviser by virtue of his positions as Chairman and director of the Sub-Adviser and officer and director of the Manager. Both as a Trustee and as an officer, Mr. Steinmetz serves for an indefinite term, or until his resignation, retirement, death or removal. Mr. Steinmetz’s address is 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008.

Arthur P. Steinmetz,

Trustee (since 2015), President and

Principal Executive Officer

(since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1958

   Chairman of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2015); CEO and Chairman of the Manager (since July 2014), President of the Manager (since May 2013), a Director of the Manager (since January 2013), Director of the Sub-Adviser (since July 2014), President, Management Director and CEO of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (the Sub-Adviser’s parent holding company) (since July 2014), and President and Director of OFI SteelPath, Inc. (since January 2013). Chief Investment Officer of the OppenheimerFunds advisory entities from (January 2013-December 2013); Executive Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-May 2013); Chief Investment Officer of the Sub-Adviser (October 2010-December 2012); Chief Investment Officer, Fixed- Income, of the Sub-Adviser (April 2009-October 2010); Executive Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 2009-December 2012); Director of Fixed Income of the Sub-Adviser (January 2009-April 2009); and a Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (March 1993-September 2009). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

OTHER OFFICERS OF THE FUND    The addresses of the Officers in the chart below are as follows: for Messrs. Memani, Krantz, Mss. Lo Bessette, Foxson and Picciotto, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008, for Mr. Petersen, 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.

Krishna Memani,

Vice President (since 2009)

Year of Birth: 1960

   President of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2013); Executive Vice President of the Manager (since January 2014) and Chief Investment Officer of the OppenheimerFunds advisory entities (since January 2014). Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income of the Sub-Adviser (January 2013-December 2013); Head of the Investment Grade Fixed Income Team of the Sub-Adviser (March 2009-January 2014); Director of Fixed Income of the Sub-Adviser (October 2010-December 2012); Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (March 2009-December 2012) and Senior Vice President of OFI Global Institutional, Inc. (April 2009-December 2012). Managing Director and Head of the U.S. and European Credit Analyst Team at Deutsche Bank Securities (June 2006-January 2009). Chief Credit Strategist at Credit Suisse Securities (August 2002-March 2006). Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Putnam Investments (September 1998-June 2002). A portfolio manager and an officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Magnus Krantz,

Vice President (since 2013)

Year of Birth: 1967

   Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since May 2009) and a portfolio manager of the Sub-Adviser (since November 2012); sector manager for technology for the Sub-Adviser’s Main Street Investment Team (since May 2009). Prior to joining the Sub-Adviser, Mr. Krantz was a sector manager at RS Investment and Guardian Life Insurance Company. Mr. Krantz joined Guardian Life Insurance Company in December 2005 and transitioned to RS Investments in October 2006 in connection with Guardian Life Insurance Company’s acquisition of an interest in RS Investments. Portfolio manager and analyst at Citigroup Asset Management (1998-2005) and as a consultant at Price Waterhouse (1997-1998). He also served as product development engineer at Newbridge Networks (1993-1996) and as a software engineer at Mitel Corporation (1990-1993). A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

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Cynthia Lo Bessette,

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Manager (since February 2016); Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the Manager (March 2015-February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of the Sub-Adviser and the Distributor (since February 2016); Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (since February 2016); General Counsel of OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Advisors, LLC and Index Management Solutions, LLC (since February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of OFI Global Institutional, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, OFI Global Trust Company, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc. and Trinity Investment Management Corporation (since February 2016); Corporate Counsel (February 2012-March 2015) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (April 2013-March 2015) of Jennison Associates LLC; Assistant General Counsel (April 2008-September 2009) and Deputy General Counsel (October 2009-February 2012) of Lord Abbett & Co. LLC. An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Jennifer Foxson,

Vice President and Chief Business

Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since June 2014); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (April 2006-June 2014); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (January 1998-March 2006); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 1991-December 1998). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Mary Ann Picciotto,

Chief Compliance Officer and Chief

Anti-Money Laundering Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1973

   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager (since March 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of the Sub- Adviser, OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Global Trust Company, OFI Global Institutional, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments, Inc., Harborview Asset Management Corporation, Trinity Investment Management Corporation, and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2014); Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and certain of its various affiliated entities; Chief Compliance Officer of various Morgan Stanley Funds (May 2010-January 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (April 2007-January 2014). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Brian S. Petersen,

Treasurer and Principal Financial & Accounting Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1970

   Senior Vice President of the Manager (since January 2017); Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-January 2017); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (February 2007-December 2012); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (August 2002- 2007). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and Officers and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1.800.988.8287.

 

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OPPENHEIMER CONSERVATIVE BALANCED FUND/VA

 

A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds
Manager    OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser    OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Distributor    OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Transfer and

Shareholder

Servicing Agent

   OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Transfer Agent    Shareholder Services, Inc.
   DBA OppenheimerFunds Services

Independent

Registered

Public

Accounting

Firm

   KPMG LLP
Legal Counsel    Ropes & Gray LLP
   Before investing in any of the Oppenheimer funds, investors should carefully consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses contain this and other information about the funds, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor, visiting oppenheimerfunds.com or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.
   © 2018 OppenheimerFunds, Inc. All rights reserved. Oppenheimer funds are distributed by OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

 

 

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  Oppenheimer

 
   Capital Appreciation Fund/VA  

 Annual Report  

 

 

A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

 
     
 

ANNUAL REPORT

 
 

 Listing of Top Holdings

 
 

 Fund Performance Discussion

 
 

 Financial Statements

 


PORTFOLIO MANAGER: Paul Larson

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS FOR THE PERIODS ENDED 12/31/17

 

     Inception      
Date
     1-Year       5-Year       10-Year  

Non-Service Shares

   4/3/85      26.83     13.97     6.45

Service Shares

   9/18/01      26.50       13.69       6.19  

S&P 500 Index

          21.83       15.79       8.50  

Russell 1000 Growth Index

          30.21       17.33       10.00  

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account. Returns for periods of less than one year are cumulative and not annualized. See Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses for more information on share classes and sales charges.

TOP HOLDINGS AND ALLOCATIONS

 

TOP TEN COMMON STOCK HOLDINGS

 

 

 

Apple, Inc.

     7.1%          

 

 

Alphabet, Inc., Cl. C

     6.8             

 

 

Microsoft Corp.

     5.8             

 

 

Facebook, Inc., Cl. A

     5.3             

 

 

Mastercard, Inc., Cl. A

     4.6             

 

 

Amazon.com, Inc.

     3.9             

 

 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     2.8             

 

 

Comcast Corp., Cl. A

     2.6             

 

 

Oracle Corp.

     2.1             

 

 

eBay, Inc.

     2.0             

 

 

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on net assets. For more current Fund holdings, please visit oppenheimerfunds.com.

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

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Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on the total market value of common stocks.

 

 

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Fund Performance Discussion

For the one-year reporting period, the Fund’s Non-Service shares generated a total return of 26.83%. In comparison, the Fund underperformed the Russell 1000 Growth Index (the “Index”), which returned 30.21% for the same period. On a sector basis, the largest underperformers included Industrials, Health Care and Consumer Discretionary, where stock selection detracted from performance. The Fund outperformed in Information Technology, Materials and Telecommunication Services. The Fund outperformed the broader U.S. equity market, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, which returned 21.83% this reporting period.

MARKET OVERVIEW

2017 was a banner year in terms of fundamentals for the U.S. economy. One of the longest job expansions in U.S. history continued with more than 2 million jobs added for the seventh consecutive year and unemployment close to an all-time low at period end. There were various other signs of improvement as well, in everything from high consumer confidence scores to declining murder rates in big cities (New York and Los Angeles were at record lows). Despite this, the inflation rate remained low. Most importantly for equity investors, U.S. corporate revenue and earnings growth accelerated.

These trends helped the equity market continue its strong upward trend in the fourth quarter, topping off a year that saw the Russell 1000 Growth Index posted a robust total return of 30.21%. The rally in the market was unusual in several aspects. First, several major indices—including the S&P 500 Index and Russell 1000 Index—posted positive total returns in every single month of the year, which is something they have never done before. (The Fund’s benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index, rose in “only” 11 of the calendar months.) The market was also extremely calm, as market volatility (as measured by the CBOE Volatility Index) hit a new all-time low during the year. Finally, cumulative losses on the down days during 2017 were the lowest on record. For many, the investor experience of 2017 was about as good as it gets. While nearly all parts of the market rose in 2017, there were some notable differences within the market. Namely, large capitalization stocks outperformed smaller capitalization stocks, and companies on the “growth” part of the spectrum vastly outperformed the “value” names.

Several factors drove investors’ increased appetite for risk. For one, the underlying economy remained on the steady growth track that it has been on for several years. And though the Federal Reserve raised rates a couple times during the year, liquidity remained abundant with interest rates still at historically low levels. Last but not least, excitement around corporate tax reform drove expectations for a burst in corporate profitability and overall economic growth.

As investors, it is important to know what is and what is not within one’s circle of competence. As such, we strive to keep the portfolio in an all-weather orientation. Whether rates, commodity prices, currencies or even whole economies go up or down, our goal is to have a portfolio that can out-perform no matter the environment.

If our strategy includes not making oversized macro factor bets, a reasonable question is, “What types of risks are you willing to take?” First, we believe identifying companies with sustainable competitive advantages (or economic moats, if you prefer) is squarely in the middle of our circle of competence.

Second, we believe we have the skills to identify company management teams that are likely to successfully execute on their plans. Lastly, correctly valuing stocks and seeing what expectations the market is pricing in is also within our skillset. It is not by accident that we weight the portfolio more heavily towards companies that we believe have structural competitive advantages and/or management teams that are executing (e.g. gaining market share, expanding profit margins) and with at least reasonable stock valuations. Companies with these qualities generally have more stable earnings.

Allow us to use a metaphor. If managing the portfolio was like betting on horses, we’d readily admit that we cannot predict ahead of time the weather or track conditions. But we do believe we can find the strongest horses (advantaged business models) and the best jockeys (executing management teams), and can see when the payoff odds are in our favor (positive expected returns). To offset our agnostic position on the conditions, we make sure to have some horses in the stable that we believe will win no matter the weather. In short, it boils down to mostly stock selection. This approach has led to consistent positive alpha versus our peers over longer periods of time.

TOP INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS

Top contributors to the Fund’s relative performance this period included PayPal, Activision Blizzard, and MasterCard.

PayPal has continued to benefit from strong revenue growth driven by impressive customer acquisition and engagement, as well as the secular tailwinds of electronic payments and e-commerce spending.

 

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Activision Blizzard rallied early in the period after reporting a strong fourth quarter despite disappointing sales for its franchise title Call of Duty. Outperformance was driven by strength in Blizzard titles Overwatch and World of Warcraft. We remain positive on future growth drivers, which include monetization of advertising on “King mobile”, a continued shift towards high margin in-game digital purchases and the opportunity within eSports.

MasterCard continues to show strong and resilient growth demonstrating that the secular trend toward electronic forms of payment remains in early innings globally, particularly in emerging markets. At the company’s annual investor day in September they raised their three year outlook calling for revenue growth at the “high end of low double digits” and constant currency earnings per share (“EPS”) growth of ~20% (previously mid-teens). MasterCard’s services business which includes loyalty, data and analytics and security remains a differentiator versus their primary competitor and presents a compelling growth opportunity particularly within security, following the landmark data breach that occurred recently at Equifax. Additionally, at their investor day, management discussed the massive opportunity for recently acquired fast ACH provider Vocalink, which we believe provides leading technology in the currently over $100 trillion ACH market.

TOP INDIVIDUAL DETRACTORS

Detractors from performance this reporting period included AutoZone, Allergan, and Molson Coors Brewing Company.

During AutoZone’s fiscal third quarter, there was further deceleration of comparable store sales which came in below expectations. This further highlighted that the company may be running at a lower EPS growth rate in the near term (mid-single-digit to high-single-digit) versus double digit growth previously as comparisons are slower and some margin headwinds (some temporary, some not) weigh on earnings. The slowdown appears to be industry-wide as their key competitors have also experienced decelerations. Given the shadow that Amazon is casting in U.S. retail, multiples for AutoZone and its peers have compressed as fears of share losses and price compression at the hands of Amazon have gotten extreme. However, in the company’s most recently reported quarter, sales and EPS accelerated, along with its auto parts retail peers. This quieted concerns that Amazon is taking market share to close the period. Although this was a positive development for AutoZone, it did not offset the losses experienced earlier in the year.

Allergan underperformed due to concerns around losing its patent on Restasis. Also, there is concern for weakening margins in 2018 as a few of their higher margin products will lose exclusivity.

Post Molson Coors’ acquisition of the 50% of the U.S. Miller Coors joint venture that they didn’t own, management shed more light on how much of the significant $550mm in savings shareholders could expect to see flow through to earnings. With these savings equating to 500 basis points of operating margin and Molson Coors’ operating margins at half of the industry leader, AnheiserBusch, the market was disappointed in a 30-60 basis point-guided annual improvement. The stock also sold off on concerns management would needlessly invest to try to drive the top line in a flat to declining industry.

STRATEGY & OUTLOOK

At the moment, the U.S. economy continues its “slow and steady” growth. This is being driven by favorable data around employment, wages and inflation. Rising home prices and innovation also continue to help drive the economy higher. Moreover, we believe corporate tax reform will lead to a jump in earnings and cash flow for most companies, and it will more likely than not lead to a boost in economic growth in the short-term. While the economic expansionary cycle is indeed long in the tooth, the economic growth has been at relatively low rates, suggesting it could continue for a while longer.

We are afraid companies are addicted to low interest rates, which have been low for almost a decade now. We believe the risks inherent to this market include the misallocation of capital if interest rates were to rise materially. As the markets have risen, we find fewer companies with attractive fundamentals that are attractively priced. We intend to maintain our discipline around valuation. Additionally, while innovation is alive and well and continuing to help generate economic growth, fundamental disruptions across market segments have been elevated. We continue to be focused on potential disruption risk to our companies.

Volatility in the markets was unusually low in 2017. We expect heightened uncertainty to return to the equity markets eventually. Traditionally, during periods of economic uncertainty and heightened market volatility, investors favor stocks of higher quality companies—with greater consistency and stability of revenue and earnings—leading to relatively better stock performance of those companies. We think focusing on companies with economic moats and skilled management teams positions us well, should this environment come to pass. During times of economic volatility such companies frequently widen their lead over weaker competitors. We seek to invest in companies, characterized by these qualities, at compelling valuations and believe this disciplined approach is essential to generating superior long-term performance.

 

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Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The Fund’s prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information about the Fund, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.

Total returns include changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions in a hypothetical investment for the periods shown, but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund.

The Fund’s investment strategy and focus can change over time. The mention of specific fund holdings does not constitute a recommendation by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. or its affiliates.

Shares of Oppenheimer funds are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not guaranteed by any bank, are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency, and involve investment risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested.

Comparing the Fund’s Performance to the Market. The graphs that follow show the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in each share class of the Fund held until December 31, 2017. Performance is measured over a ten-fiscal-year period for both Classes. Performance information does not reflect charges that apply to separate accounts investing in the Fund. If these charges were taken into account, performance would be lower. The graphs assume that all dividends and capital gains distributions were reinvested in additional shares.

The Fund’s performance is compared to the performance of the S&P 500 Index and the Russell 1000 Growth Index. The S&P 500 Index is a broad-based measure of domestic stock performance. The Russell 1000 Growth Index measures the performance of the large-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The indices are unmanaged and cannot be purchased directly by investors. While index comparisons may be useful to provide a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, it must be noted that the Fund’s investments are not limited to the investments comprising the indices. Index performance includes reinvestment of income, but does not reflect transaction costs, fees, expenses or taxes. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only as a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, and does not predict or depict performance of the Fund. The Fund’s performance reflects the effects of the Fund’s business and operating expenses.

 

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COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

 

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COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

 

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Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account.

 

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Fund Expenses

Fund Expenses. As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service fees; and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire 6-month period ended December 31, 2017.

Actual Expenses. The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section for the class of shares you hold, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expense that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600.00 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.60), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During 6 Months Ended December 31, 2017” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes.

The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio for each class of shares, and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year for each class before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example for the class of shares you hold with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any charges associated with the separate accounts that offer this Fund. Therefore, the “hypothetical” lines of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these separate account charges were included your costs would have been higher.

 

Actual   

    Beginning
    Account

    Value

    July 1, 2017

    

        Ending

        Account

        Value

        December 31, 2017

    

        Expenses

        Paid During

        6 Months Ended

        December 31, 2017

 

Non-Service shares

         $       1,000.00               $       1,100.80                     $               4.24                       

Service shares

     1,000.00        1,099.30              5.57                      
Hypothetical  
(5% return before expenses)                        

Non-Service shares

     1,000.00        1,021.17              4.08                      

Service shares

     1,000.00        1,019.91              5.36                      

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for that class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). Those annualized expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated funds, based on the 6-month period ended December 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

Class    Expense Ratios              

Non-Service shares

     0.80%                

Service shares

     1.05                   

The expense ratios reflect voluntary and/or contractual waivers and/or reimbursements of expenses by the Fund’s Manager. Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time, as indicated in the Fund’s prospectus. The “Financial Highlights” tables in the Fund’s financial statements, included in this report, also show the gross expense ratios, without such waivers or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, if applicable.

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS December 31, 2017

 

     Shares      Value    

 

 

Common Stocks—99.8%

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary—20.2%

 

  

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—3.4%

 

  

 

 

Cedar Fair LP1

     189,752       $       12,331,983    

 

 

Starbucks Corp.

     293,970        16,882,697    
     

 

 

 
       

 

29,214,680  

 

 

 

 

 

Household Durables—1.5%

 

  

 

 

Newell Brands, Inc.

     119,940        3,706,146    

 

 

Whirlpool Corp.

     58,050        9,789,552    
     

 

 

 
       

 

13,495,698  

 

 

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail—5.5%

 

  

 

 

Amazon.com, Inc.2

     29,394        34,375,401    

 

 

Priceline Group, Inc. (The)2

     7,620        13,241,579    
     

 

 

 
       

 

47,616,980  

 

 

 

 

 

Media—2.6%

 

  

 

 

Comcast Corp., Cl. A

    

 

566,542

 

 

 

    

 

22,690,007  

 

 

 

 

 

Specialty Retail—7.2%

 

  

 

 

AutoNation, Inc.2

     225,990        11,600,067    

 

 

AutoZone, Inc.2

     22,460        15,977,370    

 

 

CarMax, Inc.2

     168,520        10,807,187    

 

 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     266,170        24,737,840    
     

 

 

 
       

 

63,122,464  

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Staples—5.6%

 

  

 

 

Beverages—3.1%

 

  

 

 

Constellation Brands, Inc., Cl. A

     42,410        9,693,654    

 

 

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

     97,830        9,495,380    

 

 

Molson Coors Brewing Co., Cl. B

     91,030        7,470,832    
     

 

 

 
       

 

26,659,866  

 

 

 

 

 

Food Products—1.3%

 

  

 

 

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

     84,190        6,546,614    

 

 

Mondelez International, Inc., Cl. A

     115,590        4,947,252    
     

 

 

 
       

 

11,493,866  

 

 

 

 

 

Household Products—1.2%

 

  

 

 

HRG Group, Inc.2

     130,350        2,209,432    

 

 

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.

     74,550        8,379,420    
     

 

 

 
       

 

10,588,852  

 

 

 

 

 

Energy—2.5%

 

  

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—2.5%

 

  

 

 

Husky Energy, Inc.2

     589,536        8,324,793    

 

 

Magellan Midstream Partners LP1

     195,230        13,849,616    
     

 

 

 
       

 

22,174,409  

 

 

 

 

 

Financials—5.6%

 

  

 

 

Capital Markets—4.2%

 

  

 

 

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

     266,970        13,714,249    

 

 

CME Group, Inc., Cl. A

     63,530        9,278,557    

 

 

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     190,450        13,438,152    
     

 

 

 
       

 

36,430,958  

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services—1.0%

 

  

 

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Cl. B2

    

 

44,050

 

 

 

    

 

8,731,591  

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—0.4%

 

  

 

 
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.     

 

40,340

 

 

 

    

 

4,056,590  

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care—11.8%

 

  

 

 

Biotechnology—4.5%

 

  

 

 

Biogen, Inc.2

     40,420        12,876,599    

 

 

Celgene Corp.2

     136,604        14,255,994    

 

 

Galapagos NV2

     43,811        4,150,346    

 

 

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     117,630        8,427,013    
     

 

 

 
       

 

39,709,952  

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies—2.3%

 

  

 

 

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.2

     20,670        7,543,310    

 

 

Medtronic plc

     91,960        7,425,770    
     Shares      Value    

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (Continued)

 

  

 

 

Stryker Corp.

     35,010       $       5,420,948    
     

 

 

 
       

 

20,390,028  

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services—2.2%

 

  

 

 

Humana, Inc.

     28,970        7,186,588    

 

 

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings2

     74,770        11,926,563    
     

 

 

 
       

 

19,113,151  

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Technology—0.8%

 

  

 

 

Cerner Corp.2

    

 

98,920

 

 

 

    

 

6,666,219  

 

 

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals—2.0%

 

  

 

 

Allergan plc

     58,220        9,523,628    

 

 

Merck & Co., Inc.

     88,930        5,004,091    

 

 
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.2      121,090        2,516,250    
     

 

 

 
       

 

17,043,969  

 

 

 

 

 

Industrials—10.3%

 

  

 

 

Aerospace & Defense—1.0%

 

  

 

 

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Cl. A

    

 

97,270

 

 

 

    

 

8,486,807  

 

 

 

 

 

Airlines—1.6%

 

  

 

 

Spirit Airlines, Inc.2

    

 

319,990

 

 

 

    

 

14,351,552  

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies—2.0%

 

  

 

 

Johnson Controls International plc

     115,830        4,414,281    

 

 

KAR Auction Services, Inc.

     256,640        12,962,887    
     

 

 

 
       

 

17,377,168  

 

 

 

 

 

Machinery—2.4%

 

  

 

 

Deere & Co.

     42,200        6,604,722    

 

 

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     29,500        5,005,855    

 

 

Wabtec Corp.

     118,250        9,629,097    
     

 

 

 
       

 

21,239,674  

 

 

 

 

 

Professional Services—1.1%

 

  

 

 

Equifax, Inc.

     13,240        1,561,261    

 

 

Nielsen Holdings plc

     209,660        7,631,624    
     

 

 

 
       

 

9,192,885  

 

 

 

 

 

Road & Rail—1.5%

 

  

 

 

Canadian National Railway Co.

     88,710        7,318,575    

 

 

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

     33,890        6,193,736    
     

 

 

 
       

 

13,512,311  

 

 

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors—0.7%

 

  

 

 

Fastenal Co.

    

 

103,820

 

 

 

    

 

5,677,916  

 

 

 

 

 

Information Technology—40.3%

 

  

 

 

Internet Software & Services—14.2%

 

  

 

 

Alphabet, Inc., Cl. C2

     56,850        59,487,840    

 

 

eBay, Inc.2

     474,030        17,889,892    

 

 

Facebook, Inc., Cl. A2

     263,660        46,525,444    
     

 

 

 
       

 

123,903,176  

 

 

 

 

 

IT Services—6.5%

 

  

 

 

Mastercard, Inc., Cl. A

     263,590        39,896,983    

 

 

PayPal Holdings, Inc.2

     231,560        17,047,447    
     

 

 

 
       

 

56,944,430  

 

 

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—3.2%

 

 

 

Broadcom Ltd.

     58,170        14,943,873    

 

 

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     125,310        13,087,376    
     

 

 

 
       

 

28,031,249  

 

 

 

 

 

Software—9.3%

 

  

 

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

     150,360        9,520,795    

 

 

Microsoft Corp.

     591,770        50,620,006    

 

 

Oracle Corp.

     386,020        18,251,025    

 

 

Snap, Inc., Cl. A2

     146,600        2,141,826    
     

 

 

 
       

 

80,533,652  

 

 

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—7.1%

 

 

 

Apple, Inc.

     366,670        62,051,564    

 

 

 

8      OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND/VA


     Shares      Value    

 

 

Materials—1.3%

     

 

 

Chemicals—0.4%

     

 

 

Albemarle Corp.

 

    

 

31,380

 

 

 

    $

 

4,013,188  

 

 

 

 

 

Metals & Mining—0.9%

     

 

 

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

    

 

106,180

 

 

 

    

 

7,671,505  

 

 

 

 

 

Utilities—2.2%

     

 

 

Electric Utilities—0.3%

     

 

 

PG&E Corp.

     64,970            2,912,605    

 

     Shares      Value    

 

 

Gas Utilities—1.6%

     

 

 

AmeriGas Partners LP1

 

    

 

        295,100

 

 

 

   $

 

13,642,473  

 

 

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities—0.3%

     

 

 

SCANA Corp.

 

    

 

63,970

 

 

 

    

 

2,544,727  

 

 

 

 

 
Total Investments, at Value (Cost $638,825,547)      99.8%        871,286,162    

 

 
Net Other Assets (Liabilities)      0.2        1,805,314    
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0%       $     873,091,476    
  

 

 

 
 

Footnotes to Statement of Investments

1. Security is a Master Limited Partnership.

2. Non-income producing security.

The following issuer is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, at or during the reporting period, by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment adviser. There were no affiliate securities held by the Fund at period end. Transactions during the reporting period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:

 

     Shares
December 31, 2016
    

Gross

Additions

    

Gross

Reductions

     Shares
December 31, 2017
 

 

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E      31,306,028          117,128,592          148,434,620          —    
     Value      Income     

Realized

Gain (Loss)

     Change in Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

 

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E    $ —         $ 41,558      $ —         $ —    

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

9      OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES December 31, 2017

 

 

 

Assets

  

Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments—unaffiliated companies (cost $638,825,547)

      $ 871,286,162      

 

 

Cash

     1,439,596      

 

 

Receivables and other assets:

  

Dividends

     875,451      

Shares of beneficial interest sold

     90,807      

Other

     100,564      
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     873,792,580      

 

 

Liabilities

  

Payables and other liabilities:

  

Shares of beneficial interest redeemed

     468,976      

Trustees’ compensation

     88,598      

Distribution and service plan fees

     67,751      

Shareholder communications

     34,035      

Other

     41,744      
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     701,104      

 

 

Net Assets

      $ 873,091,476      
  

 

 

 

 

 

Composition of Net Assets

  

Par value of shares of beneficial interest

      $ 15,759      

 

 

Additional paid-in capital

     582,958,371      

 

 

Accumulated net investment income

     313,862      

 

 

Accumulated net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions

     57,355,900      

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

     232,447,584      
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

      $             873,091,476      
  

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value Per Share

  

Non-Service Shares:

  
Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $556,227,631 and 9,986,261 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)      $55.70      

 

 

Service Shares:

  
Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $316,863,845 and 5,772,556 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)      $54.89      

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

10                      OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Income

  

Dividends:

  

Unaffiliated companies (net of foreign withholding taxes of $33,477)

     $           9,282,318         

Affiliated companies

     41,558         
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

 

    

 

9,323,876       

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Management fees

     5,959,688         

 

 

Distribution and service plan fees — Service shares

     785,869         

 

 

Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:

  

Non-Service shares

     538,955         

Service shares

     314,335         

 

 

Shareholder communications:

  

Non-Service shares

     45,034         

Service shares

     26,299         

 

 

Trustees’ compensation

     31,813         

 

 

Borrowing fees

     22,848         

 

 

Custodian fees and expenses

     6,179         

 

 

Other

     91,067         
  

 

 

 

Total expenses

     7,822,087         

Less reduction to custodian expenses

     (1,528)        

Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses

     (185,524)        
  

 

 

 

Net expenses

 

    

 

7,635,035       

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

    

 

1,688,841       

 

 

 

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

  

Net realized gain (loss) on:

  

Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies

     62,739,925         

Foreign currency transactions

     (3,432)        
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     62,736,493         

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

  

Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies

     136,363,366         

Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

     10,173         
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

    

 

136,373,539       

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     $ 200,798,873         
  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

11      OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND/VA


STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

    Year Ended
        December 31, 2017
    Year Ended
        December 31, 2016
 

 

 

Operations

   

Net investment income

   $ 1,688,841         $ 1,293,960     

 

 

Net realized gain

    62,736,493          85,112,682     

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    136,373,539          (108,416,699)    
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   

 

200,798,873   

 

 

 

   

 

(22,010,057)  

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders

   

Dividends from net investment income:

   

Non-Service shares

    (1,271,514)         (2,123,971)    

Service shares

    (28,819)         (318,481)    
 

 

 

 
   

 

(1,300,333)  

 

 

 

   

 

(2,442,452)  

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions from net realized gain:

   

Non-Service shares

    (48,408,998)         (53,815,550)    

Service shares

    (28,679,944)         (29,108,236)    
 

 

 

 
   

 

(77,088,942)  

 

 

 

   

 

(82,923,786)  

 

 

 

 

 

Beneficial Interest Transactions

   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:

   

Non-Service shares

    (23,046,014)         6,630,751     

Service shares

    (23,253,888)         15,475,883     
 

 

 

 
   

 

(46,299,902)  

 

 

 

   

 

22,106,634   

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets

   

Total increase (decrease)

    76,109,696          (85,269,661)    

 

 

Beginning of period

    796,981,780          882,251,441     
 

 

 

 
End of period (including accumulated net investment income (loss) of $313,862 and $(101,477), respectively)    $         873,091,476         $         796,981,780     
 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

12      OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND/VA


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

Non-Service Shares    Year Ended
December 31,
2017
     Year Ended
December 31,
2016
     Year Ended
December 31,
2015
     Year Ended
December 31,
2014
     Year Ended
December 31,
2013
 

 

 

Per Share Operating Data

              

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $48.36           $55.49           $64.87           $57.88           $45.06     

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

              

Net investment income1

     0.15           0.12           0.22           0.09           0.23     

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     12.33           (1.57)          2.25           8.64           13.09     
  

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     12.48           (1.45)          2.47           8.73           13.32     

 

 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

              

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.13)          (0.22)          (0.06)          (0.27)          (0.50)    

Distributions from net realized gain

     (5.01)          (5.46)          (11.79)          (1.47)          0.00     
  

 

 

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

     (5.14)          (5.68)          (11.85)          (1.74)          (0.50)    

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $55.70           $48.36           $55.49           $64.87           $57.88     
  

 

 

 
  

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value2

       26.83%          (2.20)%            3.54%            15.41%            29.74%    

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

              

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

      $556,227           $501,756           $564,514           $616,862           $626,907    

 

 

Average net assets (in thousands)

      $539,255           $514,525           $601,110           $614,272           $595,912    

 

 

Ratios to average net assets:3

              

Net investment income

     0.29%            0.25%            0.36%            0.15%            0.44%      

Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below

     0.82%            0.83%            0.81%            0.80%            0.81%      

Interest and fees from borrowings

     0.00%4           0.00%4           0.00%4           0.00%            0.00%      
  

 

 

 

Total expenses5

     0.82%            0.83%            0.81%            0.80%            0.81%      
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      0.80%            0.80%            0.80%            0.80%6           0.80%      

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

     26%            114%            60%            61%            77%      

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

3. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

4. Less than 0.005%.

5. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

Year Ended December 31, 2017

   0.82%

Year Ended December 31, 2016

   0.83%

Year Ended December 31, 2015

   0.81%

Year Ended December 31, 2014

   0.80%

Year Ended December 31, 2013

   0.81%

6. Waivers less than 0.005%.

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

13        OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND/VA


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

 

 

Service Shares    Year Ended
December 31,
2017
     Year Ended
December 31,
2016
     Year Ended
December 31,
2015
     Year Ended
December 31,
2014
     Year Ended
December 31,
2013
 

 

 

Per Share Operating Data

              

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $47.73           $54.80           $64.30           $57.37           $44.66     

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

              

Net investment income (loss)1

     0.02           0.002           0.07           (0.06)          0.10     

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     12.16           (1.55)          2.22           8.57           12.98     
  

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     12.18           (1.55)          2.29           8.51           13.08     

 

 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

              

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.01)          (0.06)          0.00           (0.11)          (0.37)    

Distributions from net realized gain

     (5.01)          (5.46)          (11.79)          (1.47)          0.00     
  

 

 

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

     (5.02)          (5.52)          (11.79)          (1.58)          (0.37)    

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $54.89           $47.73           $54.80           $64.30           $57.37     
  

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

     26.50%          (2.43)%          3.27%          15.13%          29.43%    

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

              

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

     $316,864          $295,226          $317,737          $337,318          $364,214    

 

 

Average net assets (in thousands)

     $314,506          $287,933          $332,468          $343,254          $367,615    

 

 

Ratios to average net assets:4

              

Net investment income (loss)

     0.04%            0.00%5           0.12%            (0.10)%          0.20%      

Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below

     1.07%            1.08%            1.06%            1.05%            1.06%      

Interest and fees from borrowings

     0.00%5           0.00%5           0.00%5           0.00%            0.00%      
  

 

 

 

Total expenses6

     1.07%            1.08%            1.06%            1.05%            1.06%      
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      1.05%            1.05%            1.05%            1.05%7           1.05%      

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

     26%            114%            60%            61%            77%      

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. Less than $0.005 per share.

3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Less than 0.005%.

6. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

Year Ended December 31, 2017

   1.07%

Year Ended December 31, 2016

   1.08%

Year Ended December 31, 2015

   1.06%

Year Ended December 31, 2014

   1.05%

Year Ended December 31, 2013

   1.06%

7. Waivers less than 0.005%.

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

14      OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND/VA


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2017

 

 

1. Organization

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA (the “Fund”), a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, is a diversified open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as amended. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation. The Fund’s investment adviser is OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”). The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI. Shares of the Fund are sold only to separate accounts of life insurance companies.

The Fund offers two classes of shares. Both classes are sold at their offering price, which is the net asset value per share, to separate investment accounts of participating insurance companies as an underlying investment for variable life insurance policies, variable annuity contracts or other investment products. The class of shares designated as Service shares is subject to a distribution and service plan. Both classes of shares have identical rights and voting privileges with respect to the Fund in general and exclusive voting rights on matters that affect that class alone. Earnings, net assets and net asset value per share may differ due to each class having its own expenses, such as transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees and shareholder communications, directly attributable to that class.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed in the Fund’s preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Security Valuation. All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.

Foreign Currency Translation. The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Any foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:

(1) Value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange rates prevailing at Market Close as described in Note 3.

(2) Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

Although the net assets and the values are presented at the foreign exchange rates at Market Close, the Fund does not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments shown in the Statement of Operations.

For securities, which are subject to foreign withholding tax upon disposition, realized gains or losses on such securities are recorded net of foreign withholding tax.

Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding tax reclaims recorded on the Fund’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.

Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other than those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated on a daily basis to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a specific class are charged against the operations of that class.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. GAAP, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually or at other times as determined necessary by the Manager.

Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends, if any, and capital gains taxes on foreign investments, if any, have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable tax rules and regulations. Interest income, if any, is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.

Return of Capital Estimates. Distributions received from the Fund’s investments in Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and Real Estate Investments Trusts (REITs), generally are comprised of income and return of capital. The Fund records investment income and return of capital based on estimates. Such estimates are based on historical information available from each MLP, REIT and other industry sources. These estimates may subsequently be revised based on information received from MLPs and REITs after their tax reporting periods are concluded.

Custodian Fees. “Custodian fees and expenses” in the Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by the Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. The Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by positive cash balances maintained by the Fund, at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 2.00%. The “Reduction to custodian expenses” line item, if applicable, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

Security Transactions. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

Indemnifications. The Fund’s organizational documents provide current and former Trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income, including any net realized gain on investments not offset by capital loss carryforwards, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s tax return filings generally remains open for the three preceding fiscal reporting period ends. The Fund has analyzed its tax positions for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, including open tax years, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Fund’s financial statements.

The tax components of capital shown in the following table represent distribution requirements the Fund must satisfy under the income tax regulations, losses the Fund may be able to offset against income and gains realized in future years and unrealized appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes.

 

Undistributed

Net Investment

Income

  

Undistributed

Long-Term

Gain

      

Accumulated

Loss

Carryforward1,2

    

Net Unrealized

Appreciation

Based on cost of
Securities and

Other Investments

for Federal Income
Tax Purposes

 

 

 

$25,932,730

     $33,304,255          $—        $232,151,565  

1. During the reporting period, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforward.

2. During the previous reporting period, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforward.

Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes. The character of dividends and distributions made during the fiscal year from net investment income or net realized gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax requirements, which may differ from the character of net investment income or net realized gains presented in those financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Also, due to timing of dividends and distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or net realized gain was recorded by the Fund.

Accordingly, the following amounts have been reclassified for the reporting period. Net assets of the Fund were unaffected by the reclassifications.

 

Increase

to Paid-in Capital

  Increase to Accumulated
Net Investment Income
   Reduction
to Accumulated Net
Realized Gain on
Investments3
 

 

 

$4,929,770

 

$26,831

     $4,956,601  

3. $4,929,770, including $2,853,254 of long-term capital gain, was distributed in connection with Fund share redemptions.

The tax character of distributions paid during the reporting periods:

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2017
     Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

 

 

Distributions paid from:

     

Ordinary income

     $ 1,300,333      $ 2,442,452  

Long-term capital gain

     77,088,942        82,923,786  
  

 

 

 

Total

     $ 78,389,275      $ 85,366,238  
  

 

 

 

The aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes at period end are noted in the following table. The primary difference between book and tax appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments, if applicable, is attributable to the tax deferral of losses or tax realization of financial statement unrealized gain or loss.

 

Federal tax cost of securities

     $ 639,121,566     
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

     $ 247,259,374     

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (15,107,809)    
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

     $     232,151,565     
  

 

 

 

 

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

 

3. Securities Valuation

The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is open for trading, except in the case of a scheduled early closing of the Exchange, in which case the Fund will calculate net asset value of the shares as of the scheduled early closing time of the Exchange.

The Fund’s Board has adopted procedures for the valuation of the Fund’s securities and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for valuation determinations under those procedures to the Manager. The Manager has established a Valuation Committee which is responsible for determining a fair valuation for any security for which market quotations are not readily available. The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Fund’s Board at least quarterly or more frequently, if necessary.

Valuation Methods and Inputs

Securities are valued primarily using unadjusted quoted market prices, when available, as supplied by third party pricing services or broker-dealers.

The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or the fair value of the types of securities described below:

Equity securities traded on a securities exchange (including exchange-traded derivatives other than futures and futures options) are valued based on the official closing price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the Manager, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. If the official closing price is unavailable, the security is valued at the last sale price on the principal exchange on which it is traded, or if no sales occurred, the security is valued at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Over-the-counter equity securities are valued at the last published sale price, or if no sales occurred, at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Events occurring after the close of trading on foreign exchanges may result in adjustments to the valuation of foreign securities to more accurately reflect their fair value as of the time when the Fund’s assets are valued.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or when a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, are fair valued either (i) by a standardized fair valuation methodology applicable to the security type or the significant event as previously approved by the Valuation Committee and the Fund’s Board or (ii) as determined in good faith by the Manager’s Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee considers all relevant facts that are reasonably available, through either public information or information available to the Manager, when determining the fair value of a security. Those standardized fair valuation methodologies include, but are not limited to, valuing securities at the last sale price or initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be further adjusted for any discounts related to security-specific resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities nor can it be assured that the Fund can obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security.

Classifications

Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Various data inputs may be used in determining the value of each of the Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

1) Level 1-unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)

2) Level 2-inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)

3) Level 3-significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager’s own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability).

The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end based on valuation input level:

 

                                                                                                                                                                               
    Level 1—
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
   

Level 2—

Other Significant
Observable Inputs

    Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
    Value  

 

 

Assets Table

       

Investments, at Value:

       

Common Stocks

       

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 176,139,829      $ —      $ —      $ 176,139,829    

Consumer Staples

    48,742,584        —        —        48,742,584    

Energy

    22,174,409        —        —        22,174,409    

Financials

    49,219,139        —        —        49,219,139    

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

 

                                                                                                                                                                               
    Level 1—
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    Level 2—
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
    Value  

 

 

Common Stocks (Continued)

       

Health Care

   $ 98,772,973      $ 4,150,346     $ —      $ 102,923,319    

Industrials

    89,838,313        —        —        89,838,313    

Information Technology

    351,464,071        —        —        351,464,071    

Materials

    11,684,693        —        —        11,684,693    

Utilities

    19,099,805        —        —        19,099,805    
 

 

 

 

Total Assets

  $ 867,135,816      $ 4,150,346      $ —      $ 871,286,162    
 

 

 

 

Forward currency exchange contracts and futures contracts, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.

 

 

4. Investments and Risks

Investments in Affiliated Funds. The Fund is permitted to invest in other mutual funds advised by the Manager (“Affiliated Funds”). Affiliated Funds are open-end management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Manager is the investment adviser of, and the Sub-Adviser provides investment and related advisory services to, the Affiliated Funds. When applicable, the Fund’s investments in Affiliated Funds are included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of Affiliated Funds are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of the Affiliated Funds’ expenses, including their management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in the Affiliated Funds.

Each of the Affiliated Funds in which the Fund invests has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the Fund’s investments and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one Affiliated Fund than in another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that Affiliated Fund.

Investments in Money Market Instruments. The Fund is permitted to invest its free cash balances in money market instruments to provide liquidity or for defensive purposes. The Fund may invest in money market instruments by investing in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund (“IGMMF”), which is an Affiliated Fund. IGMMF is regulated as a money market fund under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Fund may also invest in money market instruments directly or in other affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds. At period end, the Fund had no holdings in IGMMF.

Master Limited Partnerships (“MLPs”). MLPs issue common units that represent an equity ownership interest in a partnership and provide limited voting rights. MLP common units are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and are freely tradable on securities exchanges such as the NYSE and the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”), or in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. An MLP consists of one or more general partners, who conduct the business, and one or more limited partners, who contribute capital. MLP common unit holders have a limited role in the partnership’s operations and management. 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.

Equity Security Risk. Stocks and other equity securities fluctuate in price. The value of the Fund’s portfolio may be affected by changes in the equity markets generally. Equity markets may experience significant short-term volatility and may fall sharply at times. Different markets may behave differently from each other and U.S. equity markets may move in the opposite direction from one or more foreign stock markets. Adverse events in any part of the equity or fixed-income markets may have unexpected negative effects on other market segments.

The prices of individual equity securities 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 securities. 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.

Shareholder Concentration. At period end, one shareholder owned 20% or more of the Fund’s total outstanding shares.

    The shareholder is a related party of the Fund. Related parties may include, but are not limited to, the investment manager and its affiliates, affiliated broker dealers, fund of funds, and directors or employees. The related party owned 51% of the Fund’s total outstanding shares at period end.

 

 

5. Market Risk Factors

The Fund’s investments in securities and/or financial derivatives may expose the Fund to various market risk factors:

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

 

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5. Market Risk Factors (Continued)

 

metals, livestock, and agricultural products.

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

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

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.

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

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

 

 

6. Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest of each class. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

    Year Ended December 31, 2017       Year Ended December 31, 2016  
    Shares          Amount       Shares            Amount  

 

 

Non-Service Shares

       

Sold

    393,813          $ 20,493,018          575,681            $ 28,663,769     

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

    978,541            49,680,512          1,203,259              55,939,521     

Redeemed

                (1,761,563)                       (93,219,544)                   (1,577,136)             (77,972,539)    
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (389,209)          $ (23,046,014)          201,804            $             6,630,751     
 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Shares

       

Sold

    127,462          $ 6,431,379          1,273,302     $ 61,113,815     

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

    573,029            28,708,763          640,546       29,426,717     

Redeemed

    (1,113,678)           (58,394,030)         (1,525,798)       (75,064,649)    
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (413,187)          $ (23,253,888)          388,050     $ 15,475,883     
 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Purchases and Sales of Securities

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term obligations and investments in IGMMF, for the reporting period were as follows:

 

     Purchases                                                       Sales  

 

 

Investment securities

   $ 215,608,894        $312,341,368  

 

 

8. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:

 

  Fee Schedule

 

  Up to $200 million

   0.75%

  Next $200 million

   0.72

  Next $200 million

   0.69

  Next $200 million

   0.66

  Next $200 million

   0.60

  Over $1 billion

   0.58        

The Fund’s effective management fee for the reporting period was 0.70% of average annual net assets before any applicable waivers.

Sub-Adviser Fees. The Manager has retained the Sub-Adviser to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Manager pays the Sub-Adviser an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the investment management fee collected by the Manager from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any investment management fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Adviser is paid by the Manager, not by the Fund.

Transfer Agent Fees. OFI Global (the “Transfer Agent”) serves as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee based on annual net assets. Fees incurred and average net assets for each class with respect to these services are detailed in the Statement

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

8. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

 

of Operations and Financial Highlights, respectively.

Sub-Transfer Agent Fees. The Transfer Agent has retained Shareholder Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFI (the “Sub-Transfer Agent”), to provide the day-to-day transfer agent and shareholder servicing of the Fund. Under the Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement, the Transfer Agent pays the Sub-Transfer Agent an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the transfer agent fee collected by the Transfer Agent from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any applicable fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Transfer Agent is paid by the Transfer Agent, not by the Fund.

Trustees’ Compensation. The Fund’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) has adopted a compensation deferral plan for Independent Trustees that enables Trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Trustees under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustees. The Fund purchases shares of the funds selected for deferral by the Trustees in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of “Other” within the asset section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of Trustees’ fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the compensation deferral plan.

Distribution and Service Plan for Service Shares. The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for Service shares to pay OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the “Distributor”), for distribution related services, personal service and account maintenance for the Fund’s Service shares. Under the Plan, payments are made periodically at an annual rate of 0.25% of the daily net assets of Service shares of the Fund. The Distributor currently uses all of those fees to compensate sponsors of the insurance product that offers Fund shares, for providing personal service and maintenance of accounts of their variable contract owners that hold Service shares. These fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an on-going basis and increase operating expenses of the Service shares, which results in lower performance compared to the Fund’s shares that are not subject to a service fee. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plan are detailed in the Statement of Operations.

Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. The Manager has contractually agreed to limit the Fund’s expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, excluding any applicable dividend expense, taxes, interest and fees from borrowing, any subsidiary expenses, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, brokerage commissions, unusual and infrequent expenses and certain other Fund 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.

During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund as follows:

 

Non-Service shares

     $112,801  

Service shares

     65,648  

This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

    The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in IGMMF. During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $7,075 for IGMMF management fees. This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

 

 

9. Borrowings and Other Financing

Joint Credit Facility. A number of mutual funds managed by the Manager participate in a $1.875 billion revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions in connection with atypical redemption activity. Expenses and fees related to the Facility are paid by the participating funds and are disclosed separately or as other expenses on the Statement of Operations. The Fund did not utilize the Facility during the reporting period.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

    We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA, a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, (the “Fund”), including the statement of investments, as of December 31, 2017, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the “financial statements”) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

    These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

    We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

KPMG LLP

    We have not been able to determine the specific year that we began serving as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies, however we are aware that we have served as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies since at least 1969.

Denver, Colorado

February 13, 2018

 

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FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION Unaudited

 

 

In early 2018, if applicable, shareholders of record received information regarding all dividends and distributions paid to them by the Fund during calendar year 2017.

    Capital gain distributions of $5.0057 per share were paid to Non-Service and Service shareholders, respectively, on June 20, 2017. Whether received in stock or in cash, the capital gain distribution should be treated by shareholders as a gain from the sale of the capital assets held for more than one year (long-term capital gains).

    Dividends, if any, paid by the Fund during the reporting period which are not designated as capital gain distributions should be multiplied by the maximum amount allowable but not less than 27.26% to arrive at the amount eligible for the corporate dividend-received deduction.

    The foregoing information is presented to assist shareholders in reporting distributions received from the Fund to the Internal Revenue Service. Because of the complexity of the federal regulations which may affect your individual tax return and the many variations in state and local tax regulations, we recommend that you consult your tax advisor for specific guidance.

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited

 

 

    The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”) (“OFI Global” and “OFI” together, the “Managers”) and OFI Global has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI whereby OFI provides investment sub-advisory services to the Fund (collectively, the “Agreements”).Each year, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of the independent Trustees, is required to determine whether to approve the terms of the Agreements and the renewal thereof. The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that the Board request and evaluate, and that the Managers provide, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreements. The Board employs an independent consultant to prepare a report that provides information, including comparative information that the Board requests for that purpose. In addition to in-person meetings focused on this evaluation, the Board receives information throughout the year regarding Fund services, fees, expenses and performance.

    The Managers and the independent consultant provided information to the Board on the following factors: (i) the nature, quality and extent of the Managers’ services, (ii) the comparative investment performance of the Fund and the Managers, (iii) the fees and expenses of the Fund, including comparative fee and expense information, (iv) the profitability of the Managers and their affiliates, including an analysis of the cost of providing services, (v) whether economies of scale are realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for Fund investors and (vi) other benefits to the Managers from their relationship with the Fund. The Board was aware that there are alternatives to retaining the Managers.

    Outlined below is a summary of the principal information considered by the Board as well as the Board’s conclusions.

    Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board considered information about the nature, quality and extent of the services provided to the Fund and information regarding the Managers’ key personnel who provide such services. The Managers’ duties include providing the Fund with the services of the portfolio manager and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team, who provide research, analysis and other advisory services in regard to the Fund’s investments; and securities trading services. OFI Global is responsible for oversight of third-party service providers; monitoring compliance with applicable Fund policies and procedures and adherence to the Fund’s investment restrictions; risk management; and oversight of the Sub-Adviser. OFI Global is also responsible for providing certain administrative services to the Fund. Those services include providing and supervising all administrative and clerical personnel who are necessary in order to provide effective corporate administration for the Fund; compiling and maintaining records with respect to the Fund’s operations; preparing and filing reports required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; preparing periodic reports regarding the operations of the Fund for its shareholders; preparing proxy materials for shareholder meetings; and preparing the registration statements required by federal and state securities laws for the sale of the Fund’s shares. OFI Global also provides the Fund with office space, facilities and equipment.

    The Board also considered the quality of the services provided and the quality of the Managers’ resources that are available to the Fund. The Board took account of the fact that the Sub-Adviser has over fifty years of experience as an investment adviser and that its assets under management rank it among the top mutual fund managers in the United States. The Board evaluated the Managers’ advisory, administrative, accounting, legal, compliance and risk management services, among other services, and information the Board has received regarding the experience and professional qualifications of the Managers’ key personnel and the size and functions of their staff. In its evaluation of the quality of the portfolio management services provided, the Board considered the experience of Paul Larson, the portfolio manager for the Fund, and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team and analysts. The Board members also considered the totality of their experiences with the Managers as directors or trustees of the Fund and other funds advised by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the quality of services provided by affiliates of the Managers, which the Board members have become knowledgeable about through their experiences with the Managers and in connection with the review or renewal of the Fund’s service agreements or service providers. The Board concluded, in light of the Managers’ experience, reputation, personnel, operations and resources that the Fund benefits from the services provided under the Agreements.

    Investment Performance of the Managers and the Fund. Throughout the year, the Managers provided information on the investment performance of the Fund, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, including comparative performance information. The Board also reviewed information, prepared by the Managers and by the independent consultant, comparing the Fund’s historical performance to relevant market indices and to the performance of other large growth category funds underlying variable insurance products. The Board noted that the Fund underperformed its performance category median during all periods. The Board also considered, however, that Paul Larson took over sole portfolio management responsibilities in October 2016. The Board noted that the Fund was repositioned to an “all-weather orientation” from a growth orientation and that the transition was not completed until December 31, 2016.

    Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The Board reviewed the fees paid to the Adviser and the other expenses borne by the Fund. The Board noted that the Adviser, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser’s fee under the sub-advisory agreement. The independent consultant provided comparative data in regard to the fees and expenses of the Fund and other large growth funds underlying variable insurance products. In reviewing the fees and expenses charged to the VA funds, the Board considered the Adviser’s assertion that, because there is much greater disparity in the fees and services that may be provided by a manager to a VA fund as opposed to a retail fund, when comparing the expenses of the various VA funds to those of retail funds, it is most appropriate to focus on total expenses (rather than on the management fees). Accordingly, while the Board reviewed and considered all expenses, it focused on total expenses. The Board considered that the Fund’s total expenses were higher than its peer group median and its category median and that its contractual management fee was in line with its peer group median and category median. The Manager has contractually 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 waiver and/or reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

    Economies of Scale and Profits Realized by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the Managers’ costs in serving as the Fund’s investment adviser and sub-adviser, including the costs associated with the personnel and systems necessary to manage the Fund, and information regarding the Managers’ profitability from their relationship with the Fund. The Board also considered that the Managers must be able to pay and retain experienced professional personnel at competitive rates to provide quality services to the Fund. The Board reviewed whether the

 

 

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Managers may realize economies of scale in managing and supporting the Fund. The Board noted that the Fund currently has management fee breakpoints, which are intended to share with Fund shareholders economies of scale that may exist as the Fund’s assets grow.

Other Benefits to the Managers. In addition to considering the profits realized by the Managers, the Board considered information that was provided regarding the direct and indirect benefits the Managers receive as a result of their relationship with the Fund, including compensation paid to the Managers’ affiliates and research provided to the Adviser in connection with permissible brokerage arrangements (soft dollar arrangements).

Conclusions. These factors were also considered by the independent Trustees meeting separately from the full Board, assisted by experienced counsel to the Fund and to the independent Trustees. Fund counsel and the independent Trustees’ counsel are independent of the Managers within the meaning and intent of the Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

Based on its review of the information it received and its evaluations described above, the Board, including a majority of the independent Trustees, decided to continue the Agreements through August 31, 2018. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any factor or factors as being more important than others, but considered all of the above information, and considered the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the management fees, in light of all the surrounding circumstances.

 

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PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES; UPDATES TO STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has adopted Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines under which the Fund votes proxies relating to securities (“portfolio proxies”) held by the Fund. A description of the Fund’s Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), (ii) on the Fund’s website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, 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 voting record is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), and (ii) in the Form N-PX filing on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first quarter and the third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q filings are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Those forms may 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 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited

 

 

 

Name, Position(s) Held with the Fund, Length of Service, Year of Birth    Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held; Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Currently Overseen
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES    The address of each 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.

Robert J. Malone,

Chairman of the Board of Trustees (since 2016), Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1944

   Chairman - Colorado Market of MidFirst Bank (since January 2015); Chairman of the Board (2012-2016) and Director (August 2005-January 2016) of Jones International University (educational organization); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (2000-2016); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Steele Street Bank Trust (commercial banking) (August 2003-January 2015); Director of Opera Colorado Foundation (non-profit organization) (2008-2012); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (1986-2010); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2006-2010); 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 U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and gas exploration) (1997-February 2004); Chairman of the Board (1991-1994) and Trustee (1985-1994) of Regis University; and Chairman of the Board (1990-1991) and Member (1984-1999) of Young Presidents Organization. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Andrew J. Donohue,

Trustee (since 2017)

Year of Birth: 1950

   Of Counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP (since September 2017); Chief of Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (June 2015-February 2017); Managing Director and Investment Company General Counsel of Goldman Sachs (investment bank) (November 2012-May 2015); Partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP (law firm) (March 2011-October 2012); Director of the Division of Investment Management of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (May 2006-November 2010); Global General Counsel of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (investment firm) (May 2003-May 2006); General Counsel (October 1991-November 2001) and Executive Vice President (January 1993-November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (investment firm) (June 1991-November 2001). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Donohue has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2017, 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

Jon S. Fossel,

Trustee (since 1990)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Chairman of the Board of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (2005-2015); Director of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (since March 2005); Chairman of the Board (2006-December 2011) and Director (June 2002-December 2011) of UNUMProvident (insurance company); Director of Northwestern Energy Corp. (public utility corporation) (November 2004-December 2009); 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 Sub-Adviser; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the following: Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (“OAC”) (parent holding company of the Sub- Adviser), Shareholders Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (until October 1995). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Richard F. Grabish,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1948

   Formerly Senior Vice President and Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing (March 1997-December 2007), Director (March 1987-December 2007) and Manager of Private Client Services (June 1985-June 2005) of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. (broker/dealer and investment firm); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (March 2001-December 2007); President and Vice Chairman of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (April 1987-March 2001); President of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (June 2005-December 2007). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Grabish has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2001, 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.

Beverly L. Hamilton,

Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1946

   Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (2000-2014); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (December 2005-June 2011); Director (1991-2016), Vice Chairman of the Board (2006- 2009) and Chairman of the Board (2010-2013) 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; 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Victoria J. Herget,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth:1951

   Board Chair (2008-2015) and Director (2004-Present), United Educators (insurance company); Trustee (since 2000) and Chair (since 2010), Newberry Library (independent research library); Trustee, Mather LifeWays (senior living organization) (since 2001); Independent Director of the First American Funds (mutual fund family) (2003-2011); former Managing Director (1993-2001), Principal (1985-1993), Vice President (1978-1985) and Assistant Vice President (1973-1978) of Zurich Scudder Investments (investment adviser) (and its predecessor firms); Trustee (1992-2007), Chair of the Board of Trustees (1999-2007), Investment Committee Chair (1994-1999) and Investment Committee member (2007-2010) of Wellesley College; Trustee, BoardSource (non-profit organization) (2006-2009) and Chicago City Day School (K-8 School) (1994-2005). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Herget has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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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F. William Marshall, Jr.,

Trustee (since 2000)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Trustee Emeritus of Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI) (private university) (since 2009); Trustee of MassMutual Select Funds (formerly MassMutual Institutional Funds) (investment company) (1996-2015), MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (1996-2015) and Mass Mutual Premier Funds (investment company) (January 2012-December 2015); President and Treasurer of the SIS Charitable Fund (private charitable fund) (January 1999-March 2011); 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Karen L. Stuckey,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1953

   Member (since May 2015) of Desert Mountain Community Foundation Advisory Board (non-profit organization); Partner (1990-2012) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (professional services firm) (held various positions 1975-1990); Trustee (1992- 2006); member of Executive, Nominating and Audit Committees and Chair of Finance Committee (1992-2006), and Emeritus Trustee (since 2006) of Lehigh University; and member, Women’s Investment Management Forum (professional organization) since inception. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Stuckey has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.

James D. Vaughn,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth:1945

   Retired; former managing partner (1994-2001) of Denver office of Deloitte & Touche LLP, (held various positions 1969- 1993); Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Schroder Funds (2003-2012); Board member and Chairman of Audit Committee of AMG National Trust Bank (since 2005); Trustee and Investment Committee member, University of South Dakota Foundation (since 1996); Board member, Audit Committee Member and past Board Chair, Junior Achievement (since 1993); former Board member, Mile High United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Economic Club of Colorado and Metro Denver Network. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Vaughn has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.

 

 

 

INTERESTED TRUSTEE AND OFFICER    Mr. Steinmetz is an “Interested Trustee” because he is affiliated with the Manager and the Sub-Adviser by virtue of his positions as Chairman and director of the Sub-Adviser and officer and director of the Manager. Both as a Trustee and as an officer, Mr. Steinmetz serves for an indefinite term, or until his resignation, retirement, death or removal. Mr. Steinmetz’s address is 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008.

Arthur P. Steinmetz,

Trustee (since 2015), President and

Principal Executive Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1958

   Chairman of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2015); CEO and Chairman of the Manager (since July 2014), President of the Manager (since May 2013), a Director of the Manager (since January 2013), Director of the Sub-Adviser (since July 2014), President, Management Director and CEO of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (the Sub-Adviser’s parent holding company) (since July 2014), and President and Director of OFI SteelPath, Inc. (since January 2013). Chief Investment Officer of the OppenheimerFunds advisory entities from (January 2013-December 2013); Executive Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-May 2013); Chief Investment Officer of the Sub-Adviser (October 2010-December 2012); Chief Investment Officer, Fixed- Income, of the Sub-Adviser (April 2009-October 2010); Executive Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 2009-December 2012); Director of Fixed Income of the Sub-Adviser (January 2009-April 2009); and a Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (March 1993-September 2009). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

 

 

OTHER OFFICERS OF THE FUND    The addresses of the Officers in the chart below are as follows: for Mr. Larson, Mss. Lo Bessette, Foxson and Picciotto, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008, for Mr. Petersen, 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

Paul Larson,

Vice President (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1971

   Vice President of the Sub-Adviser and Portfolio Manager of the Main Street Team (since January 2013). Prior to joining the Sub-Adviser, he was a portfolio manager and Chief Equity Strategist at Morningstar. He was previously an analyst at Morningstar covering the energy sector and oversaw the firm’s natural resources analysts. Prior to joining Morningstar in 2002, Mr. Larson was an analyst with The Motley Fool. A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Cynthia Lo Bessette,

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Manager (since February 2016); Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the Manager (March 2015-February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of the Sub-Adviser and the Distributor (since February 2016); Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (since February 2016); General Counsel of OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Advisors, LLC and Index Management Solutions, LLC (since February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of OFI Global Institutional, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, OFI Global Trust Company, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc. and Trinity Investment Management Corporation (since February 2016); Corporate Counsel (February 2012-March 2015) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (April 2013-March 2015) of Jennison Associates LLC; Assistant General Counsel (April 2008-September 2009) and Deputy General Counsel (October 2009-February 2012) of Lord Abbett & Co. LLC. An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Jennifer Foxson,

Vice President and Chief Business

Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since June 2014); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (April 2006-June 2014); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (January 1998-March 2006); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 1991-December 1998). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited / Continued

 

Mary Ann Picciotto,

Chief Compliance Officer and Chief

Anti-Money Laundering Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1973

   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager (since March 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of the Sub- Adviser, OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Global Trust Company, OFI Global Institutional, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments, Inc., Harborview Asset Management Corporation, Trinity Investment Management Corporation, and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2014); Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and certain of its various affiliated entities; Chief Compliance Officer of various Morgan Stanley Funds (May 2010-January 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (April 2007-January 2014). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Brian S. Petersen,

Treasurer and Principal Financial &

Accounting Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1970

   Senior Vice President of the Manager (since January 2017); Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-January 2017); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (February 2007-December 2012); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (August 2002- 2007). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and Officers and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1.800. 988.8287.

 

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A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

 

Manager   

OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

Sub-Adviser   

OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Distributor   

OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Transfer and Shareholder

Servicing Agent

  

OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

Sub-Transfer Agent   

Shareholder Services, Inc.

DBA OppenheimerFunds Services

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   

KPMG LLP

Legal Counsel   

Ropes & Gray LLP

  

Before investing in any of the Oppenheimer funds, investors should carefully consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses contain this and other information about the funds, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor, visiting oppenheimerfunds.com or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.

  

© 2018 OppenheimerFunds, Inc. All rights reserved. Oppenheimer funds are distributed by OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

 

 

 

LOGO


  

LOGO

 
    

December 31, 2017

   
  

 

Oppenheimer

 
  

Total Return Bond Fund/VA*

        Annual Report  
  

A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

 
     
  

ANNUAL REPORT

 
  

 Listing of Top Holdings

 
  

 Fund Performance Discussion

 
  

 Financial Statements

 
  

*Prior to 4/28/17, the Fund’s name was Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund/VA.


PORTFOLIO MANAGERS: Krishna Memani and Peter A. Strzalkowski, CFA

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS FOR THE PERIODS ENDED 12/31/17

 

    Inception
Date
    1-Year        5-Year             10-Year   

Non-Service Shares

    4/3/85       4.59%       3.16%       0.38%  

Service Shares

    5/1/02       4.38          2.90          0.14     

Bloomberg Barclays Credit Index

            6.18          3.24          5.42     

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

            3.54          2.10          4.01     

Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index

            3.60          2.09          4.07     

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account. Returns for periods of less than one year are cumulative and not annualized. See Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses for more information on share classes and sales charges.

TOP HOLDINGS AND ALLOCATIONS

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

 

        

Mortgage-Backed Obligations

  

   Government Agency

     30.9%     

   Non-Agency

     11.8        

Corporate Bonds and Notes

     36.9        

Asset-Backed Securities

     10.1        

Short-Term Notes

     8.0        

Investment Company

  

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund

     1.5        

U.S. Government Obligations

     0.8        

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017 and are based on the total market value of investments. For more current Fund holdings, please visit oppenheimerfunds.com.

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES - TOP TEN INDUSTRIES

 

 

Commercial Banks

     6.7%     

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     3.7        

Capital Markets

     2.9        

Electric Utilities

     2.3        

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     2.3        

Automobiles

     1.8        

Chemicals

     1.7        

Food Products

     1.6        

Health Care Providers & Services

     1.5        

Beverages

     1.5        

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on net assets.

 

 

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Fund Performance Discussion

MARKET OVERVIEW

Markets continued their general risk-on mode throughout 2017, with equities climbing and credit spreads tightening in most sectors. During the period, U.S. Treasury yields climbed up from the summer lows, but remained around the levels that have prevailed over the past couple of years.

The U.S. economy outperformed expectations in the second half of 2017, with gross domestic product (GDP) growth exceeding the 2% trend growth rate witnessed so far during the expansion. As of the reporting period’s end, private consumption, the driving force of the U.S. economy in recent years, is growing at a stable rate. In addition, business fixed investment has gained momentum in recent months and headwinds from international trade have turned into tailwinds as the lagged effects from earlier U.S. dollar strength diminish. In fact, U.S. dollar weakness is now leading to increased global growth momentum at period end. Business and consumer confidence are at cyclical highs and the recent tax cut should lead to marginal additional spending in the coming two years, helping to sustain the current momentum. With the economy’s continued expansion, the Federal Reserve (“Fed”) is nearing its dual mandate of full employment and price stability. While inflation has surprised to the downside for a number of months recently, the Fed believes this to be temporary and continues down its prescribed course of gradual tightening. As communicated, the Fed began normalizing its balance sheet during the reporting period by discontinuing its interest reinvestment program and raised rates for a third time this calendar year in December. Despite these tightening measures, by many measures financial conditions eased in 2017.

As alluded to above, market performance was positive for most risk assets in 2017 as the S&P 500 Index increased 21.83% and the MSCI All Country World Index rose 23.97%. U.S. Treasuries (as represented by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Index) generated a positive total return of 3.54%. Credit outperformed U.S. Treasuries for the year, with the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Credit Index rising 6.18%. Among credit sectors of the investment grade fixed income market, investment grade corporate bonds performed well. Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) issued by U.S. agencies also posted positive returns, as did asset-backed securities (ABS).

FUND REVIEW

Against this backdrop, the Fund’s Non-Service shares produced a return of 4.59% during the reporting period. In comparison, the Fund outperformed the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and the Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index, which returned 3.54% and 3.60%, respectively, during the reporting period. As mentioned earlier, credit performed well this reporting period, with the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Credit Index gaining 6.18%. The Fund had its largest allocation to credit assets, but it underperformed the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Credit Index, which is comprised 100% of credit assets.

Primarily contributing to the Fund’s relative performance versus the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (the “Index”) was its underweight to U.S. Treasuries, its allocation to non-agency MBS and allocation to high yield credit. Primarily detracting from relative performance was the Fund’s overweight to asset-backed securities and security selection within agency MBS.

STRATEGY & OUTLOOK

We believe that macroeconomic fundamentals should continue to remain solid, with continued gains in wages and employment. Inflation may creep higher and potential fiscal stimulus could boost consumption at some point in the future. Likewise, we think the Fed is likely to hike rates at least two-to-three times in 2018 and we have been encouraged that the market has taken balance sheet normalization in stride.

The Fund remains neutral duration as near term inflation risks appear to be fully priced into yields and the rise in risk premium consistent with a relative sanguine economic outlook, in our view. We continue to maintain the Fund’s overweight to agency MBS relative to the Index. We believe the sector’s high quality and spread above Treasuries make it an attractive area to add incremental yield potential to the portfolio.

Demand for credit-related securities continues to be very strong. While corporate fundamentals appear stable, we do believe we currently reside in the fourth quarter of the credit cycle and that credit spreads do appear tight. As a result, we remain cautiously engaged in investment grade corporate credit, with the Fund also including a modest exposure to typically high Sharpe ratio BB-rated corporates.

Within structured products, we continue to avoid student loan and more esoteric ABS. We continue to favor auto and to some extent credit card ABS given their attractive fundamentals, carry and solid structures. We continue to have a smaller overweight to CMBS and remain up-in-structure as the issues within the retail sector give us pause at period end.

 

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Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The Fund’s prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information about the Fund, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.

Total returns include changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions in a hypothetical investment for the periods shown, but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund.

The Fund’s investment strategy and focus can change over time. The mention of specific fund holdings does not constitute a recommendation by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. or its affiliates.

Shares of Oppenheimer funds are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not guaranteed by any bank, are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency, and involve investment risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested.

Comparing the Fund’s Performance to the Market. The graphs that follow show the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in each share class of the Fund held until December 31, 2017. Performance is measured over a ten-fiscal-year period for both Classes. Performance information does not reflect charges that apply to separate accounts investing in the Fund. If these charges were taken into account, performance would be lower. The graphs assume that all dividends and capital gains distributions were reinvested in additional shares.

The Fund’s performance is compared to the performance of the Bloomberg Barclays Credit Index, an index of non-convertible U.S. investment grade corporate bonds; the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, an index of U.S. corporate and government bonds and the Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index, an index of institutionally traded U.S. Treasury Bonds, government-sponsored bonds, mortgage-backed securities and corporate securities. The indices are unmanaged and cannot be purchased directly by investors. While index comparisons may be useful to provide a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, it must be noted that the Fund’s investments are not limited to the investments comprising the indices. Index performance includes reinvestment of income, but does not reflect transaction costs, fees, expenses or taxes. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only as a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, and does not predict or depict performance of the Fund. The Fund’s performance reflects the effects of the Fund’s business and operating expenses.

 

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COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

LOGO

 

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account.

 

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Fund Expenses

Fund Expenses. As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service fees; and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire 6-month period ended December 31, 2017.

Actual Expenses. The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section for the class of shares you hold, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expense that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600.00 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.60), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During 6 Months Ended December 31, 2017” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes.

The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio for each class of shares, and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year for each class before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example for the class of shares you hold with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any charges associated with the separate accounts that offer this Fund. Therefore, the “hypothetical” lines of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these separate account charges were included your costs would have been higher.

 

Actual   

Beginning

Account

Value

July 1, 2017

    

Ending

Account

Value

December 31, 2017

            

Expenses

Paid During

6 Months Ended
December 31, 2017

 

Non-Service shares

       $      1,000.00                          $      1,015.60                           $            3.82          

Service shares

     1,000.00                        1,015.80                         5.09          
Hypothetical                            
(5% return before expenses)                                

Non-Service shares

     1,000.00                        1,021.42                         3.83          

Service shares

     1,000.00                        1,020.16                         5.10          

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for that class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). Those annualized expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated funds, based on the 6-month period ended December 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

Class    Expense Ratios            

Non-Service shares

     0.75%             

Service shares

     1.00              

The expense ratios reflect voluntary and/or contractual waivers and/or reimbursements of expenses by the Fund’s Manager. Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time, as indicated in the Fund’s prospectus. The “Financial Highlights” tables in the Fund’s financial statements, included in this report, also show the gross expense ratios, without such waivers or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, if applicable.

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS December 31, 2017

 

    Principal Amount     Value   

 

 

Asset-Backed Securities—13.9%

 

 

 
Auto Loan—8.9%  

 

 
American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust:  
Series 2014-4,Cl. D, 5.24%, 2/10/221    $ 60,000      $           60,334   
Series 2015-1,Cl. B, 2.85%, 2/12/211     17,451       17,457   
Series 2015-3,Cl. B, 3.56%, 10/12/211     85,434       85,682   
Series 2015-3,Cl. C, 4.84%, 10/12/211     315,000       321,218   
Series 2015-3,Cl. D, 5.86%, 7/12/221     125,000       127,670   
Series 2016-4,Cl. B, 2.11%, 2/12/211     65,000       64,958   
Series 2017-3,Cl. B, 2.25%, 1/11/211     65,000       64,783   
Series 2017-4,Cl. B, 2.61%, 5/10/211     64,000       63,971   
Series 2017-4,Cl. C, 2.94%, 1/10/241     183,000       182,864   
Series 2017-4,Cl. D, 3.57%, 1/10/241     157,000       156,812   

 

 
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust:  
Series 2013-4,Cl. D, 3.31%, 10/8/19     50,000       50,171   
Series 2015-2,Cl. D, 3.00%, 6/8/21     200,000       202,047   
Series 2017-2,Cl. D, 3.42%, 4/18/23     300,000       303,255   
Series 2017-4,Cl. D, 3.08%, 12/18/23     225,000       224,324   

 

 
Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust:  
Series 2014-1,Cl. D, 3.39%, 7/22/19     115,000       115,325   
Series 2017-1,Cl. D, 3.15%, 2/20/251     40,000       39,810   

 

 
CarFinance Capital Auto Trust:  
Series 2014-1A,Cl. D, 4.90%, 4/15/201     155,000       157,287   
Series 2015-1A,Cl. A, 1.75%, 6/15/211     31,384       31,346   

 

 
CarMax Auto Owner Trust:  
Series 2015-2,Cl. D, 3.04%, 11/15/21     100,000       100,511   
Series 2015-3,Cl. D, 3.27%, 3/15/22     295,000       296,033   
Series 2016-1,Cl. D, 3.11%, 8/15/22     185,000       186,394   
Series 2016-3,Cl. D, 2.94%, 1/17/23     115,000       113,788   
Series 2016-4,Cl. D, 2.91%, 4/17/23     260,000       256,733   
Series 2017-1,Cl. D, 3.43%, 7/17/23     230,000       230,131   
Series 2017-4,Cl. D, 3.30%, 5/15/24     100,000       99,334   

 

 
CIG Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2017-1A, Cl. A, 2.71%, 5/15/231     123,827       123,657   

 

 
CPS Auto Receivables Trust:  
Series 2013-C,Cl. D, 6.59%, 8/15/191     95,000       96,604   
Series 2017-C,Cl. A, 1.78%, 9/15/201     70,154       70,051   
Series 2017-C,Cl. B, 2.30%, 7/15/211     100,000       99,619   

 

 
CPS Auto Trust:  
Series 2017-A,Cl. B, 2.68%, 5/17/211     30,000       30,046   
Series 2017-D,Cl. B, 2.43%, 1/18/221     170,000       169,440   
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2017-3A, Cl. C, 3.48%, 10/15/262     205,000       203,637   

 

 
Drive Auto Receivables Trust:  
Series 2015-BA,Cl. D, 3.84%, 7/15/211     20,000       20,323   
Series 2015-CA,Cl. D, 4.20%, 9/15/211     60,000       61,302   
Series 2016-CA,Cl. C, 3.02%, 11/15/211     140,000       141,091   
Series 2016-CA,Cl. D, 4.18%, 3/15/241     160,000       164,377   
Series 2017-1,Cl. B, 2.36%, 3/15/21     155,000       155,168   
Series 2017-2,Cl. B, 2.25%, 6/15/21     100,000       100,063   
Series 2017-2,Cl. C, 2.75%, 9/15/23     110,000       110,201   
Series 2017-3,Cl. C, 2.80%, 7/15/22     115,000       115,102   
Series 2017-AA,Cl. C, 2.98%, 1/18/221     165,000       166,162   
Series 2017-AA,Cl. D, 4.16%, 5/15/241     210,000       215,389   
Series 2017-BA,Cl. D, 3.72%, 10/17/221     215,000       217,960   

 

 
DT Auto Owner Trust:  
Series 2014-2A,Cl. D, 3.68%, 4/15/211     312,733       313,754   
Series 2015-2A,Cl. D, 4.25%, 2/15/221     40,000       40,681   
Series 2016-1A,Cl. B, 2.79%, 5/15/201     7,276       7,278   
Series 2016-4A,Cl. E, 6.49%, 9/15/231     75,000       77,156   
Series 2017-1A,Cl. C, 2.70%, 11/15/221     90,000       89,800   
Series 2017-1A,Cl. D, 3.55%, 11/15/221     125,000       125,006   
Series 2017-1A,Cl. E, 5.79%, 2/15/241     150,000       152,446   
Series 2017-2A,Cl. B, 2.44%, 2/15/211     135,000       135,251   
Series 2017-2A,Cl. D, 3.89%, 1/15/231     175,000       176,294   
Series 2017-3A,Cl. B, 2.40%, 5/17/211     170,000       169,541   
Series 2017-3A,Cl. E, 5.60%, 8/15/241     155,000       157,332   
Series 2017-4A,Cl. D, 3.47%, 7/17/231     190,000       189,614   
Series 2017-4A,Cl. E, 5.15%, 11/15/241     135,000       135,110   
    Principal Amount     Value   
Auto Loan (Continued)  
Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust:  
Series 2013-2A,Cl. D, 6.81%, 8/17/201    $ 272,259      $ 274,651   
Series 2014-2A,Cl. C, 3.26%, 12/16/191     99,474       99,847   
Series 2017-3A,Cl. A, 2.05%, 12/15/211     141,825       141,633   

 

 
Flagship Credit Auto Trust:  
Series 2013-2,Cl. D, 6.26%, 2/16/211     60,000       60,454   
Series 2014-1,Cl. D, 4.83%, 6/15/201     20,000       20,390   
Series 2016-1,Cl. C, 6.22%, 6/15/221     345,000       364,786   

 

 
GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust, Series 2017-3, Cl. C, 2.73%, 9/20/21     120,000       118,871   

 

 
Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master Owner Trust II:  
Series 2016-1,Cl. D, 4.852%    
[LIBOR01M+330], 9/27/211,3     75,000       75,126   
Series 2017-1,Cl. C, 3.102%    
[LIBOR01M+155], 6/27/221,3     60,000       60,367   
Series 2017-1,Cl. D, 3.852%    
[LIBOR01M+230], 6/27/221,3     70,000       70,038   

 

 
Nissan Auto Lease Trust, Series 2017-A, Cl. A3, 1.91%, 4/15/20     230,000       229,240   

 

 
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust:  
Series 2013-4,Cl. E, 4.67%, 1/15/201     360,000       360,781   
Series 2013-A,Cl. E, 4.71%, 1/15/211     270,000       271,906   
Series 2016-2,Cl. D, 3.39%, 4/15/22     120,000       121,837   
Series 2017-1,Cl. D, 3.17%, 4/17/23     160,000       160,910   
Series 2017-1,Cl. E, 5.05%, 7/15/241     355,000       365,078   
Series 2017-2,Cl. D, 3.49%, 7/17/23     70,000       70,751   
Series 2017-3,Cl. D, 3.20%, 11/15/23     400,000       400,741   

 

 
Santander Retail Auto Lease Trust, Series 2017-A, Cl. C, 2.96%, 11/21/221     180,000       179,969   

 

 
TCF Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2015-1A, Cl. D, 3.53%, 3/15/221     160,000       159,585   

 

 
Veros Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2017-1, Cl. A, 2.84%, 4/17/231     139,644       139,407   

 

 
Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust:  
Series 2016-1A,Cl. E, 6.52%, 6/15/221     195,000       200,309   
Series 2017-2A,Cl. A1, 1.45%, 8/15/181     80,111       80,102   
Series 2017-2A,Cl. E, 4.63%, 7/15/241     255,000       255,612   
   

 

 

 
     

 

        11,864,084 

 

 

 

 

 
Credit Card—4.3%  

 

 
Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust:  
Series 2013-2A,Cl. A2, 2.127%    
[LIBOR01M+65], 8/16/211,3     100,000       100,347   
Series 2016-1,Cl. A1, 1.78%, 6/15/22     320,000       318,230   
Series 2016-1,Cl. A2, 2.327%    
[LIBOR01M+85], 6/15/223     560,000       565,400   

 

 
Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust:  
Series 2014-A4,Cl. A4, 1.837%    
[LIBOR01M+36], 6/15/223     55,000       55,238   
Series 2016-A1,Cl. A1, 1.927%    
[LIBOR01M+45], 2/15/223     385,000       386,894   
Series 2016-A3,Cl. A3, 1.34%, 4/15/22     485,000       480,162   

 

 
Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2014-A5, Cl. A5, 1.847% [LIBOR01M+37], 4/15/213     240,000       240,947   

 

 
Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust, Series 2014-A6, Cl. A6, 2.15%, 7/15/21     30,000       30,038   

 

 
Discover Card Execution Note Trust:  
Series 2012-A6,Cl. A6, 1.67%, 1/18/22     275,000       273,493   
Series 2016-A1,Cl. A1, 1.64%, 7/15/21     615,000       613,119   
Series 2016-A4,Cl. A4, 1.39%, 3/15/22     620,000       612,565   

 

 
Evergreen Credit Card Trust, Series 2016-3, Cl. A, 1.977% [LIBOR01M+50], 11/16/201,3     455,000       456,543   

 

 
World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust:  
Series 2012-D,Cl. A, 2.15%, 4/17/23     145,000       144,908   
Series 2016-B,Cl. A, 1.44%, 6/15/22     360,000       358,977   
Series 2017-A,Cl. A, 2.12%, 3/15/24     405,000       403,520   
Series 2017-B,Cl. A, 1.98%, 6/15/23     315,000       314,158   
Series 2017-C,Cl. A, 2.31%, 8/15/24     395,000       393,540   
   

 

 

 
      5,748,079   
 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Principal Amount      Value   

 

 
Equipment—0.4%  

 

 
CCG Receivables Trust, Series 2017-1, Cl. B, 2.75%, 11/14/231     $ 230,000      $ 227,769   

 

 
CNH Equipment Trust, Series 2017-C, Cl. B, 2.54%, 5/15/25      65,000        64,698   

 

 
FRS I LLC, Series 2013-1A, Cl. A1, 1.80%, 4/15/431      25,401        25,246   

 

 
Verizon Owner Trust, Series 2017-3A, Cl. A1A, 2.06%, 4/20/221      180,000             179,300   
     

 

 

 
       

 

497,013 

 

 

 

 

 
Home Equity Loan—0.1%  

 

 
CWABS Asset-Backed Certificates Trust, Series 2005-14, Cl. 1A1, 1.782% [US0001M+23], 4/25/363      97,837        98,051   

 

 
Loans: Other—0.2%  

 

 
Dell Equipment Finance Trust, Series 2017-2, Cl. B, 2.47%, 10/24/221      70,000        69,626   

 

 
Element Rail Leasing I LLC, Series 2014-1A, Cl. A1, 2.299%, 4/19/441      211,213        210,780   
     

 

 

 
        280,406   
     

 

 

 
Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $18,489,729)        

 

        18,487,633 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-Backed Obligations—58.8%

 

  

 

 
Government Agency—42.6%  

 

 
FHLMC/FNMA/FHLB/Sponsored—32.7%  

 

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Gold Pool:  
5.00%, 12/1/34      3,914        4,248   
5.50%, 9/1/39      297,492        326,297   
6.00%, 5/1/18-10/1/29      387,021        435,262   
6.50%, 4/1/18-4/1/34      113,080        125,391   
7.00%, 10/1/31-10/1/37      103,667        115,132   
9.00%, 8/1/22-5/1/25      6,617        7,048   

 

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Non Gold Pool, 10.50%, 10/1/20      463        467   

 

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security:  
Series 205,Cl. IO, 61.755%, 9/1/294      4,983        1,064   
Series 206,Cl. IO, 0.00%, 12/15/294,5      86,003        22,595   
Series 243,Cl. 6, 0.00%, 12/15/324,5      56,851        9,751   

 

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Mtg.-      
Linked Amortizing Global Debt Securities,      
Series 2012-1, Cl. A10, 2.06%, 1/15/22      276,900        275,839   

 

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Principal- Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security, Series 176, Cl. PO, 4.108%, 6/1/266      26,958        25,084   

 

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass-Through Certificates:  
Series 151,Cl. F, 9.00%, 5/15/21      1,415        1,482   
Series 1674,Cl. Z, 6.75%, 2/15/24      7,941        8,556   
Series 2034,Cl. Z, 6.50%, 2/15/28      1,527        1,691   
Series 2042,Cl. N, 6.50%, 3/15/28      3,123        3,412   
Series 2043,Cl. ZP, 6.50%, 4/15/28      183,082        204,852   
Series 2046,Cl. G, 6.50%, 4/15/28      7,807        8,607   
Series 2053,Cl. Z, 6.50%, 4/15/28      1,647        1,825   
Series 2066,Cl. Z, 6.50%, 6/15/28      172,897        191,571   
Series 2195,Cl. LH, 6.50%, 10/15/29      144,087        160,134   
Series 2220,Cl. PD, 8.00%, 3/15/30      1,000        1,165   
Series 2326,Cl. ZP, 6.50%, 6/15/31      39,687        43,562   
Series 2461,Cl. PZ, 6.50%, 6/15/32      156,428        172,949   
Series 2470,Cl. LF, 2.477%      
[LIBOR01M+100], 2/15/323      1,280        1,311   
Series 2564,Cl. MP, 5.00%, 2/15/18      2,790        2,792   
Series 2585,Cl. HJ, 4.50%, 3/15/18      1,399        1,400   
Series 2635,Cl. AG, 3.50%, 5/15/32      25,241        25,660   
Series 2707,Cl. QE, 4.50%, 11/15/18      2,973        2,990   
Series 2770,Cl. TW, 4.50%, 3/15/19      2,169        2,192   
Series 3010,Cl. WB, 4.50%, 7/15/20      7,653        7,800   
Series 3025,Cl. SJ, 19.334% [(3.667) x      
LIBOR01M)+2,475], 8/15/353      13,165        19,162   
     Principal Amount      Value   

 

 
FHLMC/FNMA/FHLB/Sponsored (Continued)  

 

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass  
Pass-Through Certificates: (Continued)  
Series 3030,Cl. FL, 1.877%      
[LIBOR01M+40], 9/15/353    $ 2,174      $ 2,184   
Series 3645,Cl. EH, 3.00%, 12/15/20      21,519          21,629   
Series 3741,Cl. PA, 2.15%, 2/15/35      56,091        56,083   
Series 3815,Cl. BD, 3.00%, 10/15/20      715        717   
Series 3822,Cl. JA, 5.00%, 6/15/40      3,042        3,124   
Series 3840,Cl. CA, 2.00%, 9/15/18      548        547   
Series 3848,Cl. WL, 4.00%, 4/15/40      18,285        18,669   
Series 3857,Cl. GL, 3.00%, 5/15/40      4,019        4,061   
Series 4221,Cl. HJ, 1.50%, 7/15/23      71,361        70,323   

 

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass-Through Certificates, Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security:  
Series 2074,Cl. S, 99.999%, 7/17/284      1,051        139   
Series 2079,Cl. S, 99.999%, 7/17/284      1,891        252   
Series 2130,Cl. SC, 99.999%, 3/15/294      62,330        9,983   
Series 2526,Cl. SE, 70.754%, 6/15/294      2,362        413   
Series 2796,Cl. SD, 99.999%, 7/15/264      124,397        18,220   
Series 2920,Cl. S, 30.588%, 1/15/354      476,511        74,034   
Series 2922,Cl. SE, 12.863%, 2/15/354      58,707        9,698   
Series 2981,Cl. AS, 6.88%, 5/15/354      77,311        10,358   
Series 3004,Cl. SB, 0.00%, 7/15/354,5      22,016        2,235   
Series 3397,Cl. GS, 0.00%, 12/15/374,5      10,815        1,747   
Series 3424,Cl. EI, 0.00%, 4/15/384,5      9,531        867   
Series 3450,Cl. BI, 15.141%, 5/15/384      289,539        43,024   
Series 3606,Cl. SN, 15.331%, 12/15/394      78,145        11,868   

 

 
Federal National Mortgage Assn.:  
2.50%, 1/1/337      2,120,000        2,117,834   
3.00%, 1/1/337      7,460,000        7,600,831   
3.50%, 1/1/487      11,095,000                11,398,760   
4.00%, 1/1/487      7,620,000        7,973,401   
4.50%, 1/1/487      7,315,000        7,783,572   
5.00%, 1/1/487      1,380,000        1,483,716   

 

 
Federal National Mortgage Assn. Pool:  
5.00%, 3/1/21-7/1/22      2,852        2,919   
5.50%, 2/1/35-5/1/36      117,081        129,926   
6.50%, 10/1/19-1/1/34      7,556        8,553   
7.00%, 1/1/30-12/1/32      16,473        18,981   
7.50%, 1/1/33      3,444        4,043   
8.50%, 7/1/32      9,304        9,961   

 

 
Federal National Mortgage Assn., Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security:  
Series 221,Cl. 2, 99.999%, 5/25/234      1,552        222   
Series 222,Cl. 2, 99.999%, 6/25/234      168,149        21,621   
Series 252,Cl. 2, 0.00%, 11/25/234,5      155,996        23,044   
Series 294,Cl. 2, 99.999%, 2/25/284      21,532        5,002   
Series 301,Cl. 2, 12.567%, 4/25/294      1,736        378   
Series 303,Cl. IO, 50.576%, 11/25/294      39,085        9,538   
Series 320,Cl. 2, 48.533%, 4/25/324      150,509        37,455   
Series 321,Cl. 2, 12.866%, 4/25/324      371,440        88,162   
Series 324,Cl. 2, 0.00%, 7/25/324,5      3,866        883   
Series 331,Cl. 5, 0.00%, 2/25/334,8      5,416        1,008   
Series 331,Cl. 9, 26.018%, 2/25/334      124,556        25,641   
Series 334,Cl. 12, 0.00%, 3/25/334,5      8,827        1,922   
Series 334,Cl. 17, 29.028%, 2/25/334      76,810        15,065   
Series 339,Cl. 12, 0.00%, 6/25/334,5      122,614        28,398   
Series 339,Cl. 7, 0.00%, 11/25/334,5      260,769        54,208   
Series 343,Cl. 13, 0.00%, 9/25/334,5      131,404        28,088   
Series 343,Cl. 18, 0.00%, 5/25/344,5      31,569        6,660   
Series 345,Cl. 9, 0.00%, 1/25/344,5      93,929        19,518   
Series 351,Cl. 10, 0.00%, 4/25/344,5      40,783        8,839   
Series 351,Cl. 8, 0.00%, 4/25/344,5      71,145        14,166   
Series 356,Cl. 10, 0.00%, 6/25/354,5      50,292        10,377   
Series 356,Cl. 12, 0.00%, 2/25/354,5      24,697        5,400   
Series 362,Cl. 13, 0.00%, 8/25/354,5      98,278        21,795   
Series 364,Cl. 15, 0.00%, 9/25/354,5      5,156        1,047   
Series 364,Cl. 16, 0.00%, 9/25/354,5      107,277        23,812   
Series 365,Cl. 16, 0.00%, 3/25/364,5      138,654        28,296   
 

 

8         OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA


    Principal Amount     Value   

 

 
FHLMC/FNMA/FHLB/Sponsored (Continued)  

 

 
Federal National Mortgage Assn., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass- Through Certificates:  
Series 1993-87,Cl. Z, 6.50%, 6/25/23   $ 117,608     $           125,475   
Series 1998-58,Cl. PC, 6.50%, 10/25/28     100,335       111,002   
Series 1998-61,Cl. PL, 6.00%, 11/25/28     50,898       56,113   
Series 1999-54,Cl. LH, 6.50%, 11/25/29     82,332       91,098   
Series 2001-51,Cl. OD, 6.50%, 10/25/31     5,769       6,218   
Series 2001-74,Cl. QE, 6.00%, 12/25/31     120,726       134,367   
Series 2003-100,Cl. PA, 5.00%,  
10/25/18     16,619       16,690   
Series 2003-28,Cl. KG, 5.50%, 4/25/23     346,952       365,910   
Series 2003-84,Cl. GE, 4.50%, 9/25/18     863       867   
Series 2004-25,Cl. PC, 5.50%, 1/25/34     1,610       1,631   
Series 2005-73,Cl. DF, 1.802%  
[LIBOR01M+25], 8/25/353     3,679       3,695   
Series 2006-11,Cl. PS, 18.876% [(3.667)  
x LIBOR01M)+2,456.67], 3/25/363     73,168       114,255   
Series 2006-46,Cl. SW, 18.508%    
[(3.667) x LIBOR01M)+2,419.92], 6/25/363     48,160       71,755   
Series 2006-50,Cl. KS, 18.509%    
[(3.667) x LIBOR01M)+2,420], 6/25/363     65,915       100,105   
Series 2008-75,Cl. DB, 4.50%, 9/25/23     7,705       7,745   
Series 2009-113,Cl. DB, 3.00%,    
12/25/20     25,789       25,877   
Series 2009-36,Cl. FA, 2.492%    
[LIBOR01M+94], 6/25/373     36,604       37,421   
Series 2009-70,Cl. TL, 4.00%, 8/25/19     7,236       7,252   
Series 2010-43,Cl. KG, 3.00%, 1/25/21     11,125       11,176   
Series 2011-3,Cl. EL, 3.00%, 5/25/20     43,927       44,022   
Series 2011-38,Cl. AH, 2.75%, 5/25/20     597       597   
Series 2011-82,Cl. AD, 4.00%, 8/25/26     24,202       24,408   

 

 
Federal National Mortgage Assn., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass-Through Certificates, Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security:  
Series 2001-61,Cl. SH, 21.316%, 11/18/314     4,943       952   
Series 2001-63,Cl. SD, 54.796%, 12/18/314     1,638       291   
Series 2001-65,Cl. S, 33.755%, 11/25/314     124,014       23,887   
Series 2001-68,Cl. SC, 48.086%, 11/25/314     1,159       205   
Series 2001-81,Cl. S, 38.76%, 1/25/324     34,487       6,449   
Series 2002-28,Cl. SA, 32.239%, 4/25/324     1,081       201   
Series 2002-38,Cl. SO, 75.594%, 4/25/324     3,341       588   
Series 2002-39,Cl. SD, 63.086%, 3/18/324     2,209       435   
Series 2002-47,Cl. NS, 43.038%, 4/25/324     107,616       21,437   
Series 2002-48,Cl. S, 48.573%, 7/25/324     1,774       347   
Series 2002-51,Cl. S, 42.124%, 8/25/324     98,791       18,787   
Series 2002-52,Cl. SD, 89.131%, 9/25/324     155,498       31,653   
Series 2002-52,Cl. SL, 41.855%, 9/25/324     1,118       216   
Series 2002-53,Cl. SK, 88.058%, 4/25/324     7,698       1,551   
Series 2002-56,Cl. SN, 45.837%, 7/25/324     2,418       474   
Series 2002-60,Cl. SM, 18.419%, 8/25/324     15,150       2,467   
Series 2002-7,Cl. SK, 22.732%, 1/25/324     6,979       1,224   
Series 2002-77,Cl. BS, 25.06%, 12/18/324     10,203       2,040   
Series 2002-77,Cl. IS, 58.853%, 12/18/324     5,692       1,205   
    Principal Amount     Value   

 

 
FHLMC/FNMA/FHLB/Sponsored (Continued)  

 

 
Federal National Mortgage Assn., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass- Through Certificates, Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security: (Continued)  
Series 2002-77,Cl. SH, 34.224%, 12/18/324   $ 48,864     $ 9,351   
Series 2002-84,Cl. SA, 29.042%, 12/25/324     116,879       22,205   
Series 2002-9,Cl. MS, 38.203%, 3/25/324     1,820       336   
Series 2002-90,Cl. SN, 18.737%, 8/25/324     7,794       1,269   
Series 2002-90,Cl. SY, 25.468%, 9/25/324     5,850       974   
Series 2003-26,Cl. DI, 54.496%, 4/25/334     5,279       1,220   
Series 2003-33,Cl. SP, 30.734%, 5/25/334     119,290       26,430   
Series 2003-4,Cl. S, 24.257%, 2/25/334     73,339       15,914   
Series 2004-54,Cl. DS, 99.999%, 11/25/304     106,679       17,966   
Series 2005-12,Cl. SC, 37.475%, 3/25/354     27,578       3,900   
Series 2005-14,Cl. SE, 45.409%, 3/25/354     83,424       11,585   
Series 2005-40,Cl. SA, 99.999%, 5/25/354     244,692       33,695   
Series 2005-40,Cl. SB, 77.813%, 5/25/354     11,158       1,362   
Series 2005-52,Cl. JH, 39.066%, 5/25/354     64,382       9,212   
Series 2005-93,Cl. SI, 7.824%, 10/25/354     173,839       24,310   
Series 2008-55,Cl. SA, 0.00%, 7/25/384,5     9,254       883   
Series 2009-8,Cl. BS, 99.999%, 2/25/244     2,409       98   
Series 2011-96,Cl. SA, 5.871%, 10/25/414     62,560       9,465   
Series 2012-134,Cl. SA, 5.401%, 12/25/424     156,154       30,925   
Series 2012-40,Cl. PI, 8.169%, 4/25/414     116,964       17,453   

 

 
Federal National Mortgage Assn., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass- Through Certificates, Principal-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security, Series 1993-184, Cl. M, 5.195%, 9/25/236     53,341       49,717   
   

 

 

 
     

 

    43,344,866 

 

 

 

 

 
GNMA/Guaranteed—9.9%  

 

 
Government National Mortgage Assn. I Pool:    
7.00%, 12/15/23-3/15/26     5,412       5,686   

 

 
Government National Mortgage Assn. II Pool:    
3.50%, 1/1/487     4,165,000       4,309,018   
4.00%, 1/1/487     8,275,000       8,631,471   

 

 
Government National Mortgage Assn., Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security:  
Series 2002-15,Cl. SM, 99.999%, 2/16/324     170,435       780   
Series 2007-17,Cl. AI, 55.764%, 4/16/374     62,209       10,489   
Series 2011-52,Cl. HS, 26.28%, 4/16/414     408,942       57,117   
   

 

 

 
     

 

13,014,561 

 

 

 

 

 
Non-Agency—16.2%  

 

 
Commercial—8.7%  

 

 
Asset Securitization Corp., Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security, Series 1997-D4, Cl. PS1, 99.999%, 4/14/294     1,128,301       762   

 

 
BCAP LLC Trust, Series 2011-R11, Cl. 18A5, 3.41% [H15T1Y+210], 9/26/351,3     62,903       63,199   
 

 

9         OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Principal Amount      Value   

 

 
Commercial (Continued)  

 

 
Capital Lease Funding Securitization LP, Interest-Only Commercial Mtg. Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-CTL1, Cl. IO, 0.00%, 6/22/242,4,5,9     $ 240,583      $ 5,874   

 

 
CD Commercial Mortgage Trust: Series 2016-CD2,Cl. AM, 3.668%, 11/10/4910      150,000        153,734   
Series 2017-CD3,Cl. AS, 3.833%, 2/10/50      140,000        144,737   

 

 
CD Mortgage Trust, Interest-Only Commercial Mtg. Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017- CD6, Cl. XA, 12.227%, 11/13/504      754,482        50,450   

 

 
Chase Mortgage Finance Trust, Series 2005- A2, Cl. 1A3, 3.448%, 1/25/3610      101,866        99,516   

 

 
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust:      
Series 2012-GC8,Cl. AAB, 2.608%, 9/10/45      109,398        110,030   
Series 2014-GC21,Cl. AAB, 3.477%, 5/10/47      95,000        98,013   

 

 
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Interest-Only Commercial Mtg. Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C4, Cl. XA, 0.00%, 10/12/504,5      2,078,286        164,542   

 

 
COMM Mortgage Trust:  
Series 2012-CR3,Cl. ASB, 2.372%, 10/15/45      19,685        19,645   
Series 2012-LC4,Cl. A3, 3.069%, 12/10/44      43,667        43,938   
Series 2013-CR13,Cl. ASB, 3.706%, 11/12/46      185,000        191,932   
Series 2013-CR6,Cl. AM, 3.147%, 3/10/461      245,000        246,525   
Series 2013-CR7,Cl. D, 4.28%, 3/10/461,10      390,000        311,197   
Series 2014-CR20,Cl. ASB, 3.305%, 11/10/47      65,000        66,776   
Series 2014-CR21,Cl. AM, 3.987%, 12/10/47      715,000        748,407   
Series 2014-LC15,Cl. AM, 4.198%, 4/10/47      170,000        179,454   
Series 2014-UBS6,Cl. AM, 4.048%, 12/10/47      475,000        496,432   
Series 2015-CR22,Cl. A2, 2.856%, 3/10/48      110,000        111,128   
Series 2015-CR23,Cl. AM, 3.801%, 5/10/48      280,000        288,666   

 

 
COMM Mortgage Trust, Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security, Series 2012-CR5, Cl. XA, 0.00%, 12/10/454,5      2,113,040        130,670   

 

 
CSMC Mortgage-Backed Trust, Series 2006-6, Cl. 1A4, 6.00%, 7/25/36      165,282        140,383   

 

 
Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-C1, Cl. AM, 3.539%, 5/10/49      140,000        141,361   

 

 
First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2005-FA8, Cl. 1A6, 2.202% [US0001M+65], 11/25/353      131,297        93,726   

 

 
FREMF Mortgage Trust:  
Series 2011-K702,Cl. B, 4.774%, 4/25/441,10      55,000        55,016   
Series 2013-K25,Cl. C, 3.619%, 11/25/451,10      90,000        88,742   
Series 2013-K26,Cl. C, 3.598%, 12/25/451,10      60,000        59,212   
Series 2013-K27,Cl. C, 3.495%, 1/25/461,10      95,000        93,256   
Series 2013-K28,Cl. C, 3.49%, 6/25/461,10      285,000                  279,559   
Series 2013-K712,Cl. C, 3.362%, 5/25/451,10      75,000        75,140   
     Principal Amount      Value   

 

 
Commercial (Continued)  

 

 
FREMF Mortgage Trust: (Continued)  
Series 2013-K713,Cl. C, 3.165%, 4/25/461,10    $ 115,000      $           114,638   
Series 2014-K715,Cl. C, 4.125%, 2/25/461,10      50,000        50,834   
Series 2014-K717,Cl. B, 3.629%, 11/25/471,10      40,000        40,840   

 

 
GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, Series 2012-SHOP, Cl. A, 2.933%, 6/5/311      140,000        141,233   

 

 
GS Mortgage Securities Trust:  
Series 2013-GC12,Cl. AAB, 2.678%, 6/10/46      35,000        35,114   
Series 2013-GC16,Cl. AS, 4.649%, 11/10/46      45,000        48,344   
Series 2014-GC18,Cl. AAB, 3.648%, 1/10/47      85,000        88,010   

 

 
GSMSC Pass-Through Trust, Series 2009-3R, Cl. 1A2, 6.00%, 4/25/371,10      249,080        240,310   

 

 
JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust:  
Series 2012-LC9,Cl. A4, 2.611%, 12/15/47      20,000        19,954   
Series 2013-C10,Cl. AS, 3.372%, 12/15/47      315,000        318,071   
Series 2013-C16,Cl. AS, 4.517%, 12/15/46      300,000        320,856   
Series 2013-LC11,Cl. AS, 3.216%, 4/15/46      40,000        40,286   
Series 2013-LC11,Cl. ASB, 2.554%, 4/15/46      50,000        50,070   
Series 2014-C20,Cl. AS, 4.043%, 7/15/47      220,000        229,699   
Series 2016-JP3,Cl. A2, 2.435%, 8/15/49      220,000        218,549   

 

 
JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-A1, Cl. 5A1, 3.629%, 7/25/3510      76,185        78,256   

 

 
JP Morgan Resecuritization Trust, Series 2009-5, Cl. 1A2, 3.387%, 7/26/361,10      233,820        224,255   

 

 
JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust:  
Series 2013-C17,Cl. ASB, 3.705%, 1/15/47      75,000        77,796   
Series 2014-C18,Cl. A3, 3.578%, 2/15/47      105,000        107,300   
Series 2014-C19,Cl. ASB, 3.584%, 4/15/47      40,000        41,294   
Series 2014-C24,Cl. B, 4.116%, 11/15/4710      245,000        251,198   
Series 2014-C25,Cl. AS, 4.065%, 11/15/47      200,000        209,427   
Series 2014-C26,Cl. AS, 3.80%, 1/15/48      255,000        262,877   

 

 
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2016-C4, Cl. AS, 3.385%, 12/15/49      230,000        229,459   

 

 
LB Commercial Conduit Mortgage Trust, Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security, Series 1998-C1, Cl. IO, 0.00%, 2/18/304,5      81,539         

 

 
Lehman Structured Securities Corp., Series 2002-GE1, Cl. A, 2.514%, 7/26/241,9,10      34,872        26,334   

 

 
Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust:  
Series 2013-C7,Cl. AAB, 2.469%, 2/15/46      100,000        100,170   
Series 2013-C9,Cl. AS, 3.456%, 5/15/46      225,000        227,696   
Series 2014-C19,Cl. AS, 3.832%, 12/15/47      595,000        613,389   
Series 2016-C30,Cl. AS, 3.175%, 9/15/49      375,000        366,148   

 

 
Morgan Stanley Capital I, Inc., Interest-Only Commercial Mtg. Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-HR2, Cl. XA, 10.107%, 12/15/504      685,000        42,304   

 

 
Morgan Stanley Re-Remic Trust, Series 2012- R3, Cl. 1B, 2.968%, 11/26/361,10      439,048        408,015   
 

 

10         OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA


      Principal Amount      Value  
Commercial (Continued)  
Morgan Stanley Resecuritization Trust, Series 2013-R9, Cl. 3A, 3.149%, 6/26/461,10    $ 124,371      $ 116,402   
RBSSP Resecuritization Trust, Series 2010-1, Cl. 2A1, 3.446%, 7/26/451,10      15,664        16,049   
UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Interest-Only Commercial Mtg. Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C5, Cl. XA, 11.683%, 11/15/504            1,259,318        91,090   
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust:     
Series 2015-C29,Cl. AS, 4.013%, 6/15/4810      245,000        255,296   
Series 2016-C37,Cl. AS, 4.018%, 12/15/49      355,000        373,135   
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust,  
Interest-Only Commercial Mtg. Pass-Through  
Certificates, Series 2017-C42, Cl. XA, 0.00%, 12/15/504,5      900,000        64,878   
WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust:  
Series 2012-C7,Cl. E, 4.825%, 6/15/451,10      120,000        98,129   
Series 2013-C14,Cl. AS, 3.488%, 6/15/46      150,000        152,782   
Series 2014-C20,Cl. AS, 4.176%, 5/15/47      130,000        135,584   
Series 2014-C22,Cl. A3, 3.528%, 9/15/57      45,000        46,268   
Series 2014-LC14,Cl. AS, 4.351%, 3/15/4710      145,000        153,069   
        

 

        11,477,435 

 

 

 

Residential—7.5%  
Banc of America Funding Trust:  
Series 2007-1,Cl. 1A3, 6.00%, 1/25/37      90,756        84,891   
Series 2007-C,Cl. 1A4, 3.444%, 5/20/3610      41,996        39,606   
Series 2014-R7,Cl. 3A1, 3.544%, 3/26/361,9,10      125,513        125,414   
Banc of America Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-1, Cl. 1A24, 6.00%, 3/25/37      63,550        61,130   
Bear Stearns ARM Trust:  
Series 2005-2,Cl. A1, 3.26%  
[H15T1Y+245], 3/25/353      124,722        126,366   
Series 2005-9,Cl. A1, 3.52%  
[H15T1Y+230], 10/25/353      134,007        136,922   
Series 2006-1,Cl. A1, 3.67%  
[H15T1Y+225], 2/25/363      166,492        167,230   
CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust:  
Series 2005-17,Cl. 1A8, 5.50%, 9/25/35      12,926        12,899   
Series 2005-26,Cl. 1A8, 5.50%, 11/25/35      81,266        74,362   
Series 2005-J4,Cl. A7, 5.50%, 11/25/35      10,576        10,617   
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Series 2006-AR1, Cl. 1A1, 3.21% [H15T1Y+240], 10/25/353      403,073        405,992   
Connecticut Avenue Securities:  
Series 2014-C02,Cl. 1M1, 2.502%  
[US0001M+95], 5/25/243      127,432        127,890   
Series 2014-C03,Cl. 1M2, 4.552%  
[US0001M+300], 7/25/243      332,250        355,333   
Series 2016-C03,Cl. 1M1, 3.552%  
[US0001M+200], 10/25/283      22,238        22,596   
Series 2016-C07,Cl. 2M1, 2.852%  
[US0001M+130], 5/25/293      188,392        189,596   
Series 2016-C07,Cl. 2M2, 5.902%  
[US0001M+435], 5/25/293      130,000        144,269   
Series 2017-C02,Cl. 2M1, 2.702%  
[US0001M+115], 9/25/293      302,092        304,880   
Series 2017-C02,Cl. 2M2, 5.202%  
[US0001M+365], 9/25/293      280,000        303,283   
Series 2017-C03,Cl. 1M1, 2.502%  
[US0001M+95], 10/25/293      232,230        234,115   
      Principal Amount      Value  
Residential (Continued)  
Connecticut Avenue Securities: (Continued)  
Series 2017-C04,Cl. 2M2, 4.402%  
[US0001M+285], 11/25/293    $ 180,000      $           187,331   
Series 2017-C06,Cl. 1M1, 2.302%  
[US0001M+75], 2/25/303      139,498        139,999   
Series 2017-C07,Cl. 1M1, 2.202%  
[US0001M+65], 5/25/303      203,788        204,144   
Series 2017-C07,Cl. 1M2, 3.952%  
[US0001M+240], 5/25/303      210,000        215,750   
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR4,  
Cl. 6A1, 3.522%, 7/25/3510      71,758        72,286   
HomeBanc Mortgage Trust, Series 2005-3, Cl.  
A2, 1.862% [US0001M+31], 7/25/353      31,399        31,388   
MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust, Series 2006-WMC3, Cl. A3, 1.652% [US0001M+10], 8/25/363      47,377        25,630   
RALI Trust:  
Series 2006-QS13,Cl. 1A8, 6.00%, 9/25/36      709        633   
Series 2007-QS6,Cl. A28, 5.75%, 4/25/37      9,034        8,505   
Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Nts.:  
Series 2013-DN2,Cl. M2, 5.802%  
[US0001M+425], 11/25/233      285,000        317,300   
Series 2014-DN1,Cl. M3, 6.052%  
[US0001M+450], 2/25/243      210,000        245,505   
Series 2014-DN2,Cl. M3, 5.152%  
[US0001M+360], 4/25/243      225,000        251,199   
Series 2014-HQ2,Cl. M2, 3.752%  
[US0001M+220], 9/25/243      85,859        88,610   
Series 2014-HQ2,Cl. M3, 5.302%  
[US0001M+375], 9/25/243      335,000        383,214   
Series 2015-HQA2,Cl. M2, 4.352%  
[US0001M+280], 5/25/283      64,466        66,672   
Series 2016-DNA1,Cl. M2, 4.452%  
[US0001M+290], 7/25/283      100,000        103,070   
Series 2016-DNA3,Cl. M1, 2.652%  
[US0001M+110], 12/25/283      91,870        92,010   
Series 2016-DNA4,Cl. M1, 2.352%  
[US0001M+80], 3/25/293      96,895        97,092   
Series 2016-DNA4,Cl. M3, 5.352%  
[US0001M+380], 3/25/293      325,000        363,161   
Series 2016-HQA2,Cl. M1, 2.752%  
[US0001M+120], 11/25/283      37,552        37,595   
Series 2016-HQA3,Cl. M1, 2.352%  
[US0001M+80], 3/25/293      405,314        406,066   
Series 2016-HQA3,Cl. M3, 5.402%  
[US0001M+385], 3/25/293      310,000        345,650   
Series 2016-HQA4,Cl. M1, 2.352%  
[US0001M+80], 4/25/293      267,579        268,122   
Series 2016-HQA4,Cl. M3, 5.452%  
[US0001M+390], 4/25/293      320,000        356,370   
Series 2017-DNA2,Cl. M2, 5.002%  
[US0001M+345], 10/25/293      255,000        277,734   
Series 2017-DNA3,Cl. M2, 4.052%  
[US0001M+250], 3/25/303      135,000        139,989   
Series 2017-HQA1,Cl. M1, 2.752%  
[US0001M+120], 8/25/293      243,522        246,168   
Series 2017-HQA1,Cl. M2, 5.102%  
[US0001M+355], 8/25/293      290,000        313,352   
Series 2017-HQA3,Cl. M1, 2.102%  
[US0001M+55], 4/25/303      255,665        255,704   
Series 2017-HQA3,Cl. M2, 3.902%  
[US0001M+235], 4/25/303      335,000        343,333   
WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust:  
Series 2003-AR10,Cl. A7, 3.453%, 10/25/3310      85,229        86,347   
Series 2005-AR14,Cl. 1A4, 3.357%, 12/25/3510      167,366        163,974   
 

 

11         OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Principal Amount     Value  
Residential (Continued)  
WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust: (Continued)  
Series 2005-AR16,Cl. 1A1, 3.363%, 12/25/3510   $ 74,287     $ 72,698   
Wells Fargo Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust:    
Series 2005-AR15,Cl. 1A2, 3.561%, 9/25/3510     82,613       80,282   
Series 2005-AR15,Cl. 1A6, 3.561%, 9/25/3510     32,029       30,901   
Series 2005-AR4,Cl. 2A2, 3.422%, 4/25/3510     190,245       191,486   
Series 2006-AR10,Cl. 1A1, 3.354%, 7/25/3610     56,648       55,335   
Series 2006-AR10,Cl. 5A5, 3.387%, 7/25/3610     149,916       151,579   
Series 2006-AR2,Cl. 2A3, 3.544%, 3/25/3610     68,291       69,016   
Series 2006-AR7,Cl. 2A4, 3.336%, 5/25/3610     5,118       5,081   
Series 2006-AR8,Cl. 2A1, 3.568%, 4/25/3610     163,951       166,155   
Series 2006-AR8,Cl. 2A4, 3.568%, 4/25/3610     71,765       72,730   
Series 2007-16,Cl. 1A1, 6.00%, 12/28/37     54,274       56,897   
      10,013,454   
Total Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Cost $78,617,578)            

 

77,850,316 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Obligation—1.1%  

United States Treasury Nts., 1.50%, 5/31/1911,12 (Cost $1,440,704)

 

   

 

1,438,000

 

 

 

   

 

1,430,912 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds and Notes—50.8%  
Consumer Discretionary—8.0%  
Auto Components—0.1%  
Lear Corp., 3.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/27     204,000       204,526   
Automobiles—1.8%  
Daimler Finance North America LLC:    
2.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/5/201     285,000       283,461   
8.50% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 1/18/31     172,000       260,098   
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC:    
2.425% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/12/20     221,000       219,806   
3.664% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/8/24     219,000       222,102   
General Motors Co., 6.25% Sr. Unsec.    
Nts., 10/2/43     88,000       104,513   
General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/30/22     301,000       301,040   
Harley-Davidson, Inc., 4.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/28/45     93,000       101,339   
Hyundai Capital America, 1.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/27/191     347,000       340,527   
Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp., 2.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/28/201     217,000       215,276   
Volkswagen Group of America Finance    
LLC, 2.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/20/191     338,000       337,909   
             

 

        2,386,071 

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services—0.3%  
Service Corp. International, 4.625% Sr.    

Unsec. Nts., 12/15/27

 

   

 

340,000

 

 

 

   

 

345,821 

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—0.5%  
Aramark Services, Inc., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/251     163,000       172,584   
Marriott International, Inc., 3.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/22     148,000       150,854   
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 2.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/28/20     287,000       286,965   
      610,403   
      Principal Amount      Value  
Household Durables—1.4%  
DR Horton, Inc., 2.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/20    $ 296,000      $ 295,742   
Leggett & Platt, Inc., 3.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/27      161,000        159,719   
Lennar Corp., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/30/25      334,000        348,195   
Newell Brands, Inc.:      
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/23      346,000        365,243   
5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/46      98,000        117,012   
PulteGroup, Inc., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/27      251,000        263,236   
Toll Brothers Finance Corp.:      
4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/23      257,000        267,601   
4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/27      75,000        78,000   
               

 

1,894,748 

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail—0.5%  
Amazon.com, Inc., 4.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/5/44      100,000        121,931   
QVC, Inc., 4.45% Sr. Sec. Nts., 2/15/25      565,000        577,063   
               

 

698,994 

 

 

 

Media—1.4%  
21st Century Fox America, Inc., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/46      132,000        153,289   
Charter Communications Operating LLC/ Charter Communications Operating Capital, 5.375% Sr. Sec. Nts., 5/1/47      139,000        142,933   
Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., 9.455% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/22      306,000        400,008   
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The), 4.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/24      311,000        326,579   
Sky plc:      
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/16/241      152,000        158,729   
6.10% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/181      116,000        116,544   
Time Warner Cable LLC, 4.50% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 9/15/42      236,000        222,043   
Virgin Media Secured Finance plc, 5.25% Sr. Sec. Nts., 1/15/261      319,000        323,386   
               

 

        1,843,511 

 

 

 

Multiline Retail—0.2%  
Dollar Tree, Inc., 5.75% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/1/23      307,000        322,158   
Specialty Retail—1.2%  
AutoZone, Inc., 1.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/21/19      64,000        63,482   
Best Buy Co., Inc., 5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/21      286,000        308,276   
L Brands, Inc., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/22      322,000        344,943   
Ross Stores, Inc., 3.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/24      355,000        360,177   
Sally Holdings LLC/Sally Capital, Inc., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/25      170,000        170,000   
Signet UK Finance plc, 4.70% Sr. Unsec.      
Nts., 6/15/24      342,000        337,134   
               

 

1,584,012 

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—0.6%  
Hanesbrands, Inc., 4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/261      325,000        334,750   
Levi Strauss & Co., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/25      239,000        250,352   
PVH Corp., 4.50% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 12/15/22      154,000        157,450   
        742,552   
 

 

12         OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA


     Principal Amount     Value  
Consumer Staples—4.9%  
Beverages—1.5%  
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc.:    
1.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/19   $             408,000     $             407,234   
3.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/26     85,000       87,845   
4.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/46     74,000       86,032   
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 8.20% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 1/15/39     230,000       366,660   
Constellation Brands, Inc., 2.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/6/20     335,000       332,129   
Molson Coors Brewing Co.:    
2.10% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/21     309,000       303,085   
4.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/46     48,000       49,070   
Pernod Ricard SA, 4.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/221     307,000       325,403   
             

 

1,957,458 

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing—0.7%  
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., 2.35% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/13/191     343,000       343,100   
CVS Health Corp.:    
2.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/21     334,000       326,187   
5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/20/45     75,000       86,215   
Kroger Co. (The):    
2.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/19     15,000       14,976   
6.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/38     79,000       102,365   
             

 

872,843 

 

 

 

Food Products—1.6%  
Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.:    
3.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/26     216,000       206,751   
8.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/19     305,000       330,484   
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.:    
3.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/25     177,000       183,064   
4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/46     117,000       116,258   
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc., 4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/261     184,000       192,740   
Mondelez International Holdings Netherlands BV, 1.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/28/191     353,000       348,021   
Smithfield Foods, Inc., 2.70% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/31/201     338,000       336,112   
TreeHouse Foods, Inc., 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/241     211,000       220,495   
Tyson Foods, Inc., 3.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/2/27     164,000       168,209   
             

 

2,102,134 

 

 

 

Tobacco—1.1%  
Altria Group, Inc., 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/31/24     231,000       245,213   
BAT Capital Corp.:    
2.297% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/14/201     330,000       328,369   
3.557% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/271     169,000       169,512  
Imperial Brands Finance plc, 2.05% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/20/181     357,000       356,725   
Philip Morris International, Inc., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/2/22     288,000       285,591   
Reynolds American, Inc., 5.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/45     115,000       144,027   
             

 

1,529,437 

 

 

 

Energy—4.1%  
Energy Equipment & Services—0.4%  
Halliburton Co., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/45     74,000       85,238   
Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co., 4.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/25     194,000       204,473   
Schlumberger Holdings Corp., 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/21/251     184,000       193,629   
      483,340  
     Principal Amount     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—3.7%  
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.:    
4.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/44   $             64,000     $             63,968   
6.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/40     64,000       77,799   
Andeavor, 5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/261     311,000       342,281   
Andeavor Logistics LP/Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp.:    
4.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/27     166,000       167,706   
5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/25     107,000       112,666   
Apache Corp., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/43     96,000       98,944   
Boardwalk Pipelines LP, 4.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/24     156,000       167,324   
BP Capital Markets plc, 1.676% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/3/19     328,000       326,310   
Buckeye Partners LP, 3.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/26     85,000       83,680   
Chevron Corp., 1.561% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/16/19     352,000       350,029   
Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc.:    
3.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/20     302,000       306,466   
4.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/25     162,000       172,714   
ConocoPhillips Co.:    
4.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/26     42,000       47,741   
5.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/46     70,000       94,575   
Devon Energy Corp., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/42     74,000       78,579   
Energy Transfer LP, 5.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/47     94,000       93,679   
EnLink Midstream Partners LP, 4.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/26     74,000       77,655   
Enterprise Products Operating LLC:    
4.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/42     79,000       86,999   
4.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/46     27,000       29,840   
EQT Corp., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/20     340,000       337,828   
Kinder Morgan, Inc., 5.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/45     253,000       277,662   
Marathon Oil Corp., 4.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/27     175,000       183,184   
Noble Energy, Inc., 5.05% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/44     92,000       98,832   
ONEOK Partners LP:    
4.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/25     135,000       144,933   
8.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/19     143,000       152,665   
Phillips 66 Partners LP, 3.605% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/25     164,000       165,443   
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 4.20% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/15/28     176,000       178,374   
Shell International Finance BV, 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/10/46     115,000       122,680   
Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP, 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/27     190,000       186,622   
Williams Partners LP:    
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/27     131,000       131,489   
5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/20     145,000       153,238  
Woodside Finance Ltd., 8.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/191     3,000       3,212   
             

 

4,915,117 

 

 

 

Financials—13.8%  
Capital Markets—2.9%  
Apollo Management Holdings LP, 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/30/241     201,000       205,907   
Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. LLC, 3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/2/271     142,000       139,764   
Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/25     332,000       341,146   
 

 

13         OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Principal Amount      Value   

 

 
Capital Markets (Continued)  

 

 
Credit Suisse AG (New York), 3.625% Sr.      
Unsec. Nts., 9/9/24      $             189,000        $           195,697   

 

 
Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey      
Ltd., 4.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/17/26      130,000        139,395   

 

 
E*TRADE Financial Corp., 5.875%      
[US0003M+443.5] Jr. Sub. Perpetual      
Bonds3,13      308,000        327,250   

 

 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The):      
3.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/16/26      202,000        203,340   
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/25/26      194,000        199,351   
4.017% [US0003M+137.3] Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/31/383      136,000        140,042   

 

 
Morgan Stanley:      
4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/22/47      248,000        272,289   
5.00% Sub. Nts., 11/24/25      312,000        341,882   

 

 
MSCI, Inc., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/261      328,000        345,220   

 

 
Northern Trust Corp., 3.375% [US0003M+113.1] Sub. Nts., 5/8/323      145,000        144,592   

 

 
Raymond James Financial, Inc., 3.625%      
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/26      202,000        203,269   

 

 

S&P Global, Inc., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,

8/15/18

     226,000        226,687   

 

 
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., 3.30% Sr.      
Unsec. Nts., 4/1/27      206,000        208,054   

 

 
UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG:      
4.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/261      128,000        134,415   
4.253% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/23/281      135,000        142,480   
     

 

 

 
       

 

3,910,780 

 

 

 

 

 
Commercial Banks—6.7%  

 

 
ABN AMRO Bank NV, 4.40% [USSW5+219.7] Sub. Nts., 3/27/283      383,000        394,826   

 

 
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group      

Ltd. (New York), 2.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,

5/19/22

     335,000        334,073   

 

 
Bank of America Corp.:      
3.248% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/21/27      269,000        267,186   
3.824% [US0003M+157.5] Sr. Unsec.      
Nts., 1/20/283      185,000        191,524   
7.75% Jr. Sub. Nts., 5/14/38      232,000        348,444   

 

 

Barclays plc, 4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,

1/12/26

     326,000        339,854   

 

 

BB&T Corp., 2.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,

10/26/24

     277,000        275,170   

 

 

BNP Paribas SA, 4.625% Sub. Nts.,

3/13/271

     234,000        250,027   

 

 
BPCE SA, 4.50% Sub. Nts., 3/15/251      234,000        244,897   

 

 
Citigroup, Inc., 4.281%      

[US0003M+183.9] Sr. Unsec. Nts.,

4/24/483

     334,000        363,837   

 

 
Citizens Bank NA (Providence RI):      
2.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/13/21      192,000        191,424   
2.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/26/22      81,000        80,332   

 

 

Commonwealth Bank of Australia,

3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/19/271

     278,000        274,345   

 

 

Compass Bank, 2.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,

6/29/22

     345,000        341,706   

 

 

Credit Agricole SA, 4.375% Sub. Nts.,

3/17/251

     395,000        413,307   

 

 
Fifth Third Bank (Cincinnati OH), 3.85%      
Sub. Nts., 3/15/26      206,000        212,832   

 

 

First Republic Bank, 4.375% Sub. Nts.,

8/1/46

     139,000        142,556   

 

 
Glencore Funding LLC, 4.00% Sr. Unsec.      
Nts., 4/16/251      193,000        195,244   

 

 
HSBC Holdings plc, 4.041%      

[US0003M+154.6] Sr. Unsec. Nts.,

3/13/283

     156,000        162,715   
     Principal Amount      Value   

 

 
Commercial Banks (Continued)  

 

 
Huntington Bancshares, Inc., 3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/14/21      $           218,000        $             221,573   

 

 
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 3.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/14/271      279,000        279,340   

 

 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.: 3.54% [US0003M+138] Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/283      271,000        275,948   
3.782% [US0003M+133.7] Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/283      538,000        557,987   

 

 
Lloyds Banking Group plc, 6.657% [US0003M+127] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds1,3,13      334,000        391,615   

 

 
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The), 3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/19/27      301,000        302,304   

 

 
Regions Bank (Birmingham AL), 2.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/14/18      287,000        287,355   

 

 
Regions Financial Corp., 2.75% Sr.      
Unsec. Nts., 8/14/22      228,000        227,497   

 

 
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc,      
3.498% [US0003M+148] Sr. Unsec.      
Nts., 5/15/233      238,000        238,729   

 

 
SunTrust Bank (Atlanta GA), 3.30% Sub.      
Nts., 5/15/26      151,000        149,780   

 

 
Synovus Financial Corp., 3.125% Sr.      
Unsec. Nts., 11/1/22      201,000        199,583   

 

 
US Bancorp:      
3.10% Sub. Nts., 4/27/26      204,000        202,730   
3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/27/27      82,000        82,225   

 

 
Wells Fargo & Co.:      
3.584% [US0003M+131] Sr. Unsec.      
Nts., 5/22/283      272,000        277,542   
4.75% Sub. Nts., 12/7/46      194,000        217,158   
     

 

 

 
       

 

8,935,665 

 

 

 

 

 
Consumer Finance—0.8%  

 

 
American Express Co., 2.50% Sr. Unsec.      
Nts., 8/1/22      137,000        135,474   

 

 
American Express Credit Corp., 3.30%      
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/3/27      205,000        208,215   

 

 
Capital One Financial Corp., 3.75% Sr.      
Unsec. Nts., 3/9/27      135,000        136,664   

 

 
Discover Financial Services:      
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/4/25      137,000        138,082   
4.10% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/9/27      134,000        137,477   

 

 
Electricite de France SA, 6.50% Sr.      
Unsec. Nts., 1/26/191      246,000        257,345   
     

 

 

 
       

 

1,013,257 

 

 

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services—0.6%  

 

 
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co., 2.00%      
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/18      102,000        102,099   

 

 
Peachtree Corners Funding Trust,      
3.976% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/251      134,000        138,155   

 

 
Precision Castparts Corp., 2.50% Sr.      
Unsec. Nts., 1/15/23      204,000        202,823   

 

 
Voya Financial, Inc., 5.65%      
[US0003M+358] Jr. Sub. Nts., 5/15/533      315,000        336,262   
     

 

 

 
       

 

779,339 

 

 

 

 

 
Insurance—1.2%  

 

 
AXIS Specialty Finance plc, 5.15% Sr.      
Unsec. Nts., 4/1/45      167,000        179,712   

 

 
Brighthouse Financial, Inc., 3.70% Sr.      
Unsec. Nts., 6/22/271      87,000        85,706   

 

 
CNA Financial Corp., 3.45% Sr. Unsec.      
Nts., 8/15/27      239,000        235,932   

 

 
Manulife Financial Corp., 4.061%      
[USISDA05+164.7] Sub. Nts., 2/24/323      202,000        203,853   

 

 
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 4.35% Sr.      
Unsec. Nts., 1/30/47      106,000        117,801   
 

 

14        OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA


 

    Principal Amount     Value   

 

 
Insurance (Continued)  

 

 
MetLife, Inc., 5.25% [US0003M+357.5]    
Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds3,13     $           258,000       $           268,898   

 

 
Nuveen Finance LLC, 4.125% Sr. Unsec.    
Nts., 11/1/241     257,000       271,572   

 

 
Prudential Financial, Inc., 5.20%    
[US0003M+304] Jr. Sub. Nts., 3/15/443     253,000       269,761   
   

 

 

 
     

 

1,633,235 

 

 

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—1.4%  

 

 
American Tower Corp.:    
2.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/20     96,000       96,646   
3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/23     281,000       280,571   
5.05% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 9/1/20     185,000       196,360   

 

 
Crown Castle International Corp., 3.65%    
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/27     170,000       169,876   

 

 
Digital Realty Trust LP:    
3.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/20     29,000       29,589   
5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/20     118,000       125,202   

 

 
HCP, Inc., 2.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/20     326,000       327,299   

 

 
Lamar Media Corp., 5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/26     307,000       328,874   

 

 
Ventas Realty LP/Ventas Capital Corp., 2.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/18     95,000       94,997   

 

 
VEREIT Operating Partnership LP, 3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/6/19     126,000       126,631   

 

 

Welltower, Inc., 2.25% Sr. Unsec.

Nts., 3/15/18

    75,000       75,033   
   

 

 

 
     

 

1,851,078 

 

 

 

 

 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance—0.2%  

 

 
Nationwide Building Society, 4.125%    
[USISDA05+184.9] Sub. Nts., 10/18/323     202,000      

 

202,413 

 

 

 

 

 
Health Care—4.9%  

 

 
Biotechnology—1.0%  

 

 
AbbVie, Inc.:    
3.60% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/14/25     202,000       207,948   
4.70% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/14/45     62,000       69,360   

 

 
Biogen, Inc., 5.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/45     77,000       91,682   

 

 
Celgene Corp.:    
3.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/25     195,000       202,117   
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/45     39,000       44,383   

 

 
Gilead Sciences, Inc., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/46     124,000       143,656   

 

 
Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC:    
1.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/23/19     354,000       350,905   
3.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/23/26     276,000       270,294   
   

 

 

 
     

 

1,380,345 

 

 

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies—1.2%  

 

 
Abbott Laboratories:    
2.35% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/22/19     349,000       349,196   
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/30/26     292,000       300,316   

 

 
Becton Dickinson & Co.:    
2.404% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/5/20     213,000       211,955   
3.70% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/6/27     252,000       254,362   

 

 
Boston Scientific Corp., 3.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/25     260,000       267,665   

 

 
Hologic, Inc., 4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/251     13,000       13,228   

 

 
Medtronic, Inc., 4.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/45     136,000       158,691   
     

 

1,555,413 

 

 

 

 

 
Health Care Providers & Services—1.5%  

 

 

Anthem, Inc., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,

11/21/20

    330,000       329,514   

 

 
Cigna Corp., 5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/20     286,000       303,576   
    Principal Amount     Value   

 

 
Health Care Providers & Services (Continued)  

 

 
Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II, Inc., 5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/31/221   $ 431,000     $ 474,895   

 

 

Humana, Inc., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,

12/15/20

    86,000       85,988   

 

 
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings:    
2.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/20     326,000       327,005   
3.60% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/25     204,000       207,476   

 

 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 2.75% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 2/15/23     270,000       270,681   
   

 

 

 
     

 

        1,999,135 

 

 

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services—0.7%  

 

 
Life Technologies Corp., 6.00% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 3/1/20     237,000       253,773   

 

 
Quintiles IMS, Inc., 5.00% Sr. Unsec.    
Nts., 10/15/261     319,000       328,171   

 

 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.:    
3.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/27     168,000       166,804   
4.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/24     121,000       128,493   
   

 

 

 
     

 

877,241 

 

 

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals—0.5%  

 

 
Allergan Funding SCS:    
3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/12/20     329,000       332,110   
3.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/25     238,000       242,609   

 

 

Zoetis, Inc., 3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,

9/12/27

    83,000       81,222   
   

 

 

 
     

 

655,941 

 

 

 

 

 
Industrials—3.5%  

 

 
Aerospace & Defense—0.8%  

 

 
BAE Systems Holdings, Inc., 3.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/251     258,000       267,940   

 

 

Hexcel Corp., 3.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,

2/15/27

    124,000       126,613   

 

 

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.,

3.483% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/271

    126,000       125,843   

 

 
Northrop Grumman Corp., 4.75% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 6/1/43     185,000       214,308   

 

 
Rolls-Royce plc, 2.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/14/201     87,000       86,480   

 

 
Textron, Inc.:    
3.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/27     83,000       84,490   
3.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/25     111,000       115,211   

 

 
United Technologies Corp., 1.778% Jr. Sub. Nts., 5/4/1810     60,000       59,913   
   

 

 

 
     

 

1,080,798 

 

 

 

 

 
Air Freight & Couriers—0.0%  

 

 

FedEx Corp., 4.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,

1/15/47

    65,000      

 

69,581 

 

 

 

 

 
Building Products—0.4%  

 

 
Allegion US Holding Co., Inc., 3.55%    
Sec. Nts., 10/1/27     246,000       243,862   

 

 
Owens Corning, 3.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/26     234,000       230,042   
   

 

 

 
     

 

473,904 

 

 

 

 

 
Commercial Services & Supplies—0.2%  

 

 
Republic Services, Inc., 3.80% Sr. Unsec.    
Nts., 5/15/18     294,000       296,059   

 

 
Electrical Equipment—0.3%  

 

 

Sensata Technologies BV, 4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/231

 

   

 

334,000

 

 

 

   

 

350,283 

 

 

 

 

 
Industrial Conglomerates—0.5%  

 

 
Carlisle Cos., Inc., 3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/27     177,000       179,146   

 

 
Roper Technologies, Inc.:    
3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/20     270,000       273,380   
 

 

15        OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

    Principal Amount     Value   

 

 
Industrial Conglomerates (Continued)  

 

 
Roper Technologies, Inc.: (Continued) 3.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/26     $           253,000       $           261,318   
   

 

 

 
     

 

713,844 

 

 

 

 

 
Machinery—0.5%  

 

 
CNH Industrial NV, 3.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/27     172,000       171,817   

 

 

Fortive Corp., 1.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,

6/15/19

    360,000       357,496   

 

 
Wabtec Corp., 3.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/26     134,000       131,258   
   

 

 

 
     

 

660,571 

 

 

 

 

 
Road & Rail—0.3%  

 

 
Canadian Pacific Railway Co., 4.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/35     68,000       79,403   

 

 
Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp., 3.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/261     276,000       272,957   
   

 

 

 
     

 

352,360 

 

 

 

 

 
Trading Companies & Distributors—0.5%  

 

 
Air Lease Corp.:    
3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/23     148,000       147,021   
3.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/27     143,000       143,124   

 

 
GATX Corp., 3.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/28     261,000       258,031   

 

 

United Rentals North America, Inc.,

4.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/25

    168,000       169,680   
   

 

 

 
     

 

717,856 

 

 

 

 

 
Information Technology—2.9%  

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments, & Components—0.4%  

 

 
Arrow Electronics, Inc., 3.875% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 1/12/28     232,000       231,711   

 

 
CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp., 5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/24     54,000       58,995   

 

 
Tech Data Corp., 4.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/27     264,000       278,906   
   

 

 

 
     

 

569,612 

 

 

 

 

 
Internet Software & Services—0.2%  

 

 
VeriSign, Inc.:    
4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/27     190,000       195,225   
5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/25     99,000       108,281   
   

 

 

 
     

 

303,506 

 

 

 

 

 
IT Services—0.5%  

 

 
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., 3.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/27/26     155,000       153,971   

 

 
DXC Technology Co.:    
2.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/27/20     238,000       239,273   
4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/27     255,000       271,596   
   

 

 

 
     

 

664,840 

 

 

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—0.1%  

 

 

Intel Corp., 3.734% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,

12/8/471

    101,000       105,061   

 

 
Software—1.2%  

 

 
Autodesk, Inc., 4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/25     110,000       115,581   

 

 
Dell International LLC/EMC Corp.:    
3.48% Sr. Sec. Nts., 6/1/191     255,000       258,260   
6.02% Sr. Sec. Nts., 6/15/261     199,000       219,727   

 

 
Open Text Corp., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/231     236,000       246,915   

 

 
Oracle Corp.:    
2.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/23     200,000       197,624   
2.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/25     203,000       204,026   

 

 
VMware, Inc.:    
2.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/21/20     104,000       103,469  
3.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/21/27     171,000       172,909  
      1,518,511  
    Principal Amount     Value   

 

 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—0.5%  

 

 

Apple, Inc., 4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,

5/13/45

    $           198,000       $           223,410   

 

 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 3.60% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/20     323,000       329,971   

 

 

NetApp, Inc., 2.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,

9/27/19

    155,000       153,848   
   

 

 

 
     

 

707,229 

 

 

 

 

 
Materials—3.1%  

 

 
Chemicals—1.7%  

 

 
Agrium, Inc.:    
3.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/25     111,000       111,660   
4.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/35     75,000       77,664   

 

 
CF Industries, Inc., 4.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 12/1/261     247,000       257,879   

 

 
Ecolab, Inc., 2.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/14/19     338,000       337,502   

 

 
LyondellBasell Industries NV, 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/19     214,000       219,761   

 

 
PolyOne Corp., 5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/23     299,000       316,192   

 

 
RPM International, Inc.:    
3.45% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 11/15/22     285,000       292,332   
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/27     84,000       85,136   
4.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/48     81,000       80,792   

 

 
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The):    
3.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/25     103,000       102,524   
3.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/26     152,000       158,737   

 

 
Yara International ASA, 3.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/6/261     215,000       213,617   
   

 

 

 
     

 

2,253,796 

 

 

 

 

 
Construction Materials—0.4%  

 

 
LafargeHolcim Finance US LLC, 3.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/22/261     75,000       74,065   

 

 
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., 3.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/27     161,000       160,082   

 

 
Vulcan Materials Co., 3.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/27     254,000       260,053   
   

 

 

 
     

 

494,200 

 

 

 

 

 
Containers & Packaging—0.6%  

 

 
International Paper Co.:    
3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/27     157,000       152,475   
4.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/44     131,000       143,827   

 

 
Packaging Corp. of America:    
3.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/24     94,000       96,502   
4.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/23     168,000       180,927   

 

 
Silgan Holdings, Inc., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/251     270,000       278,100   
   

 

 

 
     

 

851,831 

 

 

 

 

 
Metals & Mining—0.3%  

 

 
Anglo American Capital plc:    
3.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/11/241     83,000       82,681   
4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/11/271     135,000       134,272   

 

 
Goldcorp, Inc., 5.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/9/44     93,000       108,568   
   

 

 

 
     

 

325,521 

 

 

 

 

 
Paper & Forest Products—0.1%  

 

 
Louisiana-Pacific Corp., 4.875% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 9/15/24     186,000      

 

192,510 

 

 

 

 

 
Telecommunication Services—2.3%  

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services—2.3%  

 

 
AT&T, Inc.:    
3.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/14/24     141,000       141,897  
4.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/301     238,000       238,280  
4.35% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/45     281,000       260,030  
5.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/14/50     102,000       102,909  
 

 

16        OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA


 

    Principal Amount     Value   

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services (Continued)  

 

 
British Telecommunications plc, 9.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/30     $             276,000       $             413,124   

 

 
Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, 2.225% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/17/201     336,000       334,550   

 

 
Telefonica Emisiones SAU:    
3.192% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/27/18     317,000       318,151   
4.103% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/8/27     90,000       93,148   
5.213% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/8/47     79,000       89,929   
7.045% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 6/20/36     115,000       154,630   

 

 
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/26     300,000       328,125   

 

 
Verizon Communications, Inc.:    
1.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/21     127,000       123,683   
4.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/46     148,000       137,154   
4.522% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/48     264,000       260,777   
   

 

 

 
     

 

2,996,387 

 

 

 

 

 
Utilities—3.3%  

 

 
Electric Utilities—2.3%  

 

 
AEP Texas, Inc., 3.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/251     148,000       154,766   

 

 
Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC, 3.743% Sr. Sec. Nts., 5/1/26     142,000       142,738   

 

 
Duke Energy Corp.:    
3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/27     169,000       168,073   
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/46     68,000       67,474   

 

 
Edison International, 2.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/23     208,000       208,536   

 

 
EDP Finance BV, 3.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/241     233,000       234,844   

 

 
Emera US Finance LP, 2.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/19     226,000       225,180   

 

 
Enel Finance International NV, 3.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/25/271     178,000       177,151   

 

 

Exelon Corp., 4.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,

4/15/46

    89,000       97,027   

 

 
Indiana Michigan Power Co., Series K, 4.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/46     85,000       97,258   

 

 
ITC Holdings Corp., 5.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/1/43     78,000       94,376   

 

 
NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP, 4.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/241     30,000       30,600   

 

 
Pennsylvania Electric Co., 5.20% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 4/1/20     73,000       77,085   

 

 
PPL WEM Ltd./Western Power Distribution Ltd., 5.375% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 5/1/211     308,000       330,298   

 

 

Public Service Co. of New Mexico,

7.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/18

    307,000       313,421   

 

 
Southern Co. Gas Capital Corp., 4.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/30/47     120,000       128,982   

 

 
Southern Power Co., 1.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/19     311,000       308,553   

 

 
Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Co., 3.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/251     181,000       188,008   
   

 

 

 
     

 

3,044,370 

 

 

 

 

 
Multi-Utilities—1.0%  

 

 
Black Hills Corp., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/11/19     168,000       168,499   

 

 
Dominion Energy, Inc.:    
2.579% Jr. Sub. Nts., 7/1/20     255,000       255,243   
4.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/41     120,000       139,063   

 

 
NiSource Finance Corp., 3.49% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/27     254,000       258,961   

 

 
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc., 1.60% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/19     295,000       290,238   
    Principal Amount     Value  

 

 
Multi-Utilities (Continued)  

 

 
Virginia Electric & Power Co., 2.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/22     $             233,000       $             236,055   
   

 

 

 
      1,348,059   
   

 

 

 
Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $65,666,524)       67,377,656   

 

 

Short-Term Notes—11.0%

 

 

 

 
Personal Products—0.5%  
Reckitt Benckiser Group LLC, 1.496%, 1/16/1814,15     600,000       599,552   

 

 
Metals & Mining—0.2%    

Glencore Funding LLC, 1.617%,

1/18/1814,15

    260,000       259,738   

 

 
Chemicals—1.1%    

Air Liquide US LLC, 1.546%,

1/24/181,14,15

    600,000       599,366   

 

 
Cabot Corp., 1.951%, 1/9/1814,15     590,000       589,776   

 

 

Eastman Chemical Co., 1.532%,

1/9/1814,15

    260,000       259,866   
   

 

 

 
      1,449,008   

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—0.4%    
VF Corp., 1.455%, 1/22/181,14,15     530,000       529,378   

 

 
Electric Utilities—1.4%    
Alliant Energy Corp., 1.951%, 1/9/1815     590,000       589,694   

 

 
Kroger Co. (The), 1.70%, 1/2/1814,15     260,000       259,952   

 

 
Puget Sound Energy, Inc.:    
1.524%, 1/3/1815     320,000       319,926   
1.524%, 1/8/1815     260,000       259,878   

 

 

Sempra Energy Holdings, 1.983%,

1/22/1814,15

    590,000       589,320   
   

 

 

 
      2,018,770   

 

 
Household Products—0.3%    
Church & Dwight Co., Inc., 1.463%, 1/5/181,14,15     400,000       399,870   

 

 
Telephone Utilities—1.6%    
Bell Canada, 1.586%, 2/12/1814,15     590,000       588,683   

 

 

Deutsche Telekom AG, 1.612%,

1/11/1815

    260,000       259,828   

 

 
Telus Corp., 1.909%, 3/20/181,15     590,000       587,620   

 

 
Vodafone Group plc, 1.672%, 1/5/1815     590,000       589,808   
   

 

 

 
      2,025,939   

 

 
Software—0.2%    

Thomson Reuters Corp., 1.596%,

2/12/1815

    230,000       229,487   

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—0.3%    
Marriott International, Inc., 1.574%, 1/19/181,14,15     390,000       389,608   

 

 
Media—0.4%    
WPP CP LLC, 1.773%, 1/10/1814,15     590,000       589,667   

 

 
Computers & Peripherals—0.8%    
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 1.532%, 1/3/1815     460,000       459,909   

 

 
NetApp, Inc., 1.462%, 1/3/181,14,15     530,000       529,877   
   

 

 

 
      989,786   

 

 
Commercial Services & Supplies—0.6%    
Cintas Corp., 1.772%, 1/16/181,14,15     220,000       219,808   

 

 

Waste Management, Inc., 1.731%,

1/2/18 1,14,15

    460,000       459,915   
   

 

 

 
      679,723   

 

 
Paper, Containers & Packaging—0.4%    

Avery Dennison Co., 1.813%,

1/16/1814,15

    590,000       589,495   

 

 
Beverages—0.4%    
Diageo Capital plc, 1.813%, 1/18/1814,15     590,000       589,437   

 

 
Household Durables—0.4%    

Mohawk Industries, Inc., 1.931%,

1/5/181,14,15

    590,000       589,808   

 

 
Leasing & Factoring—0.5%    
Hitachi Capital America Corp., 2.121%, 1/4/1814,15     590,000       589,836   
 

 

17        OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS / Continued

 

      Principal Amount     Value  
Food Products—0.2%  
Tyson Foods, Inc., 2.052%, 1/8/181,14,15    $ 260,000     $ 259,878  
Multi-Utilities—0.4%  
CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., 2.052%, 1/16/181,14,15      590,000       589,495  
Health Care Providers & Services—0.4%  
McKesson Corp., 1.983%, 1/22/181,14,15      590,000       589,320  
Food & Staples Retailing—0.5%  

CVS Health Corp., 1.85%, 1/2/181,14,15

     590,000       589,891  

Total Short-Term Notes (Cost $14,549,459)

 

            14,547,686  
      Shares     Value  

Investment Company—2.1%

                

Oppenheimer Institutional Government

Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 1.22%16,17 (Cost

$2,772,340)

     2,772,340     $ 2,772,340  

Total Investments, at Value (Cost

$181,536,334)

     137.7%       182,466,543  

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     (37.7)       (49,955,106

Net Assets

     100.0%     $        132,511,437  
                
 

 

Footnotes to Statement of Investments

1. Represents securities sold under Rule 144A, which are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities have been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. These securities amount to $33,068,236 or 24.96% of the Fund’s net assets at period end.

2. Restricted security. The aggregate value of restricted securities at period end was $209,511, which represents 0.16% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 4 of the accompanying Notes. Information concerning restricted securities is as follows:

 

Security    Acquisition
Dates
     Cost      Value      Unrealized
Depreciation
 

 

 
Capital Lease Funding Securitization LP, Interest-Only            
Commercial Mtg. Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1997-CTL1, Cl. IO, 0.00%, 6/22/24              4/21/97          $ 325,285        $ 5,874        $ 319,411    
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2017-3A, Cl.            
C, 3.48%, 10/15/26      10/17/17          204,967          203,637          1,330    
     

 

 

 
        $             530,252        $             209,511      $                 320,741  
     

 

 

 

3. Represents the current interest rate for a variable or increasing rate security, determined as [Referenced Rate + Basis-point spread].

4. Interest-Only Strips represent the right to receive the monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgage loans. These securities typically decline in price as interest rates decline. Most other fixed income securities increase in price when interest rates decline. The principal amount of the underlying pool represents the notional amount on which current interest is calculated. The price of these securities is typically more sensitive to changes in prepayment rates than traditional mortgage-backed securities (for example, GNMA pass-throughs). Interest rates disclosed represent current yields based upon the current cost basis and estimated timing and amount of future cash flows. These securities amount to $1,668,716 or 1.26% of the Fund’s net assets at period end.

5. Interest rate is less than 0.0005%.

6. Principal-Only Strips represent the right to receive the monthly principal payments on an underlying pool of mortgage loans. The value of these securities generally increases as interest rates decline and prepayment rates rise. The price of these securities is typically more volatile than that of coupon-bearing bonds of the same maturity. Interest rates disclosed represent current yields based upon the current cost basis and estimated timing of future cash flows. These securities amount to $74,801 or 0.06% of the Fund’s net assets at period end.

7. All or a portion of the security position is when-issued or delayed delivery to be delivered and settled after period end. See Note 4 of the accompanying Notes.

8. The current amortization rate of the security’s cost basis exceeds the future interest payments currently estimated to be received. Both the amortization rate and interest payments are contingent on future mortgage pre-payment speeds and are therefore subject to change.

9. The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 3 of the accompanying Notes.

10. This interest rate resets periodically. Interest rate shown reflects the rate in effect at period end. The rate on this variable rate security is not based on a published reference rate and spread but is determined by the issuer or agent based on current market conditions.

11. All or a portion of the security position has been pledged for collateral in association with forward roll transactions. See Note 4 of the accompanying Notes.

12. All or a portion of the security position is held in accounts at a futures clearing merchant and pledged to cover margin requirements on open futures contracts and written options on futures, if applicable. The aggregate market value of such securities is $169,162. See Note 6 of the accompanying Notes.

13. This bond has no contractual maturity date, is not redeemable and contractually pays an indefinite stream of interest.

14. Security issued in an exempt transaction without registration under the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities amount to $11,251,536 or 8.49% of the Fund’s net assets, and have been determined to be liquid pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board of Trustees.

15. Current yield as of period end.

16. Rate shown is the 7-day yield at period end.

17. Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, at or during the reporting period, by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment adviser. Transactions during the reporting period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:

 

     Shares
December 31, 2016
    

Gross

Additions

    

Gross

Reductions

     Shares
December 31, 2017
 

 

 

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E

     2,688,938          193,169,634          193,086,232                      2,772,340    
     Value      Income     

Realized

Gain (Loss)

    

Change in Unrealized

Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E

   $ 2,772,340    $ 19,989      $ —         $ —    

 

 

 
Futures Contracts as of December 31, 2017                              
Description    Buy/Sell      Expiration Date      Number of
Contracts
            Notional
Amount
(000’s)
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

 

 

United States Treasury Long Bonds

     Buy        3/20/18        11        USD        1,684        $            1,683,000        $                  (809)  

United States Treasury Nts., 10 yr.

     Sell        3/20/18        106        USD        13,216        13,148,968        67,426   

United States Treasury Nts., 2 yr

     Sell        3/29/18        21        USD        4,503        4,496,297        6,691   

United States Treasury Nts., 5 yr.

     Sell        3/29/18        3        USD        349        348,492        769   

United States Ultra Bonds

     Buy        3/20/18        48        USD        8,002        8,047,500        45,384   
                    

 

 

 
                         $             119,461   
                    

 

 

 

 

18        OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA


Glossary:

Definitions     
H151T1Y    US Treasury Yield Curve Rate T Note Constant Maturity 1 Year
ICE LIBOR    Intercontinental Exchange London Interbank Offered Rate
LIBOR01M    ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month
US0001M    ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month
US0003M    ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month
USISDA05    USD ICE Swap Rate 11:00am NY 5 Year
USSW5    USD Swap Semi 30/360 5 Year

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

19        OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES December 31, 2017

 

     

Assets

 

   

Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments:

   

Unaffiliated companies (cost $178,763,994)

    $ 179,694,203  

Affiliated companies (cost $2,772,340)

      2,772,340  
          182,466,543  

Cash

        500,526  

Cash used for collateral on futures

        220,000  

Receivables and other assets:

   

Investments sold (including $2,020,231 sold on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis)

      2,258,381  

Interest, dividends and principal paydowns

      759,583  

Shares of beneficial interest sold

      305,187  

Variation margin receivable

      24,094  

Other

      46,468  

Total assets

      186,580,782  
     

Liabilities

 

   

Payables and other liabilities:

   

Investments purchased (including $53,301,530 purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis)

      53,891,306  

Trustees’ compensation

      37,618  

Shares of beneficial interest redeemed

      26,984  

Variation margin payable

      23,125  

Distribution and service plan fees

      10,786  

Shareholder communications

      9,653  

Other

      69,873  

Total liabilities

        54,069,345  

Net Assets

    $         132,511,437  
         
             

Composition of Net Assets

 

   

Par value of shares of beneficial interest

      $ 17,005  

Additional paid-in capital

        131,423,175  

Accumulated net investment income

        4,041,226  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

        (4,019,639

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

      1,049,670  

Net Assets

    $ 132,511,437  
         
             

Net Asset Value Per Share

 

   

Non-Service Shares:

   
Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $81,481,031 and 10,401,595 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)         $7.83  

 

Service Shares:

   

 

Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $51,030,406 and 6,603,427 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

      $7.73  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

20        OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

     

Investment Income

 

   

Interest – unaffiliated companies

      $ 3,433,032  

Fee income on when-issued securities

        804,432  

Dividends – affiliated companies

      19,989  

Total investment income

      4,257,453  
             

 

Expenses

 

   

Management fees

        814,494  

Distribution and service plan fees – Service Shares

        131,266  

Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:

   

Non-Service shares

      83,230  

Service shares

        52,519  

Shareholder communications:

   

Non-Service shares

      23,572  

Service shares

        14,870  

Legal, auditing and other professional fees

        90,088  

Custodian fees and expenses

        44,673  

Trustees’ compensation

        14,811  

Borrowing fees

        3,744  

Other

      12,726  

Total expenses

      1,285,993  

Less reduction to custodian expenses

      (242

Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses

      (132,624

Net expenses

      1,153,127  
             

Net Investment Income

      3,104,326  
             

Realized and Unrealized Gain

 

   

Net realized gain on:

   

Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies

      270,610  

Futures contracts

      350,898  

Swap contracts

      94,741  

Net realized gain

        716,249  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

   

Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies

      2,015,295  

Futures contracts

      159,452  

Swap contracts

      776  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

      2,175,523  
             

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

    $           5,996,098  
         

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Year Ended
    December 31, 2017
    Year Ended
    December 31, 2016
 

Operations

   

Net investment income

    $             3,104,326        $            3,997,167   

Net realized gain (loss)

    716,249        (2,634,196)  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    2,175,523        3,000,273   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    5,996,098        4,363,244   
                 

Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders

   

Dividends from net investment income:

   

Non-Service shares

    (2,024,420)       (3,248,135)  

Service shares

    (1,136,931)       (1,867,358)  
    (3,161,351)       (5,115,493)  
                 

Beneficial Interest Transactions

   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:

   

Non-Service shares

    (3,666,983)       (1,355,182)  

Service shares

    (3,411,210)       1,183,323   
    (7,078,193)       (171,859)  
                 

Net Assets

   

Total decrease

    (4,243,446)       (924,108)  

Beginning of period

    136,754,883        137,678,991   
End of period (including accumulated net investment income of $4,041,226 and $3,115,545, respectively)     $        132,511,437        $        136,754,883   
               

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

22        OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

Non-Service Shares    Year Ended
December 31,
2017
    Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    Year Ended
December 31,
2015
    Year Ended
December 31,
2014
    Year Ended
December 31,
2013
 

Per Share Operating Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $7.67       $7.71       $7.96       $7.83       $8.26  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income1

     0.19       0.23       0.27       0.30       0.36  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.16       0.02       (0.19)       0.26       (0.37)  

Total from investment operations

     0.35       0.25       0.08       0.56       (0.01)  

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.19)       (0.29)       (0.33)       (0.43)       (0.42)  

Net asset value, end of period

     $7.83       $7.67       $7.71       $7.96       $7.83  
                                        
                                          

Total Return, at Net Asset Value2

     4.59%       3.27%       0.96%       7.27%       (0.10)%  
                                          

Ratios/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

     $81,481       $83,405       $85,160       $90,757       $96,785  

Average net assets (in thousands)

     $83,239       $87,039       $89,919       $94,336       $105,012  

Ratios to average net assets:3

          

Net investment income

     2.38%       2.96%       3.46%       3.72%       4.51%  

Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below

     0.85%       0.84%       0.82%       0.80%       0.80%  

Interest and fees from borrowings

     0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%       0.00%  

Total expenses5

     0.85%       0.84%       0.82%       0.80%       0.80%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      0.75%       0.75%       0.75%       0.75%       0.75%  

Portfolio turnover rate6

     86%       79%       73%       127%       115%  

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

3. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

4. Less than 0.005%.

5. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

Year Ended December 31, 2017

     0.85

Year Ended December 31, 2016

     0.85

Year Ended December 31, 2015

     0.83

Year Ended December 31, 2014

     0.81

Year Ended December 31, 2013

     0.81

6. The portfolio turnover rate excludes purchase and sale transactions of To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage-related securities as follows:

 

     Purchase Transactions      Sale Transactions  

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2017

     $679,964,368        $662,714,451  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

     $672,031,328        $673,808,454  

Year Ended December 31, 2015

     $697,962,198        $709,720,690  

Year Ended December 31, 2014

     $560,409,975        $543,669,748  

Year Ended December 31, 2013

     $776,927,298        $806,883,121  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

23        OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

 

Service Shares    Year Ended
December 31,
2017
    Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    Year Ended
December 31,
2015
    Year Ended
December 31,
2014
    Year Ended
December 31,
2013
 

Per Share Operating Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $7.57       $7.61       $7.86       $7.74       $8.17  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income1

     0.16       0.21       0.25       0.27       0.34  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.17       0.02       (0.19)       0.26       (0.37)  

Total from investment operations

     0.33       0.23       0.06       0.53       (0.03)  

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.17)       (0.27)       (0.31)       (0.41)       (0.40)  

Net asset value, end of period

     $7.73       $7.57       $7.61       $7.86       $7.74  
                                        
                                          

Total Return, at Net Asset Value2

     4.38%       3.05%       0.70%       6.93%       (0.38)%  
                                          

Ratios/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

     $51,030       $53,350       $52,519       $52,675       $54,946  

Average net assets (in thousands)

     $52,525       $52,738       $54,016       $55,215       $59,523  

Ratios to average net assets:3

          

Net investment income

     2.13%       2.70%       3.21%       3.47%       4.26%  

Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below

     1.10%       1.09%       1.07%       1.04%       1.05%  

Interest and fees from borrowings

     0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%       0.00%  

Total expenses5

     1.10%       1.09%       1.07%       1.04%       1.05%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      1.00%       1.00%       1.00%       1.00%       1.00%  

Portfolio turnover rate6

     86%       79%       73%       127%       115%  

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

3. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

4. Less than 0.005%.

5. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

Year Ended December 31, 2017

     1.10

Year Ended December 31, 2016

     1.10

Year Ended December 31, 2015

     1.08

Year Ended December 31, 2014

     1.05

Year Ended December 31, 2013

     1.06

6. The portfolio turnover rate excludes purchase and sale transactions of To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage-related securities as follows:

 

     Purchase Transactions      Sale Transactions  

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2017

     $679,964,368        $662,714,451  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

     $672,031,328        $673,808,454  

Year Ended December 31, 2015

     $697,962,198        $709,720,690  

Year Ended December 31, 2014

     $560,409,975        $543,669,748  

Year Ended December 31, 2013

     $776,927,298        $806,883,121  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

24        OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2017

 

 

1. Organization

Oppenheimer Total Return Bond Fund/VA (the “Fund”), formerly Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund/VA, a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, is a diversified open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as amended. The Fund’s main investment objective is to seek total return. The Fund’s investment adviser is OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”). The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI. Shares of the Fund are sold only to separate accounts of life insurance companies.

The Fund offers two classes of shares. Both classes are sold at their offering price, which is the net asset value per share, to separate investment accounts of participating insurance companies as an underlying investment for variable life insurance policies, variable annuity contracts or other investment products. The class of shares designated as Service shares is subject to a distribution and service plan. Both classes of shares have identical rights and voting privileges with respect to the Fund in general and exclusive voting rights on matters that affect that class alone. Earnings, net assets and net asset value per share may differ due to each class having its own expenses, such as transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees and shareholder communications, directly attributable to that class.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed in the Fund’s preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Security Valuation. All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.

Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other than those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated on a daily basis to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a specific class are charged against the operations of that class.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. GAAP, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually or at other times as determined necessary by the Manager.

Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends, if any, and capital gains taxes on foreign investments, if any, have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable tax rules and regulations. Interest income, if any, is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.

Custodian Fees. “Custodian fees and expenses” in the Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by the Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. The Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by positive cash balances maintained by the Fund, at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 2.00%. The “Reduction to custodian expenses” line item, if applicable, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings.

Security Transactions. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

Indemnifications. The Fund’s organizational documents provide current and former Trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income, including any net realized gain on investments not offset by capital loss carryforwards, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s tax return filings generally remains open for the three preceding fiscal reporting period ends. The Fund has analyzed its tax positions for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, including open tax years, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Fund’s financial statements.

The tax components of capital shown in the following table represent distribution requirements the Fund must satisfy under the income tax regulations, losses the Fund may be able to offset against income and gains realized in future years and unrealized appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes.

 

25        OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Undistributed
Net Investment                
Income
   Undistributed
Long-Term
Gain
     Accumulated
Loss
Carryforward1,2,3,4
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
Based on cost of
Securities and
Other Investments
for Federal Income
Tax Purposes
 

 

 

$4,078,840

     $—        $3,898,917        $928,948  

1. At period end, the Fund had $3,898,917 of net capital loss carryforward available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, and thereby reduce future taxable gain distributions. Details of the capital loss carryforwards are included in the table below. Capital loss carryovers with no expiration, if any, must be utilized prior to those with expiration dates.

 

Expiring       

 

 

No expiration

   $                 3,898,917  

2. During the reporting period, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforward.

3. During the previous reporting period, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforward.

4. During the reporting period, $75,069,850 of unused capital loss carryforward expired.

Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes. The character of dividends and distributions made during the fiscal year from net investment income or net realized gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax requirements, which may differ from the character of net investment income or net realized gains presented in those financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Also, due to timing of dividends and distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or net realized gain was recorded by the Fund.

Accordingly, the following amounts have been reclassified for the reporting period. Net assets of the Fund were unaffected by the reclassifications.

 

     Increase     Reduction  
                 to Accumulated     to Accumulated Net  
Reduction
to Paid-in Capital
   Net Investment
Income
    Realized Loss on
Investments
 

 

 

$75,068,969

     $982,706       $74,086,263  

The tax character of distributions paid during the reporting periods:

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2017
     Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

 

 

Distributions paid from:

     

Ordinary income

   $                 3,161,351      $                 5,115,493  

The aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes at period end are noted in the following table. The primary difference between book and tax appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments, if applicable, is attributable to the tax deferral of losses or tax realization of financial statement unrealized gain or loss.

 

Federal tax cost of securities     $ 181,546,288    
Federal tax cost of other investments      (8,263,258)   
  

 

 

 
Total federal tax cost     $      173,283,030    
  

 

 

 
Gross unrealized appreciation     $ 3,192,902    
Gross unrealized depreciation      (2,263,954)   
  

 

 

 
Net unrealized appreciation     $ 928,948    
  

 

 

 

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

 

3. Securities Valuation

The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is open for trading, except in the case of a scheduled early closing of the Exchange, in which case the Fund will calculate net asset value of the shares as of the scheduled early closing time of the Exchange.

The Fund’s Board has adopted procedures for the valuation of the Fund’s securities and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for valuation determinations under those procedures to the Manager. The Manager has established a Valuation Committee which is responsible for determining a fair valuation for any security for which market quotations are not readily available. The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Fund’s Board at least quarterly or more frequently, if necessary.

 

26                OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA


    

 

 

3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

Valuation Methods and Inputs

Securities are valued primarily using unadjusted quoted market prices, when available, as supplied by third party pricing services or broker-dealers.

The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or the fair value of the types of securities described below:

Shares of a registered investment company that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that investment company’s net asset value per share.

Corporate and government debt securities (of U.S. or foreign issuers) and municipal debt securities, short-term notes, mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, and asset-backed securities are valued at the mean between the bid and asked prices utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers who may use matrix pricing methods to determine the evaluated prices. Pricing services generally price debt securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional “round lot” size, but some trades may occur in smaller, “odd lot” sizes, sometimes at lower prices than institutional round lot trades. Standard inputs generally considered by third-party pricing vendors include reported trade data, broker-dealer price quotations, benchmark yields, issuer spreads on comparable securities, the credit quality, yield, maturity, as well as other appropriate factors.

Futures contracts and futures options traded on a commodities or futures exchange will be valued at the final settlement price or official closing price on the principal exchange as reported by such principal exchange at its trading session ending at, or most recently prior to, the time when the Fund’s assets are valued.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or when a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, are fair valued either (i) by a standardized fair valuation methodology applicable to the security type or the significant event as previously approved by the Valuation Committee and the Fund’s Board or (ii) as determined in good faith by the Manager’s Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee considers all relevant facts that are reasonably available, through either public information or information available to the Manager, when determining the fair value of a security. Those standardized fair valuation methodologies include, but are not limited to, valuing securities at the last sale price or initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be further adjusted for any discounts related to security-specific resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities nor can it be assured that the Fund can obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security.

To assess the continuing appropriateness of security valuations, the Manager regularly compares prior day prices and sale prices to the current day prices and challenges those prices exceeding certain tolerance levels with the third party pricing service or broker source. For those securities valued by fair valuations, whether through a standardized fair valuation methodology or a fair valuation determination, the Valuation Committee reviews and affirms the reasonableness of the valuations based on such methodologies and fair valuation determinations on a regular basis after considering all relevant information that is reasonably available.

Classifications

Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation.

Various data inputs may be used in determining the value of each of the Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

1) Level 1-unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)

2) Level 2-inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)

3) Level 3-significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager’s own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability).

The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

The Fund classifies each of its investments in investment companies which are publicly offered as Level 1. Investment companies that are not publicly offered, if any, are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end based on valuation input level:

 

     Level 1—
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
     Level 2—
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
     Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Value    

 

 

Assets Table

           

Investments, at Value:

           

Asset-Backed Securities

   $                 —      $                             18,487,633      $                             —      $                             18,487,633    

Mortgage-Backed Obligations

            77,692,694        157,622        77,850,316    

U.S. Government Obligation

            1,430,912               1,430,912    

Corporate Bonds and Notes

            67,377,656               67,377,656    

Short-Term Notes

            14,547,686               14,547,686    

Investment Company

     2,772,340                      2,772,340    
  

 

 

 

Total Investments, at Value

     2,772,340        179,536,581        157,622        182,466,543    

 

 

27                OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

 

    

Level 1—

Unadjusted Quoted
Prices

    Level 2—
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
     Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Value    

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:

          

Futures contracts

   $ 120,270     $      $      $ 120,270    
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $                 2,892,610     $                 179,536,581      $                 157,622      $                 182,586,813    
  

 

 

 

Liabilities Table

          

Other Financial Instruments:

          

Futures contracts

   $ (809   $      $      $ (809)    
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

   $ (809   $      $      $ (809)    
  

 

 

 

Forward currency exchange contracts and futures contracts, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.

 

 

4. Investments and Risks

Investments in Affiliated Funds. The Fund is permitted to invest in other mutual funds advised by the Manager (“Affiliated Funds”). Affiliated Funds are open-end management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Manager is the investment adviser of, and the Sub-Adviser provides investment and related advisory services to, the Affiliated Funds. When applicable, the Fund’s investments in Affiliated Funds are included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of Affiliated Funds are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of the Affiliated Funds’ expenses, including their management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in the Affiliated Funds.

Each of the Affiliated Funds in which the Fund invests has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the Fund’s investments and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one Affiliated Fund than in another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that Affiliated Fund.

Investments in Money Market Instruments. The Fund is permitted to invest its free cash balances in money market instruments to provide liquidity or for defensive purposes. The Fund may invest in money market instruments by investing in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund (“IGMMF”), which is an Affiliated Fund. IGMMF is regulated as a money market fund under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Fund may also invest in money market instruments directly or in other affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds.

Securities on a When-Issued or Delayed Delivery Basis. The Fund may purchase securities on a “when-issued” basis, and may purchase or sell securities on a “delayed delivery” basis. “When-issued” or “delayed delivery” refers to securities whose terms and indenture are available and for which a market exists, but which are not available for immediate delivery. Delivery and payment for securities that have been purchased by the Fund on a when-issued basis normally takes place within six months and possibly as long as two years or more after the trade date. During this period, such securities do not earn interest, are subject to market fluctuation and may increase or decrease in value prior to their delivery. The purchase of securities on a when-issued basis may increase the volatility of the Fund’s net asset value to the extent the Fund executes such transactions while remaining substantially fully invested. When the Fund engages in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions, it relies on the buyer or seller, as the case may be, to complete the transaction. Their failure to do so may cause the Fund to lose the opportunity to obtain or dispose of the security at a price and yield it considers advantageous. The Fund may also sell securities that it purchased on a when-issued basis or forward commitment prior to settlement of the original purchase.

At period end, the Fund had purchased securities issued on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis and sold securities issued on a delayed delivery basis as follows:

 

     When-Issued or
Delayed Delivery
Basis Transactions

 

Purchased securities

 

  

$53,301,530

 

Sold securities

   2,020,231

The Fund may enter into “forward roll” transactions with respect to mortgage-related securities. In this type of transaction, the Fund sells a mortgage-related security to a buyer and simultaneously agrees to repurchase a similar security (same type, coupon and maturity) at a later date at a set price. 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. The Fund records the incremental difference between the forward purchase and sale of each forward roll as realized gain (loss) on investments or as fee income in the case of such transactions that have an associated fee in lieu of a difference in the forward purchase and sale price.

Forward roll transactions may be deemed to entail embedded leverage since the Fund purchases mortgage-related securities with extended settlement dates rather than paying for the securities under a normal settlement cycle. This embedded leverage increases the Fund’s market value of investments relative to its net assets which can incrementally increase the volatility of the Fund’s performance. Forward roll transactions can be replicated over multiple settlement periods.

 

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4. Investments and Risks (Continued)

Risks of entering into forward roll transactions include the potential inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the agreement; the potential of the Fund to receive inferior securities at redelivery as compared to the securities sold to the counterparty; and counterparty credit risk.

At period end, the Fund pledged $22,877 of collateral to the counterparty for forward roll transactions.

Restricted Securities. At period end, investments in securities included issues that are restricted. A restricted security may have a contractual restriction on its resale and is valued under methods approved by the Board of Trustees as reflecting fair value. Securities that are restricted are marked with an applicable footnote on the Statement of Investments. Restricted securities are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments.

Shareholder Concentration. At period end, three shareholders each owned 20% or more of the Fund’s total outstanding shares.

A shareholder is a related party of the Fund. Related parties may include, but are not limited to, the investment manager and its affiliates, affiliated broker dealers, fund of funds, and directors or employees. The related party owned 23% of the Fund’s total outstanding shares at period end.

 

 

5. Market Risk Factors

The Fund’s investments in securities and/or financial derivatives may expose the Fund to various market risk factors:

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

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

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

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.

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

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

 

 

6. Use of Derivatives

The Fund’s investment objective not only permits the Fund to purchase investment securities, it also allows the Fund to enter into various types of derivatives contracts, including, but not limited to, futures contracts, forward currency exchange contracts, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, total return swaps, variance swaps and purchased and written options. In doing so, the Fund will employ strategies in differing combinations to permit it to increase, decrease, or change the level or types of exposure to market risk factors. These instruments may allow the Fund to pursue its objectives more quickly and efficiently than if it were to make direct purchases or sales of securities capable of effecting a similar response to market factors. Such contracts may be entered into through a bilateral over-the-counter (“OTC”) transaction, or through a securities or futures exchange and cleared through a clearinghouse.

Derivatives may have little or no initial cash investment relative to their market value exposure and therefore can produce significant gains or losses in excess of their cost due to changes in the market risk factors and the overall market. This use of embedded leverage allows the Fund to increase its market value exposure relative to its net assets and can substantially increase the volatility of the Fund’s performance. In instances where the Fund is using derivatives to decrease, or hedge, exposures to market risk factors for securities held by the Fund, there are also risks that those derivatives may not perform as expected resulting in losses for the combined or hedged positions. Some derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the Fund’s initial investment.

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

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

Futures Contracts

A futures contract is a commitment to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity, financial instrument or currency at a negotiated price on a stipulated future date. The Fund may buy and sell futures contracts and may also buy or write put or call options on these futures contracts. Futures contracts and

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

options thereon are generally entered into on a regulated futures exchange and cleared through a clearinghouse associated with the exchange.

Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract value in an account registered in the futures commission merchant’s name. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are paid to or from the futures commission merchant each day equal to the daily changes in the contract value. Such payments are recorded as unrealized gains and losses. Should the Fund fail to make requested variation margin payments, the futures commission merchant can gain access to the initial margin to satisfy the Fund’s payment obligations.

Futures contracts are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments. Securities held by a futures commission merchant to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts are noted in the Statement of Investments. Cash held by a futures commission merchant to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts and the receivable and/or payable for the daily mark to market for the variation margin are noted in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The net change in unrealized appreciation and depreciation is reported in the Statement of Operations. Realized gains (losses) are reported in the Statement of Operations at the closing or expiration of futures contracts.

The Fund may purchase and/or sell financial futures contracts and options on futures contracts to gain exposure to, or decrease exposure to interest rate risk, equity risk, foreign exchange rate risk, volatility risk, or commodity risk.

During the reporting period, the Fund had an ending monthly average market value of $21,041,355 and $16,348,119 on futures contracts purchased and sold, respectively.

Additional associated risks of entering into futures contracts (and related options) include the possibility that there may be an illiquid market where the Fund is unable to liquidate the contract or enter into an offsetting position and, if used for hedging purposes, the risk that the price of the contract will correlate imperfectly with the prices of the Fund’s securities.

Swap Contracts

The Fund may enter into swap contract agreements with a counterparty to exchange a series of cash flows based on either specified reference rates, the price or volatility of asset or non-asset references, or the occurrence of a credit event, over a specified period. Swaps can be executed in a bi-lateral privately negotiated arrangement with a dealer in an OTC transaction (“OTC swaps”) or executed on a regulated market. Certain swaps, regardless of the venue of their execution, are required to be cleared through a clearinghouse (“centrally cleared swaps”). Swap contracts may include interest rate, equity, debt, index, total return, credit default, currency, and volatility swaps.

Swap contracts are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments. The values of centrally cleared swap and OTC swap contracts are aggregated by positive and negative values and disclosed separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The unrealized appreciation (depreciation) related to the change in the valuation of the notional amount of the swap is combined with the accrued interest due to (owed by) the Fund, if any, at termination or settlement. The net change in this amount during the period is included on the Statement of Operations. The Fund also records any periodic payments received from (paid to) the counterparty, including at termination, under such contracts as realized gain (loss) on the Statement of Operations.

Swap contract agreements are exposed to the market risk factor of the specific underlying reference rate or asset. Swap contracts are typically more attractively priced compared to similar investments in related cash securities because they isolate the risk to one market risk factor and eliminate the other market risk factors. Investments in cash securities (for instance bonds) have exposure to multiple risk factors (credit and interest rate risk). Because swaps have embedded leverage, they can expose the Fund to substantial risk in the isolated market risk factor.

Credit Default Swap Contracts. A credit default swap is a contract that enables an investor to buy or sell protection against a defined-issuer credit event, such as the issuer’s failure to make timely payments of interest or principal on a debt security, bankruptcy or restructuring. The Fund may enter into credit default swaps either by buying or selling protection on a corporate issuer, sovereign issuer, or a basket or index of issuers (the “reference asset”).

The buyer of protection pays a periodic fee to the seller of protection based on the notional amount of the swap contract. The seller of protection agrees to compensate the buyer of protection for future potential losses as a result of a credit event on the reference asset. The contract effectively transfers the credit event risk of the reference asset from the buyer of protection to the seller of protection.

The ongoing value of the contract will fluctuate throughout the term of the contract based primarily on the credit risk of the reference asset. If the credit quality of the reference asset improves relative to the credit quality at contract initiation, the buyer of protection may have an unrealized loss greater than the anticipated periodic fee owed. This unrealized loss would be the result of current credit protection being cheaper than the cost of credit protection at contract initiation. If the buyer elects to terminate the contract prior to its maturity, and there has been no credit event, this unrealized loss will become realized. If the contract is held to maturity, and there has been no credit event, the realized loss will be equal to the periodic fee paid over the life of the contract.

If there is a credit event, the buyer of protection can exercise its rights under the contract and receive a payment from the seller of protection equal to the notional amount of the swap less the market value of specified debt securities issued by the reference asset. Upon exercise of the contract the difference between such value and the notional amount is recorded as realized gain (loss) and is included on the Statement of Operations.

The Fund may purchase or sell credit protection through credit default swaps to increase or decrease exposure to the credit risk of individual issuers and/or indexes of issuers that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractive in the bond market.

For the reporting period, the Fund had ending monthly average notional amounts of $1,848,685 credit default swaps to sell protection.

Additional associated risks to the Fund include counterparty credit risk and liquidity risk.

At period end, the Fund had no credit default swap agreements outstanding.

 

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6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

Counterparty Credit Risk. Derivative positions are subject to the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. The Fund intends to enter into derivative transactions with counterparties that the Manager believes to be creditworthy at the time of the transaction.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on exchange-traded derivatives cleared through a clearinghouse and for centrally cleared swaps is generally considered lower than as compared to OTC derivatives. However, counterparty credit risk exists with respect to initial and variation margin deposited/paid by the Fund that is held in futures commission merchant, broker and/or clearinghouse accounts for such exchange-traded derivatives and for centrally cleared swaps.

With respect to centrally cleared swaps, such transactions will be submitted for clearing, and if cleared, will be held in accounts at futures commission merchants or brokers that are members of clearinghouses. While brokers, futures commission merchants and clearinghouses are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse for all its customers, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro-rata basis across all the broker’s, futures commission merchant’s or clearinghouse’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.

There is the risk that a broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse will decline to clear a transaction on the Fund’s behalf, and the Fund may be required to pay a termination fee to the executing broker with whom the Fund initially enters into the transaction. Clearinghouses may also be permitted to terminate centrally cleared swaps at any time. The Fund is also subject to the risk that the broker or futures commission merchant will improperly use the Fund’s assets deposited/paid as initial or variation margin to satisfy payment obligations of another customer. In the event of a default by another customer of the broker or futures commission merchant, the Fund might not receive its variation margin payments from the clearinghouse, due to the manner in which variation margin payments are aggregated for all customers of the broker/futures commission merchant.

Collateral and margin requirements differ by type of derivative. Margin requirements are established by the broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse for exchange-traded and cleared derivatives, including centrally cleared swaps. Brokers, futures commission merchants and clearinghouses can ask for margin in excess of the regulatory minimum, or increase the margin amount, in certain circumstances.

For financial reporting purposes, cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund, if any, is reported separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Fund, if any, is noted in the Statement of Investments.

Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a party must exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold (e.g. $250,000) before a transfer has to be made. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance.

The following table presents the valuations of derivative instruments by risk exposure as reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end:

 

               Asset Derivatives             Liability Derivatives  

Derivatives

Not Accounted
for as Hedging
Instruments

  Statement of Assets
and Liabilities Location
  Value     Statement of Assets
and Liabilities Location
    Value  

Interest rate contracts

  Variation margin receivable   $              24,094*       Variation margin payable     $             23,125*  

*Includes only the current day’s variation margin. Prior variation margin movements have been reflected in cash on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities upon receipt or payment.

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations is as follows:

Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives

 
Derivatives                     
Not Accounted
for as Hedging
   Futures                
Instruments            contracts      Swap contracts                  Total  

 

 

Credit contracts

   $      $ 94,741      $ 94,741  

Interest rate contracts

     350,898        —          350,898  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 350,898      $ 94,741      $ 445,639  
  

 

 

 

 

Amount of Change in Unrealized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives

 
Derivatives                     
Not Accounted
for as Hedging
   Futures                
Instruments            contracts      Swap contracts                  Total  

Credit contracts

   $      $ 776      $ 776  

Interest rate contracts

     159,452               159,452  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 159,452      $ 776      $ 160,228  
  

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

7. Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest of each class. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

     Year Ended December 31, 2017             Year Ended December 31, 2016     
     Shares      Amount             Shares      Amount     

 

 

Non-Service Shares

              

Sold

     1,035,605       $ 8,035,937            1,355,120       $ 10,666,396     

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     261,553         2,024,420            420,198         3,248,135     

Redeemed

     (1,765,201)        (13,727,340)           (1,952,587)        (15,269,713)    
  

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (468,043)      $ (3,666,983)           (177,269)      $ (1,355,182)    
  

 

 

 

 

 

Service Shares

              

Sold

     1,815,951       $ 13,919,373            3,050,438       $ 23,656,300     

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     148,618         1,136,931            244,739         1,867,358     

Redeemed

               (2,406,983)                  (18,467,514)                     (3,149,918)                  (24,340,335)    
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (442,414)      $ (3,411,210)           145,259      $ 1,183,323     
  

 

 

 

 

 

8. Purchases and Sales of Securities

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term obligations and investments in IGMMF, for the reporting period were as follows:

 

     Purchases        Sales  

 

 

Investment securities

     $97,711,776          $93,429,943  

U.S. government and government agency obligations

     253,835          1,360,797  

To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage-related securities

     679,964,368          662,714,451  

 

 

9. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:

 

  Fee Schedule          

 

Up to $1 billion

   0.60%     

Over $1 billion

   0.50        

The Fund’s effective management fee for the reporting period was 0.60% of average annual net assets before any applicable waivers.

Sub-Adviser Fees. The Manager has retained the Sub-Adviser to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Manager pays the Sub-Adviser an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the investment management fee collected by the Manager from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any investment management fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Adviser is paid by the Manager, not by the Fund.

Transfer Agent Fees. OFI Global (the “Transfer Agent”) serves as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee based on annual net assets. Fees incurred and average net assets for each class with respect to these services are detailed in the Statement of Operations and Financial Highlights, respectively.

Sub-Transfer Agent Fees. The Transfer Agent has retained Shareholder Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFI (the “Sub-Transfer Agent”), to provide the day-to-day transfer agent and shareholder servicing of the Fund. Under the Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement, the Transfer Agent pays the Sub-Transfer Agent an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the transfer agent fee collected by the Transfer Agent from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any applicable fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Transfer Agent is paid by the Transfer Agent, not by the Fund.

Trustees’ Compensation. The Fund’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) has adopted a compensation deferral plan for Independent Trustees that enables Trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Trustees under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustees. The Fund purchases shares of the funds selected for deferral by the Trustees in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of “Other” within the asset section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of Trustees’ fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the compensation deferral plan.

Distribution and Service Plan for Service Shares. The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for Service shares to pay OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the “Distributor”), for distribution related services, personal service and

 

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9. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

account maintenance for the Fund’s Service shares. Under the Plan, payments are made periodically at an annual rate of 0.25% of the daily net assets of Service shares of the Fund. The Distributor currently uses all of those fees to compensate sponsors of the insurance product that offers Fund shares, for providing personal service and maintenance of accounts of their variable contract owners that hold Service shares. These fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an on-going basis and increase operating expenses of the Service shares, which results in lower performance compared to the Fund’s shares that are not subject to a service fee. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plan are detailed in the Statement of Operations.

Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. The Manager has contractually agreed to limit the Fund’s expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, excluding any applicable dividend expense, taxes, interest and fees from borrowing, any subsidiary expenses, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, brokerage commissions, unusual and infrequent expenses and certain other Fund expenses; so that those expenses, as percentages of daily net assets, will not exceed the annual rate of 0.75% for Non-Service shares and 1.00% for Service shares.

During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund as follows:

Non-Service shares

   $ 79,706  

Service shares

     50,424  

This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in IGMMF. During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $2,494 for IGMMF management fees. This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

 

 

10. Borrowings and Other Financing

Joint Credit Facility. A number of mutual funds managed by the Manager participate in a $1.875 billion revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions in connection with atypical redemption activity. Expenses and fees related to the Facility are paid by the participating funds and are disclosed separately or as other expenses on the Statement of Operations. The Fund did not utilize the Facility during the reporting period.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Oppenheimer Total Return Bond Fund/VA, formerly Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund/VA, a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, (the “Fund”), including the statement of investments, as of December 31, 2017, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the “financial statements”) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and the transfer agent, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

KPMG LLP

We have not been able to determine the specific year that we began serving as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies, however we are aware that we have served as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies since at least 1969.

Denver, Colorado

February 13, 2018

 

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FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION Unaudited

 

 

In early 2018, if applicable, shareholders of record received information regarding all dividends and distributions paid to them by the Fund during calendar year 2017.

None of the dividends paid by the Fund during the reporting period are eligible for the corporate dividend-received deduction.

The foregoing information is presented to assist shareholders in reporting distributions received from the Fund to the Internal Revenue Service. Because of the complexity of the federal regulations which may affect your individual tax return and the many variations in state and local tax regulations, we recommend that you consult your tax advisor for specific guidance.

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”) (“OFI Global” and “OFI” together, the “Managers”) and OFI Global has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI whereby OFI provides investment sub-advisory services to the Fund (collectively, the “Agreements”). Each year, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of the independent Trustees, is required to determine whether to approve the terms of the Agreements and the renewal thereof. The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that the Board request and evaluate, and that the Managers provide, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreements. The Board employs an independent consultant to prepare a report that provides information, including comparative information that the Board requests for that purpose. In addition to in-person meetings focused on this evaluation, the Board receives information throughout the year regarding Fund services, fees, expenses and performance.

The Managers and the independent consultant provided information to the Board on the following factors: (i) the nature, quality and extent of the Managers’ services, (ii) the comparative investment performance of the Fund and the Managers, (iii) the fees and expenses of the Fund, including comparative fee and expense information, (iv) the profitability of the Managers and their affiliates, including an analysis of the cost of providing services, (v) whether economies of scale are realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for Fund investors and (vi) other benefits to the Managers from their relationship with the Fund. The Board was aware that there are alternatives to retaining the Managers.

Outlined below is a summary of the principal information considered by the Board as well as the Board’s conclusions.

Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board considered information about the nature, quality and extent of the services provided to the Fund and information regarding the Managers’ key personnel who provide such services. The Managers’ duties include providing the Fund with the services of the portfolio managers and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team, who provide research, analysis and other advisory services in regard to the Fund’s investments; and securities trading services. OFI Global is responsible for oversight of third-party service providers; monitoring compliance with applicable Fund policies and procedures and adherence to the Fund’s investment restrictions; risk management; and oversight of the Sub-Adviser. OFI Global is also responsible for providing certain administrative services to the Fund. Those services include providing and supervising all administrative and clerical personnel who are necessary in order to provide effective corporate administration for the Fund; compiling and maintaining records with respect to the Fund’s operations; preparing and filing reports required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; preparing periodic reports regarding the operations of the Fund for its shareholders; preparing proxy materials for shareholder meetings; and preparing the registration statements required by federal and state securities laws for the sale of the Fund’s shares. OFI Global also provides the Fund with office space, facilities and equipment.

The Board also considered the quality of the services provided and the quality of the Managers’ resources that are available to the Fund. The Board took account of the fact that the Sub-Adviser has over fifty years of experience as an investment adviser and that its assets under management rank it among the top mutual fund managers in the United States. The Board evaluated the Managers’ advisory, administrative, accounting, legal, compliance and risk management services, among other services, and information the Board has received regarding the experience and professional qualifications of the Managers’ key personnel and the size and functions of their staff. In its evaluation of the quality of the portfolio management services provided, the Board considered the experience of Krishna Memani and Peter Strzalkowski, the portfolio managers for the Fund, and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team and analysts. The Board members also considered the totality of their experiences with the Managers as directors or trustees of the Fund and other funds advised by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the quality of services provided by affiliates of the Managers, which the Board members have become knowledgeable about through their experiences with the Managers and in connection with the review or renewal of the Fund’s service agreements or service providers. The Board concluded, in light of the Managers’ experience, reputation, personnel, operations and resources that the Fund benefits from the services provided under the Agreements.

Investment Performance of the Managers and the Fund. Throughout the year, the Managers provided information on the investment performance of the Fund, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, including comparative performance information. The Board also reviewed information, prepared by the Managers and by the independent consultant, comparing the Fund’s historical performance to relevant market indices and to the performance of other intermediate-term bond funds underlying variable insurance products. The Board considered that the Fund outperformed its category median during the one-, three- and five-year periods, although it underperformed for the ten-year period.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The Board reviewed the fees paid to the Adviser and the other expenses borne by the Fund. The Board noted that the Adviser, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser’s fee under the sub-advisory agreement. The independent consultant provided comparative data in regard to the fees and expenses of the Fund and other intermediate-term bond funds underlying variable insurance products. In reviewing the fees and expenses charged to the VA funds, the Board considered the Adviser’s assertion that, because there is much greater disparity in the fees and services that may be provided by a manager to a VA fund as opposed to a retail fund, when comparing the expenses of the various VA funds to those of retail funds, it is most appropriate to focus on total expenses (rather than on the management fees). Accordingly, while the Board reviewed and considered all expenses, it focused on total expenses. The Board considered that the Fund’s total expenses, net of any waivers, and contractual management fee were higher than its peer group medians and its category medians. The Board considered that the Adviser has contractually agreed to limit the Fund’s total annual operating expenses so that those expenses, as percentages of daily net assets, will not exceed that annual rate of 0.75% for Non-Service Shares and 1.00% for Service Shares. The Adviser has also contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investments in funds managed by the Adviser or its affiliates. Each of these fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

Economies of Scale and Profits Realized by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the Managers’ costs in serving as the Fund’s investment adviser and sub-adviser, including the costs associated with the personnel and systems necessary to manage the Fund, and information regarding the Managers’ profitability from their relationship with the Fund. The Board also considered that the Managers must be able to pay and retain experienced professional personnel at competitive rates to provide quality services to the Fund. The Board reviewed whether the Managers may realize economies of scale in managing and supporting the Fund. The Board noted that the Fund currently has management fee

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS

Unaudited / Continued

breakpoints, which are intended to share with Fund shareholders economies of scale that may exist as the Fund’s assets grow.

Other Benefits to the Managers. In addition to considering the profits realized by the Managers, the Board considered information that was provided regarding the direct and indirect benefits the Managers receive as a result of their relationship with the Fund, including compensation paid to the Managers’ affiliates.

Conclusions. These factors were also considered by the independent Trustees meeting separately from the full Board, assisted by experienced counsel to the Fund and to the independent Trustees. Fund counsel and the independent Trustees’ counsel are independent of the Managers within the meaning and intent of the Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

Based on its review of the information it received and its evaluations described above, the Board, including a majority of the independent Trustees, decided to continue the Agreements through August 31, 2018. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any factor or factors as being more important than others, but considered all of the above information, and considered the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the management fees, in light of all the surrounding circumstances.

 

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PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES; UPDATES TO STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS

 

 

The Fund has adopted Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines under which the Fund votes proxies relating to securities (“portfolio proxies”) held by the Fund. A description of the Fund’s Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), (ii) on the Fund’s website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, 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 voting record is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), and (ii) in the Form N-PX filing on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first quarter and the third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q filings are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Those forms may 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 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited

 

 

Name, Position(s) Held with the Fund, Length of
Service, Year of Birth
   Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held;
Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Currently Overseen
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES    The address of each 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.

Robert J. Malone,

Chairman of the Board of Trustees (since 2016), Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1944

   Chairman - Colorado Market of MidFirst Bank (since January 2015); Chairman of the Board (2012-2016) and Director (August 2005-January 2016) of Jones International University (educational organization); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (2000-2016); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Steele Street Bank Trust (commercial banking) (August 2003-January 2015); Director of Opera Colorado Foundation (non-profit organization) (2008-2012); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (1986-2010); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2006-2010); 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 U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and gas exploration) (1997-February 2004); Chairman of the Board (1991-1994) and Trustee (1985-1994) of Regis University; and Chairman of the Board (1990-1991) and Member (1984-1999) of Young Presidents Organization. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Andrew J. Donohue,

Trustee (since 2017)

Year of Birth: 1950

   Of Counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP (since September 2017); Chief of Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (June 2015-February 2017); Managing Director and Investment Company General Counsel of Goldman Sachs (investment bank) (November 2012-May 2015); Partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP (law firm) (March 2011-October 2012); Director of the Division of Investment Management of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (May 2006-November 2010); Global General Counsel of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (investment firm) (May 2003-May 2006); General Counsel (October 1991-November 2001) and Executive Vice President (January 1993-November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (investment firm) (June 1991-November 2001). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Donohue has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2017, 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.

Jon S. Fossel,

Trustee (since 1990)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Chairman of the Board of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (2005-2015); Director of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (since March 2005); Chairman of the Board (2006-December 2011) and Director (June 2002-December 2011) of UNUMProvident (insurance company); Director of Northwestern Energy Corp. (public utility corporation) (November 2004-December 2009); 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 Sub-Adviser; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the following: Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (“OAC”) (parent holding company of the Sub-Adviser), Shareholders Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (until October 1995). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Richard F. Grabish,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1948

   Formerly Senior Vice President and Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing (March 1997-December 2007), Director (March 1987-December 2007) and Manager of Private Client Services (June 1985-June 2005) of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. (broker/dealer and investment firm); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (March 2001-December 2007); President and Vice Chairman of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (April 1987-March 2001); President of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (June 2005-December 2007). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Grabish has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2001, 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.

Beverly L. Hamilton,

Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1946

   Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (2000-2014); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (December 2005-June 2011); Director (1991-2016), Vice Chairman of the Board (2006- 2009) and Chairman of the Board (2010-2013) 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; 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Victoria J. Herget,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1951

   Board Chair (2008-2015) and Director (2004-Present), United Educators (insurance company); Trustee (since 2000) and Chair (since 2010), Newberry Library (independent research library); Trustee, Mather LifeWays (senior living organization) (since 2001); Independent Director of the First American Funds (mutual fund family) (2003-2011); former Managing Director (1993-2001), Principal (1985-1993), Vice President (1978-1985) and Assistant Vice President (1973-1978) of Zurich Scudder Investments (investment adviser) (and its predecessor firms); Trustee (1992-2007), Chair of the Board of Trustees (1999-2007), Investment Committee Chair (1994-1999) and Investment Committee member (2007-2010) of Wellesley College; Trustee, BoardSource (non-profit organization) (2006-2009) and Chicago City Day School (K-8 School) (1994-2005). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Herget has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited / Continued

 

F. William Marshall, Jr.,

Trustee (since 2000)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Trustee Emeritus of Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI) (private university) (since 2009); Trustee of MassMutual Select Funds (formerly MassMutual Institutional Funds) (investment company) (1996-2015), MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (1996-2015) and Mass Mutual Premier Funds (investment company) (January 2012-December 2015); President and Treasurer of the SIS Charitable Fund (private charitable fund) (January 1999-March 2011); 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Karen L. Stuckey,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1953

   Member (since May 2015) of Desert Mountain Community Foundation Advisory Board (non-profit organization); Partner (1990-2012) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (professional services firm) (held various positions 1975-1990); Trustee (1992- 2006); member of Executive, Nominating and Audit Committees and Chair of Finance Committee (1992-2006), and Emeritus Trustee (since 2006) of Lehigh University; and member, Women’s Investment Management Forum (professional organization) since inception. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Stuckey has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.

James D. Vaughn,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1945

  

Retired; former managing partner (1994-2001) of Denver office of Deloitte & Touche LLP, (held various positions 1969- 1993); Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Schroder Funds (2003-2012); Board member and Chairman of Audit Committee of AMG National Trust Bank (since 2005); Trustee and Investment Committee member, University of South Dakota Foundation (since 1996); Board member, Audit Committee Member and past Board Chair, Junior Achievement (since 1993); former Board member, Mile High United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Economic Club of Colorado and Metro Denver Network. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Vaughn has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.

 

INTERESTED TRUSTEE AND OFFICER    Mr. Steinmetz is an “Interested Trustee” because he is affiliated with the Manager and the Sub-Adviser by virtue of his positions as Chairman and director of the Sub-Adviser and officer and director of the Manager. Both as a Trustee and as an officer, Mr. Steinmetz serves for an indefinite term, or until his resignation, retirement, death or removal. Mr. Steinmetz’s address is 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008.

Arthur P. Steinmetz,

Trustee (since 2015), President and Principal Executive Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1958

  

Chairman of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2015); CEO and Chairman of the Manager (since July 2014), President of the Manager (since May 2013), a Director of the Manager (since January 2013), Director of the Sub-Adviser (since July 2014), President, Management Director and CEO of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (the Sub-Adviser’s parent holding company) (since July 2014), and President and Director of OFI SteelPath, Inc. (since January 2013). Chief Investment Officer of the OppenheimerFunds advisory entities from (January 2013-December 2013); Executive Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-May 2013); Chief Investment Officer of the Sub-Adviser (October 2010-December 2012); Chief Investment Officer, Fixed- Income, of the Sub-Adviser (April 2009-October 2010); Executive Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 2009-December 2012); Director of Fixed Income of the Sub-Adviser (January 2009-April 2009); and a Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (March 1993-September 2009). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

OTHER OFFICERS OF THE FUND    The addresses of the Officers in the chart below are as follows: for Messrs. Memani, Strzalkowski, Mss. Lo Bessette, Foxson and Picciotto, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008, for Mr. Petersen, 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.

Krishna Memani,

Vice President (since 2009)

Year of Birth: 1960

   President of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2013); Executive Vice President of the Manager (since January 2014) and Chief Investment Officer of the OppenheimerFunds advisory entities (since January 2014). Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income of the Sub-Adviser (January 2013-December 2013); Head of the Investment Grade Fixed Income Team of the Sub-Adviser (March 2009-January 2014); Director of Fixed Income of the Sub-Adviser (October 2010-December 2012); Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (March 2009-December 2012) and Senior Vice President of OFI Global Institutional, Inc. (April 2009-December 2012). Managing Director and Head of the U.S. and European Credit Analyst Team at Deutsche Bank Securities (June 2006-January 2009). Chief Credit Strategist at Credit Suisse Securities (August 2002-March 2006). Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Putnam Investments (September 1998-June 2002). A portfolio manager and an officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Peter A. Strzalkowski,

Vice President (since 2009)

Year of Birth: 1965

   Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2016); Senior Portfolio Manager of the Sub-Adviser (since August 2007); co-Team Leader for the Sub-Adviser’s Investment Grade Fixed Income Team (since January 2014); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (August 2007-January 2016); a member of the Sub-Adviser’s Investment Grade Fixed Income Team (April 2009-January 2014). Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Vector Capital Management, LLC, a structured products money management firm he founded, (July 2006-August 2007); Senior Portfolio Manager at Highland Capital Management, L.P. (June 2005-July 2006); Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at Microsoft Corp. (June 2003-June 2005); Vice President and Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at First Citizens Bank Trust, Capital Management Group (April 2000-June 2003); a Vice President and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at Centura Banks (November 1998-April 2000). A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

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Cynthia Lo Bessette,

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Manager (since February 2016); Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the Manager (March 2015-February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of the Sub-Adviser and the Distributor (since February 2016); Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (since February 2016); General Counsel of OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Advisors, LLC and Index Management Solutions, LLC (since February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of OFI Global Institutional, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, OFI Global Trust Company, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc. and Trinity Investment Management Corporation (since February 2016); Corporate Counsel (February 2012-March 2015) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (April 2013-March 2015) of Jennison Associates LLC; Assistant General Counsel (April 2008-September 2009) and Deputy General Counsel (October 2009-February 2012) of Lord Abbett & Co. LLC. An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Jennifer Foxson,

Vice President and Chief Business Officer

(since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since June 2014); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (April 2006-June 2014); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (January 1998-March 2006); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 1991-December 1998). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Mary Ann Picciotto,

Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Anti-

Money Laundering Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1973

   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager (since March 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of the Sub- Adviser, OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Global Trust Company, OFI Global Institutional, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments, Inc., Harborview Asset Management Corporation, Trinity Investment Management Corporation, and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2014); Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and certain of its various affiliated entities; Chief Compliance Officer of various Morgan Stanley Funds (May 2010-January 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (April 2007-January 2014). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Brian S. Petersen,

Treasurer and Principal Financial &

Accounting Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1970

   Senior Vice President of the Manager (since January 2017); Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-January 2017); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (February 2007-December 2012); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (August 2002- 2007). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and Officers and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1.800.988.8287.

 

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OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND/VA

A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

Manager      OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser      OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Distributor      OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Transfer and Shareholder

Servicing Agent

     OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Transfer Agent      Shareholder Services, Inc. DBA OppenheimerFunds Services
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      KPMG LLP
Legal Counsel      Ropes & Gray LLP
     Before investing in any of the Oppenheimer funds, investors should carefully consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses contain this and other information about the funds, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor, visiting oppenheimerfunds.com or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.
     © 2018 OppenheimerFunds, Inc. All rights reserved. Oppenheimer funds are distributed by OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

 

 

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December 31, 2017

   
  

 

Oppenheimer

 
  

Global Fund/VA

        Annual Report  
  

A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

 
     
  

ANNUAL REPORT

 
  

 Listing of Top Holdings

 
  

 Fund Performance Discussion

 
  

 Financial Statements

 


PORTFOLIO MANAGERS: Rajeev Bhaman, CFA and John Delano, CFA

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS FOR THE PERIODS ENDED 12/31/17

 

     Inception
Date
           1-Year         5-Year         10-Year  

Non-Service Shares

     11/12/90        36.66     13.11     7.16

Service Shares

     7/13/00        36.32       12.83       6.89  

MSCI All Country World Index

              23.97       10.80       4.65  

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account. Returns for periods of less than one year are cumulative and not annualized. See Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses for more information on share classes and sales charges.

TOP HOLDINGS AND ALLOCATIONS

 

TOP TEN COMMON STOCK HOLDINGS

 

Airbus SE

     3.2%          

Alphabet, Inc., Cl. A

     3.0              

Alphabet, Inc., Cl. C

     2.8              

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

     2.8              

Aetna, Inc.

     2.7              

Citigroup, Inc.

     2.5              

Nidec Corp.

     2.5              

DLF Ltd.

     2.5              

S&P Global, Inc.

     2.4              

Facebook, Inc., Cl. A

     2.4              

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on net assets. For more current Fund holdings, please visit oppenheimerfunds.com.

REGIONAL ALLOCATION

 

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Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on the total market value of investments.

 

 

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Fund Performance Discussion

Global equity sentiment was strong in 2017 following economic activity pick up in Europe and China and the election of President Trump in the US, presaging expectations for tax cuts and a lower regulatory burden. Equity markets rose strongly in 2017, with the global benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index (the “Index”), returning 23.97%. The Fund had an excellent year too, with the Non-Service shares producing returns of 36.66%, outperforming the Index for the year December 31, 2017.

The Portfolio outperformed in 10 out of 11 sectors of the Index this reporting period, with strong contributions from the Consumer Discretionary, Health Care, Real Estate, Financials and Industrials sectors, where our stock selection drove performance. We hold one Real Estate position, DLF, and it rose sharply during the reporting period. Our allocations to Energy and Information Technology also produced material outperformance versus the Index – the Fund has an overweight position in Information Technology and an underweight position in Energy. The Portfolio only slightly underperformed within the Materials sector, where our typical underweight position detracted from performance. As our ability to predict commodities prices is limited, our confidence in the appropriate valuation for these companies is low and hence we are unlikely to be advantaged in our ownership of them.

FUND REVIEW

Top contributors to performance this period included DLF, Alphabet and Kering.

DLF is the largest listed Indian real estate company with a portfolio of residential projects, shopping malls and commercial properties of unmatched quality, in our view, in Delhi and the National Capital region. A soft residential market and regulatory burdens in the past 3 years had challenged cash flow dynamics in the company which have been significantly ameliorated through the sale of a portion of their commercial holdings. The resultant reduction of debt has fueled higher confidence in the future of DLF. We believe that the prospects for housing appreciation should improve with an economic rebound and lower interest rates and a more disciplined supply environment.

Alphabet has been a strong performer, reflecting its advantage in a number of fast growing verticals. We see those advantages holding, and there remains significant optionality for the company, which we do not believe is fully represented in its share value.    Our first investment in the company was in 2011.

Kering is a luxury goods powerhouse with its major brands including Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Saint Laurent and Balenciaga. The return to fashion relevance of its largest brand, Gucci, in the past 18 months combined with continued success at Saint Laurent and growth momentum at Balenciaga has led to a major improvement in profits and consequently a significant rise in stock price. The continued demand from the young and fashion forward Chinese consumer for Kering’s brands bodes well for its future.

The most significant detractors from performance this period included TechnipFMC, Earthport, and Shire.

TechnipFMC is the global leader in offshore oil infrastructure equipment and services. The firm’s competitive position strengthened with the FMC combination earlier in the year. The company operates under three reporting segments: Subsea, Surface, and Onshore/Offshore. Share weakness was partially due to lower oil prices earlier in the year, which constrains oil producers’ capital spending budget, which can lead to lower inbound orders for TechnipFMC. We see tangible evidence that its various business segments, particularly in Subsea, are attracting wide customer interest and are poised to gain market share in the coming years.

Earthport provides cross-border payment services to banks and businesses, focused on low value transactions. The company experienced declines after announcing it expected revenue to come in below market expectations for the year, due to several large client implementation delays.    Despite this disappointment, the new business pipeline is strong, and we expect the share price will recover.

Shire is a global specialty drug firm with specializing in orphan diseases. Its historic franchise in treating Attention Deficit Disorders funds growth in biologics and new orphan indications. The acquisition of Baxalta and concerns over its haemophilia franchise position hurt stock performance in 2017. We expect the regular approvals of new drugs and a return to growth after the digestion of Baxalta to lead to a better 2018.

POSITIONING AND OUTLOOK

A good starting point for investing in companies that have the capacity to grow at an above average rate for a long period of time is to be thinking carefully about what economic ecosystems are expanding structurally. From this thought process we can develop investment themes, some of which can be populated by

 

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multiple companies/beneficiaries. Some of these themes today include the human desire for status and happiness. Within this broad idea we own some of the world’s best luxury goods companies. The use of technology to advance the treatment of illnesses for which there is no cure, or the deepening electronic content of automobiles and trucks are others. None are present in the portfolio to capitalize on a market regime or cycle; instead they play upon trends which we expect to unfold over the next decade or so.

The market that we see before us continues to carry above average headline valuations, and this is something to be mindful of. However, the level of interest rates today remains low. Equity free cash flow yields relative to bond yields are still in fair territory. Faster economic growth in an environment of low inflation provides valuation support. Meaningfully higher interest rates as a result of higher inflation would hurt valuations and the market however.

We try to assemble a portfolio that is adaptable to most environments by emphasizing the quality and sustainability of purpose for each company we invest in. We believe businesses that have these two traits can weather an uncertain future.

Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The Fund’s prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information about the Fund, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.

Total returns include changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions in a hypothetical investment for the periods shown, but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund.

The Fund’s investment strategy and focus can change over time. The mention of specific fund holdings does not constitute a recommendation by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. or its affiliates.

Shares of Oppenheimer funds are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not guaranteed by any bank, are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency, and involve investment risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested.

Comparing the Fund’s Performance to the Market. The graphs that follow show the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in each share class of the Fund held until December 31, 2017. Performance is measured over a ten-fiscal-year period for both Classes. Performance information does not reflect charges that apply to separate accounts investing in the Fund. If these charges were taken into account, performance would be lower. The graphs assume that all dividends and capital gains distributions were reinvested in additional shares.

The Fund’s performance is compared to the performance of the MSCI All Country World Index, a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed and emerging markets. The Index is unmanaged and cannot be purchased directly by investors. While index comparisons may be useful to provide a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, it must be noted that the Fund’s investments are not limited to the investments comprising the Index. Index performance includes reinvestment of income, but does not reflect transaction costs, fees, expenses or taxes. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only as a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, and does not predict or depict performance of the Fund. The Fund’s performance reflects the effects of the Fund’s business and operating expenses.

 

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COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Returns of Non-Service Shares of the Fund at 12/31/17

1-Year    36.66%                5-Year     13.11%    10-Year      7.16%

 

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Returns of Service Shares of the Fund at 12/31/17

1-Year    36.32%                5-Year     12.83%    10-Year      6.89%

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account.

 

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Fund Expenses

Fund Expenses. As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service fees; and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire 6-month period ended December 31, 2017.

Actual Expenses. The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section for the class of shares you hold, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expense that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600.00 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.60), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During 6 Months Ended December 31, 2017” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes.

The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio for each class of shares, and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year for each class before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example for the class of shares you hold with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any charges associated with the separate accounts that offer this Fund. Therefore, the “hypothetical” lines of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these separate account charges were included your costs would have been higher.

 

Actual   

Beginning

Account

Value
July 1, 2017            

     Ending
Account
Value
December 31, 2017            
     Expenses
Paid During
6 Months Ended
December 31, 2017            
 

Non-Service shares

     $         1,000.00                    $         1,139.40                        $         4.11                  

Service shares

     1,000.00                    1,137.90                        5.46                  

Hypothetical

        

(5% return before expenses)

                          

Non-Service shares

     1,000.00                    1,021.37                        3.88                  

Service shares

     1,000.00                    1,020.11                        5.16                  

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for that class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). Those annualized expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated funds, based on the 6-month period ended December 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

Class    Expense Ratios            

Non-Service shares

     0.76%              

Service shares

     1.01                 

The expense ratios reflect voluntary and/or contractual waivers and/or reimbursements of expenses by the Fund’s Manager. Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time, as indicated in the Fund’s prospectus. The “Financial Highlights” tables in the Fund’s financial statements, included in this report, also show the gross expense ratios, without such waivers or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, if applicable.

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS December 31, 2017

 

      Shares      Value  
Common Stocks—97.1%  
Consumer Discretionary—14.5%  
Automobiles—1.1%  
Suzuki Motor Corp.      538,000      $       31,161,009  
                   
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—0.8%  
International Game Technology plc      851,991        22,586,282  
                   
Household Durables—0.5%  
Newell Brands, Inc.      390,120        12,054,708  
                   
Internet & Catalog Retail—1.7%  
JD.com, Inc., ADR1      1,166,110        48,300,276  
                   
Media—1.8%  
Walt Disney Co. (The)      362,400        38,961,624  
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.      1,297,405        11,825,092  
        50,786,716  
                   
Specialty Retail—3.0%  
Industria de Diseno Textil SA      1,390,491        48,363,476  
Tiffany & Co.      345,150        35,878,342  
        84,241,818  
                   
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—5.6%  
Brunello Cucinelli SpA      344,936        11,177,081  
Kering      122,320        57,664,711  
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE      268,330        78,821,955  
Tod’s SpA      111,782        8,168,579  
        155,832,326  
                   
Consumer Staples—4.0%  
Food Products—1.8%  
Unilever plc      923,822        51,179,316  
                   
Household Products—2.2%  
Colgate-Palmolive Co.      801,700        60,488,265  
                   
Energy—0.9%  
Energy Equipment & Services—0.9%  
TechnipFMC plc      826,350        25,524,678  
                   
Financials—20.0%  
Capital Markets—6.5%  
Credit Suisse Group AG1      1,619,322        28,824,419  
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)      165,430        42,144,947  
S&P Global, Inc.      395,910        67,067,154  
UBS Group AG1      2,438,956        44,813,887  
        182,850,407  
                   
Commercial Banks—5.1%  
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA      1,907,764        16,239,683  
Citigroup, Inc.      936,960        69,719,194  
ICICI Bank Ltd., Sponsored ADR      2,419,204        23,538,855  
Societe Generale SA      635,199        32,749,382  
        142,247,114  
                   
Insurance—5.9%  
Allianz SE      228,032        52,222,456  
Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.      1,812,400        37,394,978  
FNF Group      552,980        21,698,935  
Prudential plc      2,026,517        52,102,063  
        163,418,432  
                   
Real Estate Management & Development—2.5%  
DLF Ltd.      16,911,795        68,706,902  
                   
Health Care—16.1%  
Biotechnology—7.4%  
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      574,960        17,312,046  
AnaptysBio, Inc.1      138,740        13,973,893  
Biogen, Inc.1      87,690        27,935,403  
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.1      129,640        11,559,999  
Bluebird Bio, Inc.1      125,490        22,349,769  
Blueprint Medicines Corp.1      213,770        16,120,396  
Circassia Pharmaceuticals plc1      4,471,614        6,202,803  
Gilead Sciences, Inc.      318,350        22,806,594  
      Shares      Value  
Biotechnology (Continued)  
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      351,410      $         17,675,923  
Loxo Oncology, Inc.1      139,180        11,716,172  
MacroGenics, Inc.1      514,790        9,781,010  
Sage Therapeutics, Inc.1      182,640        30,082,634  
        207,516,642  
                   
Health Care Equipment & Supplies—1.1%  
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.      243,580        29,392,799  
                   
Health Care Providers & Services—5.5%  
Aetna, Inc.      412,980        74,497,462  
Anthem, Inc.      260,385        58,589,229  
Centene Corp.1      195,580        19,730,110  
        152,816,801  
                   
Pharmaceuticals—2.1%  
Bayer AG      261,359        32,506,553  
Roche Holding AG      56,730        14,349,469  
Shire plc      233,940        12,134,077  
        58,990,099  
                   
Industrials—14.0%  
Aerospace & Defense—3.2%  
Airbus SE      891,780        88,558,851  
                   
Air Freight & Couriers—1.0%  
United Parcel Service, Inc., Cl. B      238,010        28,358,891  
                   
Airlines—0.9%  
International Consolidated Airlines Group SA      2,857,670        25,063,974  
Building Products—1.2%  
Assa Abloy AB, Cl. B      1,602,741        33,257,530  
                   
Construction & Engineering—0.5%  
FLSmidth & Co. AS      262,140        15,228,249  
                   
Electrical Equipment—2.5%  
Nidec Corp.      496,500        69,695,481  
                   
Industrial Conglomerates—2.8%  
3M Co.      183,720        43,242,177  
Siemens AG      244,512        33,925,820  
        77,167,997  
                   
Machinery—1.3%  
FANUC Corp.      100,100        24,049,895  
MLC MLC, Inc.      622,000        13,050,813  
        37,100,708  
                   
Professional Services—0.6%  
Equifax, Inc.      130,130        15,344,929  
                   
Information Technology—26.5%  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments, & Components—6.7%  
Keyence Corp.      115,122        64,280,171  
Kyocera Corp.      508,500        33,225,886  
Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.      342,300        45,749,933  
Omron Corp.      237,600        14,151,920  
TDK Corp.      371,300        29,637,473  
        187,045,383  
                   
Internet Software & Services—8.8%  
Alphabet, Inc., Cl. A1      78,240        82,418,016  
Alphabet, Inc., Cl. C1      75,512        79,015,757  
Baidu, Inc., Sponsored ADR1      80,600        18,877,326  
Facebook, Inc., Cl. A1      375,250        66,216,615  
        246,527,714  
                   
IT Services—1.4%  
Earthport plc1      14,765,253        2,055,111  
PayPal Holdings, Inc.1      481,210        35,426,680  
        37,481,791  
                   
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—2.3%  
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.      1,056,665        55,242,446  
 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

      Shares      Value  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (Continued)  

Renesas Electronics Corp.1

     767,600      $ 8,885,115  
        64,127,561  
                   
Software—7.3%  
Adobe Systems, Inc.1      362,623        63,546,055  
Intuit, Inc.      354,040        55,860,431  

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

     71,700        26,102,526  

SAP SE

     528,155        59,221,970  
        204,730,982  
                   
Materials—1.1%  
Chemicals—1.1%  

Linde AG1

     124,187        29,051,917  

Total Common Stocks (Cost $1,141,992,739)

        2,706,836,548  
      Shares      Value  

Preferred Stocks—1.7%

 

Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG, Preference      535,851      $ 47,848,350  
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., 6% Cum. Non-Cv.      7,458,110        1,168,479  

Total Preferred Stocks

(Cost $15,686,427)

        49,016,829  
   

Investment Company—1.0%

 

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 1.22%2,3 (Cost $27,124,866)      27,124,866        27,124,866  
Total Investments, at Value (Cost $1,184,804,032)      99.8%        2,782,978,243  

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     0.2        5,645,522  

Net Assets

     100.0%      $   2,788,623,765  
                 
 

 

Footnotes to Statement of Investments

1. Non-income producing security.

2. Rate shown is the 7-day yield at period end.

3. Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, at or during the reporting period, by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment adviser. Transactions during the reporting period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:

      Shares
December 31, 2016
    

Gross

Additions

     Gross
Reductions
     Shares
December 31, 2017
 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E              32,806,872                  367,918,279          373,600,285          27,124,866    
      Value      Income     

Realized

Gain (Loss)

     Change in Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E    $ 27,124,866      $ 196,266        $ —        $ —    

 

Distribution of investments representing geographic holdings, as a percentage of total investments at value, is as follows:         
Geographic Holdings (Unaudited)   Value      Percent  

United States

  $         1,283,333,472        46.3

Japan

    397,385,200        14.1  

France

    257,794,900        9.3  

Germany

    254,777,066        9.2  

United Kingdom

    184,714,226        6.6  

India

    105,239,328        3.8  

Switzerland

    87,987,775        3.2  

China

    67,177,602        2.4  

Spain

    64,603,159        2.3  

Sweden

    33,257,530        1.2  

Italy

    19,345,660        0.7  

Denmark

    15,228,249        0.5  

Ireland

    12,134,076        0.4  

Total

  $         2,782,978,243                    100.0 %     
                

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES December 31, 2017

 

     

Assets

 

   

Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments:

   

Unaffiliated companies (cost $1,157,679,166)

      $ 2,755,853,377    

Affiliated companies (cost $27,124,866)

      27,124,866    
          2,782,978,243    

Cash

        1,999,989    

Receivables and other assets:

   

Dividends

      4,270,986    

Investments sold

      1,584,658    

Shares of beneficial interest sold

      980,375    

Other

      160,331    

Total assets

      2,791,974,582    
     

Liabilities

 

   

Payables and other liabilities:

   

Shares of beneficial interest redeemed

      2,607,826    

Distribution and service plan fees

      277,837    

Trustees’ compensation

      131,124    

Foreign capital gains tax

      70,735    

Shareholder communications

      61,856    

Investments purchased

      53,430    

Other

      148,009    

Total liabilities

        3,350,817    

Net Assets

      $ 2,788,623,765    
   

 

 

 
             

Composition of Net Assets

 

   

Par value of shares of beneficial interest

        $ 59,128    

Additional paid-in capital

        1,008,039,943    

Accumulated net investment income

        11,319,434    

Accumulated net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions

        171,191,061    

Net unrealized appreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

        1,598,014,199    

Net Assets

      $         2,788,623,765    
   

 

 

 
             

Net Asset Value Per Share

 

   

Non-Service Shares:

   

Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $1,479,034,142 and 31,191,684 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

 

          $47.42    

Service Shares:

   
Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $1,309,589,623 and 27,936,505 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)         $46.88    

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

     

Investment Income

 

   

Dividends:

   

Unaffiliated companies (net of foreign withholding taxes of $3,716,023)

    $ 37,108,189  

Affiliated companies

      196,266  

Total investment income

      37,304,455  
             

 

Expenses

 

   

Management fees

        16,347,764  

Distribution and service plan fees - Service shares

        3,014,562  

Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:

   

Non-Service shares

      1,378,678  

Service shares

        1,205,950  

Shareholder communications:

   

Non-Service shares

      86,939  

Service shares

        75,984  

Borrowing fees

        68,470  

Custodian fees and expenses

        159,961  

Trustees’ compensation

        74,329  

Other

      232,725  

Total expenses

      22,645,362  

Less reduction to custodian expenses

      (927

Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses

      (29,436

Net expenses

      22,614,999  
             

Net Investment Income

      14,689,456  
             

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

   

Net realized gain (loss) on:

   

Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies

      221,757,305  

Foreign currency transactions

      (198,987

Net realized gain

        221,558,318  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

   

Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies (net of foreign capital gains tax of $56,701)

      558,303,576  

Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

      627,498  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

      558,931,074  
             

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

    $           795,178,848  
         

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

10        OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL FUND/VA


STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2017
     Year Ended
    December 31, 2016
 

Operations

    

Net investment income

    $ 14,689,456       $ 14,438,224   

Net realized gain

    221,558,318         3,052,676   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    558,931,074         (27,858,399)  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    795,178,848         (10,367,499)  
                  

Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders

    

Dividends from net investment income:

    

Non-Service shares

    (12,766,011)        (13,598,845)  

Service shares

    (8,799,180)        (7,587,430)  
    (21,565,191)        (21,186,275)  
                  

Distributions from net realized gain:

    

Non-Service shares

    —         (86,197,755)  

Service shares

    —         (67,272,765)  
    —         (153,470,520)  
                  

Beneficial Interest Transactions

    

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:

    

Non-Service shares

    (179,504,173)        (55,451,479)  

Service shares

    (115,703,050)        62,981,601   
    (295,207,223)        7,530,122   
                  

Net Assets

    

Total increase (decrease)

    478,406,434         (177,494,172)  

Beginning of period

    2,310,217,331         2,487,711,503   
End of period (including accumulated net investment income of $11,319,434 and $17,542,546, respectively)     $     2,788,623,765       $     2,310,217,331   
                

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

11        OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL FUND/VA


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Non-Service Shares   Year Ended
December 31,
2017
    Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    Year Ended
December 31,
2015
    Year Ended
December 31,
2014
    Year Ended
December 31,
2013
 

Per Share Operating Data

         

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $35.02       $38.00       $39.50       $40.86       $32.55  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

         

Net investment income1

    0.29       0.26       0.372       0.522       0.442  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    12.50       (0.42)       1.382       0.442       8.372  

Total from investment operations

    12.79       (0.16)       1.75       0.96       8.81  

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

         

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.39)       (0.38)       (0.54)       (0.46)       (0.50)  

Distributions from net realized gain

    0.00       (2.44)       (2.71)       (1.86)       0.00  

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

    (0.39)       (2.82)       (3.25)       (2.32)       (0.50)  

Net asset value, end of period

    $47.42       $35.02       $38.00       $39.50       $40.86  
                                       
                                         

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

    36.66%       0.08%       3.94%       2.29%       27.31%  
                                         

Ratios/Supplemental Data

         

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

    $1,479,034       $1,245,070       $1,406,001       $1,468,107       $1,397,026  

Average net assets (in thousands)

    $1,379,895       $1,270,049       $1,502,338       $1,532,383       $1,333,848  

Ratios to average net assets:4

         

Net investment income

    0.69%       0.75%       0.92%2       1.30%2       1.20%2  

Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below

    0.76%       0.77%       0.76%       0.76%       0.77%  

Interest and fees from borrowings

    0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%       0.00%  

Total expenses6

    0.76%       0.77%       0.76%       0.76%       0.77%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses     0.76%7       0.77%7       0.76%7       0.76%7       0.77%7  

Portfolio turnover rate

    9%       14%       14%       13%       11%  

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. Net investment income per share, net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share and the net investment income ratio include an adjustment for a prior period reclassification for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Please see Note 10 of the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Less than 0.005%.

6. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

Year Ended December 31, 2017

     0.76

Year Ended December 31, 2016

     0.77

Year Ended December 31, 2015

     0.76

Year Ended December 31, 2014

     0.76

Year Ended December 31, 2013

     0.77

7. Waiver was less than 0.005%.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

12        OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL FUND/VA


 

Service Shares   Year Ended
December 31,
2017
    Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    Year Ended
December 31,
2015
    Year Ended
December 31,
2014
    Year Ended
December 31,
2013
 

Per Share Operating Data

         

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $34.64       $37.59       $39.10       $40.47       $32.25  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

         

Net investment income1

    0.18       0.17       0.282       0.422       0.342  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    12.36       (0.41)       1.362       0.422       8.302  

Total from investment operations

    12.54       (0.24)       1.64       0.84       8.64  

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

         

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.30)       (0.27)       (0.44)       (0.35)       (0.42)  

Distributions from net realized gain

    0.00       (2.44)       (2.71)       (1.86)       0.00  

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

    (0.30)       (2.71)       (3.15)       (2.21)       (0.42)  

Net asset value, end of period

    $46.88       $34.64       $37.59       $39.10       $40.47  
                                       
                                         

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

    36.32%       (0.16)%       3.67%       2.06%       26.99%  
                                         

Ratios/Supplemental Data

         

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

    $1,309,590       $1,065,147       $1,081,711       $1,204,379       $1,216,285  

Average net assets (in thousands)

    $1,207,002       $1,016,772       $1,219,501       $1,265,528       $1,174,119  

Ratios to average net assets:4

         

Net investment income

    0.43%       0.49%       0.70%2       1.05%2       0.95%2  

Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below

    1.01%       1.02%       1.01%       1.01%       1.02%  

Interest and fees from borrowings

    0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%       0.00%  

Total expenses6

    1.01%       1.02%       1.01%       1.01%       1.02%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses     1.01%7       1.02%7       1.01%7       1.01%7       1.02%7  

Portfolio turnover rate

    9%       14%       14%       13%       11%  

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. Net investment income per share, net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share and the net investment income ratio include an adjustment for a prior period reclassification for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Please see Note 10 of the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Less than 0.005%.

6. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

Year Ended December 31, 2017

     1.01

Year Ended December 31, 2016

     1.02

Year Ended December 31, 2015

     1.01

Year Ended December 31, 2014

     1.01

Year Ended December 31, 2013

     1.03

7. Waiver was less than 0.005%.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

13        OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL FUND/VA


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2017

 

 

1. Organization

Oppenheimer Global Fund/VA (the “Fund”), a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, is a diversified open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as amended. The Fund’s main investment objective is to seek capital appreciation. The Fund’s investment adviser is OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”). The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI. Shares of the Fund are sold only to separate accounts of life insurance companies.

The Fund offers two classes of shares. Both classes are sold at their offering price, which is the net asset value per share, to separate investment accounts of participating insurance companies as an underlying investment for variable life insurance policies, variable annuity contracts or other investment products. The class of shares designated as Service shares is subject to a distribution and service plan. Both classes of shares have identical rights and voting privileges with respect to the Fund in general and exclusive voting rights on matters that affect that class alone. Earnings, net assets and net asset value per share may differ due to each class having its own expenses, such as transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees and shareholder communications, directly attributable to that class.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed in the Fund’s preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Security Valuation. All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.

Foreign Currency Translation. The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Any foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:

(1) Value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange rates prevailing at Market Close as described in Note 3.

(2) Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

Although the net assets and the values are presented at the foreign exchange rates at Market Close, the Fund does not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments shown in the Statement of Operations.

For securities, which are subject to foreign withholding tax upon disposition, realized gains or losses on such securities are recorded net of foreign withholding tax.

Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding tax reclaims recorded on the Fund’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.

Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other than those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated on a daily basis to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a specific class are charged against the operations of that class.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. GAAP, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually or at other times as determined necessary by the Manager.

Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends, if any, and capital gains taxes on foreign investments, if any, have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable tax rules and regulations. Interest income, if any, is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.

Custodian Fees. “Custodian fees and expenses” in the Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by the Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. The Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by positive cash balances maintained by the Fund, at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 2.00%. The “Reduction to custodian expenses” line item, if applicable, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings.

Security Transactions. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

Indemnifications. The Fund’s organizational documents provide current and former Trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against

 

14        OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL FUND/VA


 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income, including any net realized gain on investments not offset by capital loss carryforwards, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s tax return filings generally remains open for the three preceding fiscal reporting period ends. The Fund has analyzed its tax positions for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, including open tax years, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Fund’s financial statements.

The tax components of capital shown in the following table represent distribution requirements the Fund must satisfy under the income tax regulations, losses the Fund may be able to offset against income and gains realized in future years and unrealized appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes.

 

Undistributed

Net Investment

Income

   Undistributed
Long-Term
Gain
     Accumulated
Loss
Carryforward1,2
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
Based on cost of
Securities and
Other Investments
for Federal Income
Tax Purposes
 

$23,167,433

     $185,000,660        $—        $1,572,487,571  

1. During the reporting period, the Fund utilized $17,365,953 of capital loss carryforward to offset capital gains realized in that fiscal year.

2. During the previous reporting period, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforward.

Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes. The character of dividends and distributions made during the fiscal year from net investment income or net realized gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax requirements, which may differ from the character of net investment income or net realized gains presented in those financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Also, due to timing of dividends and distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or net realized gain was recorded by the Fund.

Accordingly, the following amounts have been reclassified for the reporting period. Net assets of the Fund were unaffected by the reclassifications.

 

Increase

to Paid-in Capital

   Increase
to Accumulated
Net Investment
Income
    

Reduction
to Accumulated Net
Realized Gain

on Investments3

 

$17,508,374

     $652,623        $18,160,997  

3. $17,508,374, all of which was long-term capital gain, was distributed in connection with Fund share redemptions.

The tax character of distributions paid during the reporting periods:

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2017
    Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

Distributions paid from:

   

Ordinary income

  $ 21,565,191     $ 25,033,705  

Long-term capital gain

          149,623,090  

Total

  $ 21,565,191     $ 174,656,795  
               

The aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes at period end are noted in the following table. The primary difference between book and tax appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments, if applicable, is attributable to the tax deferral of losses or tax realization of financial statement unrealized gain or loss.

 

Federal tax cost of securities

   $ 1,210,330,660  
        

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,629,130,606  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (56,643,035

Net unrealized appreciation

   $  1,572,487,571  
        

Certain foreign countries impose a tax on capital gains which is accrued by the Fund based on unrealized appreciation, if any, on affected securities. The tax is paid when the gain is realized.

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions

 

15        OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL FUND/VA


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

 

3. Securities Valuation

The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is open for trading, except in the case of a scheduled early closing of the Exchange, in which case the Fund will calculate net asset value of the shares as of the scheduled early closing time of the Exchange.

The Fund’s Board has adopted procedures for the valuation of the Fund’s securities and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for valuation determinations under those procedures to the Manager. The Manager has established a Valuation Committee which is responsible for determining a fair valuation for any security for which market quotations are not readily available. The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Fund’s Board at least quarterly or more frequently, if necessary.

Valuation Methods and Inputs

Securities are valued primarily using unadjusted quoted market prices, when available, as supplied by third party pricing services or broker-dealers.

The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or the fair value of the types of securities described below:

Equity securities traded on a securities exchange (including exchange-traded derivatives other than futures and futures options) are valued based on the official closing price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the Manager, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. If the official closing price is unavailable, the security is valued at the last sale price on the principal exchange on which it is traded, or if no sales occurred, the security is valued at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Over-the-counter equity securities are valued at the last published sale price, or if no sales occurred, at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Events occurring after the close of trading on foreign exchanges may result in adjustments to the valuation of foreign securities to more accurately reflect their fair value as of the time when the Fund’s assets are valued.

Shares of a registered investment company that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that investment company’s net asset value per share.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or when a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, are fair valued either (i) by a standardized fair valuation methodology applicable to the security type or the significant event as previously approved by the Valuation Committee and the Fund’s Board or (ii) as determined in good faith by the Manager’s Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee considers all relevant facts that are reasonably available, through either public information or information available to the Manager, when determining the fair value of a security. Those standardized fair valuation methodologies include, but are not limited to, valuing securities at the last sale price or initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be further adjusted for any discounts related to security-specific resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities nor can it be assured that the Fund can obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security.

Classifications

Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Various data inputs may be used in determining the value of each of the Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

1) Level 1-unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)

2) Level 2-inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)

3) Level 3-significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager’s own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability).

The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

The Fund classifies each of its investments in investment companies which are publicly offered as Level 1. Investment companies that are not publicly offered, if any, are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end based on valuation input level:

     Level 1— Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
     Level 2—
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
     Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Value  

 

 

Assets Table

           

Investments, at Value:

           

Common Stocks

           

Consumer Discretionary

   $                 157,781,232      $                 247,181,903      $                 —      $                 404,963,135  

Consumer Staples

     60,488,265        51,179,316               111,667,581  

 

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3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

 

    

Level 1—

Unadjusted

Quoted Prices

    

Level 2—

Other Significant

Observable Inputs

     Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Value  

 

 

Common Stocks (Continued)

           

Energy

   $      $ 25,524,678      $      $ 25,524,678    

Financials

     224,169,085        333,053,770               557,222,855    

Health Care

     383,523,439        65,192,902               448,716,341    

Industrials

     86,945,997        302,830,613               389,776,610    

Information Technology

     456,603,326        283,310,105               739,913,431    

Materials

            29,051,917               29,051,917    

Preferred Stocks

     1,168,479        47,848,350               49,016,829    

Investment Company

     27,124,866                      27,124,866    
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $             1,397,804,689      $             1,385,173,554      $                         —      $             2,782,978,243    
  

 

 

 

Forward currency exchange contracts and futures contracts, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.

 

 

4. Investments and Risks

Risks of Foreign Investing. The Fund may invest in foreign securities which are subject to special risks. Securities traded in foreign markets may be less liquid and more volatile than those traded in U.S. markets. 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 investments denominated in that foreign currency and in the value of any income or distributions the Fund may receive on those investments. 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. In addition, due to the inter-relationship of global economies and financial markets, changes in political and economic factors in one country or region could adversely affect conditions in another country or region. Investments in foreign securities may also expose the Fund to time-zone arbitrage risk. Foreign securities may trade on weekends or other days when the Fund does not price its shares. At times, the Fund may emphasize investments in a particular country or region and may be subject to greater risks from adverse events that occur in that country or region. Foreign securities and foreign currencies held in foreign banks and securities depositories may be subject to limited or no regulatory oversight.

Investments in Affiliated Funds. The Fund is permitted to invest in other mutual funds advised by the Manager (“Affiliated Funds”). Affiliated Funds are open-end management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Manager is the investment adviser of, and the Sub-Adviser provides investment and related advisory services to, the Affiliated Funds. When applicable, the Fund’s investments in Affiliated Funds are included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of Affiliated Funds are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of the Affiliated Funds’ expenses, including their management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in the Affiliated Funds.

Each of the Affiliated Funds in which the Fund invests has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the Fund’s investments and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one Affiliated Fund than in another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that Affiliated Fund.

Investments in Money Market Instruments. The Fund is permitted to invest its free cash balances in money market instruments to provide liquidity or for defensive purposes. The Fund may invest in money market instruments by investing in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund (“IGMMF”), which is an Affiliated Fund. IGMMF is regulated as a money market fund under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Fund may also invest in money market instruments directly or in other affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds.

Equity Security Risk. Stocks and other equity securities fluctuate in price. The value of the Fund’s portfolio may be affected by changes in the equity markets generally. Equity markets may experience significant short-term volatility and may fall sharply at times. Different markets may behave differently from each other and U.S. equity markets may move in the opposite direction from one or more foreign stock markets. Adverse events in any part of the equity or fixed-income markets may have unexpected negative effects on other market segments.

The prices of individual equity securities 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 securities. 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.

Shareholder Concentration. At period end, one shareholder owned 20% or more of the Fund’s total outstanding shares.

A shareholder is a related party of the Fund. Related parties may include, but are not limited to, the investment manager and its affiliates, affiliated broker dealers, fund of funds, and directors or employees. Related parties owned 28% of the Fund’s total outstanding shares at period end.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

5. Market Risk Factors

The Fund’s investments in securities and/or financial derivatives may expose the Fund to various market risk factors:

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

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

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

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.

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

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

 

 

6. Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest of each class. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

     Year Ended December 31, 2017     Year Ended December 31, 2016  
     

 

Shares

    Amount     Shares     Amount  

Non-Service Shares

        

Sold

             1,449,891     $ 60,471,325               2,580,191     $ 89,371,624  

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     305,626       12,766,011       3,043,507       99,796,600  

Redeemed

     (6,113,341     (252,741,509     (7,075,696     (244,619,703

Net decrease

     (4,357,824   $ (179,504,173     (1,451,998   $ (55,451,479
                                
                                  

Service Shares

        

Sold

     2,582,124     $           107,475,911       5,078,438     $           172,658,993  

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     212,797       8,799,180       2,305,519       74,860,195  

Redeemed

     (5,605,593     (231,978,141     (5,412,550     (184,537,587

Net increase (decrease)

     (2,810,672   $ (115,703,050     1,971,407     $ 62,981,601  
                                

 

 

7. Purchases and Sales of Securities

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term obligations and investments in IGMMF, for the reporting period were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

 

 

Investment securities

     $218,896,774                                        $512,932,205  

 

 

8. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:

 

Fee Schedule        

Up to $200 million

     0.75 %       

Next $200 million

     0.72  

Next $200 million

     0.69  

Next $200 million

     0.66  

Next $4.2 billion

     0.60  

Over $5 billion

     0.58  

The Fund’s effective management fee for the reporting period was 0.63% of average annual net assets before any applicable waivers.

Sub-Adviser Fees. The Manager has retained the Sub-Adviser to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Manager pays the Sub-Adviser an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the investment management fee collected by the Manager from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any investment management fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Adviser is paid by the Manager, not by the Fund.

 

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8. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

Transfer Agent Fees. OFI Global (the “Transfer Agent”) serves as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee based on annual net assets. Fees incurred and average net assets for each class with respect to these services are detailed in the Statement of Operations and Financial Highlights, respectively.

Sub-Transfer Agent Fees. The Transfer Agent has retained Shareholder Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFI (the “Sub-Transfer Agent”), to provide the day-to-day transfer agent and shareholder servicing of the Fund. Under the Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement, the Transfer Agent pays the Sub-Transfer Agent an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the transfer agent fee collected by the Transfer Agent from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any applicable fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Transfer Agent is paid by the Transfer Agent, not by the Fund.

Trustees’ Compensation. The Fund’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) has adopted a compensation deferral plan for Independent Trustees that enables Trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Trustees under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustees. The Fund purchases shares of the funds selected for deferral by the Trustees in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of “Other” within the asset section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of Trustees’ fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the compensation deferral plan.

Distribution and Service Plan for Service Shares. The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for Service shares to pay OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the “Distributor”), for distribution related services, personal service and account maintenance for the Fund’s Service shares. Under the Plan, payments are made periodically at an annual rate of 0.25% of the daily net assets of Service shares of the Fund. The Distributor currently uses all of those fees to compensate sponsors of the insurance product that offers Fund shares, for providing personal service and maintenance of accounts of their variable contract owners that hold Service shares. These fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an on-going basis and increase operating expenses of the Service shares, which results in lower performance compared to the Fund’s shares that are not subject to a service fee. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plan are detailed in the Statement of Operations.

Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. Prior to May 1, 2017, the Fund was subject to an expense limitation wherein the Fund’s expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, excluding expenses incurred directly or indirectly by the Fund as a result of investments in other investment companies, wholly-owned subsidiaries and pooled investment vehicles; as percentages of daily net assets, would not exceed the annual rate of 1.00% for Non-Service shares and 1.25% for Service shares. The expense limitations do not include interest and fees from borrowing, and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business. Effective May 1, 2017, this expense limitation has been removed.

The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in IGMMF. During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $29,436 for IGMMF management fees. This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

 

 

9. Borrowings and Other Financing

Joint Credit Facility. A number of mutual funds managed by the Manager participate in a $1.875 billion revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions in connection with atypical redemption activity. Expenses and fees related to the Facility are paid by the participating funds and are disclosed separately or as other expenses on the Statement of Operations. The Fund did not utilize the Facility during the reporting period.

 

 

10. Prior Period Reclassification

An adjustment to reflect a prior period reclassification between net investment income and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and/or net realized gain (loss) on investments during the years ending December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015 has been made to properly reflect income distributions received by the Fund from two of its investments.

The following adjustments are reflected in the respective fiscal years per the Statements of Changes in Net Assets and the Financial Highlights:

 

     2013     2014     2015  

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     $ 1,678,655       $ 1,668,338       $ 1,749,447  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (163,217     (275,757     (222,558
Net change in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation      (1,515,438     (1,392,581     (1,526,889

The cumulative impact of these adjustments are also reflected in the respective component of net assets on the Statement of Assets and liabilities and had no impact on total net assets or net asset values per share of the Fund.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Oppenheimer Global Fund/VA, a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, (the “Fund”), including the statement of investments, as of December 31, 2017, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the “financial statements”) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and the transfer agent, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

KPMG LLP

We have not been able to determine the specific year that we began serving as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies, however we are aware that we have served as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies since at least 1969.

Denver, Colorado

February 13, 2018

 

 

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FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION Unaudited

 

 

In early 2018, if applicable, shareholders of record received information regarding all dividends and distributions paid to them by the Fund during calendar year 2017.

Dividends, if any, paid by the Fund during the reporting period which are not designated as capital gain distributions should be multiplied by the maximum amount allowable but not less than 46.20% to arrive at the amount eligible for the corporate dividend-received deduction.

The Fund has elected the application of Section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code to permit shareholders to take a federal income tax credit or deduction, at their option, on a per share basis. The maximum amount allowable but not less than $3,658,795 of foreign income taxes were paid by the Fund during the reporting period. A separate notice will be mailed to each shareholder, which will reflect the proportionate share of such foreign taxes which must be treated by shareholders as gross income for federal income tax purposes.

Gross income of the maximum amount allowable but not less than $15,382,579 was derived from sources within foreign countries or possessions of the United States.

The foregoing information is presented to assist shareholders in reporting distributions received from the Fund to the Internal Revenue Service. Because of the complexity of the federal regulations which may affect your individual tax return and the many variations in state and local tax regulations, we recommend that you consult your tax advisor for specific guidance.

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”) (“OFI Global” and “OFI” together, the “Managers”) and OFI Global has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI whereby OFI provides investment sub-advisory services to the Fund (collectively, the “Agreements”). Each year, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of the independent Trustees, is required to determine whether to approve the terms of the Agreements and the renewal thereof. The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that the Board request and evaluate, and that the Managers provide, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreements. The Board employs an independent consultant to prepare a report that provides information, including comparative information that the Board requests for that purpose. In addition to in-person meetings focused on this evaluation, the Board receives information throughout the year regarding Fund services, fees, expenses and performance.

The Managers and the independent consultant provided information to the Board on the following factors: (i) the nature, quality and extent of the Managers’ services, (ii) the comparative investment performance of the Fund and the Managers, (iii) the fees and expenses of the Fund, including comparative fee and expense information, (iv) the profitability of the Managers and their affiliates, including an analysis of the cost of providing services, (v) whether economies of scale are realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for Fund investors and (vi) other benefits to the Managers from their relationship with the Fund. The Board was aware that there are alternatives to retaining the Managers.

Outlined below is a summary of the principal information considered by the Board as well as the Board’s conclusions.

Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board considered information about the nature, quality and extent of the services provided to the Fund and information regarding the Managers’ key personnel who provide such services. The Managers’ duties include providing the Fund with the services of the portfolio managers and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team, who provide research, analysis and other advisory services in regard to the Fund’s investments; and securities trading services. OFI Global is responsible for oversight of third-party service providers; monitoring compliance with applicable Fund policies and procedures and adherence to the Fund’s investment restrictions; risk management; and oversight of the Sub-Adviser. OFI Global is also responsible for providing certain administrative services to the Fund. Those services include providing and supervising all administrative and clerical personnel who are necessary in order to provide effective corporate administration for the Fund; compiling and maintaining records with respect to the Fund’s operations; preparing and filing reports required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; preparing periodic reports regarding the operations of the Fund for its shareholders; preparing proxy materials for shareholder meetings; and preparing the registration statements required by federal and state securities laws for the sale of the Fund’s shares. OFI Global also provides the Fund with office space, facilities and equipment.

The Board also considered the quality of the services provided and the quality of the Managers’ resources that are available to the Fund. The Board took account of the fact that the Sub-Adviser has over fifty years of experience as an investment adviser and that its assets under management rank it among the top mutual fund managers in the United States. The Board evaluated the Managers’ advisory, administrative, accounting, legal, compliance and risk management services, among other services, and information the Board has received regarding the experience and professional qualifications of the Managers’ key personnel and the size and functions of their staff. In its evaluation of the quality of the portfolio management services provided, the Board considered the experience of Rajeev Bhaman and John Delano, the portfolio managers for the Fund, and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team and analysts. The Board members also considered the totality of their experiences with the Managers as directors or trustees of the Fund and other funds advised by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the quality of services provided by affiliates of the Managers, which the Board members have become knowledgeable about through their experiences with the Managers and in connection with the review or renewal of the Fund’s service agreements or service providers. The Board concluded, in light of the Managers’ experience, reputation, personnel, operations and resources that the Fund benefits from the services provided under the Agreements.

Investment Performance of the Managers and the Fund. Throughout the year, the Managers provided information on the investment performance of the Fund, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, including comparative performance information. The Board also reviewed information, prepared by the Managers and by the independent consultant, comparing the Fund’s historical performance to relevant market indices and to the performance of other world stock category funds underlying variable insurance products. The Board considered that the Fund outperformed its category median during the five- and ten-year periods, while it underperformed its category median during the one- and three-year periods. The Board further noted that the Fund’s recent underperformance occurred in 2016. In that regard, the Board observed that when it considered the Fund’s performance record one year prior, the Fund outperformed its category median for all periods.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The Board reviewed the fees paid to the Adviser and the other expenses borne by the Fund. The Board noted that the Adviser, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser’s fee under the sub-advisory agreement. The independent consultant provided comparative data in regard to the fees and expenses of the Fund and other world stock funds underlying variable insurance products. In reviewing the fees and expenses charged to the VA funds, the Board considered the Adviser’s assertion that, because there is much greater disparity in the fees and services that may be provided by a manager to a VA fund as opposed to a retail fund, when comparing the expenses of the various VA funds to those of retail funds, it is most appropriate to focus on total expenses (rather than on the management fees). Accordingly, while the Board reviewed and considered all expenses, it focused on total expenses. The Board considered that the Fund’s total expenses and contractual management fee were lower than its peer group medians and category medians.

Economies of Scale and Profits Realized by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the Managers’ costs in serving as the Fund’s investment adviser and sub-adviser, including the costs associated with the personnel and systems necessary to manage the Fund, and information regarding the Managers’ profitability from their relationship with the Fund. The Board also considered that the Managers must be able to pay and retain experienced professional personnel at competitive rates to provide quality services to the Fund. The Board reviewed whether the

Managers may realize economies of scale in managing and supporting the Fund. The Board noted that the Fund currently has management fee breakpoints, which are intended to share with Fund shareholders economies of scale that may exist as the Fund’s assets grow.

Other Benefits to the Managers. In addition to considering the profits realized by the Managers, the Board considered information that was

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

provided regarding the direct and indirect benefits the Managers receive as a result of their relationship with the Fund, including compensation paid to the Managers’ affiliates and research provided to the Adviser in connection with permissible brokerage arrangements (soft dollar arrangements).

Conclusions. These factors were also considered by the independent Trustees meeting separately from the full Board, assisted by experienced counsel to the Fund and to the independent Trustees. Fund counsel and the independent Trustees’ counsel are independent of the Managers within the meaning and intent of the Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

Based on its review of the information it received and its evaluations described above, the Board, including a majority of the independent Trustees, decided to continue the Agreements through August 31, 2018. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any factor or factors as being more important than others, but considered all of the above information, and considered the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the management fees, in light of all the surrounding circumstances.

 

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PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES; UPDATES TO STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has adopted Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines under which the Fund votes proxies relating to securities (“portfolio proxies”) held by the Fund. A description of the Fund’s Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), (ii) on the Fund’s website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, 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 voting record is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), and (ii) in the Form N-PX filing on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first quarter and the third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q filings are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Those forms may 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 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited

 

 

Name, Position(s) Held with the Fund, Length of
Service, Year of Birth
   Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held;
Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Currently Overseen
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES    The address of each 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.

Robert J. Malone,

Chairman of the Board of Trustees (since 2016), Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1944

   Chairman - Colorado Market of MidFirst Bank (since January 2015); Chairman of the Board (2012-2016) and Director (August 2005-January 2016) of Jones International University (educational organization); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (2000-2016); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Steele Street Bank Trust (commercial banking) (August 2003-January 2015); Director of Opera Colorado Foundation (non-profit organization) (2008-2012); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (1986-2010); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2006-2010); 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 U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and gas exploration) (1997-February 2004); Chairman of the Board (1991-1994) and Trustee (1985-1994) of Regis University; and Chairman of the Board (1990-1991) and Member (1984-1999) of Young Presidents Organization. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Andrew J. Donohue,

Trustee (since 2017)

Year of Birth: 1950

   Of Counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP (since September 2017); Chief of Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (June 2015-February 2017); Managing Director and Investment Company General Counsel of Goldman Sachs (investment bank) (November 2012-May 2015); Partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP (law firm) (March 2011-October 2012); Director of the Division of Investment Management of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (May 2006-November 2010); Global General Counsel of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (investment firm) (May 2003-May 2006); General Counsel (October 1991-November 2001) and Executive Vice President (January 1993-November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (investment firm) (June 1991-November 2001). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Donohue has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2017, 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.

Jon S. Fossel,

Trustee (since 1990)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Chairman of the Board of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (2005-2015); Director of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (since March 2005); Chairman of the Board (2006-December 2011) and Director (June 2002-December 2011) of UNUMProvident (insurance company); Director of Northwestern Energy Corp. (public utility corporation) (November 2004-December 2009); 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 Sub-Adviser; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the following: Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (“OAC”) (parent holding company of the Sub-Adviser), Shareholders Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (until October 1995). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Richard F. Grabish,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1948

   Formerly Senior Vice President and Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing (March 1997-December 2007), Director (March 1987-December 2007) and Manager of Private Client Services (June 1985-June 2005) of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. (broker/dealer and investment firm); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (March 2001-December 2007); President and Vice Chairman of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (April 1987-March 2001); President of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (June 2005-December 2007). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Grabish has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2001, 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.

Beverly L. Hamilton,

Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1946

   Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (2000-2014); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (December 2005-June 2011); Director (1991-2016), Vice Chairman of the Board (2006- 2009) and Chairman of the Board (2010-2013) 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; 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Victoria J. Herget,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1951

   Board Chair (2008-2015) and Director (2004-Present), United Educators (insurance company); Trustee (since 2000) and Chair (since 2010), Newberry Library (independent research library); Trustee, Mather LifeWays (senior living organization) (since 2001); Independent Director of the First American Funds (mutual fund family) (2003-2011); former Managing Director (1993-2001), Principal (1985-1993), Vice President (1978-1985) and Assistant Vice President (1973-1978) of Zurich Scudder Investments (investment adviser) (and its predecessor firms); Trustee (1992-2007), Chair of the Board of Trustees (1999-2007), Investment Committee Chair (1994-1999) and Investment Committee member (2007-2010) of Wellesley College; Trustee, BoardSource (non-profit organization) (2006-2009) and Chicago City Day School (K-8 School) (1994-2005). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Herget has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited / Continued

 

F. William Marshall, Jr.,

Trustee (since 2000)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Trustee Emeritus of Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI) (private university) (since 2009); Trustee of MassMutual Select Funds (formerly MassMutual Institutional Funds) (investment company) (1996-2015), MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (1996-2015) and Mass Mutual Premier Funds (investment company) (January 2012-December 2015); President and Treasurer of the SIS Charitable Fund (private charitable fund) (January 1999-March 2011); 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Karen L. Stuckey,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1953

   Member (since May 2015) of Desert Mountain Community Foundation Advisory Board (non-profit organization); Partner (1990-2012) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (professional services firm) (held various positions 1975-1990); Trustee (1992- 2006); member of Executive, Nominating and Audit Committees and Chair of Finance Committee (1992-2006), and Emeritus Trustee (since 2006) of Lehigh University; and member, Women’s Investment Management Forum (professional organization) since inception. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Stuckey has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.

James D. Vaughn,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1945

   Retired; former managing partner (1994-2001) of Denver office of Deloitte & Touche LLP, (held various positions 1969- 1993); Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Schroder Funds (2003-2012); Board member and Chairman of Audit Committee of AMG National Trust Bank (since 2005); Trustee and Investment Committee member, University of South Dakota Foundation (since 1996); Board member, Audit Committee Member and past Board Chair, Junior Achievement (since 1993); former Board member, Mile High United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Economic Club of Colorado and Metro Denver Network. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Vaughn has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.
      
INTERESTED TRUSTEE AND OFFICER    Mr. Steinmetz is an “Interested Trustee” because he is affiliated with the Manager and the Sub-Adviser by virtue of his positions as Chairman and director of the Sub-Adviser and officer and director of the Manager. Both as a Trustee and as an officer, Mr. Steinmetz serves for an indefinite term, or until his resignation, retirement, death or removal. Mr. Steinmetz’s address is 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008.

Arthur P. Steinmetz,

Trustee (since 2015), President and Principal Executive Officer (since 2014) Year of Birth: 1958

   Chairman of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2015); CEO and Chairman of the Manager (since July 2014), President of the Manager (since May 2013), a Director of the Manager (since January 2013), Director of the Sub-Adviser (since July 2014), President, Management Director and CEO of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (the Sub-Adviser’s parent holding company) (since July 2014), and President and Director of OFI SteelPath, Inc. (since January 2013). Chief Investment Officer of the OppenheimerFunds advisory entities from (January 2013-December 2013); Executive Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-May 2013); Chief Investment Officer of the Sub-Adviser (October 2010-December 2012); Chief Investment Officer, Fixed- Income, of the Sub-Adviser (April 2009-October 2010); Executive Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 2009-December 2012); Director of Fixed Income of the Sub-Adviser (January 2009-April 2009); and a Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (March 1993-September 2009). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
      
OTHER OFFICERS OF THE FUND    The addresses of the Officers in the chart below are as follows: for Mr. Bhaman, Delano, Mss. Lo Bessette, Foxson and Picciotto, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008, for Mr. Petersen, 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.

Rajeev Bhaman,

Vice President (since 2004)

Year of Birth: 1963

   Director of Global Equities of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2013); Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since May 2006); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (January 1997-May 2006). An officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

John Delano,

Vice President (since 2017)

Year of Birth: 1972

   Senior Portfolio Manager of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2017); Vice President and Director of Equity Research, Global Team, of the Sub-Adviser (since October 2010); Director of Equity Research, Growth Team, of the Sub-Adviser since (April 2007 - October 2010). A portfolio manager and an officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Cynthia Lo Bessette,

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

(since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Manager (since February 2016); Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the Manager (March 2015-February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of the Sub-Adviser and the Distributor (since February 2016); Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (since February 2016); General Counsel of OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Advisors, LLC and Index Management Solutions, LLC (since February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of OFI Global Institutional, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, OFI Global Trust Company, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc. and Trinity Investment Management Corporation (since February 2016); Corporate Counsel (February 2012-March 2015) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (April 2013-March 2015) of Jennison Associates LLC; Assistant General Counsel (April 2008-September 2009) and Deputy General Counsel (October 2009-February 2012) of Lord Abbett & Co. LLC. An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Jennifer Foxson,

Vice President and Chief Business

Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since June 2014); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (April 2006-June 2014); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (January 1998-March 2006); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 1991-December 1998). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

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Mary Ann Picciotto,

Chief Compliance Officer and Chief

Anti-Money Laundering Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1973

   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager (since March 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of the Sub- Adviser, OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Global Trust Company, OFI Global Institutional, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments, Inc., Harborview Asset Management Corporation, Trinity Investment Management Corporation, and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2014); Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and certain of its various affiliated entities; Chief Compliance Officer of various Morgan Stanley Funds (May 2010-January 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (April 2007-January 2014). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Brian S. Petersen,

Treasurer and Principal Financial & Accounting Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1970

   Senior Vice President of the Manager (since January 2017); Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-January 2017); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (February 2007-December 2012); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (August 2002- 2007). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and Officers and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1.800.988.8287.

 

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OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL FUND/VA

A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

Manager      OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser      OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Distributor      OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Transfer and Shareholder

Servicing Agent

     OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Transfer Agent      Shareholder Services, Inc.
     DBA OppenheimerFunds Services

Independent Registered

Public

Accounting

Firm

     KPMG LLP
Legal Counsel      Ropes & Gray LLP
     Before investing in any of the Oppenheimer funds, investors should carefully consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses contain this and other information about the funds, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor, visiting oppenheimerfunds.com or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.
     © 2018 OppenheimerFunds, Inc. All rights reserved. Oppenheimer funds are distributed by OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

 

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   LOGO

  December 31, 2017

 

     
 

 

    Oppenheimer

      Annual Report  
 

Main Street Fund®/VA

   
 

     A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

   
     

 

ANNUAL REPORT

Listing of Top Holdings

Fund Performance Discussion

Financial Statements


PORTFOLIO MANAGERS: Manind Govil, CFA, Benjamin Ram and Paul Larson

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS FOR THE PERIODS ENDED 12/31/17

 

     Inception
Date
        1-Year      5-Year     10-Year  

Non-Service Shares

     7/5/95           16.91     14.49     7.74

Service Shares

     7/13/00           16.63       14.20       7.46  

S&P 500 Index

                21.83       15.79       8.50  

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account.

 

TOP HOLDINGS AND ALLOCATIONS

TOP TEN COMMON STOCK HOLDINGS

 

Apple, Inc.

     5.7        

Alphabet, Inc., Cl. C

     4.9          

Citigroup, Inc.

     3.2          

Comcast Corp., Cl. A

     3.1          

PepsiCo, Inc.

     3.0          

Facebook, Inc., Cl. A

     2.7          

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     2.7          

Merck & Co., Inc.

     2.7          

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Cl. B

     2.3          

Suncor Energy, Inc.

     2.3          

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on net assets. For more current Fund holdings, please visit oppenheimerfunds.com.

 

 

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

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Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on the total market value of common stocks.

 

 

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Fund Performance Discussion

During the reporting period, the Fund’s Non-Service shares produced a return of 16.91%. In comparison, the S&P 500 Index (the “Index”) returned 21.83%. The Fund underperformed the Index in the Industrials, Health Care and Utilities sectors due mainly to stock selection. The Fund outperformed the Index in Energy and Financials due to stock selection, while an underweight position in Telecommunication Services also helped.

MARKET OVERVIEW

2017 was a banner year in terms of fundamentals for the U.S. economy. One of the longest job expansions in U.S. history continued with more than 2 million jobs added for the seventh consecutive year and unemployment close to an all-time low. There were various other signs of improvement as well, in everything from high consumer confidence scores to declining murder rates in big cities (New York and Los Angeles were at record lows). Despite this, the inflation rate remained low. Most importantly for equity investors, U.S. corporate revenues and earnings growth accelerated.

These trends helped the equity market continue its strong upward trend in the fourth quarter, topping off a year that saw the S&P 500 Index post a total return of a robust 21.83%. The rally in the market was unusual in several aspects. First, the Index posted positive total returns in every single month of the year, which is something the Index has never done before. The market was also extremely calm, as market volatility (as measured by the CBOE Volatility Index) hit a new all-time low for the year. Finally, cumulative losses on the down days during 2017 were the lowest on record. For many, the investor experience of 2017 was about as good as it gets.

While nearly all parts of the market rose in 2017, there were some notable differences within the market. Namely, large capitalization stocks outperformed smaller capitalization stocks, and companies on the “growth” part of the spectrum vastly outperformed the “value” names.

Several factors drove investors’ increased appetite for risk. For one, the underlying economy remained on the steady growth track that it has been on for several years. And though the Federal Reserve raised rates a couple times during the year, liquidity remained abundant with interest rates still at historically low levels. Last but not least, excitement around corporate tax reform drove expectations for a burst in corporate profitability and overall economic growth.

As investors, it is important to know what is and what is not within one’s circle of competence. As such, we strive to keep the portfolio in an all-weather orientation. Whether rates, commodity prices, currencies or even whole economies go up or down, our goal is to have a portfolio that is positioned to out-perform no matter the environment.

Second, we believe we have the skills to identify company management teams that are likely to successfully execute on their business plans. Lastly, correctly valuing stocks and seeing what expectations the market is pricing in is also within our skillset. It is not by accident that we weight the portfolio more heavily towards companies that we believe have structural competitive advantages and/or management teams that are executing (e.g., gaining market share, expanding profit margins), with at least reasonable stock valuations. Companies with these qualities generally have more stable earnings.

TOP INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS

Top contributors to relative performance this period included information technology stocks Apple and PayPal Holdings, and Financials holding Progressive. Apple has done well this year since reporting earnings results that eased prior fears of mediocre product acceptance. Sales of the new iPhone have been strong and the company has displayed pricing power as well. PayPal has continued to benefit from strong revenue growth driven by impressive customer acquisition and engagement, as well as the secular tailwinds of electronic payments and e-commerce spending. Progressive continued to beat consensus earnings expectations during the quarter driven by market share gains in auto insurance, better pricing (higher premiums), and lower than expected auto claims. We continue to view the company favorably and expect management to continue to display superior execution.

TOP INDIVIDUAL DETRACTORS

Top detractors from relative performance included General Electric, PG&E and AutoZone. General Electric underperformed this reporting period and recently underwent a CEO change. During November, there was general investor disappointment regarding the aggressiveness of the restructuring plan outlined by the new CEO. While largely anticipated, the company also announced a cut to the dividend. PG&E is one of the largest utility companies in California. The stock has been under pressure since the start of the Northern California wildfires due to concerns that some of the company’s equipment may have played a role in some of the fires. The stock saw further pressure after the company announced they would be suspending the dividend to preserve cash for potential future claims. AutoZone’s underperformance has been driven by a deceleration in same store sales and the narrative that the deceleration was partially being driven by

 

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Amazon encroaching on the auto parts retail business. The stock has rebounded more recently after a stabilization of same store sales and lessening concerns about the health of the industry.

STRATEGY & OUTLOOK

At the moment, the U.S. economy continues its “slow and steady” growth. This is being driven by favorable data around employment, wages and inflation. Rising home prices and innovation also continue to help drive the economy higher. Moreover, corporate tax reform will lead to a jump in earnings and cash flow for most companies, and it will more likely than not lead to a boost in economic growth in the short term. While the economic expansionary cycle is indeed long in the tooth, the economic growth has been at relatively low rates, suggesting it could continue for a while longer.

We are afraid companies are addicted to low interest rates, which have been low for almost a decade now. We believe the risks inherent to this market include the misallocation of capital if interest rates were to rise materially. As the markets have risen, we find fewer companies with attractive fundamentals that are attractively priced. We intend to maintain our discipline around valuation. Additionally, while innovation is alive and well and continuing to help generate economic growth, fundamental disruptions across market segments have been elevated. We continue to be focused on potential disruption risk to our companies.

Volatility in the markets was unusually low in 2017. We expect heightened uncertainty to return to the equity markets eventually. Traditionally, during periods of economic uncertainty and heightened market volatility, investors favor stocks of higher quality companies—with greater consistency and stability of revenue and earnings—leading to relatively better stock performance of those companies. We think focusing on companies with economic moats and skilled management teams positions us well, should this environment come to pass. During times of economic volatility such companies frequently widen their lead over weaker competitors. We seek to invest in companies, characterized by these qualities, at compelling valuations and believe this disciplined approach is essential to generating superior long-term performance.

Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The Fund’s prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information about the Fund, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.

Total returns include changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions in a hypothetical investment for the periods shown, but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund.

The Fund’s investment strategy and focus can change over time. The mention of specific fund holdings does not constitute a recommendation by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. or its affiliates.

Shares of Oppenheimer funds are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not guaranteed by any bank, are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency, and involve investment risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested.

Comparing the Fund’s Performance to the Market. The graphs that follow show the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in each share class of the Fund held until December 31, 2017. Performance is measured over a ten-fiscal-year period for both Classes. Performance information does not reflect charges that apply to separate accounts investing in the Fund. If these charges were taken into account, performance would be lower. The graphs assume that all dividends and capital gains distributions were reinvested in additional shares.

The Fund’s performance is compared to the performance of the S&P 500 Index. The S&P 500 Index is a broad-based measure of domestic stock performance. The Index is unmanaged and cannot be purchased directly by investors. While index comparisons may be useful to provide a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, it must be noted that the Fund’s investments are not limited to the investments comprising the Index. Index performance includes reinvestment of income, but does not reflect transaction costs, fees, expenses or taxes. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only as a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, and does not predict or depict performance of the Fund. The Fund’s performance reflects the effects of the Fund’s business and operating expenses.

 

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COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Returns of Non-Service Shares of the Fund at 12/31/17

1-Year      16.91%             5-Year      14.49%            10-Year       7.74%

 

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Returns of Service Shares of the Fund at 12/31/17

1-Year      16.63%             5-Year      14.20%            10-Year       7.46%

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account.

 

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Fund Expenses

Fund Expenses. As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service fees; and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire 6-month period ended December 31, 2017.

Actual Expenses. The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section for the class of shares you hold, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expense that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600.00 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.60), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During 6 Months Ended December 31, 2017” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes.

The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio for each class of shares, and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year for each class before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example for the class of shares you hold with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any charges associated with the separate accounts that offer this Fund. Therefore, the “hypothetical” lines of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these separate account charges were included your costs would have been higher.

 

Actual   

Beginning

Account

Value

July 1, 2017        

    

Ending

Account

Value
December 31, 2017        

    

Expenses

Paid During

6 Months Ended

December 31, 2017        

 

Non-Service shares

     $     1,000.00        $     1,067.20                    $       4.07              

Service shares

     1,000.00        1,065.80                    5.38              

Hypothetical

        

(5% return before expenses)

                          

Non-Service shares

     1,000.00        1,021.27                    3.98              

Service shares

     1,000.00        1,020.01                    5.26              

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for that class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). Those annualized expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated funds, based on the 6-month period ended December 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

Class    Expense Ratios          

Non-Service shares

           0.78                 

Service shares

           1.03                   

The expense ratios reflect voluntary and/or contractual waivers and/or reimbursements of expenses by the Fund’s Manager. Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time, as indicated in the Fund’s prospectus. The “Financial Highlights” tables in the Fund’s financial statements, included in this report, also show the gross expense ratios, without such waivers or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, if applicable.

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS December 31, 2017

 

     Shares      Value   

 

 

Common Stocks—98.5%

     

 

 

Consumer Discretionary—11.5%

 

 

 

Auto Components—0.9%

     

 

 

Aptiv plc

     115,650      $         9,810,590   

 

 

Delphi Technologies plc1

     38,550        2,022,718   
     

 

 

 
       

 

11,833,308 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—1.9%

 

 

 

McDonald’s Corp.

     152,420        26,234,530   

 

 

Household Durables—1.1%

 

 

 

Whirlpool Corp.

     84,340        14,223,098   

 

 

Media—3.1%

 

 

 

Comcast Corp., Cl. A

     1,047,480        41,951,574   

 

 

Specialty Retail—4.5%

 

 

 

CarMax, Inc.1

     221,010        14,173,371   

 

 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     277,580        25,798,285   

 

 

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.1

     85,540        20,575,792   
     

 

 

 
       

 

60,547,448 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Staples—7.9%

 

 

 

Beverages—3.0%

 

 

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

     343,640        41,209,309   

 

 

Food Products—3.1%

 

 

 

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

     283,775        22,066,344   

 

 

Mondelez International, Inc., Cl. A

     448,410        19,191,948   
     

 

 

 
       

 

41,258,292 

 

 

 

 

 

Tobacco—1.8%

 

 

 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     232,669        24,581,480   

 

 

Energy—5.8%

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services—1.6%

 

 

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

     316,370        21,320,174   

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—4.2%

 

 

 

Magellan Midstream Partners LP2

     366,575        26,004,831   

 

 

Suncor Energy, Inc.

     825,960        30,329,251   
     

 

 

 
       

 

56,334,082 

 

 

 

 

 

Financials—21.0%

 

 

 

Capital Markets—6.1%

 

 

 

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

     399,850        21,535,921   

 

 

CME Group, Inc., Cl. A

     131,530        19,209,957   

 

 

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     297,220        20,971,843   

 

 

S&P Global, Inc.

     117,901        19,972,429   
     

 

 

 
       

 

81,690,150 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Banks—5.7%

 

 

 

Citigroup, Inc.

     575,218        42,801,971   

 

 

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     235,620        15,218,696   

 

 

US Bancorp

     345,450        18,509,211   
     

 

 

 
       

 

76,529,878 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Finance—2.1%

 

 

 

American Express Co.

     163,400        16,227,254   

 

 

Discover Financial Services

     166,403        12,799,719   
     

 

 

 
       

 

29,026,973 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services—2.3%

 

 

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Cl. B1

     157,290        31,178,024   

 

 

Insurance—3.6%

 

 

 

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     215,670        17,553,381   

 

 

MetLife, Inc.

     199,260        10,074,586   

 

 

Progressive Corp. (The)

     363,800        20,489,216   
     

 

 

 
       

 

48,117,183 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—1.2%

 

 

 
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.      96,700        9,724,152   

 

 

Ventas, Inc.

     113,110        6,787,731   
     

 

 

 
        16,511,883   
     Shares      Value   

 

 

Health Care—13.8%

 

 

 

Biotechnology—2.9%

 

 

 

Celgene Corp.1

     223,480      $         23,322,373   

 

 

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     210,330        15,068,041   
     

 

 

 
       

 

38,390,414 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies—1.9%

 

 

 

Boston Scientific Corp.1

     446,820        11,076,668   

 

 

Stryker Corp.

     94,360        14,610,702   
     

 

 

 
       

 

25,687,370 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services—4.5%

 

 

 

DaVita, Inc.1

     131,440        9,496,540   

 

 

Express Scripts Holding Co.1

     204,687        15,277,837   

 

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     164,180        36,195,123   
     

 

 

 
       

 

60,969,500 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Technology—0.7%

 

 

 

Cerner Corp.1

     147,280        9,925,199   

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services—0.7%

 

 

 

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     132,680        8,885,580   

 

 

Pharmaceuticals—3.1%

 

 

 

Merck & Co., Inc.

     643,060        36,184,986   

 

 
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.1      263,510        5,475,738   
     

 

 

 
       

 

41,660,724 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrials—9.9%

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense—2.0%

 

 

 

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     85,670        27,504,354   

 

 

Airlines—0.5%

 

 

 

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

     85,280        6,268,933   

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies—1.6%

 

 

 

Johnson Controls International plc

     311,635        11,876,410   

 

 

Republic Services, Inc., Cl. A

     143,860        9,726,374   
     

 

 

 
       

 

21,602,784 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates—1.5%

 

 

 

General Electric Co.

     1,172,245        20,455,675   

 

 

Professional Services—1.5%

 

 

 

Equifax, Inc.

     54,800        6,462,016   

 

 

Nielsen Holdings plc

     362,520        13,195,728   
     

 

 

 
        19,657,744   

 

 

Road & Rail—2.1%

 

 

 

Canadian National Railway Co.

     201,100        16,590,750   

 

 

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

     60,900        11,130,084   
     

 

 

 
       

 

27,720,834 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors—0.7%

 

 

 

Fastenal Co.

     176,380        9,646,222   

 

 

Information Technology—21.6%

 

 

 

Communications Equipment—1.8%

 

 

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     189,350        7,252,105   

 

 

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

     185,100        16,721,934   
     

 

 

 
       

 

23,974,039 

 

 

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services—8.8%

 

 

 

Alphabet, Inc., Cl. C1

     62,506        65,406,279   

 

 

eBay, Inc.1

     430,530        16,248,202   

 

 

Facebook, Inc., Cl. A1

     206,850        36,500,751   
     

 

 

 
       

 

118,155,232 

 

 

 

 

 

IT Services—2.6%

 

 

 

Amdocs Ltd.

     268,300        17,568,284   

 

 

PayPal Holdings, Inc.1

     244,910        18,030,274   
     

 

 

 
       

 

35,598,558 

 

 

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—1.9%

 

 

 

Applied Materials, Inc.

     349,710        17,877,175   

 

 

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

     144,800        7,570,144   
     

 

 

 
        25,447,319   
 

 

7        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Shares      Value   

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—6.5%

 

 

 

Apple, Inc.

     453,066      $ 76,672,359   

 

 

Western Digital Corp.

     139,215        11,071,769   
     

 

 

 
        87,744,128   

 

 

Materials—3.0%

     

 

 

Chemicals—2.3%

     

 

 

DowDuPont, Inc.

     197,107        14,037,961   

 

 

PPG Industries, Inc.

     142,420        16,637,504   
     

 

 

 
        30,675,465   

 

 

Construction Materials—0.7%

     

 

 

Vulcan Materials Co.

     77,140        9,902,462   

 

 

Telecommunication Services—1.9%

     

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services—1.9%

 

 

 
Verizon Communications, Inc.      471,935        24,979,519   
    Shares     Value   

 

 

Utilities—2.1%

   

 

 

Electric Utilities—1.0%

   

 

 

PG&E Corp.

    305,020     $ 13,674,047   

 

 

Multi-Utilities—1.1%

   

 

 

National Grid plc

    1,296,690       15,232,204   
   

 

 

 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $905,140,531)       1,326,305,692   
   

 

 

Investment Company—1.4%

   

 

 

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 1.22%3,4 (Cost $19,085,774)

    19,085,774       19,085,774   

 

 
Total Investments, at Value (Cost $924,226,305)     99.9     1,345,391,466   

 

 

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

    0.1       1,542,175   
 

 

 

 

Net Assets

    100.0   $ 1,346,933,641   
 

 

 

 
 

 

Footnotes to Statement of Investments

1. Non-income producing security.

2. Security is a Master Limited Partnership.

3. Rate shown is the 7-day yield at period end.

4. Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, at or during the reporting period, by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment adviser. Transactions during the reporting period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:

 

      Shares
December 31, 2016
   

Gross

Additions

   

Gross

Reductions

    Shares
December 31, 2017
 

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E

     11,146,627       259,690,919       251,751,772       19,085,774  
      Value     Income    

Realized

Gain (Loss)

    Change in Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E

   $                     19,085,774     $                     174,107     $                                 —     $                             —    

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

8        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES December 31, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

  

Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments:

  

Unaffiliated companies (cost $905,140,531)

    $     1,326,305,692       

Affiliated companies (cost $19,085,774)

     19,085,774       
  

 

 

 
     1,345,391,466       

 

 

Cash

     751,616       

 

 

Receivables and other assets:

  

Dividends

     2,661,998       

Investments sold

     1,028,334       

Shares of beneficial interest sold

     385,084       

Other

     141,596       
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     1,350,360,094       

 

 

Liabilities

  

Payables and other liabilities:

  

Investments purchased

     2,327,780       

Shares of beneficial interest redeemed

     708,136       

Distribution and service plan fees

     168,093       

Trustees’ compensation

     125,652       

Shareholder communications

     47,387       

Other

     49,405       
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     3,426,453       

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 1,346,933,641       
  

 

 

 
  

 

 

Composition of Net Assets

  

Par value of shares of beneficial interest

    $ 42,022       

 

 

Additional paid-in capital

     802,733,819       

 

 

Accumulated net investment income

     11,535,135       

 

 

Accumulated net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions

     111,461,873       

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

     421,160,792       
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 1,346,933,641       
  

 

 

 
  

 

 

Net Asset Value Per Share

  

Non-Service Shares:

  
Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $561,554,490 and 17,412,554 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)       $32.25       

 

 

Service Shares:

  
Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $785,379,151 and 24,609,191 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)       $31.91       

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

9        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

 

Investment Income

  

 

Dividends:

 

  

Unaffiliated companies (net of foreign withholding taxes of $192,705)

 

     $

 

        24,971,192    

 

 

 

Affiliated companies

     174,107      
  

 

 

 

 

Total investment income

     25,145,299      

 

 

Expenses

 

  

Management fees

     8,715,696      

 

 

Distribution and service plan fees — Service shares

     1,970,256      

 

 

Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:

  

 

Non-Service shares

     535,481      

 

Service shares

     787,915      

 

 

Shareholder communications:

  

 

Non-Service shares

     54,320      

 

Service shares

     80,041      

 

 

Trustees’ compensation

     45,096      

 

 

Borrowing fees

     35,837      

 

 

Custodian fees and expenses

     9,172      

 

 

Other

     108,874      
  

 

 

 

Total expenses

     12,342,688      

 

Less reduction to custodian expenses

     (307)      

 

Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses

     (19,816)      
  

 

 

 

Net expenses

     12,322,565      

 

 

Net Investment Income

     12,822,734      

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

  

 

Net realized gain (loss) on:

  

 

Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies

     121,851,005      

 

Foreign currency transactions

     (10,983)      
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain

     121,840,022      

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

  

 

Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies

     68,958,567      

 

Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

     13,308      
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

     68,971,875      

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     $ 203,634,631      
  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

10        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET FUND/VA


STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2017
   

Year Ended

December 31, 2016

 

 

 

Operations

    

 

Net investment income

     $ 12,822,734        $ 12,636,575     

 

 

Net realized gain

     121,840,022          29,438,205     

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     68,971,875          88,749,651     
  

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

 

    

 

203,634,631   

 

 

 

   

 

130,824,431   

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders

    

 

Dividends from net investment income:

    

 

Non-Service shares

     (6,687,663)         (5,704,267)    

 

Service shares

     (8,150,647)         (6,065,396)    
  

 

 

 
     (14,838,310)         (11,769,663)    

 

 

Distributions from net realized gain:

    

 

Non-Service shares

     (8,972,517)         (60,632,295)    

 

Service shares

     (13,368,399)         (84,601,632)    
  

 

 

 
     (22,340,916)         (145,233,927)    

 

 

Beneficial Interest Transactions

    

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:

    

 

Non-Service shares

     9,551,567          (20,488,952)    

 

Service shares

     (86,863,753)         70,674,306     
  

 

 

 
     (77,312,186)         50,185,354     

 

 

Net Assets

    

 

Total increase

     89,143,219          24,006,195     

 

 

Beginning of period

     1,257,790,422          1,233,784,227     
  

 

 

 

End of period (including accumulated net investment income of $11,535,135 and $12,234,256, respectively)

     $     1,346,933,641        $     1,257,790,422     
  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

11        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET FUND/VA


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

Non-Service Shares   

Year Ended
    December 31,

2017

    Year Ended
  December 31,
2016
    Year Ended
  December 31,
2015
    Year Ended
  December 31,
2014
    Year Ended
  December 31,
2013
 

Per Share Operating Data

                                        

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $28.41       $29.24       $33.61       $31.24       $23.97  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income1

     0.34       0.33       0.33       0.28       0.24  

Net realized and unrealized gain

     4.41       2.76       0.80       3.01       7.33  
  

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     4.75       3.09       1.13       3.29       7.57  

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.39)       (0.34)       (0.32)       (0.27)       (0.30)  

Distributions from net realized gain

     (0.52)       (3.58)       (5.18)       (0.65)       0.00  
  

 

 

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

     (0.91)       (3.92)       (5.50)       (0.92)       (0.30)  

Net asset value, end of period

     $32.25       $28.41       $29.24       $33.61       $31.24  
  

 

 

 

    

          

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value2

     16.91%       11.62%       3.33%       10.70%       31.77%  

    

          

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

     $561,555       $485,196       $518,456       $559,933       $561,016  

Average net assets (in thousands)

     $535,770       $502,522       $541,020       $554,449       $517,750  

Ratios to average net assets:3

          

Net investment income

     1.12%       1.16%       1.05%       0.86%       0.87%  

Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below

     0.78%       0.79%       0.78%       0.77%       0.78%  

Interest and fees from borrowings

     0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%       0.00%  
  

 

 

 

Total expenses5

     0.78%       0.79%       0.78%       0.77%       0.78%  

Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses

     0.78%6       0.79%6       0.78%6       0.77%6       0.78%6  

Portfolio turnover rate

     35%       33%       44%       43%       49%  

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

3. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

4. Less than 0.005%.

5. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

        Year Ended December 31, 2017

     0.78

        Year Ended December 31, 2016

     0.79

        Year Ended December 31, 2015

     0.78

        Year Ended December 31, 2014

     0.77

        Year Ended December 31, 2013

     0.78

6. Waiver was less than 0.005%.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

12        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET FUND/VA


 

 

 

Service Shares

    

Year Ended
    December 31,
2017


 
   

Year Ended
  December 31,
2016


 
   

Year Ended
  December 31,
2015


 
   

Year Ended
  December 31,
2014


 
   

Year Ended
  December 31,
2013


 

 

 

Per Share Operating Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $28.12       $28.98       $33.33       $30.99       $23.78  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income1

     0.26       0.26       0.25       0.19       0.17  

Net realized and unrealized gain

     4.37       2.72       0.80       2.99       7.27  
  

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     4.63       2.98       1.05       3.18       7.44  

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.32)       (0.26)       (0.22)       (0.19)       (0.23)  

Distributions from net realized gain

     (0.52)       (3.58)       (5.18)       (0.65)       0.00  
  

 

 

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

     (0.84)       (3.84)       (5.40)       (0.84)       (0.23)  

Net asset value, end of period

     $31.91       $28.12       $28.98       $33.33       $30.99  
  

 

 

 

    

          

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value2

     16.63%       11.30%       3.11%       10.40%       31.44%  

    

          

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

     $785,379       $772,594       $715,328       $806,023       $915,027  

Average net assets (in thousands)

     $788,342       $725,836       $757,218       $856,467       $895,073  

Ratios to average net assets:3

          

Net investment income

     0.87%       0.94%       0.80%       0.61%       0.62%  

Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below

     1.03%       1.04%       1.03%       1.02%       1.04%  

Interest and fees from borrowings

     0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%       0.00%  
  

 

 

 

Total expenses5

     1.03%       1.04%       1.03%       1.02%       1.04%  

Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses

     1.03%6       1.04%6       1.03%6       1.02%6       1.04%6  

Portfolio turnover rate

     35%       33%       44%       43%       49%  

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

3. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

4. Less than 0.005%.

5. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

        Year Ended December 31, 2017

     1.03

        Year Ended December 31, 2016

     1.04

        Year Ended December 31, 2015

     1.03

        Year Ended December 31, 2014

     1.02

        Year Ended December 31, 2013

     1.04

6. Waiver was less than 0.005%.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

13        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET FUND/VA


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2017

 

 

1. Organization

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA (the “Fund”), a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, is a diversified open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as amended. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation. The Fund’s investment adviser is OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”). The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI. Shares of the Fund are sold only to separate accounts of life insurance companies.

The Fund offers two classes of shares. Both classes are sold at their offering price, which is the net asset value per share, to separate investment accounts of participating insurance companies as an underlying investment for variable life insurance policies, variable annuity contracts or other investment products. The class of shares designated as Service shares is subject to a distribution and service plan. Both classes of shares have identical rights and voting privileges with respect to the Fund in general and exclusive voting rights on matters that affect that class alone. Earnings, net assets and net asset value per share may differ due to each class having its own expenses, such as transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees and shareholder communications, directly attributable to that class.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed in the Fund’s preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Security Valuation. All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.

Foreign Currency Translation. The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Any foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:

(1) Value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange rates prevailing at Market Close as described in Note 3.

(2) Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

Although the net assets and the values are presented at the foreign exchange rates at Market Close, the Fund does not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments shown in the Statement of Operations.

For securities, which are subject to foreign withholding tax upon disposition, realized gains or losses on such securities are recorded net of foreign withholding tax.

Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding tax reclaims recorded on the Fund’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.

Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other than those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated on a daily basis to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a specific class are charged against the operations of that class.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. GAAP, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually or at other times as determined necessary by the Manager.

Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends, if any, and capital gains taxes on foreign investments, if any, have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable tax rules and regulations. Interest income, if any, is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.

Return of Capital Estimates. Distributions received from the Fund’s investments in Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and Real Estate Investments Trusts (REITs), generally are comprised of income and return of capital. The Fund records investment income and return of capital based on estimates. Such estimates are based on historical information available from each MLP, REIT and other industry sources. These estimates may subsequently be revised based on information received from MLPs and REITs after their tax reporting periods are concluded.

Custodian Fees. “Custodian fees and expenses” in the Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by the Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. The Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by positive cash balances maintained by the Fund, at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 2.00%. The “Reduction to custodian expenses” line item, if applicable, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings.

 

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Security Transactions. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

Indemnifications. The Fund’s organizational documents provide current and former Trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income, including any net realized gain on investments not offset by capital loss carryforwards, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s tax return filings generally remains open for the three preceding fiscal reporting period ends. The Fund has analyzed its tax positions for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, including open tax years, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Fund’s financial statements.

The tax components of capital shown in the following table represent distribution requirements the Fund must satisfy under the income tax regulations, losses the Fund may be able to offset against income and gains realized in future years and unrealized appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes.

 

Undistributed

Net Investment

Income

   Undistributed
Long-Term
Gain
     Accumulated
Loss
Carryforward1,2,3,4
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
Based on cost of
Securities and
Other Investments
for Federal Income
Tax Purposes
 

$27,437,720

     $96,895,473        $21,074        $419,971,326  

1. At period end, the Fund had $16,688 of net capital loss carryforward available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, and thereby reduce future taxable gain distributions. Details of the capital loss carryforwards are included in the table below. Capital loss carryovers with no expiration, if any, must be utilized prior to those with expiration dates.

 

Expiring  

No expiration

   $                                 16,688   

Of these losses, $16,688 are subject to loss limitation rules resulting from merger activity. These limitations generally reduce the utilization of these losses to a maximum of $163,657 per year.

2. The Fund had $4,386 of straddle losses which were deferred.

3. During the reporting period, the Fund utilized $109,852 of capital loss carryforward to offset capital gains realized in that fiscal year.

4. During the previous reporting period, the Fund utilized $2,513,988 of capital loss carryforward to offset capital gains realized in that fiscal year.

Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes. The character of dividends and distributions made during the fiscal year from net investment income or net realized gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax requirements, which may differ from the character of net investment income or net realized gains presented in those financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Also, due to timing of dividends and distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or net realized gain was recorded by the Fund.

Accordingly, the following amounts have been reclassified for the reporting period. Net assets of the Fund were unaffected by the reclassifications.

 

Increase

to Paid-in Capital

   Increase
to Accumulated
Net Investment
Income
    Reduction
to Accumulated Net
Realized Gain
on Investments5
 

$9,349,839

     $1,316,455       $10,666,294  

5. $9,248,917, including $8,033,218 of long-term capital gain, was distributed in connection with Fund share redemptions.

The tax character of distributions paid during the reporting periods:

 

      Year Ended
December 31, 2017
    Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

Distributions paid from:

    

Ordinary income

   $ 14,838,310     $ 16,035,719  

Long-term capital gain

     22,340,916       140,967,871  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 37,179,226     $ 157,003,590  
  

 

 

 

 

15        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET FUND/VA


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

The aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes at period end are noted in the following table. The primary difference between book and tax appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments, if applicable, is attributable to the tax deferral of losses or tax realization of financial statement unrealized gain or loss.

 

Federal tax cost of securities

   $     925,415,771     
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 446,198,069     

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (26,226,743)    
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 419,971,326     
  

 

 

 

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

 

3. Securities Valuation

The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is open for trading, except in the case of a scheduled early closing of the Exchange, in which case the Fund will calculate net asset value of the shares as of the scheduled early closing time of the Exchange.

The Fund’s Board has adopted procedures for the valuation of the Fund’s securities and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for valuation determinations under those procedures to the Manager. The Manager has established a Valuation Committee which is responsible for determining a fair valuation for any security for which market quotations are not readily available. The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Fund’s Board at least quarterly or more frequently, if necessary.

Valuation Methods and Inputs

Securities are valued primarily using unadjusted quoted market prices, when available, as supplied by third party pricing services or broker-dealers.

The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or the fair value of the types of securities described below:

Equity securities traded on a securities exchange (including exchange-traded derivatives other than futures and futures options) are valued based on the official closing price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the Manager, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. If the official closing price is unavailable, the security is valued at the last sale price on the principal exchange on which it is traded, or if no sales occurred, the security is valued at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Over-the-counter equity securities are valued at the last published sale price, or if no sales occurred, at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Events occurring after the close of trading on foreign exchanges may result in adjustments to the valuation of foreign securities to more accurately reflect their fair value as of the time when the Fund’s assets are valued.

Shares of a registered investment company that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that investment company’s net asset value per share.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or when a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, are fair valued either (i) by a standardized fair valuation methodology applicable to the security type or the significant event as previously approved by the Valuation Committee and the Fund’s Board or (ii) as determined in good faith by the Manager’s Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee considers all relevant facts that are reasonably available, through either public information or information available to the Manager, when determining the fair value of a security. Those standardized fair valuation methodologies include, but are not limited to, valuing securities at the last sale price or initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be further adjusted for any discounts related to security-specific resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities nor can it be assured that the Fund can obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security.

Classifications

Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Various data inputs may be used in determining the value of each of the Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

1) Level 1-unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)

2) Level 2-inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)

3) Level 3-significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager’s own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability).

The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

The Fund classifies each of its investments in investment companies which are publicly offered as Level 1. Investment companies that are not publicly

 

16        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET FUND/VA


 

3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

offered, if any, are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end based on valuation input level:

 

   

Level 1—

Unadjusted
Quoted Prices

     Level 2—
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
     Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Value    

 

 

Assets Table

          

Investments, at Value:

          

Common Stocks

          

Consumer Discretionary

  $ 154,789,958      $      $      $ 154,789,958    

Consumer Staples

    107,049,081                      107,049,081    

Energy

    77,654,256                      77,654,256    

Financials

    283,054,091                      283,054,091    

Health Care

    185,518,787                      185,518,787    

Industrials

    132,856,546                      132,856,546    

Information Technology

    290,919,276                      290,919,276    

Materials

    40,577,927                      40,577,927    

Telecommunication Services

    24,979,519                      24,979,519    

Utilities

    13,674,047        15,232,204               28,906,251    

Investment Company

    19,085,774                      19,085,774    
 

 

 

 

Total Assets

  $               1,330,159,262      $               15,232,204      $                           —      $               1,345,391,466    
 

 

 

 

Forward currency exchange contracts and futures contracts, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.

 

 

4. Investments and Risks

Investments in Affiliated Funds. The Fund is permitted to invest in other mutual funds advised by the Manager (“Affiliated Funds”). Affiliated Funds are open-end management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Manager is the investment adviser of, and the Sub-Adviser provides investment and related advisory services to, the Affiliated Funds. When applicable, the Fund’s investments in Affiliated Funds are included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of Affiliated Funds are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of the Affiliated Funds’ expenses, including their management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in the Affiliated Funds.

Each of the Affiliated Funds in which the Fund invests has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the Fund’s investments and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one Affiliated Fund than in another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that Affiliated Fund.

Investments in Money Market Instruments. The Fund is permitted to invest its free cash balances in money market instruments to provide liquidity or for defensive purposes. The Fund may invest in money market instruments by investing in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund (“IGMMF”), which is an Affiliated Fund. IGMMF is regulated as a money market fund under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Fund may also invest in money market instruments directly or in other affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds.

Master Limited Partnerships (“MLPs”). MLPs issue common units that represent an equity ownership interest in a partnership and provide limited voting rights. MLP common units are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and are freely tradable on securities exchanges such as the NYSE and the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”), or in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. An MLP consists of one or more general partners, who conduct the business, and one or more limited partners, who contribute capital. MLP common unit holders have a limited role in the partnership’s operations and management. 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.

Equity Security Risk. Stocks and other equity securities fluctuate in price. The value of the Fund’s portfolio may be affected by changes in the equity markets generally. Equity markets may experience significant short-term volatility and may fall sharply at times. Different markets may behave differently from each other and U.S. equity markets may move in the opposite direction from one or more foreign stock markets. Adverse events in any part of the equity or fixed-income markets may have unexpected negative effects on other market segments.

The prices of individual equity securities 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 securities. 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.

 

17        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET FUND/VA


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

4. Investments and Risks (Continued)

Shareholder Concentration. At period end, one shareholder owned 20% or more of the Fund’s total outstanding shares.

 

 

5. Market Risk Factors

The Fund’s investments in securities and/or financial derivatives may expose the Fund to various market risk factors:

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

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

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

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.

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

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

 

 

6. Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest of each class. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

     Year Ended December 31, 2017            Year Ended December 31, 2016    
     Shares                 Amount            Shares         Amount    

 

 

Non-Service Shares

           

Sold

                     2,189,995     $             66,648,162          1,123,635     $             31,497,254     

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     515,816       15,660,180          2,522,303       66,336,562     

Acquisition—Note 10

     14,913       454,099                —     

Redeemed

     (2,388,470     (73,210,874        (4,296,043     (118,322,768)    
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     332,254     $ 9,551,567          (650,105   $ (20,488,952)    
  

 

 

 

 

 

Service Shares

           

Sold

     1,395,024     $ 42,024,615          4,774,619     $ 132,212,797     

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     715,394       21,519,046          3,477,830       90,667,028     

Acquisition—Note 10

     244,900       7,376,390                —     

Redeemed

     (5,216,278     (157,783,804        (5,466,756     (152,205,519)    
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (2,860,960   $ (86,863,753        2,785,693     $ 70,674,306     
  

 

 

 

 

 

7. Purchases and Sales of Securities

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term obligations and investments in IGMMF, for the reporting period were as follows:

 

      Purchases              Sales  

Investment securities

   $ 461,098,565         $ 577,122,786  

 

 

8. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:

  Fee Schedule      

  Up to $200 million

   0.75%    

  Next $200 million

   0.72       

  Next $200 million

   0.69       

  Next $200 million

   0.66       

  Next $200 million

   0.60       

  Next $4 billion

   0.58       

  Over $5 billion

   0.56       

 

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8. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

 

The Fund’s effective management fee for the reporting period was 0.66% of average annual net assets before any applicable waivers.

Sub-Adviser Fees. The Manager has retained the Sub-Adviser to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Manager pays the Sub-Adviser an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the investment management fee collected by the Manager from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any investment management fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Adviser is paid by the Manager, not by the Fund.

Transfer Agent Fees. OFI Global (the “Transfer Agent”) serves as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee based on annual net assets. Fees incurred and average net assets for each class with respect to these services are detailed in the Statement of Operations and Financial Highlights, respectively.

Sub-Transfer Agent Fees. The Transfer Agent has retained Shareholder Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFI (the “Sub-Transfer Agent”), to provide the day-to-day transfer agent and shareholder servicing of the Fund. Under the Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement, the Transfer Agent pays the Sub-Transfer Agent an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the transfer agent fee collected by the Transfer Agent from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any applicable fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Transfer Agent is paid by the Transfer Agent, not by the Fund.

Trustees’ Compensation. The Fund’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) has adopted a compensation deferral plan for Independent Trustees that enables Trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Trustees under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustees. The Fund purchases shares of the funds selected for deferral by the Trustees in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of “Other” within the asset section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of Trustees’ fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the compensation deferral plan.

Distribution and Service Plan for Service Shares. The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for Service shares to pay OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the “Distributor”), for distribution related services, personal service and account maintenance for the Fund’s Service shares. Under the Plan, payments are made periodically at an annual rate of 0.25% of the daily net assets of Service shares of the Fund. The Distributor currently uses all of those fees to compensate sponsors of the insurance product that offers Fund shares, for providing personal service and maintenance of accounts of their variable contract owners that hold Service shares. These fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an on-going basis and increase operating expenses of the Service shares, which results in lower performance compared to the Fund’s shares that are not subject to a service fee. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plan are detailed in the Statement of Operations.

Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. Prior to May 1, 2017, the Fund was subject to an expense limitation wherein the Fund’s expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, excluding any applicable dividend expense, taxes, interest and fees from borrowing, any subsidiary expenses, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, brokerage commissions, unusual and infrequent expenses and certain other Fund expenses, as percentages of daily net assets, would not exceed the annual rate of 0.80% for Non-Service shares and 1.05% for Service shares. Effective May 1, 2017, this expense limitation has been removed.

The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in IGMMF. During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $19,816 for IGMMF management fees. This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

 

 

9. Borrowings and Other Financing

Joint Credit Facility. A number of mutual funds managed by the Manager participate in a $1.875 billion revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions in connection with atypical redemption activity. Expenses and fees related to the Facility are paid by the participating funds and are disclosed separately or as other expenses on the Statement of Operations. The Fund did not utilize the Facility during the reporting period.

 

 

10. Acquisition of Oppenheimer Equity Income Fund/VA

On May 1, 2017, the Fund acquired all of the net assets of Oppenheimer Equity Income Fund/VA, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization approved by the Fund’s Board. The exchange qualified as a tax-free reorganization for federal income tax purposes. The purpose of this acquisition is to combine two funds with similar investment objectives, strategies and risks to allow shareholders to benefit from greater asset growth potential, as well as lowered total expenses.

Details of the merger are shown in the following table:

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

10. Acquisition of Oppenheimer Equity Income Fund/VA (Continued)

 

     Exchange
Ratio to One
Share of the
Oppenheimer
Equity Income
Fund/VA
     Shares of
Beneficial
Interest Issued
by the Fund
     Value of Issued
Shares of Beneficial
Interest
     Combined
Net Assets on
May 1, 20171
 

Non-Service shares

    0.347188309        14,913        $        454,099      $     522,307,311  

Service shares

    0.430279316        244,900        7,376,390        789,160,812  

1. The net assets acquired included net unrealized appreciation of $1,182,786 and an unused capital loss carryforward of $126,540, potential utilization subject to tax limitations.

Had the merger occurred at the beginning of the reporting period, the Fund’s pro forma Statement of Operations would have been as follows (Unaudited):

 

Net investment income

   $ 12,883,960  

Net gain on investments

             190,984,944  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     203,868,904  

For financial reporting purposes, assets received and shares issued by the Fund were recorded at fair value; however, the tax cost basis of the investments received from Oppenheimer Equity Income Fund/VA were carried forward to align ongoing reporting of the Fund’s realized and unrealized gains and losses with amounts distributable to shareholders for tax purposes.

Because the combined investment portfolios have been managed as a single integrated portfolio since the acquisition was completed, it is not practicable to separate the amounts of revenue and earnings of Oppenheimer Equity Income Fund/VA that have been included in the Fund’s statement of operations since May 1, 2017.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA, a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, (the “Fund”), including the statement of investments, as of December 31, 2017, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the “financial statements”) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and the transfer agent, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

KPMG LLP

We have not been able to determine the specific year that we began serving as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies, however we are aware that we have served as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies since at least 1969.

 

Denver, Colorado

February 13, 2018

 

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FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION Unaudited

 

 

In early 2018, if applicable, shareholders of record received information regarding all dividends and distributions paid to them by the Fund during calendar year 2017.

Capital gain distributions of $0.51985 per share were paid to Non-Service and Service shareholders, respectively, on June 20, 2017. Whether received in stock or in cash, the capital gain distribution should be treated by shareholders as a gain from the sale of the capital assets held for more than one year (long-term capital gains).

Dividends, if any, paid by the Fund during the reporting period which are not designated as capital gain distributions should be multiplied by the maximum amount allowable but not less than 68.27% to arrive at the amount eligible for the corporate dividend-received deduction.

The foregoing information is presented to assist shareholders in reporting distributions received from the Fund to the Internal Revenue Service. Because of the complexity of the federal regulations which may affect your individual tax return and the many variations in state and local tax regulations, we recommend that you consult your tax advisor for specific guidance.

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”) (“OFI Global” and “OFI” together, the “Managers”) and OFI Global has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI whereby OFI provides investment sub-advisory services to the Fund (collectively, the “Agreements”). Each year, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of the independent Trustees, is required to determine whether to approve the terms of the Agreements and the renewal thereof. The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that the Board request and evaluate, and that the Managers provide, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreements. The Board employs an independent consultant to prepare a report that provides information, including comparative information that the Board requests for that purpose. In addition to in-person meetings focused on this evaluation, the Board receives information throughout the year regarding Fund services, fees, expenses and performance.

The Managers and the independent consultant provided information to the Board on the following factors: (i) the nature, quality and extent of the Managers’ services, (ii) the comparative investment performance of the Fund and the Managers, (iii) the fees and expenses of the Fund, including comparative fee and expense information, (iv) the profitability of the Managers and their affiliates, including an analysis of the cost of providing services, (v) whether economies of scale are realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for Fund investors and (vi) other benefits to the Managers from their relationship with the Fund. The Board was aware that there are alternatives to retaining the Managers.

Outlined below is a summary of the principal information considered by the Board as well as the Board’s conclusions.

Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board considered information about the nature, quality and extent of the services provided to the Fund and information regarding the Managers’ key personnel who provide such services. The Managers’ duties include providing the Fund with the services of the portfolio managers and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team, who provide research, analysis and other advisory services in regard to the Fund’s investments; and securities trading services. OFI Global is responsible for oversight of third-party service providers; monitoring compliance with applicable Fund policies and procedures and adherence to the Fund’s investment restrictions; risk management; and oversight of the Sub-Adviser. OFI Global is also responsible for providing certain administrative services to the Fund. Those services include providing and supervising all administrative and clerical personnel who are necessary in order to provide effective corporate administration for the Fund; compiling and maintaining records with respect to the Fund’s operations; preparing and filing reports required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; preparing periodic reports regarding the operations of the Fund for its shareholders; preparing proxy materials for shareholder meetings; and preparing the registration statements required by federal and state securities laws for the sale of the Fund’s shares. OFI Global also provides the Fund with office space, facilities and equipment.

The Board also considered the quality of the services provided and the quality of the Managers’ resources that are available to the Fund. The Board took account of the fact that the Sub-Adviser has over fifty years of experience as an investment adviser and that its assets under management rank it among the top mutual fund managers in the United States. The Board evaluated the Managers’ advisory, administrative, accounting, legal, compliance and risk management services, among other services, and information the Board has received regarding the experience and professional qualifications of the Managers’ key personnel and the size and functions of their staff. In its evaluation of the quality of the portfolio management services provided, the Board considered the experience of Manind Govil, Benjamin Ram and Paul Larson, the portfolio managers for the Fund, and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team and analysts. The Board members also considered the totality of their experiences with the Managers as directors or trustees of the Fund and other funds advised by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the quality of services provided by affiliates of the Managers, which the Board members have become knowledgeable about through their experiences with the Managers and in connection with the review or renewal of the Fund’s service agreements or service providers. The Board concluded, in light of the Managers’ experience, reputation, personnel, operations and resources that the Fund benefits from the services provided under the Agreements.

Investment Performance of the Managers and the Fund. Throughout the year, the Managers provided information on the investment performance of the Fund, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, including comparative performance information. The Board also reviewed information, prepared by the Managers and by the independent consultant, comparing the Fund’s historical performance to relevant benchmarks or market indices and to the performance of other large blend category funds underlying variable insurance products. The Board considered that the Fund outperformed its performance category median during the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The Board reviewed the fees paid to the Adviser and the other expenses borne by the Fund. The Board noted that the Adviser, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser’s fee under the sub-advisory agreement. The independent consultant provided comparative data in regard to the fees and expenses of the Fund and other large blend funds underlying variable insurance products. In reviewing the fees and expenses charged to the VA funds, the Board considered the Adviser’s assertion that, because there is much greater disparity in the fees and services that may be provided by a manager to a VA fund as opposed to a retail fund, when comparing the expenses of the various VA funds to those of retail funds, it is most appropriate to focus on total expenses (rather than on the management fees). Accordingly, while the Board reviewed and considered all expenses, it focused on total expenses. The Board considered that the Fund’s total expenses were higher than its peer group median and category median. The Board also considered that the Fund’s contractual management fee was lower than its category median and higher than its peer group median.

Economies of Scale and Profits Realized by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the Managers’ costs in serving as the Fund’s investment adviser and sub-adviser, including the costs associated with the personnel and systems necessary to manage the Fund, and information regarding the Managers’ profitability from their relationship with the Fund. The Board also considered that the Managers must be able to pay and retain experienced professional personnel at competitive rates to provide quality services to the Fund. The Board reviewed whether the Managers may realize economies of scale in managing and supporting the Fund. The Board noted that the Fund currently has management fee breakpoints, which are intended to share with Fund shareholders economies of scale that may exist as the Fund’s assets grow.

 

Other Benefits to the Managers. In addition to considering the profits realized by the Managers, the Board considered information that was provided regarding the direct and indirect benefits the Managers receive as a result of their relationship with the Fund, including compensation paid to the Managers’ affiliates and research provided to the Adviser in connection with permissible brokerage arrangements (soft dollar arrangements).

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

Conclusions. These factors were also considered by the independent Trustees meeting separately from the full Board, assisted by experienced counsel to the Fund and to the independent Trustees. Fund counsel and the independent Trustees’ counsel are independent of the Managers within the meaning and intent of the Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

Based on its review of the information it received and its evaluations described above, the Board, including a majority of the independent Trustees, decided to continue the Agreements through August 31, 2018. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any factor or factors as being more important than others, but considered all of the above information, and considered the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the management fees, in light of all the surrounding circumstances.

 

24        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET FUND/VA


PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES; UPDATES TO STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited

 

 

 

The Fund has adopted Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines under which the Fund votes proxies relating to securities (“portfolio proxies”) held by the Fund. A description of the Fund’s Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), (ii) on the Fund’s website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, 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 voting record is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), and (ii) in the Form N-PX filing on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first quarter and the third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q filings are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Those forms may 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 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited

 

 

Name, Position(s) Held with the Fund, Length of Service, Year of Birth    Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held; Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Currently Overseen
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES    The address of each 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.

Robert J. Malone,

Chairman of the Board of Trustees (since 2016), Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1944

   Chairman - Colorado Market of MidFirst Bank (since January 2015); Chairman of the Board (2012-2016) and Director (August 2005-January 2016) of Jones International University (educational organization); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (2000-2016); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Steele Street Bank Trust (commercial banking) (August 2003-January 2015); Director of Opera Colorado Foundation (non-profit organization) (2008-2012); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (1986-2010); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2006-2010); 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 U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and gas exploration) (1997-February 2004); Chairman of the Board (1991-1994) and Trustee (1985-1994) of Regis University; and Chairman of the Board (1990-1991) and Member (1984-1999) of Young Presidents Organization. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Andrew J. Donohue,

Trustee (since 2017)

Year of Birth: 1950

   Of Counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP (since September 2017); Chief of Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (June 2015-February 2017); Managing Director and Investment Company General Counsel of Goldman Sachs (investment bank) (November 2012-May 2015); Partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP (law firm) (March 2011-October 2012); Director of the Division of Investment Management of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (May 2006-November 2010); Global General Counsel of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (investment firm) (May 2003-May 2006); General Counsel (October 1991-November 2001) and Executive Vice President (January 1993-November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (investment firm) (June 1991-November 2001). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Donohue has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2017, 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.

Jon S. Fossel,

Trustee (since 1990)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Chairman of the Board of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (2005-2015); Director of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (since March 2005); Chairman of the Board (2006-December 2011) and Director (June 2002-December 2011) of UNUMProvident (insurance company); Director of Northwestern Energy Corp. (public utility corporation) (November 2004-December 2009); 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 Sub-Adviser; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the following: Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (“OAC”) (parent holding company of the Sub-Adviser), Shareholders Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (until October 1995). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Richard F. Grabish,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1948

   Formerly Senior Vice President and Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing (March 1997-December 2007), Director (March 1987-December 2007) and Manager of Private Client Services (June 1985-June 2005) of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. (broker/dealer and investment firm); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (March 2001-December 2007); President and Vice Chairman of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (April 1987-March 2001); President of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (June 2005-December 2007). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Grabish has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2001, 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.

Beverly L. Hamilton,

Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1946

   Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (2000-2014); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (December 2005-June 2011); Director (1991-2016), Vice Chairman of the Board (2006- 2009) and Chairman of the Board (2010-2013) 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; 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Victoria J. Herget,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth:1951

   Board Chair (2008-2015) and Director (2004-Present), United Educators (insurance company); Trustee (since 2000) and Chair (since 2010), Newberry Library (independent research library); Trustee, Mather LifeWays (senior living organization) (since 2001); Independent Director of the First American Funds (mutual fund family) (2003-2011); former Managing Director (1993-2001), Principal (1985-1993), Vice President (1978-1985) and Assistant Vice President (1973-1978) of Zurich Scudder Investments (investment adviser) (and its predecessor firms); Trustee (1992-2007), Chair of the Board of Trustees (1999-2007), Investment Committee Chair (1994-1999) and Investment Committee member (2007-2010) of Wellesley College; Trustee, BoardSource (non-profit organization) (2006-2009) and Chicago City Day School (K-8 School) (1994-2005). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Herget has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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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F. William Marshall, Jr.,

Trustee (since 2000)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Trustee Emeritus of Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI) (private university) (since 2009); Trustee of MassMutual Select Funds (formerly MassMutual Institutional Funds) (investment company) (1996-2015), MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (1996-2015) and Mass Mutual Premier Funds (investment company) (January 2012-December 2015); President and Treasurer of the SIS Charitable Fund (private charitable fund) (January 1999-March 2011); 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Karen L. Stuckey,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1953

   Member (since May 2015) of Desert Mountain Community Foundation Advisory Board (non-profit organization); Partner (1990-2012) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (professional services firm) (held various positions 1975-1990); Trustee (1992- 2006); member of Executive, Nominating and Audit Committees and Chair of Finance Committee (1992-2006), and Emeritus Trustee (since 2006) of Lehigh University; and member, Women’s Investment Management Forum (professional organization) since inception. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Stuckey has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.

James D. Vaughn,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth:1945

  

Retired; former managing partner (1994-2001) of Denver office of Deloitte & Touche LLP, (held various positions 1969- 1993); Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Schroder Funds (2003-2012); Board member and Chairman of Audit Committee of AMG National Trust Bank (since 2005); Trustee and Investment Committee member, University of South Dakota Foundation (since 1996); Board member, Audit Committee Member and past Board Chair, Junior Achievement (since 1993); former Board member, Mile High United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Economic Club of Colorado and Metro Denver Network. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Vaughn has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.

 

 

INTERESTED TRUSTEE AND OFFICER    Mr. Steinmetz is an “Interested Trustee” because he is affiliated with the Manager and the Sub-Adviser by virtue of his positions as Chairman and director of the Sub-Adviser and officer and director of the Manager. Both as a Trustee and as an officer, Mr. Steinmetz serves for an indefinite term, or until his resignation, retirement, death or removal. Mr. Steinmetz’s address is 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008.

Arthur P. Steinmetz,

Trustee (since 2015), President and Principal Executive Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1958

  

Chairman of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2015); CEO and Chairman of the Manager (since July 2014), President of the Manager (since May 2013), a Director of the Manager (since January 2013), Director of the Sub-Adviser (since July 2014), President, Management Director and CEO of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (the Sub-Adviser’s parent holding company) (since July 2014), and President and Director of OFI SteelPath, Inc. (since January 2013). Chief Investment Officer of the OppenheimerFunds advisory entities from (January 2013-December 2013); Executive Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-May 2013); Chief Investment Officer of the Sub-Adviser (October 2010-December 2012); Chief Investment Officer, Fixed- Income, of the Sub-Adviser (April 2009-October 2010); Executive Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 2009-December 2012); Director of Fixed Income of the Sub-Adviser (January 2009-April 2009); and a Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (March 1993-September 2009). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

 

OTHER OFFICERS OF THE FUND    The addresses of the Officers in the chart below are as follows: for Messrs. Govil, Ram, Larson, Mss. Lo Bessette, Foxson and Picciotto, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008, for Mr. Petersen, 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.

Manind Govil,

Vice President (since 2009)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Senior Vice President, the Main Street Team Leader and a portfolio manager of the Sub-Adviser (since May 2009). Portfolio manager with RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006-March 2009). 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. 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 and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Benjamin Ram,

Vice President (since 2009)

Year of Birth: 1972

   Senior Portfolio Manager of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2011); Vice President and Portfolio Manager of the Sub-Adviser (May 2009 - December 2010). Sector Manager for Financial Investments and co-Portfolio Manager for mid-cap portfolios with the RS Core Equity Team of RS Investments Management Co. LLC (October 2006-May 2009); Portfolio Manager of 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 Investments Management Co. LLC. Financial analyst (2003-2005) and co-portfolio manager (2005-2006) at Mercantile Capital Advisers, Inc.; Bank analyst at Legg Mason Securities (2000-2003); senior financial analyst at the CitiFinancial division of Citigroup, Inc. (1997-2000). A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Paul Larson,

Vice President (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1971

   Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2013). Prior to joining the Sub-Adviser, he was a portfolio manager and Chief Equity Strategist at Morningstar. He was previously an analyst at Morningstar covering the energy sector and oversaw the firm’s natural resources analysts. Prior to joining Morningstar in 2002, Mr. Larson was an analyst with The Motley Fool. A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited / Continued

 

Cynthia Lo Bessette,

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (since 2016) Year of Birth: 1969

   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Manager (since February 2016); Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the Manager (March 2015-February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of the Sub-Adviser and the Distributor (since February 2016); Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (since February 2016); General Counsel of OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Advisors, LLC and Index Management Solutions, LLC (since February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of OFI Global Institutional, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, OFI Global Trust Company, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc. and Trinity Investment Management Corporation (since February 2016); Corporate Counsel (February 2012-March 2015) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (April 2013-March 2015) of Jennison Associates LLC; Assistant General Counsel (April 2008-September 2009) and Deputy General Counsel (October 2009-February 2012) of Lord Abbett & Co. LLC. An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Jennifer Foxson,

Vice President and Chief Business

Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since June 2014); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (April 2006-June 2014); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (January 1998-March 2006); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 1991-December 1998). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Mary Ann Picciotto,

Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1973

   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager (since March 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of the Sub- Adviser, OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Global Trust Company, OFI Global Institutional, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments, Inc., Harborview Asset Management Corporation, Trinity Investment Management Corporation, and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2014); Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and certain of its various affiliated entities; Chief Compliance Officer of various Morgan Stanley Funds (May 2010-January 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (April 2007-January 2014). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Brian S. Petersen,

Treasurer and Principal Financial & Accounting Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1970

   Senior Vice President of the Manager (since January 2017); Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-January 2017); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (February 2007-December 2012); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (August 2002- 2007). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and Officers and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1.800.988.8287.

 

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OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET FUND/VA

A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

Manager    OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser    OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Distributor    OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Transfer and

Shareholder

   OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Servicing Agent   
Sub-Transfer Agent    Shareholder Services, Inc.
   DBA OppenheimerFunds Services
Independent    KPMG LLP
Registered   
Public   
Accounting   
Firm   
Legal Counsel    Ropes & Gray LLP
   Before investing in any of the Oppenheimer funds, investors should carefully consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses contain this and other information about the funds, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor, visiting oppenheimerfunds.com or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.
   © 2018 OppenheimerFunds, Inc. All rights reserved. Oppenheimer funds are distributed by OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

 

 

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 December 31, 2017

     
 

 

     Oppenheimer

      Annual Report  
      Main Street Small Cap Fund/VA    
 

        A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

   
     

ANNUAL REPORT

Listing of Top Holdings

Fund Performance Discussion

Financial Statements


PORTFOLIO MANAGERS: Matthew P. Ziehl, CFA, Raymond Anello, CFA, Raman Vardharaj, CFA, Joy Budzinski, Kristin Ketner, Magnus Krantz and Adam Weiner.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS FOR THE PERIODS ENDED 12/31/17

 

     Inception
Date
            1-Year        5-Year        10-Year    

Non-Service Shares

     5/1/98                 14.15%        14.89%        9.29%  

Service Shares

     7/16/01                 13.91           14.60           9.02     

Russell 2000 Index

                       14.65           14.12           8.71     

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account. Returns for periods of less than one year are cumulative and not annualized. See Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses for more information on share classes and sales charges.

TOP HOLDINGS AND ALLOCATIONS

TOP TEN COMMON STOCK HOLDINGS

 

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.

     2.0%        

Korn/Ferry International

     2.0           

Visteon Corp.

     1.9           

On Assignment, Inc.

     1.9           

CACI International, Inc., Cl. A

     1.9           

Hostess Brands, Inc., Cl. A

     1.8           

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

     1.8           

Brandywine Realty Trust

     1.7           

Zynga, Inc., Cl. A

     1.7           

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.

     1.7           

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on net assets. For more current Fund holdings, please visit oppenheimerfunds.com.

SECTOR ALLOCATION

 

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Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on the total market value of common stocks.

 

 

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Fund Performance Discussion

During the reporting period, the Fund’s Non-Service shares produced a return of 14.15%. In comparison, the Fund underperformed the Russell 2000 Index (the “Index”), which returned 14.65%. During the reporting period, Fund underperformed the Index within the Health Care, Consumer Discretionary and Financials sectors, as a result of weaker relative stock selection. The Fund outperformed the Index primarily within the Information Technology, Real Estate and Materials sectors, due to stronger relative stock selection.

MARKET OVERVIEW

2017 was a banner year in terms of fundamentals for the U.S. economy. One of the longest job expansions in U.S. history continued with more than 2 million jobs added for the seventh consecutive year and unemployment close to an all-time low. There were various other signs of improvement as well, in everything from high consumer confidence scores to declining murder rates in big cities (New York and Los Angeles were at record lows). Despite this, the inflation rate remained low. Most importantly for equity investors, U.S. corporate revenues and earnings growth accelerated.

These trends helped the equity market continue its strong upward trend in the fourth quarter, topping off a year that saw the S&P 500 Index post a total return of a robust 21.83%. The rally in the market was unusual in several aspects. First, the S&P 500 Index posted positive total returns in every single month of the year, which is something the Index has never done before. The market was also extremely calm, as market volatility (as measured by the CBOE Volatility Index) hit a new all-time low for the year. Finally, cumulative losses on the down days during 2017 were the lowest on record. For many, the investor experience of 2017 was about as good as it gets.

While nearly all parts of the market rose in 2017, there were some notable differences within the market. Namely, large capitalization stocks outperformed smaller capitalization stocks, and companies on the “growth” part of the spectrum vastly outperformed the “value” names.

Several factors drove investors’ increased appetite for risk. For one, the underlying economy remained on the steady growth track that it has been on for several years. And though the Federal Reserve raised rates a couple times during the year, liquidity remained abundant with interest rates still at historically low levels. Last but not least, excitement around corporate tax reform drove expectations for a burst in corporate profitability and overall economic growth.

As investors, it is important to know what is and what is not within one’s circle of competence. As such, we strive to keep the portfolio in an all-weather orientation. Whether rates, commodity prices, currencies or even whole economies go up or down, our goal is to have a portfolio that is positioned to outperform no matter the environment.

Second, we believe we have the skills to identify company management teams that are likely to successfully execute on their business plans. Lastly, correctly valuing stocks and seeing what expectations the market is pricing in is also within our skillset. It is not by accident that we weight the portfolio more heavily towards companies that we believe have structural competitive advantages and/or management teams that are executing (e.g., gaining market share, expanding profit margins), with at least reasonable stock valuations. Companies with these qualities generally have more stable earnings.

TOP INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS

Holdings that were contributors to the Fund’s relative performance this period included Canada Goose Holdings, SiteOne Landscape Supply, and Korn/Ferry International. Canada Goose Holdings is a Canada-based designer, manufacturer, distributor and retailer of outerwear for men, women and children. Shares of Canada Goose rallied strongly late in the reporting period, following excellent fiscal second quarter results. The company posted strong order growth leading into the winter season for its increasingly popular down parkas. Bitterly cold weather at the end of December kept sell-thru to consumers brisk as well. SiteOne Landscape Supply is a national wholesale distributor of landscape supplies in the United States. During the year, the company executed solidly on both internal operations and its aggressive acquisition strategy, and was rewarded with a premium valuation.  We exited the stock in December as the share price moved above our fair value estimate. Korn/Ferry is an executive recruiting and talent management company. Korn/Ferry has benefitted from the overall strong global economic environment, as evidenced by strong earnings results and guidance reported during the period. The company is seeing revenue acceleration in all key business units, including the Hay Group organizational consulting practice acquired in 2015.

TOP INDIVIDUAL DETRACTORS

Top detractors from relative performance included Prestige Brands Holdings, Wesco Aircraft Holdings, and Matthews International. Prestige Brands is engaged in the marketing, sales and distribution of over-the-counter healthcare and household cleaning products. Organic revenue growth has been sluggish, but the company continues to execute well on acquiring and integrating products and brands. Wesco materially underperformed in 2017 given market share loss,

 

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disappointing execution, senior management turnover, and concerns regarding slower aerospace industry aftermarket growth. Despite 2017’s disappointing results, we continue to hold the shares as we believe they have a favorable risk/reward at current levels. We expect new management to show progress in 2018 toward addressing many of the issues that plagued the company last year. Matthews International is a provider of graphic and imaging solutions, memorialization products and industrial technologies. It experienced declines due partly to a slowdown in demand for graphics services, as regulatory changes in food labeling on packages have been delayed.

STRATEGY & OUTLOOK

The U.S. economy continued its “slow and steady” growth during the reporting period. This has been driven by favorable employment as well as wage and inflation data, while home prices and innovation also continue to help drive the economy higher.

However, while innovation is alive and well and continuing to help generate economic growth, fundamental disruptions across market segments have been elevated. We continue to be focused on potential disruption risk to our companies.

Volatility in the markets was unusually low in 2017. We expect heightened uncertainty to eventually return to the equity markets. Traditionally, during periods of economic uncertainty and heightened market volatility, investors favor stocks of higher quality companies—with greater consistency and stability of revenue and earnings—leading to relatively better stock performance of those companies. We think focusing on companies with strong competitive positions, sound financials and skilled management teams positions us well, should this environment come to pass. During times of economic volatility, such companies frequently widen their lead over weaker competitors. We seek to invest in companies characterized by these qualities, at compelling valuations and believe this disciplined approach is essential to generating superior long-term performance. With the corporate tax rate cut, the onus is on management teams to intelligently allocate any resulting capital “windfall” due to higher profitability.    Balancing amongst the competing constituencies of shareholders, employees and capital investment opportunities will demand the utmost in skill and discipline, and we are closely scrutinizing our companies’ capital allocation decisions as we move into 2018.

Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The Fund’s prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information about the Fund, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.

Total returns include changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions in a hypothetical investment for the periods shown, but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund.

The Fund’s investment strategy and focus can change over time. The mention of specific fund holdings does not constitute a recommendation by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. or its affiliates.

Shares of Oppenheimer funds are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not guaranteed by any bank, are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency, and involve investment risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested.

Comparing the Fund’s Performance to the Market. The graphs that follow show the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in each share class of the Fund held until December 31, 2017. Performance is measured over a ten-fiscal-year period for both Classes. Performance information does not reflect charges that apply to separate accounts investing in the Fund. If these charges were taken into account, performance would be lower. The graphs assume that all dividends and capital gains distributions were reinvested in additional shares.

The Fund’s performance is compared to the performance of the Russell 2000 Index, which measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. The Russell 2000 Index is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index representing approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of that index. It includes approximately 2000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership. The Index is unmanaged and cannot be purchased directly by investors. While index comparisons may be useful to provide a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, it must be noted that the Fund’s investments are not limited to the investments comprising the Index. Index performance includes reinvestment of income, but does not reflect transaction costs, fees, expenses or taxes. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only as a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, and does not predict or depict performance of the Fund. The Fund’s performance reflects the effects of the Fund’s business and operating expenses.

 

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COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

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Average Annual Total Returns of Non-Service Shares of the Fund at 12/31/17

1-Year         14.15%         5-Year         14.89%         10-Year         9.29%

 

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

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Average Annual Total Returns of Service Shares of the Fund at 12/31/17

1-Year         13.91%         5-Year         14.60%         10-Year         9.02%

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account.

 

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Fund Expenses

Fund Expenses. As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service fees; and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire 6-month period ended December 31, 2017.

Actual Expenses. The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section for the class of shares you hold, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expense that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600.00 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.60), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During 6 Months Ended December 31, 2017” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes.

The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio for each class of shares, and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year for each class before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example for the class of shares you hold with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any charges associated with the separate accounts that offer this Fund. Therefore, the “hypothetical” lines of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these separate account charges were included your costs would have been higher.

 

Actual   

Beginning

Account

Value
July 1, 2017            

    

Ending

Account

Value
December 31, 2017            

    

Expenses

Paid During

6 Months Ended
December 31, 2017            

 

Non-Service shares

     $         1,000.00                  $ 1,067.00                      $ 4.18                  

Service shares

     1,000.00                    1,065.40                        5.48                  

Hypothetical

        

(5% return before expenses)

                          

Non-Service shares

     1,000.00                    1,021.17                        4.08                  

Service shares

     1,000.00                    1,019.91                        5.36                  

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for that class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). Those annualized expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated funds, based on the 6-month period ended December 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

Class    Expense Ratios            

Non-Service shares

     0.80%             

Service shares

     1.05                

The expense ratios reflect voluntary and/or contractual waivers and/or reimbursements of expenses by the Fund’s Manager. Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time, as indicated in the Fund’s prospectus. The “Financial Highlights” tables in the Fund’s financial statements, included in this report, also show the gross expense ratios, without such waivers or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, if applicable.

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS December 31, 2017

 

      Shares      Value  

Common Stocks—98.0%

 

Consumer Discretionary—10.4%

 

Auto Components—1.9%

 

Visteon Corp.1      167,400      $       20,948,436  
                   
Diversified Consumer Services—0.9%  
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.1      1,032,330        9,600,669  
                   
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—2.7%  
Papa John’s International, Inc.      157,550        8,840,131  
Sonic Corp.      485,980        13,354,730  
Texas Roadhouse, Inc., Cl. A      143,510        7,560,107  
        29,754,968  
                   
Media—0.6%  
WideOpenWest, Inc.1      602,599        6,369,471  
                   
Multiline Retail—0.3%  

Fred’s, Inc., Cl. A

 

    

 

724,440

 

 

 

    

 

2,933,982

 

 

 

Specialty Retail—2.9%  
DSW, Inc., Cl. A      555,900        11,901,819  
Group 1 Automotive, Inc.      271,600        19,275,452  
        31,177,271  
                   
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—1.1%  
Canada Goose Holdings, Inc.1      378,853        11,956,601  
                   
Consumer Staples—3.4%  
Food Products—1.8%  
Hostess Brands, Inc., Cl. A1      1,322,466        19,585,721  
                   
Personal Products—0.8%  
elf Beauty, Inc.1      389,550        8,690,860  
                   
Tobacco—0.8%  
Universal Corp.      165,570        8,692,425  
                   
Energy—3.2%  
Energy Equipment & Services—0.2%  
RigNet, Inc.1      163,302        2,441,365  
                   
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—3.0%  
Cone Midstream Partners LP2      381,329        6,394,887  
Matador Resources Co.1      268,573        8,360,678  
Noble Midstream Partners LP2      179,531        8,976,550  
Renewable Energy Group, Inc.1      725,349        8,559,118  
        32,291,233  
                   
Financials—24.0%  
Capital Markets—1.2%  
Stifel Financial Corp.      222,200        13,234,232  
                   
Commercial Banks—10.4%  
Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd. (The)      229,650        8,333,999  
BankUnited, Inc.      399,695        16,275,580  
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.      230,240        8,426,784  
Chemical Financial Corp.      205,706        10,999,100  
Customers Bancorp, Inc.1      229,600        5,967,304  
FCB Financial Holdings, Inc., Cl. A1      210,119        10,674,045  
IBERIABANK Corp.      141,040        10,930,600  
MB Financial, Inc.      297,740        13,255,385  
Sterling Bancorp      500,040        12,300,984  
Webster Financial Corp.      286,940        16,114,550  
        113,278,331  
                   
Insurance—0.9%  
James River Group Holdings Ltd.      239,562        9,584,876  
                   
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—7.8%  
Brandywine Realty Trust      1,035,320        18,832,471  
CYS Investments, Inc.      1,921,000        15,425,630  
DiamondRock Hospitality Co.      1,394,260        15,741,195  
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.      704,470        18,104,879  
National Storage Affiliates Trust      609,406        16,612,408  
        84,716,583  
      Shares      Value  
Real Estate Management & Development—1.0%  
Realogy Holdings Corp.      400,660      $       10,617,490  
                   
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance—2.7%  
Beneficial Bancorp, Inc.      431,750        7,102,288  
OceanFirst Financial Corp.      423,593        11,119,316  
Oritani Financial Corp.      375,090        6,151,476  
WSFS Financial Corp.      107,240        5,131,434  
        29,504,514  
                   
Health Care—10.5%  
Biotechnology—3.3%  
Clovis Oncology, Inc.1      62,440        4,245,920  
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.1      172,070        7,996,093  
Exact Sciences Corp.1      121,860        6,402,524  
Galapagos NV1      43,605        4,130,831  
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      42,600        5,833,218  
Sage Therapeutics, Inc.1      43,956        7,239,993  
        35,848,579  
                   
Health Care Equipment & Supplies—3.2%  
CryoPort, Inc.1      213,850        1,836,971  
NuVasive, Inc.1      215,520        12,605,765  
NxStage Medical, Inc.1      204,180        4,947,281  
Quidel Corp.1      181,790        7,880,597  
Wright Medical Group NV1      340,630        7,561,986  
        34,832,600  
                   
Health Care Providers & Services—1.5%  
Addus HomeCare Corp.1      116,482        4,053,574  
Amedisys, Inc.1      229,240        12,083,240  
        16,136,814  
                   
Pharmaceuticals—2.5%  
Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.1      499,186        22,168,850  
TherapeuticsMD, Inc.1      875,090        5,285,544  
        27,454,394  
                   
Industrials—19.0%  
Aerospace & Defense—0.6%  
Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc.1      886,480        6,559,952  
                   
Airlines—1.5%  
Spirit Airlines, Inc.1      360,770        16,180,535  
                   
Building Products—0.9%  
Masonite International Corp.1      137,861        10,222,393  
                   
Commercial Services & Supplies—3.2%  
ACCO Brands Corp.1      1,180,727        14,404,869  
Advanced Disposal Services, Inc.1      400,157        9,579,759  
Matthews International Corp., Cl. A      197,660        10,436,448  
        34,421,076  
                   
Construction & Engineering—2.2%  
Dycom Industries, Inc.1      107,280        11,954,210  
KBR, Inc.      594,461        11,788,162  
        23,742,372  
                   
Electrical Equipment—1.5%  
Generac Holdings, Inc.1      340,410        16,857,103  
                   
Machinery—3.9%  
Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (The)      233,090        12,423,697  
Manitowoc Co., Inc. (The)1      231,347        9,101,191  
Navistar International Corp.1      218,560        9,371,853  
Rexnord Corp.1      436,100        11,347,322  
        42,244,063  
                   
Professional Services—3.9%  
Korn/Ferry International      516,805        21,385,391  
On Assignment, Inc.1      322,640        20,736,073  
        42,121,464  
                   
Road & Rail—1.3%  
Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Cl. A1      184,350        14,513,875  
 

 

7        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET SMALL CAP FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

      Shares      Value  
Information Technology—17.9%  
Internet Software & Services—5.0%  
Envestnet, Inc.1      167,080      $          8,328,938  
Etsy, Inc.1      440,430        9,006,794  
j2 Global, Inc.      212,383        15,935,096  
Q2 Holdings, Inc.1      202,210        7,451,439  
Yelp, Inc., Cl. A1      333,840        14,007,926  
        54,730,193  
                   
IT Services—2.9%  
CACI International, Inc., Cl. A1      156,559        20,720,583  
Teradata Corp.1      297,480        11,441,081  
        32,161,664  
                   
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—4.6%  
Brooks Automation, Inc.      448,510        10,696,963  
MaxLinear, Inc., Cl. A1      398,550        10,529,691  
MKS Instruments, Inc.      150,450        14,217,525  
Semtech Corp.1      438,960        15,012,432  
        50,456,611  
                   
Software—5.4%  
CommVault Systems, Inc.1      148,630        7,803,075  
Paylocity Holding Corp.1      159,610        7,527,208  
Pegasystems, Inc.      283,761        13,379,331  
Proofpoint, Inc.1      135,880        12,067,503  
Zynga, Inc., Cl. A1      4,558,800        18,235,200  
        59,012,317  
      Shares      Value  
Materials—5.3%  
Construction Materials—1.4%  

Summit Materials, Inc., Cl. A1

 

    

 

488,661

 

 

 

   $

 

         15,363,502

 

 

 

Metals & Mining—3.2%  
Allegheny Technologies, Inc.1      364,468        8,798,258  
Compass Minerals International, Inc.      161,460        11,665,485  
Kaiser Aluminum Corp.      134,679        14,390,451  
        34,854,194  
                   
Paper & Forest Products—0.7%  

PH Glatfelter Co.

     336,470        7,213,917  
                   
Utilities—4.3%  
Gas Utilities—1.3%  

Suburban Propane Partners LP2

     605,045        14,654,190  
                   
Multi-Utilities—3.0%  
Black Hills Corp.      277,880        16,703,367  

NorthWestern Corp.

     259,320        15,481,404  
        32,184,771  

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $845,347,345)

        1,067,145,607  
   

Investment Company—1.9%

                 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 1.22%3,4 (Cost $20,455,339)      20,455,339        20,455,339  
Total Investments, at Value
(Cost $865,802,684)
     99.9%        1,087,600,946  

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     0.1        809,112  

Net Assets

     100.0%      $ 1,088,410,058  
                 

 

 

Footnotes to Statement of Investments

1. Non-income producing security.

2. Security is a Master Limited Partnership.

3. Rate shown is the 7-day yield at period end.

4. Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, at or during the reporting period, by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment adviser. Transactions during the reporting period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:

 

      Shares
December 31, 2016
    

Gross

Additions

     Gross
Reductions
     Shares
December 31, 2017
 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E              30,101,780                  313,568,286          323,214,727          20,455,339    
      Value      Income      Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E    $ 20,455,339      $ 123,943      $ —        $ —    

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

8        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET SMALL CAP FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES December 31, 2017

 

   

Assets

 

 

Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments:

 

Unaffiliated companies (cost $845,347,345)

  $ 1,067,145,607  

Affiliated companies (cost $20,455,339)

    20,455,339  
      1,087,600,946  

Cash

    1,000,000  

Receivables and other assets:

 

Dividends

    555,887  

Shares of beneficial interest sold

    309,120  

Other

    71,100  

Total assets

    1,089,537,053  
   

Liabilities

 

 

Payables and other liabilities:

 

Shares of beneficial interest redeemed

    408,787  

Investments purchased

    359,689  

Distribution and service plan fees

    198,823  

Trustees’ compensation

    58,233  

Shareholder communications

    57,627  

Other

    43,836  

Total liabilities

    1,126,995  

Net Assets

  $ 1,088,410,058  
       
       
         

Composition of Net Assets

 

 

Par value of shares of beneficial interest

  $ 42,730  

Additional paid-in capital

    733,394,867  

Accumulated net investment income

    565,267  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions

    132,608,932  

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

    221,798,262  

Net Assets

  $         1,088,410,058  
       
         

Net Asset Value Per Share

 

 

Non-Service Shares:

 
Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $152,617,505 and 5,917,515 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)     $25.79  

Service Shares:

 
Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $935,792,553 and 36,812,054 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)     $25.42  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

9        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET SMALL CAP FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

     

Investment Income

 

    

Dividends:

    

Unaffiliated companies

     $ 11,457,439  

Affiliated companies

         123,943  

Interest

       35  

Total investment income

       11,581,417  
              

 

Expenses

 

    

Management fees

         7,243,026  

Distribution and service plan fees – Service shares

         2,297,899  

Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:

    

Non-Service shares

       150,326  

Service shares

         919,161  

Shareholder communications:

    

Non-Service shares

       21,461  

Service shares

         131,227  

Trustees’ compensation

         38,098  

Borrowing fees

         28,961  

Custodian fees and expenses

         5,586  

Other

       99,607  

Total expenses

       10,935,352  

Less reduction to custodian expenses

       (425

Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses

       (53,955

Net expenses

       10,880,972  
              

Net Investment Income

         700,445  

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

    

Net realized gain (loss) on:

    

Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies

       146,347,008  

Foreign currency transactions

       (865

Net realized gain

         146,346,143  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investment transactions in unaffiliated companies

         (7,293,562

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     $           139,753,026  
          

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

10        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET SMALL CAP FUND/VA


STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Year Ended
    December 31, 2017
     Year Ended
    December 31, 2016
 

Operations

    

Net investment income

  $ 700,445       $ 5,176,771   

Net realized gain

    146,346,143         64,008,292   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    (7,293,562)        97,917,019   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    139,753,026         167,102,082   
                  

Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders

    

Dividends from net investment income:

    

Non-Service shares

    (1,318,291)        (682,044)  

Service shares

    (5,916,141)        (2,155,681)  
    (7,234,432)        (2,837,725)  
                  

Distributions from net realized gain:

    

Non-Service shares

    (8,092,450)        (5,056,400)  

Service shares

    (49,338,866)        (33,184,812)  
    (57,431,316)        (38,241,212)  
                  

Beneficial Interest Transactions

    

Net decrease in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:

    

Non-Service shares

    (3,222,317)        (467,642)  

Service shares

    (50,919,555)        (43,913,591)  
    (54,141,872)        (44,381,233)  
                  

Net Assets

    

Total increase

    20,945,406         81,641,912   

Beginning of period

    1,067,464,652         985,822,740   
End of period (including accumulated net investment income of $ 565,267 and $ 5,127,532, respectively)   $ 1,088,410,058       $ 1,067,464,652   
                

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

11        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET SMALL CAP FUND/VA


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

Non-Service Shares   Year Ended
December 31,
2017
    Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    Year Ended
December 31,
2015
    Year Ended
December 31,
2014
    Year Ended
December 31,
2013
 

Per Share Operating Data

         

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $24.08       $21.32       $26.56       $27.80       $20.14  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

         

Net investment income1

    0.07       0.16       0.12       0.26       0.16  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    3.22       3.55       (1.28)       2.74       8.01  

Total from investment operations

    3.29       3.71       (1.16)       3.00       8.17  

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

         

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.22)       (0.11)       (0.23)       (0.25)       (0.22)  

Distributions from net realized gain

    (1.36)       (0.84)       (3.85)       (3.99)       (0.29)  

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

    (1.58)       (0.95)       (4.08)       (4.24)       (0.51)  

Net asset value, end of period

    $25.79       $24.08       $21.32       $26.56       $27.80  
                                       
                                         

Total Return, at Net Asset Value2

    14.15%       18.05%       (5.90)%       11.93%       41.01%  
                                         

Ratios/Supplemental Data

         

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

    $152,617       $145,428       $129,104       $136,402       $134,692  

Average net assets (in thousands)

    $150,376       $130,889       $134,932       $133,864       $113,522  

Ratios to average net assets:3

         

Net investment income

    0.28%       0.74%       0.49%       0.99%       0.67%  

Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below

    0.80%       0.81%       0.80%       0.80%       0.81%  

Interest and fees from borrowings

    0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%       0.00%  

Total expenses5

    0.80%       0.81%       0.80%       0.80%       0.81%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses     0.80%6       0.80%       0.80%6       0.79%       0.80%  

Portfolio turnover rate

    42%       65%       43%       65%       60%  

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

3. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

4. Less than 0.005%.

5. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

Year Ended December 31, 2017

     0.80

Year Ended December 31, 2016

     0.81

Year Ended December 31, 2015

     0.80

Year Ended December 31, 2014

     0.80

Year Ended December 31, 2013

     0.81

6. Waiver was less than 0.005%.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

12        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET SMALL CAP FUND/VA


 

Service Shares

  Year Ended
December 31,
2017
    Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    Year Ended
December 31,
2015
    Year Ended
December 31,
2014
    Year Ended
December 31,
2013
 

Per Share Operating Data

         

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $23.75       $21.05       $26.26       $27.53       $19.96  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

         

Net investment income1

    0.01       0.10       0.06       0.19       0.10  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    3.18       3.49       (1.25)       2.71       7.93  

Total from investment operations

    3.19       3.59       (1.19)       2.90       8.03  

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

         

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.16)       (0.05)       (0.17)       (0.18)       (0.17)  

Distributions from net realized gain

    (1.36)       (0.84)       (3.85)       (3.99)       (0.29)  

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

    (1.52)       (0.89)       (4.02)       (4.17)       (0.46)  

Net asset value, end of period

    $25.42       $23.75       $21.05       $26.26       $27.53  
                                       
                                         

Total Return, at Net Asset Value2

    13.91%       17.67%       (6.09)%       11.66%       40.62%  
                                         

Ratios/Supplemental Data

         

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

    $935,793       $922,037       $856,719       $968,637       $990,168  

Average net assets (in thousands)

    $919,475       $850,883       $927,514       $957,874       $935,083  

Ratios to average net assets:3

         

Net investment income

    0.03%       0.49%       0.24%       0.75%       0.43%  

Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below

    1.05%       1.06%       1.05%       1.05%       1.06%  

Interest and fees from borrowings

    0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%       0.00%  

Total expenses5

    1.05%       1.06%       1.05%       1.05%       1.06%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses     1.05%6       1.05%       1.05%6       1.04%       1.05%  

Portfolio turnover rate

    42%       65%       43%       65%       60%  

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

3. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

4. Less than 0.005%.

5. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

                    Year Ended December 31, 2017

     1.05

                    Year Ended December 31, 2016

     1.06

                    Year Ended December 31, 2015

     1.05

                    Year Ended December 31, 2014

     1.05

                    Year Ended December 31, 2013

     1.06

6. Waiver was less than 0.005%.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

13        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET SMALL CAP FUND/VA


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2017

 

 

1. Organization

Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund/VA (the “Fund”), a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, is a diversified open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as amended. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation. The Fund’s investment adviser is OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”). The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI. Shares of the Fund are sold only to separate accounts of life insurance companies.

The Fund offers two classes of shares. Both classes are sold at their offering price, which is the net asset value per share, to separate investment accounts of participating insurance companies as an underlying investment for variable life insurance policies, variable annuity contracts or other investment products. The class of shares designated as Service shares is subject to a distribution and service plan. Both classes of shares have identical rights and voting privileges with respect to the Fund in general and exclusive voting rights on matters that affect that class alone. Earnings, net assets and net asset value per share may differ due to each class having its own expenses, such as transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees and shareholder communications, directly attributable to that class.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed in the Fund’s preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Security Valuation. All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.

Foreign Currency Translation. The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Any foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:

(1) Value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange rates prevailing at Market Close as described in Note 3.

(2) Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

Although the net assets and the values are presented at the foreign exchange rates at Market Close, the Fund does not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments shown in the Statement of Operations.

For securities, which are subject to foreign withholding tax upon disposition, realized gains or losses on such securities are recorded net of foreign withholding tax.

Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding tax reclaims recorded on the Fund’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.

Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other than those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated on a daily basis to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a specific class are charged against the operations of that class.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. GAAP, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually or at other times as determined necessary by the Manager.

Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends, if any, and capital gains taxes on foreign investments, if any, have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable tax rules and regulations. Interest income, if any, is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.

Return of Capital Estimates. Distributions received from the Fund’s investments in Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and Real Estate Investments Trusts (REITs), generally are comprised of income and return of capital. The Fund records investment income and return of capital based on estimates. Such estimates are based on historical information available from each MLP, REIT and other industry sources. These estimates may subsequently be revised based on information received from MLPs and REITs after their tax reporting periods are concluded.

Custodian Fees. “Custodian fees and expenses” in the Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by the Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. The Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by positive cash balances maintained by the Fund, at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 2.00%. The “Reduction to custodian expenses” line item, if applicable, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings.

 

14        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET SMALL CAP FUND/VA


    

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Security Transactions. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

Indemnifications. The Fund’s organizational documents provide current and former Trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income, including any net realized gain on investments not offset by capital loss carryforwards, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s tax return filings generally remains open for the three preceding fiscal reporting period ends. The Fund has analyzed its tax positions for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, including open tax years, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Fund’s financial statements.

The tax components of capital shown in the following table represent distribution requirements the Fund must satisfy under the income tax regulations, losses the Fund may be able to offset against income and gains realized in future years and unrealized appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes.

 

Undistributed

Net Investment

Income

   Undistributed
Long-Term
Gain
     Accumulated
Loss
Carryforward1,2
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
Based on Cost of
Securities and
Other Investments
for Federal Income
Tax Purposes
 

$28,598,441

     $106,709,787        $—          $219,722,465  

1. During the reporting period, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforward.

2. During the previous reporting period, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforward.

Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes. The character of dividends and distributions made during the fiscal year from net investment income or net realized gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax requirements, which may differ from the character of net investment income or net realized gains presented in those financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Also, due to timing of dividends and distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or net realized gain was recorded by the Fund.

Accordingly, the following amounts have been reclassified for the reporting period. Net assets of the Fund were unaffected by the reclassifications.

 

Increase

to Paid-in Capital

   Reduction
to Accumulated
Net Investment
Loss
     Reduction
to Accumulated Net
Realized Gain
on Investments3
 

$11,009,347

     $1,971,722        $12,981,069  

3. $11,186,301, including $8,866,269 of long-term capital gain, was distributed in connection with Fund share redemptions.

The tax character of distributions paid during the reporting periods:

     Year Ended
December 31, 2017
     Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

Distributions paid from:

    

Ordinary income

  $ 7,234,432      $ 2,837,725  

Long-term capital gain

    57,431,316        38,241,212  
                

Total

  $ 64,665,748      $ 41,078,937  
                

The aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes at period end are noted in the following table. The primary difference between book and tax appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments, if applicable, is attributable to the tax deferral of losses or tax realization of financial statement unrealized gain or loss.

 

Federal tax cost of securities

     $      867,878,481     
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

     $      251,468,471     

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (31,746,006)    
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

     $      219,722,465     
  

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

 

3. Securities Valuation

The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is open for trading, except in the case of a scheduled early closing of the Exchange, in which case the Fund will calculate net asset value of the shares as of the scheduled early closing time of the Exchange.

The Fund’s Board has adopted procedures for the valuation of the Fund’s securities and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for valuation determinations under those procedures to the Manager. The Manager has established a Valuation Committee which is responsible for determining a fair valuation for any security for which market quotations are not readily available. The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Fund’s Board at least quarterly or more frequently, if necessary.

Valuation Methods and Inputs

Securities are valued primarily using unadjusted quoted market prices, when available, as supplied by third party pricing services or broker-dealers.

The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or the fair value of the types of securities described below:

Equity securities traded on a securities exchange (including exchange-traded derivatives other than futures and futures options) are valued based on the official closing price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the Manager, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. If the official closing price is unavailable, the security is valued at the last sale price on the principal exchange on which it is traded, or if no sales occurred, the security is valued at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Over-the-counter equity securities are valued at the last published sale price, or if no sales occurred, at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Events occurring after the close of trading on foreign exchanges may result in adjustments to the valuation of foreign securities to more accurately reflect their fair value as of the time when the Fund’s assets are valued.

Shares of a registered investment company that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that investment company’s net asset value per share.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or when a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, are fair valued either (i) by a standardized fair valuation methodology applicable to the security type or the significant event as previously approved by the Valuation Committee and the Fund’s Board or (ii) as determined in good faith by the Manager’s Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee considers all relevant facts that are reasonably available, through either public information or information available to the Manager, when determining the fair value of a security. Those standardized fair valuation methodologies include, but are not limited to, valuing securities at the last sale price or initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be further adjusted for any discounts related to security-specific resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities nor can it be assured that the Fund can obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security.

Classifications

Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation.

Various data inputs may be used in determining the value of each of the Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

1) Level 1-unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)

2) Level 2-inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)

3) Level 3-significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager’s own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability).

The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

The Fund classifies each of its investments in investment companies which are publicly offered as Level 1. Investment companies that are not publicly offered, if any, are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end based on valuation input level:

 

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3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

 

      Level 1—
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
     Level 2—
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
     Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Value  

Assets Table

           

Investments, at Value:

           

Common Stocks

           

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 112,741,398      $      $      $ 112,741,398  

Consumer Staples

     36,969,006                      36,969,006  

Energy

     34,732,598                      34,732,598  

Financials

     260,936,026                      260,936,026  

Health Care

     110,141,556        4,130,831               114,272,387  

Industrials

     206,862,833                      206,862,833  

Information Technology

     196,360,785                      196,360,785  

Materials

     57,431,613                      57,431,613  

Utilities

     46,838,961                      46,838,961  

Investment Company

     20,455,339                      20,455,339  
                                   

Total Assets

   $             1,083,470,115      $                         4,130,831      $                         —      $             1,087,600,946  
                                   

Forward currency exchange contracts and futures contracts, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.

 

 

4. Investments and Risks

Investments in Affiliated Funds. The Fund is permitted to invest in other mutual funds advised by the Manager (“Affiliated Funds”). Affiliated Funds are open-end management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Manager is the investment adviser of, and the Sub-Adviser provides investment and related advisory services to, the Affiliated Funds. When applicable, the Fund’s investments in Affiliated Funds are included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of Affiliated Funds are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of the Affiliated Funds’ expenses, including their management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in the Affiliated Funds.

Each of the Affiliated Funds in which the Fund invests has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the Fund’s investments and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one Affiliated Fund than in another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that Affiliated Fund.

Investments in Money Market Instruments. The Fund is permitted to invest its free cash balances in money market instruments to provide liquidity or for defensive purposes. The Fund may invest in money market instruments by investing in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund (“IGMMF”), which is an Affiliated Fund. IGMMF is regulated as a money market fund under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Fund may also invest in money market instruments directly or in other affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds.

Master Limited Partnerships (“MLPs”). MLPs issue common units that represent an equity ownership interest in a partnership and provide limited voting rights. MLP common units are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and are freely tradable on securities exchanges such as the NYSE and the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”), or in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. An MLP consists of one or more general partners, who conduct the business, and one or more limited partners, who contribute capital. MLP common unit holders have a limited role in the partnership’s operations and management. 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.

Equity Security Risk. Stocks and other equity securities fluctuate in price. The value of the Fund’s portfolio may be affected by changes in the equity markets generally. Equity markets may experience significant short-term volatility and may fall sharply at times. Different markets may behave differently from each other and U.S. equity markets may move in the opposite direction from one or more foreign stock markets. Adverse events in any part of the equity or fixed-income markets may have unexpected negative effects on other market segments.

The prices of individual equity securities 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 securities. 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.

Shareholder Concentration. At period end, one shareholder owned 20% or more of the Fund’s total outstanding shares.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

5. Market Risk Factors

The Fund’s investments in securities and/or financial derivatives may expose the Fund to various market risk factors:

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

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

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

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.

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

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

 

 

6. Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest of each class. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

     Year Ended December 31, 2017      Year Ended December 31, 2016  
      Shares      Amount      Shares     Amount  

Non-Service Shares

          

Sold

     711,775       $ 17,670,310         1,207,275     $ 26,014,115     

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     392,769         9,410,741         272,999       5,738,444     

Redeemed

     (1,227,568)        (30,303,368)        (1,493,942         (32,220,201)    
  

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (123,024)      $ (3,222,317)        (13,668   $ (467,642)    
  

 

 

 
                                    

Service Shares

          

Sold

     2,321,546       $ 56,712,198         3,595,856     $ 73,971,132     

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     2,336,364         55,255,007         1,701,517       35,340,493     

Redeemed

     (6,662,764)        (162,886,760)        (7,186,807     (153,225,216)    
  

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (2,004,854)      $ (50,919,555)        (1,889,434   $ (43,913,591)    
  

 

 

 

 

 

7. Purchases and Sales of Securities

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term obligations and investments in IGMMF, for the reporting period were as follows:

 

      Purchases                  Sales  

Investment securities

   $ 443,362,477                     $ 558,419,815  

 

 

8. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:

Fee Schedule        

Up to $200 million

     0.75%       

Next $200 million

     0.72          

Next $200 million

     0.69          

Next $200 million

     0.66          

Next $200 million

     0.60          

Next $4 billion

     0.58          

Over $5 billion

     0.56          

The Fund’s effective management fee for the reporting period was 0.68% of average annual net assets before any applicable waivers.

Sub-Adviser Fees. The Manager has retained the Sub-Adviser to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Manager pays the Sub-Adviser an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the investment management fee collected by the Manager from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any investment management fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Adviser is paid

 

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8. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

by the Manager, not by the Fund.

Transfer Agent Fees. OFI Global (the “Transfer Agent”) serves as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee based on annual net assets. Fees incurred and average net assets for each class with respect to these services are detailed in the Statement of Operations and Financial Highlights, respectively.

Sub-Transfer Agent Fees. The Transfer Agent has retained Shareholder Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFI (the “Sub-Transfer Agent”), to provide the day-to-day transfer agent and shareholder servicing of the Fund. Under the Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement, the Transfer Agent pays the Sub-Transfer Agent an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the transfer agent fee collected by the Transfer Agent from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any applicable fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Transfer Agent is paid by the Transfer Agent, not by the Fund.

Trustees’ Compensation. The Fund’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) has adopted a compensation deferral plan for Independent Trustees that enables Trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Trustees under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustees. The Fund purchases shares of the funds selected for deferral by the Trustees in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of “Other” within the asset section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of Trustees’ fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the compensation deferral plan.

Distribution and Service Plan for Service Shares. The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for Service shares to pay OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the “Distributor”), for distribution related services, personal service and account maintenance for the Fund’s Service shares. Under the Plan, payments are made periodically at an annual rate of 0.25% of the daily net assets of Service shares of the Fund. The Distributor currently uses all of those fees to compensate sponsors of the insurance product that offers Fund shares, for providing personal service and maintenance of accounts of their variable contract owners that hold Service shares. These fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an on-going basis and increase operating expenses of the Service shares, which results in lower performance compared to the Fund’s shares that are not subject to a service fee. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plan are detailed in the Statement of Operations.

Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. The Manager has contractually agreed to limit the Fund’s expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, excluding any applicable dividend expense, taxes, interest and fees from borrowing, any subsidiary expenses, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, brokerage commissions, unusual and infrequent expenses and certain other Fund 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.

During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund as follows:

 

Non-Service shares

     $5,408  

Service shares

     33,042  

This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in IGMMF. During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $15,505 for IGMMF management fees. This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

 

 

9. Borrowings and Other Financing

Joint Credit Facility. A number of mutual funds managed by the Manager participate in a $1.875 billion revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions in connection with atypical redemption activity. Expenses and fees related to the Facility are paid by the participating funds and are disclosed separately or as other expenses on the Statement of Operations. The Fund did not utilize the Facility during the reporting period.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund/VA, a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, (the “Fund”), including the statement of investments, as of December 31, 2017, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the “financial statements”) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and the transfer agent, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

KPMG LLP

We have not been able to determine the specific year that we began serving as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies, however we are aware that we have served as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies since at least 1969.

Denver, Colorado

February 13, 2018

 

20        OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET SMALL CAP FUND/VA


FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION Unaudited

 

 

In early 2018, if applicable, shareholders of record received information regarding all dividends and distributions paid to them by the Fund during calendar year 2017.

Capital gain distributions of $1.35712 per share were paid to Non-Service and Service shareholders, respectively, on June 20, 2017. Whether received in stock or in cash, the capital gain distribution should be treated by shareholders as a gain from the sale of the capital assets held for more than one year (long-term capital gains).

Dividends, if any, paid by the Fund during the reporting period which are not designated as capital gain distributions should be multiplied by the maximum amount allowable but not less than 24.41% to arrive at the amount eligible for the corporate dividend-received deduction.

The foregoing information is presented to assist shareholders in reporting distributions received from the Fund to the Internal Revenue Service. Because of the complexity of the federal regulations which may affect your individual tax return and the many variations in state and local tax regulations, we recommend that you consult your tax advisor for specific guidance.

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS  Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”) (“OFI Global” and “OFI” together, the “Managers”) and OFI Global has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI whereby OFI provides investment sub-advisory services to the Fund (collectively, the “Agreements”). Each year, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of the independent Trustees, is required to determine whether to approve the terms of the Agreements and the renewal thereof. The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that the Board request and evaluate, and that the Managers provide, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreements. The Board employs an independent consultant to prepare a report that provides information, including comparative information that the Board requests for that purpose. In addition to in-person meetings focused on this evaluation, the Board receives information throughout the year regarding Fund services, fees, expenses and performance.

The Managers and the independent consultant provided information to the Board on the following factors: (i) the nature, quality and extent of the Managers’ services, (ii) the comparative investment performance of the Fund and the Managers, (iii) the fees and expenses of the Fund, including comparative fee and expense information, (iv) the profitability of the Managers and their affiliates, including an analysis of the cost of providing services, (v) whether economies of scale are realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for Fund investors and (vi) other benefits to the Managers from their relationship with the Fund. The Board was aware that there are alternatives to retaining the Managers.

Outlined below is a summary of the principal information considered by the Board as well as the Board’s conclusions.

Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board considered information about the nature, quality and extent of the services provided to the Fund and information regarding the Managers’ key personnel who provide such services. The Managers’ duties include providing the Fund with the services of the portfolio managers and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team, who provide research, analysis and other advisory services in regard to the Fund’s investments; and securities trading services. OFI Global is responsible for oversight of third-party service providers; monitoring compliance with applicable Fund policies and procedures and adherence to the Fund’s investment restrictions; risk management; and oversight of the Sub-Adviser. OFI Global is also responsible for providing certain administrative services to the Fund. Those services include providing and supervising all administrative and clerical personnel who are necessary in order to provide effective corporate administration for the Fund; compiling and maintaining records with respect to the Fund’s operations; preparing and filing reports required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; preparing periodic reports regarding the operations of the Fund for its shareholders; preparing proxy materials for shareholder meetings; and preparing the registration statements required by federal and state securities laws for the sale of the Fund’s shares. OFI Global also provides the Fund with office space, facilities and equipment.

The Board also considered the quality of the services provided and the quality of the Managers’ resources that are available to the Fund. The Board took account of the fact that the Sub-Adviser has over fifty years of experience as an investment adviser and that its assets under management rank it among the top mutual fund managers in the United States. The Board evaluated the Managers’ advisory, administrative, accounting, legal, compliance and risk management services, among other services, and information the Board has received regarding the experience and professional qualifications of the Managers’ key personnel and the size and functions of their staff. In its evaluation of the quality of the portfolio management services provided, the Board considered the experience of Matthew Ziehl, Raymond Anello, Raman Vardharaj, Joy Budzinski, Kristin Ketner, Magnus Krantz and Adam Weiner, the portfolio managers for the Fund, and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team and analysts. The Board members also considered the totality of their experiences with the Managers as directors or trustees of the Fund and other funds advised by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the quality of services provided by affiliates of the Managers, which the Board members have become knowledgeable about through their experiences with the Managers and in connection with the review or renewal of the Fund’s service agreements or service providers. The Board concluded, in light of the Managers’ experience, reputation, personnel, operations and resources that the Fund benefits from the services provided under the Agreements.

Investment Performance of the Managers and the Fund. Throughout the year, the Managers provided information on the investment performance of the Fund, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, including comparative performance information. The Board also reviewed information, prepared by the Managers and by the independent consultant, comparing the Fund’s historical performance to relevant market indices and to the performance of other small blend underlying variable insurance products. The Board noted that the Fund outperformed its category median for each of the three-, five- and ten-year periods, although it underperformed its category median for the one-year period.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The Board reviewed the fees paid to the Adviser and the other expenses borne by the Fund. The Board noted that the Adviser, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser’s fee under the sub-advisory agreement. The independent consultant provided comparative data in regard to the fees and expenses of the Fund and other small blend funds underlying variable insurance products. In reviewing the fees and expenses charged to the VA funds, the Board considered the Adviser’s assertion that, because there is much greater disparity in the fees and services that may be provided by a manager to a VA fund as opposed to a retail fund, when comparing the expenses of the various VA funds to those of retail funds, it is most appropriate to focus on total expenses (rather than on the management fees). Accordingly, while the Board reviewed and considered all expenses, it focused on total expenses. The Board considered that the Fund’s contractual management fee and total expenses were lower than their respective peer group medians and category medians. The Board also considered that the Adviser has contractually 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 fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

Economies of Scale and Profits Realized by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the Managers’ costs in serving as the Fund’s investment adviser and sub-adviser, including the costs associated with the personnel and systems necessary to manage the Fund, and information regarding the Managers’ profitability from their relationship with the Fund. The Board also considered that the Managers must be able to pay and retain experienced professional personnel at competitive rates to provide quality services to the Fund. The Board reviewed whether the Managers may realize economies of scale in managing and supporting the Fund. The Board noted that the Fund currently has management fee

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

breakpoints, which are intended to share with Fund shareholders economies of scale that may exist as the Fund’s assets grow.

Other Benefits to the Managers. In addition to considering the profits realized by the Managers, the Board considered information that was provided regarding the direct and indirect benefits the Managers receive as a result of their relationship with the Fund, including compensation paid to the Managers’ affiliates and research provided to the Adviser in connection with permissible brokerage arrangements (soft dollar arrangements).

Conclusions. These factors were also considered by the independent Trustees meeting separately from the full Board, assisted by experienced counsel to the Fund and to the independent Trustees. Fund counsel and the independent Trustees’ counsel are independent of the Managers within the meaning and intent of the Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

Based on its review of the information it received and its evaluations described above, the Board, including a majority of the independent Trustees, decided to continue the Agreements through August 31, 2018. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any factor or factors as being more important than others, but considered all of the above information, and considered the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the management fees, in light of all the surrounding circumstances.

 

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PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES; UPDATES TO STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has adopted Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines under which the Fund votes proxies relating to securities (“portfolio proxies”) held by the Fund. A description of the Fund’s Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), (ii) on the Fund’s website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, 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 voting record is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), and (ii) in the Form N-PX filing on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first quarter and the third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q filings are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Those forms may 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 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited

 

Name, Position(s) Held with the Fund, Length of
Service, Year of Birth
   Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held;
Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Currently Overseen
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES    The address of each 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.

Robert J. Malone,

Chairman of the Board of Trustees (since 2016),

Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1944

   Chairman - Colorado Market of MidFirst Bank (since January 2015); Chairman of the Board (2012-2016) and Director (August 2005-January 2016) of Jones International University (educational organization); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (2000-2016); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Steele Street Bank Trust (commercial banking) (August 2003-January 2015); Director of Opera Colorado Foundation (non-profit organization) (2008-2012); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (1986-2010); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2006-2010); 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 U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and gas exploration) (1997-February 2004); Chairman of the Board (1991-1994) and Trustee (1985-1994) of Regis University; and Chairman of the Board (1990-1991) and Member (1984-1999) of Young Presidents Organization. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Andrew J. Donohue,

Trustee (since 2017)

Year of Birth: 1950

   Of Counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP (since September 2017); Chief of Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (June 2015-February 2017); Managing Director and Investment Company General Counsel of Goldman Sachs (investment bank) (November 2012-May 2015); Partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP (law firm) (March 2011-October 2012); Director of the Division of Investment Management of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (May 2006-November 2010); Global General Counsel of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (investment firm) (May 2003-May 2006); General Counsel (October 1991-November 2001) and Executive Vice President (January 1993-November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (investment firm) (June 1991-November 2001). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Donohue has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2017, 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.

Jon S. Fossel,

Trustee (since 1990)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Chairman of the Board of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (2005-2015); Director of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (since March 2005); Chairman of the Board (2006-December 2011) and Director (June 2002-December 2011) of UNUMProvident (insurance company); Director of Northwestern Energy Corp. (public utility corporation) (November 2004-December 2009); 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 Sub-Adviser; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the following: Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (“OAC”) (parent holding company of the Sub-Adviser), Shareholders Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (until October 1995). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Richard F. Grabish,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1948

   Formerly Senior Vice President and Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing (March 1997-December 2007), Director (March 1987-December 2007) and Manager of Private Client Services (June 1985-June 2005) of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. (broker/dealer and investment firm); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (March 2001-December 2007); President and Vice Chairman of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (April 1987-March 2001); President of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (June 2005-December 2007). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Grabish has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2001, 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.

Beverly L. Hamilton,

Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1946

   Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (2000-2014); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (December 2005-June 2011); Director (1991-2016), Vice Chairman of the Board (2006- 2009) and Chairman of the Board (2010-2013) 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; 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Victoria J. Herget,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth:1951

   Board Chair (2008-2015) and Director (2004-Present), United Educators (insurance company); Trustee (since 2000) and Chair (since 2010), Newberry Library (independent research library); Trustee, Mather LifeWays (senior living organization) (since 2001); Independent Director of the First American Funds (mutual fund family) (2003-2011); former Managing Director (1993-2001), Principal (1985-1993), Vice President (1978-1985) and Assistant Vice President (1973-1978) of Zurich Scudder Investments (investment adviser) (and its predecessor firms); Trustee (1992-2007), Chair of the Board of Trustees (1999-2007), Investment Committee Chair (1994-1999) and Investment Committee member (2007-2010) of Wellesley College; Trustee, BoardSource (non-profit organization) (2006-2009) and Chicago City Day School (K-8 School) (1994-2005). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Herget has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited / Continued

 

F. William Marshall, Jr.,

Trustee (since 2000)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Trustee Emeritus of Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI) (private university) (since 2009); Trustee of MassMutual Select Funds (formerly MassMutual Institutional Funds) (investment company) (1996-2015), MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (1996-2015) and Mass Mutual Premier Funds (investment company) (January 2012-December 2015); President and Treasurer of the SIS Charitable Fund (private charitable fund) (January 1999-March 2011); 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Karen L. Stuckey,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1953

   Member (since May 2015) of Desert Mountain Community Foundation Advisory Board (non-profit organization); Partner (1990-2012) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (professional services firm) (held various positions 1975-1990); Trustee (1992- 2006); member of Executive, Nominating and Audit Committees and Chair of Finance Committee (1992-2006), and Emeritus Trustee (since 2006) of Lehigh University; and member, Women’s Investment Management Forum (professional organization) since inception. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Stuckey has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.

James D. Vaughn,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth:1945

   Retired; former managing partner (1994-2001) of Denver office of Deloitte & Touche LLP, (held various positions 1969- 1993); Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Schroder Funds (2003-2012); Board member and Chairman of Audit Committee of AMG National Trust Bank (since 2005); Trustee and Investment Committee member, University of South Dakota Foundation (since 1996); Board member, Audit Committee Member and past Board Chair, Junior Achievement (since 1993); former Board member, Mile High United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Economic Club of Colorado and Metro Denver Network. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Vaughn has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.
      
INTERESTED TRUSTEE AND OFFICER    Mr. Steinmetz is an “Interested Trustee” because he is affiliated with the Manager and the Sub-Adviser by virtue of his positions as Chairman and director of the Sub-Adviser and officer and director of the Manager. Both as a Trustee and as an officer, Mr. Steinmetz serves for an indefinite term, or until his resignation, retirement, death or removal. Mr. Steinmetz’s address is 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008.

Arthur P. Steinmetz,

Trustee (since 2015), President and

Principal Executive Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1958

   Chairman of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2015); CEO and Chairman of the Manager (since July 2014), President of the Manager (since May 2013), a Director of the Manager (since January 2013), Director of the Sub-Adviser (since July 2014), President, Management Director and CEO of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (the Sub-Adviser’s parent holding company) (since July 2014), and President and Director of OFI SteelPath, Inc. (since January 2013). Chief Investment Officer of the OppenheimerFunds advisory entities from (January 2013-December 2013); Executive Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-May 2013); Chief Investment Officer of the Sub-Adviser (October 2010-December 2012); Chief Investment Officer, Fixed- Income, of the Sub-Adviser (April 2009-October 2010); Executive Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 2009-December 2012); Director of Fixed Income of the Sub-Adviser (January 2009-April 2009); and a Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (March 1993-September 2009). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
      
OTHER OFFICERS OF THE FUND    The addresses of the Officers in the chart below are as follows: for Messrs. Ziehl, Vardharaj, Anello, Krantz, Weiner, Mss. Lo Bessette, Budzinski, Ketner, Foxson and Picciotto, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008, for Mr. Petersen, 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.

Matthew P. Ziehl,

Vice President (since 2009)

Year of Birth: 1967

   Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager of the Sub-Adviser (since May 2009). Portfolio manager with RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006-May 2009); Managing Director at The Guardian Life Insurance Company (December 2001-October 2006) when Guardian Life Insurance acquired an interest in RS Investment Management Co. LLC. Team leader and co portfolio manager with Salomon Brothers Asset Management, Inc. for small growth portfolios (January 2001-December 2001). A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Raman Vardharaj,

Vice President (since 2009)

Year of Birth: 1971

   Vice President and portfolio manager of the Sub-Adviser (since May 2009). 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). 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. A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Raymond Anello,

Vice President (since 2011)

Year of Birth: 1964

   Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since May 2009) and a portfolio manager of the Sub-Adviser (since April 2011). Sector manager for energy and utilities for the Sub-Adviser’s Main Street Investment Team (since May 2009). Portfolio Manager of the RS All Cap Dividend product (from its inception in July 2007-April 2009) and served as a sector manager for energy and utilities for various other RS Investments products. Guardian Life Insurance Company (October 1999) and transitioned to RS Investments (October 2006) in connection with Guardian Life Insurance Company’s acquisition of an interest in RS Investments. Mr. Anello served as an equity portfolio manager/analyst and high yield analyst at Orion Capital (1995-1998) and an assistant portfolio manager at the Garrison Bradford portfolio management firm (1988-1995). A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

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Joy Budzinski,

Vice President (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1968

   Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since May 2009) and a portfolio manager of the Sub-Adviser (since November 2012). Sector manager for healthcare for the Sub-Adviser’s Main Street Investment Team (since May 2009). Healthcare sector manager at RS Investment and Guardian Life Insurance Company. Guardian Life Insurance Company (August 2006) and transitioned to RS Investments (October 2006) in connection with Guardian Life Insurance Company’s acquisition of an interest in RS Investments. Senior equity analyst at Bank of New York BNY Asset Management (2001 -2006); portfolio manager and analyst at Alliance of America (1999-2001); portfolio manager and analyst at JP Morgan Chase (1993-1997); analyst at Prudential Investments (1997-1998). A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Kristin Ketner,

Vice President (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1965

   Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since June 2009) and a portfolio manager of the Sub-Adviser (since November 2012). Sector manager for consumer discretionary and consumer staples for the Sub-Adviser’s Main Street Investment Team (since May 2009). Sector manager at RS Investment and Guardian Life Insurance Company. Guardian Life Insurance Company in February 2006 and transitioned to RS Investments in October 2006 in connection with Guardian Life Insurance Company’s acquisition of an interest in RS Investments. Portfolio Manager at Solstice Equity Management (2002-2005); retail analyst at Goldman Sachs (1999-2001); Director of Strategy and Integration at Staples (1997-1999); investment banker at Merrill Lynch (1987-1992 and 1995-1997) and Montgomery Securities (1994-1995). A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Magnus Krantz,

Vice President (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1967

   Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since May 2009) and a portfolio manager of the Sub-Adviser (since November 2012); sector manager for technology for the Sub-Adviser’s Main Street Investment Team (since May 2009). Prior to joining the Sub-Adviser, Mr. Krantz was a sector manager at RS Investment and Guardian Life Insurance Company. Mr. Krantz joined Guardian Life Insurance Company in December 2005 and transitioned to RS Investments in October 2006 in connection with Guardian Life Insurance Company’s acquisition of an interest in RS Investments. Portfolio manager and analyst at Citigroup Asset Management (1998-2005) and as a consultant at Price Waterhouse (1997-1998). He also served as product development engineer at Newbridge Networks (1993-1996) and as a software engineer at Mitel Corporation (1990-1993). A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Adam Weiner,

Vice President (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since May 2009) and a portfolio manager of the Sub-Adviser (since November 2012). Sector manager for industrials and materials for the Sub-Adviser’s Main Street Investment Team (since May 2009). Sector manager at RS Investment for industrials and materials (January 2007-April 2009). Director and senior equity analyst at Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) (September 2004-December 2006). Equity analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston 2004-2006 (buy-side) and 1999-2004 (sell-side) and Morgan Stanley (1996-1999); internal auditor at Dun and Bradstreet (1992-1996). Budget analyst, Information Resources Division of the Executive Office of the President (1990-1992). A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Cynthia Lo Bessette,

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Manager (since February 2016); Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the Manager (March 2015-February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of the Sub-Adviser and the Distributor (since February 2016); Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (since February 2016); General Counsel of OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Advisors, LLC and Index Management Solutions, LLC (since February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of OFI Global Institutional, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, OFI Global Trust Company, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc. and Trinity Investment Management Corporation (since February 2016); Corporate Counsel (February 2012-March 2015) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (April 2013-March 2015) of Jennison Associates LLC; Assistant General Counsel (April 2008-September 2009) and Deputy General Counsel (October 2009-February 2012) of Lord Abbett & Co. LLC. An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Jennifer Foxson,

Vice President and Chief Business

Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since June 2014); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (April 2006-June 2014); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (January 1998-March 2006); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 1991-December 1998). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Mary Ann Picciotto,

Chief Compliance Officer and Chief

Anti-Money Laundering Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1973

   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager (since March 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of the Sub- Adviser, OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Global Trust Company, OFI Global Institutional, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments, Inc., Harborview Asset Management Corporation, Trinity Investment Management Corporation, and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2014); Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and certain of its various affiliated entities; Chief Compliance Officer of various Morgan Stanley Funds (May 2010-January 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (April 2007-January 2014). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Brian S. Petersen,

Treasurer and Principal Financial &

Accounting Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1970

   Senior Vice President of the Manager (since January 2017); Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-January 2017); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (February 2007-December 2012); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (August 2002- 2007). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and Officers and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1.800.988.8287.

 

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OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET SMALL CAP FUND/VA

A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

Manager      OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser      OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Distributor      OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.
Transfer and Shareholder Servicing Agent      OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Transfer Agent      Shareholder Services, Inc.
     DBA OppenheimerFunds Services
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      KPMG LLP
Legal Counsel      Ropes & Gray LLP
     Before investing in any of the Oppenheimer funds, investors should carefully consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses contain this and other information about the funds, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor, visiting oppenheimerfunds.com or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.
     © 2018 OppenheimerFunds, Inc. All rights reserved. Oppenheimer funds are distributed by OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

 

LOGO


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December 31, 2017

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ANNUAL REPORT

        Listing of Top Holdings

        Fund Performance Discussion

        Financial Statements


PORTFOLIO MANAGERS: Christopher Proctor, CFA and Adam S. Wilde, CFA

 

Current Yield

        

For the 7-Day Period Ended 12/31/17

 

With Compounding

   0.82%  

Without Compounding

   0.82%  

For the 12-Month Period Ended 12/31/17

 

With Compounding

   0.39%  

Without Compounding

   0.39    

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. Yields include dividends in a hypothetical investment for the periods shown. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The yields take into account contractual and voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which yields would have been lower. Some of these undertakings may be modified at any time, as indicated in the prospectus. There is no guarantee that the Fund will maintain a positive yield. The Fund’s performance should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s performance does not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account. See Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses for more information on share classes and sales charges.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

            

U.S. Government Agencies

     60.2    

Repurchase Agreements

     31.8      

Short-Term Notes/Commercial Paper

     4.2      

Investment Company

     3.5      

U.S. Government Obligations

     0.3      

 

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on the total market value of investments.

 

2      OPPENHEIMER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND/VA


Fund Update

On April 29, 2016, the Fund converted from Oppenheimer Money Fund/VA to Oppenheimer Government Money Fund/VA.1 As such, the Fund now operates as a government money market fund, which requires that it invest 99.5 percent or more of its total assets in cash, government securities and/or repurchase agreements that are collateralized solely by government securities or cash. As a government money market fund, the Fund invests primarily in government agency securities, such as Federal Home Loan Bank System obligations, and short-term repurchase agreements collateralized by agency and treasury securities. Under the new rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) effective in October 14, 2016, the Fund posts current and historical Fund metrics on the oppenheimerfunds.com website. Among these are the market based NAV, Daily Liquid Assets, Weekly Liquid Assets and Fund Net Inflows or Outflows.

FUND PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION

Throughout the reporting period, the Fund continued to offer very strong liquidity and a stable $1.00 net asset value (NAV), while providing competitive income. Short-term government market rates have risen in conjunction with the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) raising its overnight benchmark Federal Funds rate in December 2016, March 2017, June 2017, and December 2017.

The Fund has benefited from the uptick in rates, as positions matured and we reinvested at higher rates. We would expect that should the Fed raise its overnight rate in March, as projected, the Fund’s yield would increase as well.

Shares of Oppenheimer funds are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not guaranteed by any bank, are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency, and involve investment risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested.

You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.

Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The Fund’s prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information about the Fund, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.

 

 

1. In connection with new rules governing money market funds fully implemented in October 2016, effective April 29, 2016, Oppenheimer Money Fund/VA changed its name to Oppenheimer Government Money Fund/VA, and made changes to its investment strategies that will enable it to operate as a government money market fund.

 

3      OPPENHEIMER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND/VA


Fund Expenses

Fund Expenses. As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire 6-month period ended December 31, 2017.

Actual Expenses. The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expense that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600.00 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.60), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During During 6 Months Ended December 31, 2017” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes.

The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio, and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any charges associated with the separate accounts that offer this Fund. Therefore, the “hypothetical” lines of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these separate account charges were included your costs would have been higher.

 

Actual    Beginning
Account
Value
July 1, 2017
     Ending
Account
Value
December 31, 2017
     Expenses
Paid During
6 Months Ended
December 31, 2017
     
       $         1,000.00        $         1,002.90        $         2.53     

Hypothetical

(5% return before expenses)

                                         
         1,000.00          1,022.68          2.55     

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). This annualized expense ratio, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated funds, based on the 6-month period ended December 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

Expense Ratio

        0.50%

The expense ratio reflects voluntary and/or contractual waivers and/or reimbursements of expenses by the Fund’s Manager. Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time, as indicated in the Fund’s prospectus. The “Financial Highlights” table in the Fund’s financial statements, included in this report, also shows the gross expense ratio, without such waivers or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, if applicable.

 

4      OPPENHEIMER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS December 31, 2017

 

      Maturity Date*      Final Legal Maturity
Date**
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Short-Term Notes/Commercial Paper—4.3%

                                   

New York City Housing Development Corp.:

           

1.56%1

     1/5/18        1/5/18      $ 2,000,000      $ 2,000,000    

1.65%1

     1/5/18        1/5/18        5,780,000        5,780,000    

1.70%1

     1/5/18        1/5/18        3,550,000        3,550,000    

1.70%1,2

     1/5/18        1/5/18        1,500,000        1,500,000    

New York State Housing Finance Agency, 1.70%1,2

     1/5/18        1/5/18        4,530,000        4,530,000    

Osceola County, FL Housing Finance Authority, 1.79%1,2

     1/5/18        1/5/18        1,000,000        1,000,000    

Total Short-Term Notes/Commercial Paper (Cost $18,360,000)

              18,360,000    
                                  

U.S. Government Agencies—61.4%

                                   

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., 1.41% [FEDL01+(1)]3

     1/2/18        7/3/18        3,000,000        3,000,000    

Federal Farm Credit Bank:

           

1.271%

     5/30/18        5/30/18        3,000,000        2,998,524    

1.291%

     6/1/18        6/1/18        1,000,000        999,212    

1.38% [FCPR DLY+(312)]3

     1/2/18        1/2/19        1,500,000        1,500,000    

Federal Home Loan Bank:

           

0.75%

     1/25/18        1/25/18        3,500,000        3,499,127    

0.875%

     1/30/18        1/30/18        1,800,000        1,799,609    

1.036% [US0003M+(38)]3

     2/15/18        2/15/18        2,000,000        1,999,467    

1.118%

     2/16/18        2/16/18          11,000,000        10,984,360    

1.128%

     1/12/18        1/12/18        16,000,000        15,994,488    

1.129% [US0003M+(22)]3

     1/9/18        7/9/18        1,000,000        999,926    

1.137%

     3/19/18        3/19/18        1,000,000        999,415    

1.138%

     2/28/18        2/28/18        3,000,000        2,994,530    

1.143%

     1/26/18        1/26/18        1,000,000        999,208    

1.148%

     1/23/18        1/23/18        2,000,000        1,998,601    

1.166%

     3/7/18        3/7/18        2,000,000        1,995,811    

1.173%

     2/9/18        2/9/18        3,500,000        3,495,576    

1.187%

     3/19/18        3/19/18        2,000,000        1,994,952    

1.208%

     1/5/18        1/5/18        3,000,000        2,999,598    

1.21%

     1/3/18        1/3/18        2,000,000        1,999,866    

1.212%

     1/8/18        1/8/18        4,000,000        3,999,059    

1.224%

     2/20/18        2/20/18        4,000,000        3,993,222    

1.228%

     1/10/18        1/10/18        12,000,000        11,996,323    

1.241%

     1/18/18        1/18/18        15,000,000        14,991,217    

1.252%

     1/19/18        1/19/18        10,000,000        9,993,751    

1.256%

     1/22/18        1/22/18        20,000,000        19,985,358    

1.259%

     1/17/18        1/17/18        11,000,000        10,993,849    

1.262%

     2/14/18        2/14/18        2,000,000        1,996,925    

1.268%

     2/2/18        2/2/18        12,000,000        11,986,494    

1.273%

     1/24/18        1/24/18        21,800,000          21,782,291    

1.277%

     2/5/18        2/5/18        10,000,000        9,987,604    

1.287%

     2/15/18        2/15/18        11,200,000        11,182,009    

1.292%

     1/29/18        1/29/18        10,000,000        9,989,967    

1.297% [US0001M+(13.5)]3

     1/9/18        5/9/18        1,000,000        1,000,000    

1.302% [US0003M+(16)]3

     2/26/18        2/26/18        3,000,000        3,000,185    

1.306% [US0003M+(6.5)]3

     1/26/18        1/26/18        2,000,000        2,000,357    

1.309% [US0003M+(4)]3

     1/8/18        1/8/18        2,000,000        2,000,065    

1.318% [US0003M+(16.25)]3

     3/1/18        3/1/18        1,000,000        1,000,085    

1.328%

     3/16/18        3/16/18        1,000,000        997,278    

1.346% [US0001M+(14.5)]3

     1/17/18        4/17/18        1,000,000        1,000,000    

1.371% [US0001M+(13)]3

     1/20/18        8/20/18        1,000,000        1,000,000    

1.375%

     3/9/18        3/9/18        2,000,000        2,000,573    

1.377% [US0001M+(17.5)]3

     1/25/18        1/25/18        1,000,000        1,000,000    

1.384% [US0003M+(19)]3

     3/14/18        9/14/18        1,000,000        1,000,000    

1.387% [US0001M+(16.5)]3

     1/25/18        1/25/18        2,000,000        1,999,986    

1.392% [US0001M+(14.25)]3

     1/22/18        5/22/18        1,500,000        1,499,982    

1.75%

     12/14/18        12/14/18        1,000,000        999,605    

2.00%

     9/14/18        9/14/18        1,500,000        1,502,861    

2.375%

     3/9/18        3/9/18        1,600,000        1,603,496    

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.:

           

0.75%

     1/12/18        1/12/18        3,000,000        2,999,601    

0.75%

     1/26/18        1/26/18        1,000,000        999,687    

0.875%

     3/7/18        3/7/18        2,532,000        2,530,026    

 

5      OPPENHEIMER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

      Maturity Date*      Final Legal Maturity
Date**
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

U.S. Government Agencies (Continued)

                                   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.: (Continued)

           

1.05%

     2/26/18        2/26/18      $ 500,000      $ 499,777  

1.543% [US0003M+2]3

     3/8/18        3/8/18        2,000,000        2,000,703  

Federal National Mortgage Assn.:

           

0.875%

     2/8/18        2/8/18        1,950,000        1,949,306  

1.00%

     2/14/18        2/14/18        1,400,000        1,399,702  

1.161%

     3/28/18        3/28/18        2,000,000        1,998,192  

1.592% [US0003M+(5)]3

     3/21/18        3/21/18        2,000,000        2,000,902  

Freddie Mac:

           

1.194%

     2/9/18        2/9/18        2,000,000        1,997,422  

1.195%

     3/1/18        3/1/18        1,000,000        998,050  

Tennessee Valley Authority:

           

1.241%

     1/2/18        1/2/18        2,000,000        1,999,931  

1.287%

     1/23/18        1/23/18        10,000,000        9,992,147  

Total U.S. Government Agencies (Cost $261,100,258)

              261,100,258  
                                  

U.S. Government Obligations—0.4%

                                   

United States Treasury Nts., 1.145% (Cost $1,499,654)

     1/31/18        1/31/18        1,500,000        1,499,654  
                                  

Repurchase Agreements—32.4%

                                   

Repurchase Agreements4 (Cost $138,100,000)

           138,100,000        138,100,000  
                      Shares          

Investment Company—3.6%

                                   

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 1.22%5,6
(Cost $15,295,885)

 

 

    

 

15,295,885

 

 

 

    

 

15,295,885

 

 

 

        

Total Investments, at Value (Cost $434,355,797)

                       102.1%        434,355,797  

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

           (2.1)        (8,751,513)  

Net Assets

           100.0%      $     425,604,284  
              

Footnotes to Statement of Investments

Short-term notes and direct bank obligations are generally traded on a discount basis; the interest rate shown is the discount rate received by the Fund at the time of purchase. Other securities normally bear interest at the rates shown.

* The Maturity Date represents the date used to calculate the Fund’s weighted average maturity as determined under Rule 2a-7.

** If different from the Maturity Date, the Final Legal Maturity Date includes any maturity date extensions which may be affected at the option of the issuer or unconditional payments of principal by the issuer which may be affected at the option of the Fund, and represents the date used to calculate the Fund’s weighted average life as determined under Rule 2a-7.

1. This interest rate resets periodically. Interest rate shown reflects the rate in effect at period end. The rate on this variable rate security is not based on a published reference rate and spread but is determined by the issuer or agent based on current market conditions.

2. All or a portion of the security position is when-issued or delayed delivery to be delivered and settled after period end. See Note 4 of the accompanying Notes.

3. Represents the current interest rate for a variable or increasing rate security, determined as [Referenced Rate + Basis-point spread].

4. Repurchase agreements:

 

Counterparty   Lending
Rate
    Settlement
Date
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount
    Collateralized By   Collateral
Received, at
Valuea
    Repurchase
Agreements,
at Value
    Repurchase
Agreement
Proceeds to be
Receiveda
 
Credit Agricole Corp. & Investment Bank     1.40%       12/29/17       1/2/18       $5,900,000     U.S. Treasury Bonds, 5.25%, 2/15/29 and U.S. Treasury Nts., 2.125%-3.50%, 2/15/18-1/31/21 and U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.00%, 4/26/18     $(6,018,938)       $5,900,000       $5,900,920  
Credit Agricole Corp. & Investment Bank     1.41       12/28/17       1/4/18       4,000,000     U.S. Treasury Nts., 1.375%, 1/31/20 and U.S. Government Agency Mortgages, 3.75%, 3/27/19     (4,081,208)       4,000,000       4,001,185  
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.     1.35       12/14/17       1/16/18       5,000,000     U.S. Treasury Nts., 2.625%, 11/15/20     (5,103,657)       5,000,000       5,003,585  
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.     1.40       12/29/17       1/2/18       1,000,000     U.S. Treasury Nts., 2.625%, 11/15/20     (1,020,180)       1,000,000       1,000,177  
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.     1.41       12/29/17       1/2/18       3,000,000     U.S. Treasury Nts., 2.625%, 11/15/20     (3,060,541)       3,000,000       3,000,530  
INTL FCStone Financial, Inc.     1.35       12/26/17       1/2/18       5,000,000     U.S. Treasury Nts., 0%-3.375%, 2/15/19-5/15/36 and U.S. Government Agency Mortgages, 1.50%-9.50%, 8/1/18-7/25/48     (5,256,549)       5,000,000       5,001,313  

 

6      OPPENHEIMER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND/VA


Footnotes to Statement of Investments (Continued)

 

Counterparty   Lending
Rate
    Settlement
Date
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount
    Collateralized By   Collateral
Received, at
Valuea
    Repurchase
Agreements,
at Value
    Repurchase
Agreement
Proceeds to be
Receiveda
 
INTL FCStone Financial, Inc.     1.35%       12/26/17       1/2/18       $10,000,000     U.S. Government Agency Mortgages, 1.145%- 1.23%, 5/24/19-9/20/19     $(10,203,343)       $10,000,000       $10,002,625  
RBC Dominion Securities, Inc.     1.34       12/26/17       1/2/18       2,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.125%-8.875%, 2/15/19- 8/15/44 and U.S. Treasury Nts., 0.125%-2.25%, 1/31/19-8/15/27     (2,040,539)       2,000,000       2,000,528  
RBC Dominion Securities, Inc.     1.38       12/29/17       1/2/18       35,200,000     U.S. Government Agency Mortgages, 3.00%- 5.00%, 11/1/32-1/1/47     (35,909,506)       35,200,000       35,205,398  
South Street Securities LLC     1.55       12/29/17       1/2/18       50,000,000     U.S. Government Agency Mortgages, 1.44%- 7.00%, 4/1/18-6/1/47     (51,008,784)       50,000,000       50,008,612  
TD Securities (USA) LLC     1.40       12/29/17       1/2/18       10,000,000     U.S. Treasury Nts., 0.625%-2.125%, 1/15/24-2/29/24     (10,201,602)       10,000,000       10,001,570  
TD Securities (USA) LLC     1.41       12/29/17       1/5/18       7,000,000     U.S. Treasury Nts., 0.625%-2.125%, 6/30/22-1/15/24     (7,141,205)       7,000,000       7,001,182  
              $(141,046,052)       $138,100,000       $138,127,625  

a. Includes accrued interest.

5. Rate shown is the 7-day yield at period end.

6. Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, at or during the reporting period, by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment adviser. Transactions during the reporting period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:

 

      Shares
December 31, 2016
     Gross
Additions
     Gross
Reductions
     Shares
December 31, 2017
 

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E

     —          15,295,885        —          15,295,885  
      Value      Income      Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E

   $ 15,295,885      $ 110,266      $      $ —    

 

Glossary:     
Definitions     

FCPR DLY

   Federal Reserve Bank Prime Loan Rate US Daily

FEDL01

   US Federal Funds Effective Rate (continuous series)

ICE LIBOR

   Intercontinental Exchange London Interbank Offered Rate

US0001M

   ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month

US0003M

   ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

7      OPPENHEIMER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES December 31, 2017

 

Assets

       

Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments:

 

Unaffiliated companies (cost $280,959,912)

  $ 280,959,912  

Affiliated companies (cost $15,295,885)

    15,295,885  

Repurchase agreements (cost $138,100,000)

    138,100,000  
      434,355,797  

Cash

    154,986  

Receivables and other assets:

 

Shares of beneficial interest sold

    221,519  

Interest

    182,574  

Other

    52,438  

Total assets

    434,967,314  

Liabilities

       

Payables and other liabilities:

 

Investments purchased (including $7,031,128 purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis)

    8,531,128  

Shares of beneficial interest redeemed

    598,008  

Dividends

    135,673  

Trustees’ compensation

    47,394  

Shareholder communications

    11,074  

Other

    39,753  

Total liabilities

    9,363,030  

Net Assets

  $ 425,604,284  
       
 

Composition of Net Assets

       

Par value of shares of beneficial interest

  $ 425,579  

Additional paid-in capital

    425,185,529  

Accumulated net investment loss

    (6,243

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

    (581

Net Assets—applicable to 425,578,820 shares of beneficial interest outstanding

  $     425,604,284  
       
         

Net Asset Value Per Share, Redemption Price Per Share and Offering Price Per Share

    $1.00  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

8      OPPENHEIMER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

Investment Income

       

Interest

  $ 4,237,438  

Dividends from affiliated companies

    110,266  

Total investment income

    4,347,704  

Expenses

       

Management fees

    2,196,845  

Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees

    488,981  

Shareholder communications

    38,541  

Trustees’ compensation

    55,848  

Custodian fees and expenses

    606  

Other

    104,376  

Total expenses

    2,885,197  

Less reduction to custodian expenses

    (219

Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses

    (440,074

Net expenses

    2,444,904  

Net Investment Income

    1,902,800  

Realized Loss

    (366

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

  $     1,902,434  
       

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

9      OPPENHEIMER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND/VA


STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

    Year Ended
December 31, 2017
    Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

Operations

               

Net investment income

  $ 1,902,800     $ 147,995  

Net realized loss

    (366     (215

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    1,902,434       147,780  

Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders

               

Dividends from net investment income

    (1,903,588     (153,515

Beneficial Interest Transactions

               

Net decrease in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions

    (116,364,487     (2,106,660,389

Net Assets

               

Total decrease

    (116,365,641     (2,106,666,124

Beginning of period

    541,969,925       2,648,636,049  

End of period (including accumulated net investment income (loss) of $(6,243) and $20,133, respectively)

  $ 425,604,284     $ 541,969,925  
               

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

     Year Ended
December 31,
2017
    Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    Year Ended
December 31,
2015
    Year Ended
December 31,
2014
    Year Ended
December 31,
2013
 

Per Share Operating Data

         

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

         

Net investment income1

    0.00 2       0.00 2       0.00 2       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (0.00 )2       (0.00 )2       0.00 2       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Total from investment operations

    0.00 2       0.00 2       0.00 2       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

         

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.00 )2       (0.00 )2       (0.00 )2       (0.00 )2       (0.00 )2  

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00  
       
       
                                         

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

    0.39%       0.01%       0.01%       0.01%       0.01%  
                                         

Ratios/Supplemental Data

         

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

  $ 425,604     $ 541,970     $ 2,648,636     $ 515,297     $ 177,026  

Average net assets (in thousands)

  $ 488,532     $ 1,470,447     $ 1,144,581     $ 329,045     $ 178,263  

Ratios to average net assets:4

         

Net investment income

    0.39%       0.01%       0.01%       0.01%       0.01%  

Total expenses

    0.59% 5      0.55% 5       0.53% 5       0.57% 5       0.61%  

Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses

    0.50%       0.35%       0.19%       0.15%       0.22%  

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. Less than $0.005 per share.

3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2017

     0.59%  
 

Year Ended December 31, 2016

     0.55%  
 

Year Ended December 31, 2015

     0.53%  
 

Year Ended December 31, 2014

     0.57%  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2017

 

 

1. Organization

Oppenheimer Government Money Fund/VA (the “Fund”), a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, is a diversified open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as amended. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek income consistent with stability of principal. The Fund’s investment adviser is OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”). The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI. Shares of the Fund are sold only to separate accounts of life insurance companies.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed in the Fund’s preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Security Valuation. All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. GAAP, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income distributions, if any, are declared daily and paid monthly. Capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually but may be paid at other times to maintain the net asset value per share at $1.00.

Investment Income. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.

Custodian Fees. “Custodian fees and expenses” in the Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by the Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. The Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by positive cash balances maintained by the Fund, at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 2.00%. The “Reduction to custodian expenses” line item, if applicable, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings.

Security Transactions. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

Indemnifications. The Fund’s organizational documents provide current and former Trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s tax return filings generally remains open for the three preceding fiscal reporting period ends. The Fund has analyzed its tax positions for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, including open tax years, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Fund’s financial statements.

The tax components of capital shown in the following table represent distribution requirements the Fund must satisfy under the income tax regulations, losses the Fund may be able to offset against income and gains realized in future years for federal income tax purposes.

Undistributed

Net Investment

Income

  

Undistributed

Long-Term

Gain

 

Accumulated

Loss

Carryforward1,2,3

$179,456    $—   $581

1. At period end, the Fund had $581 of net capital loss carryforward available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, and thereby reduce future taxable gain distributions. Details of the capital loss carryforwards are included in the table below. Capital loss carryovers with no expiration, if any, must be utilized prior to those with expiration dates.

 

Expiring        

No expiration

     $                        581  

2. During the reporting period, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforwards.

3. During the previous reporting period, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforwards.

Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes. The character of dividends and distributions made during the fiscal year from net investment income or net realized gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax requirements, which may differ from the character of net investment income or net realized gains presented in those financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Also, due to timing of dividends and distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or net realized gain was recorded by the Fund.

 

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Accordingly, the following amounts have been reclassified for the reporting period. Net assets of the Fund were unaffected by the reclassifications.

 

Increase

to Paid-in Capital

  

Reduction

to Accumulated

Net Investment

Income

$25,588

   $25,588

The tax character of distributions paid during the reporting periods:

 

     

Year Ended

December 31, 2017

    

Year Ended

December 31, 2016

 

Distributions paid from:

Ordinary income

   $  1,903,588      $  153,515  

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

 

3. Securities Valuation

The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is open for trading, except in the case of a scheduled early closing of the Exchange, in which case the Fund will calculate net asset value of the shares as of the scheduled early closing time of the Exchange.

The Fund’s Board has adopted procedures for the valuation of the Fund’s securities and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for valuation determinations under those procedures to the Manager. The Manager has established a Valuation Committee which is responsible for determining a fair valuation for any security for which market quotations are not readily available. The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Fund’s Board at least quarterly or more frequently, if necessary.

Valuation Methods and Inputs

Securities are valued at cost adjusted by the amortization of discount or premium to maturity (amortized cost), which approximates market value. If amortized cost is determined not to approximate market value, the fair value of the portfolio securities will be determined under procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or when a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, are fair valued either (i) by a standardized fair valuation methodology applicable to the security type or the significant event as previously approved by the Valuation Committee and the Fund’s Board or (ii) as determined in good faith by the Manager’s Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee considers all relevant facts that are reasonably available, through either public information or information available to the Manager, when determining the fair value of a security. Those standardized fair valuation methodologies include, but are not limited to, valuing securities at the last sale price or initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be further adjusted for any discounts related to security-specific resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities nor can it be assured that the Fund can obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security.

Classifications

Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Various data inputs may be used in determining the value of each of the Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

1) Level 1-unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)

2) Level 2-inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)

3) Level 3-significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager’s own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability).

The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

The Fund classifies each of its investments in investment companies which are publicly offered as Level 1. Investment companies that are not publicly offered, if any, are measured using net asset value and are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end based on valuation input level:

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

 

      Level 1—
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    

Level 2—

Other Significant
Observable
Inputs

     Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Value  

Assets Table

           

Investments, at Value:

           

Short-Term Notes/Commercial Paper

   $      $ 18,360,000      $         —      $ 18,360,000  

U.S. Government Agencies

            261,100,258               261,100,258  

U.S. Government Obligations

            1,499,654               1,499,654  

Repurchase Agreement

            138,100,000               138,100,000  

Investment Company

     15,295,885                      15,295,885  
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $       15,295,885      $       419,059,912      $      $       434,355,797  
  

 

 

 

 

 

4. Investments and Risks

Investments in Affiliated Funds. The Fund is permitted to invest in other mutual funds advised by the Manager (“Affiliated Funds”). Affiliated Funds are open-end management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Manager is the investment adviser of, and the Sub-Adviser provides investment and related advisory services to, the Affiliated Funds. When applicable, the Fund’s investments in Affiliated Funds are included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of Affiliated Funds are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of the Affiliated Funds’ expenses, including their management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in the Affiliated Funds.

Each of the Affiliated Funds in which the Fund invests has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the Fund’s investments and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one Affiliated Fund than in another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that Affiliated Fund.

Investments in Money Market Instruments. The Fund is permitted to invest its free cash balances in money market instruments to provide liquidity or for defensive purposes. The Fund may invest in money market instruments by investing in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund (“IGMMF”), which is an Affiliated Fund. IGMMF is regulated as a money market fund under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Fund may also invest in money market instruments directly or in other affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds.

Securities on a When-Issued or Delayed Delivery Basis. The Fund may purchase securities on a “when-issued” basis, and may purchase or sell securities on a “delayed delivery” basis. “When-issued” or “delayed delivery” refers to securities whose terms and indenture are available and for which a market exists, but which are not available for immediate delivery. Delivery and payment for securities that have been purchased by the Fund on a when-issued basis normally takes place within six months and possibly as long as two years or more after the trade date. During this period, such securities do not earn interest, are subject to market fluctuation and may increase or decrease in value prior to their delivery. The purchase of securities on a when-issued basis may increase the volatility of the Fund’s net asset value to the extent the Fund executes such transactions while remaining substantially fully invested. When the Fund engages in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions, it relies on the buyer or seller, as the case may be, to complete the transaction. Their failure to do so may cause the Fund to lose the opportunity to obtain or dispose of the security at a price and yield it considers advantageous. The Fund may also sell securities that it purchased on a when-issued basis or forward commitment prior to settlement of the original purchase.

At period end, the Fund had purchased securities issued on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis as follows:

 

      When-Issued or
Delayed Delivery
Basis Transactions
 

Purchased securities

     $7,031,128  

Shareholder Concentration. At period end, one shareholder owned 20% or more of the Fund’s total outstanding shares.

 

 

5. Market Risk Factors

The Fund’s investments in securities and/or financial derivatives may expose the Fund to various market risk factors:

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

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

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

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a

 

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5. Market Risk Factors (Continued)

foreign curre.ncy. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.

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

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

 

 

6. Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

     Year Ended December 31, 2017      Year Ended December 31, 2016  
      Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold

     306,082,431      $ 306,082,431        1,180,358,383      $ 1,180,358,383  

Dividends and/or distributions reinvested

     1,769,951        1,769,951        159,576        159,576  

Redeemed

     (424,216,869      (424,216,869      (3,287,178,348      (3,287,178,348
  

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (116,364,487    $ (116,364,487      (2,106,660,389    $ (2,106,660,389
  

 

 

 

 

 

7. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:

 

Fee Schedule  

Up to $500 million

     0.450

Next $500 million

     0.425  

Next $500 million

     0.400  

Over $1.5 billion

     0.375  

The Fund’s effective management fee for the reporting period was 0.45% of average annual net assets before any applicable waivers.

Sub-Adviser Fees. The Manager has retained the Sub-Adviser to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Manager pays the Sub-Adviser an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the investment management fee collected by the Manager from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any investment management fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Adviser is paid by the Manager, not by the Fund.

Transfer Agent Fees. OFI Global (the “Transfer Agent”) serves as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee based on annual net assets. Fees incurred and average net assets with respect to these services are detailed in the Statement of Operations and Financial Highlights, respectively.

Sub-Transfer Agent Fees. The Transfer Agent has retained Shareholder Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFI (the “Sub-Transfer Agent”), to provide the day-to-day transfer agent and shareholder servicing of the Fund. Under the Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement, the Transfer Agent pays the Sub-Transfer Agent an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the transfer agent fee collected by the Transfer Agent from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any applicable fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Transfer Agent is paid by the Transfer Agent, not by the Fund.

Trustees’ Compensation. The Fund’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) has adopted a compensation deferral plan for Independent Trustees that enables Trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Trustees under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustees. The Fund purchases shares of the funds selected for deferral by the Trustees in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of “Other” within the asset section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of Trustees’ fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the compensation deferral plan.

Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. The Manager has voluntarily undertaken to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to assist the Fund in attempting to maintain a positive yield. There is no guarantee that the Fund will maintain a positive yield. The Manager has contractually agreed to limit the Fund’s expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, excluding

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

7. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

any applicable dividend expense, taxes, interest and fees from borrowing, any subsidiary expenses, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, brokerage commissions, unusual and infrequent expenses and certain other Fund expenses; so that those expenses, as percentages of daily net assets, will not exceed the annual rate of 0.50%. During the reporting period, the Manager waived and/or reimbursed the Fund $427,655.

    This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

    The Manager is permitted to recapture previously waived and/or reimbursed fees in any given fiscal year if the recapture would not: 1) cause the Fund to generate a negative daily yield, and 2) exceed amounts previously waived and/or reimbursed under this arrangement during the current and prior three fiscal years. The reimbursement to the Manager of such previous waivers and reimbursements would not include any portion of distribution and/or service fees. At period end, the following waived and/or reimbursed amounts are eligible for recapture:

 

Expiration Date       

 

 

December 31, 2018

   $    3,773,037  

December 31, 2019

     2,982,813  

December 31, 2020

     427,655  

The Manager has not recaptured any previously waived and/or reimbursed amounts during the reporting period.

    The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in IGMMF. During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $12,419 for IGMMF management fees. This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

 

 

8. Repurchase Agreements

In a repurchase transaction, a Fund buys a security and simultaneously sells it back to an approved institution 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 institutions 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 investment adviser from time to time. Repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized. However, if the seller fails to pay the repurchase price on the delivery date, a Fund may incur costs in disposing of the collateral and may experience losses if there is any delay in its ability to do so. If the default on the part of the seller is due to its bankruptcy, a Fund’s ability to liquidate the collateral may be delayed or limited.

The following is a summary by counterparty of the market value of Borrowings and Other Financing Transactions and collateral (received) as of period end:

 

Counterparty    Repurchase Agreement
Proceeds to be Received 1
     Collateral Received1      Net Exposure2  

 

 

Repurchase Agreements

        

Credit Agricole Corp. & Investment Bank

     $5,900,920        $(6,018,938)        $(118,018)  

Credit Agricole Corp. & Investment Bank

     4,001,185        (4,081,208)        (80,023)  

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

     5,003,585        (5,103,657)        (100,072)  

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

     1,000,177        (1,020,180)        (20,003)  

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

     3,000,530        (3,060,541)        (60,011)  

INTL FCStone Financial, Inc.

     5,001,313        (5,256,549)        (255,236)  

INTL FCStone Financial, Inc.

     10,002,625        (10,203,343)        (200,718)  

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc.

     2,000,528        (2,040,539)        (40,011)  

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc.

     35,205,398        (35,909,506)        (704,108)  

South Street Securities LLC

     50,008,612        (51,008,784)        (1,000,172)  

TD Securities (USA) LLC

     10,001,570        (10,201,602)        (200,032)  

TD Securities (USA) LLC

     7,001,182        (7,141,205)        (140,023)  
  

 

 

       
     $138,127,625        
  

 

 

       

1. Includes accrued interest.

2. Net exposure represents the net receivable/payable that would be due from the counterparty in the event of default.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

    We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Oppenheimer Government Money Fund/VA, a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, (the “Fund”), including the statement of investments, as of December 31, 2017, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the “financial statements”) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

    These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

    We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and the transfer agent, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

KPMG LLP

    We have not been able to determine the specific year that we began serving as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies, however we are aware that we have served as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies since at least 1969.

Denver, Colorado

February 13, 2018

 

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FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION Unaudited

 

 

In early 2018, if applicable, shareholders of record received information regarding all dividends and distributions paid to them by the Fund during calendar year 2017.

    The foregoing information is presented to assist shareholders in reporting distributions received from the Fund to the Internal Revenue Service. Because of the complexity of the federal regulations which may affect your individual tax return and the many variations in state and local tax regulations, we recommend that you consult your tax advisor for specific guidance.

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited

 

 

    The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”) (“OFI Global” and “OFI” together, the “Managers”) and OFI Global has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI whereby OFI provides investment sub-advisory services to the Fund (collectively, the “Agreements”). Each year, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of the independent Trustees, is required to determine whether to approve the terms of the Agreements and the renewal thereof. The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that the Board request and evaluate, and that the Managers provide, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreements. The Board employs an independent consultant to prepare a report that provides information, including comparative information that the Board requests for that purpose. In addition to in-person meetings focused on this evaluation, the Board receives information throughout the year regarding Fund services, fees, expenses and performance.

    The Managers and the independent consultant provided information to the Board on the following factors: (i) the nature, quality and extent of the Managers’ services, (ii) the comparative investment performance of the Fund and the Managers, (iii) the fees and expenses of the Fund, including comparative fee and expense information, (iv) the profitability of the Managers and their affiliates, including an analysis of the cost of providing services, (v) whether economies of scale are realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for Fund investors and (vi) other benefits to the Managers from their relationship with the Fund. The Board was aware that there are alternatives to retaining the Managers.

    Outlined below is a summary of the principal information considered by the Board as well as the Board’s conclusions.

    Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board considered information about the nature, quality and extent of the services provided to the Fund and information regarding the Managers’ key personnel who provide such services. The Managers’ duties include providing the Fund with the services of the portfolio managers and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team, who provide research, analysis and other advisory services in regard to the Fund’s investments; and securities trading services. OFI Global is responsible for oversight of third-party service providers; monitoring compliance with applicable Fund policies and procedures and adherence to the Fund’s investment restrictions; risk management; and oversight of the Sub-Adviser. OFI Global is also responsible for providing certain administrative services to the Fund. Those services include providing and supervising all administrative and clerical personnel who are necessary in order to provide effective corporate administration for the Fund; compiling and maintaining records with respect to the Fund’s operations; preparing and filing reports required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; preparing periodic reports regarding the operations of the Fund for its shareholders; preparing proxy materials for shareholder meetings; and preparing the registration statements required by federal and state securities laws for the sale of the Fund’s shares. OFI Global also provides the Fund with office space, facilities and equipment.

    The Board also considered the quality of the services provided and the quality of the Managers’ resources that are available to the Fund. The Board took account of the fact that the Sub-Adviser has over fifty years of experience as an investment adviser and that its assets under management rank it among the top mutual fund managers in the United States. The Board evaluated the Managers’ advisory, administrative, accounting, legal, compliance and risk management services, among other services, and information the Board has received regarding the experience and professional qualifications of the Managers’ key personnel and the size and functions of their staff. In its evaluation of the quality of the portfolio management services provided, the Board considered the experience of Christopher Proctor and Adam Wilde, the portfolio managers for the Fund, and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team and analysts. The Board members also considered the totality of their experiences with the Managers as directors or trustees of the Fund and other funds advised by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the quality of services provided by affiliates of the Managers, which the Board members have become knowledgeable about through their experiences with the Managers and in connection with the review or renewal of the Fund’s service agreements or service providers. The Board concluded, in light of the Managers’ experience, reputation, personnel, operations and resources that the Fund benefits from the services provided under the Agreements.

    Investment Performance of the Managers and the Fund. Throughout the year, the Managers provided information on the investment performance of the Fund, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, including comparative performance information. The Board also reviewed information, prepared by the Managers and by the independent consultant, comparing the Fund’s historical performance to relevant market indices and to the performance of other money market taxable category funds. The Board considered that the Fund outperformed its category median during the ten-year period, and performed in line with its performance category median during the one-, three- and five-year periods.

    Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The Board reviewed the fees paid to the Adviser and the other expenses borne by the Fund. The Board noted that the Adviser, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser’s fee under the sub-advisory agreement. The independent consultant provided comparative data in regard to the fees and expenses of the Fund and other retail front-end load money market taxable money market-taxable funds underlying variable insurance products. In reviewing the fees and expenses charged to the VA funds, the Board considered the Adviser’s assertion that, because there is much greater disparity in the fees and services that may be provided by a manager to a VA fund as opposed to a retail fund, when comparing the expenses of the various VA funds to those of retail funds, it is most appropriate to focus on total expenses (rather than on the management fees). Accordingly, while the Board reviewed and considered all expenses, it focused on total expenses. The Board considered that the Fund’s total expenses, net of waivers, were lower than its peer group median and its category median. The Board also considered that the Fund’s contractual management fee was higher than both its peer group median and its category median. The Board noted that the Adviser has contractually agreed to limit the Fund’s total annual operating expenses so that those expenses, as a percentage of daily net assets, will not exceed the annual rate of 0.50%. This contractual expense limitation may not be amended or withdrawn until one year after the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board. The Board also considered that the Adviser voluntarily agreed to waive fees to assist the Fund in attempting to maintain a positive yield, although there is no guarantee that the Fund will maintain a positive yield. This voluntary fee waiver may be amended or withdrawn at any time without prior notice to shareholders.

    Economies of Scale and Profits Realized by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the Managers’ costs in serving as the Fund’s investment adviser and sub-adviser, including the costs associated with the personnel and systems necessary to manage the Fund, and information regarding the Managers’ profitability from their relationship with the Fund. The Board also considered that the Managers must be able to pay and retain experienced professional personnel at competitive rates to provide quality services to the Fund. The Board reviewed whether the

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

Managers may realize economies of scale in managing and supporting the Fund. The Board noted that the Fund currently has management fee breakpoints, which are intended to share with Fund shareholders economies of scale that may exist as the Fund’s assets grow.

    Other Benefits to the Managers. In addition to considering the profits realized by the Managers, the Board considered information that was provided regarding the direct and indirect benefits the Managers receive as a result of their relationship with the Fund, including compensation paid to the Managers’ affiliates.

    Conclusions. These factors were also considered by the independent Trustees meeting separately from the full Board, assisted by experienced counsel to the Fund and to the independent Trustees. Fund counsel and the independent Trustees’ counsel are independent of the Managers within the meaning and intent of the Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

    Based on its review of the information it received and its evaluations described above, the Board, including a majority of the independent Trustees, decided to continue the Agreements through August 31, 2018. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any factor or factors as being more important than others, but considered all of the above information, and considered the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the management fees, in light of all the surrounding circumstances.

 

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PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES; UPDATES TO STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has adopted Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines under which the Fund votes proxies relating to securities (“portfolio proxies”) held by the Fund. A description of the Fund’s Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), (ii) on the Fund’s website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, 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 voting record is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), and (ii) in the Form N-PX filing on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first quarter and the third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q filings are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Those forms may 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 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited

 

 

Name, Position(s) Held with the Fund, Length of

Service, Year of Birth

   Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held; Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Currently Overseen
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES    The address of each 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.

Robert J. Malone,

Chairman of the Board of Trustees (since 2016),

Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1944

   Chairman - Colorado Market of MidFirst Bank (since January 2015); Chairman of the Board (2012-2016) and Director (August 2005-January 2016) of Jones International University (educational organization); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (2000-2016); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Steele Street Bank Trust (commercial banking) (August 2003-January 2015); Director of Opera Colorado Foundation (non-profit organization) (2008-2012); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (1986-2010); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2006-2010); 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 U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and gas exploration) (1997-February 2004); Chairman of the Board (1991-1994) and Trustee (1985-1994) of Regis University; and Chairman of the Board (1990-1991) and Member (1984-1999) of Young Presidents Organization. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Andrew J. Donohue,

Trustee (since 2017)

Year of Birth: 1950

   Of Counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP (since September 2017); Chief of Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (June 2015-February 2017); Managing Director and Investment Company General Counsel of Goldman Sachs (investment bank) (November 2012-May 2015); Partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP (law firm) (March 2011-October 2012); Director of the Division of Investment Management of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (May 2006-November 2010); Global General Counsel of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (investment firm) (May 2003-May 2006); General Counsel (October 1991-November 2001) and Executive Vice President (January 1993-November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (investment firm) (June 1991-November 2001). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Donohue has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2017, 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.

Jon S. Fossel,

Trustee (since 1990)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Chairman of the Board of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (2005-2015); Director of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (since March 2005); Chairman of the Board (2006-December 2011) and Director (June 2002-December 2011) of UNUMProvident (insurance company); Director of Northwestern Energy Corp. (public utility corporation) (November 2004-December 2009); 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 Sub-Adviser; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the following: Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (“OAC”) (parent holding company of the Sub-Adviser), Shareholders Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (until October 1995). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Richard F. Grabish,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1948

   Formerly Senior Vice President and Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing (March 1997-December 2007), Director (March 1987-December 2007) and Manager of Private Client Services (June 1985-June 2005) of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. (broker/dealer and investment firm); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (March 2001-December 2007); President and Vice Chairman of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (April 1987-March 2001); President of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (June 2005-December 2007). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Grabish has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2001, 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.

Beverly L. Hamilton,

Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1946

   Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (2000-2014); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (December 2005-June 2011); Director (1991-2016), Vice Chairman of the Board (2006- 2009) and Chairman of the Board (2010-2013) 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; 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Victoria J. Herget,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth:1951

   Board Chair (2008-2015) and Director (2004-Present), United Educators (insurance company); Trustee (since 2000) and Chair (since 2010), Newberry Library (independent research library); Trustee, Mather LifeWays (senior living organization) (since 2001); Independent Director of the First American Funds (mutual fund family) (2003-2011); former Managing Director (1993-2001), Principal (1985-1993), Vice President (1978-1985) and Assistant Vice President (1973-1978) of Zurich Scudder Investments (investment adviser) (and its predecessor firms); Trustee (1992-2007), Chair of the Board of Trustees (1999-2007), Investment Committee Chair (1994-1999) and Investment Committee member (2007-2010) of Wellesley College; Trustee, BoardSource (non-profit organization) (2006-2009) and Chicago City Day School (K-8 School) (1994-2005). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Herget has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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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F. William Marshall, Jr.,

Trustee (since 2000)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Trustee Emeritus of Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI) (private university) (since 2009); Trustee of MassMutual Select Funds (formerly MassMutual Institutional Funds) (investment company) (1996-2015), MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (1996-2015) and Mass Mutual Premier Funds (investment company) (January 2012-December 2015); President and Treasurer of the SIS Charitable Fund (private charitable fund) (January 1999-March 2011); 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Karen L. Stuckey,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1953

   Member (since May 2015) of Desert Mountain Community Foundation Advisory Board (non-profit organization); Partner (1990-2012) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (professional services firm) (held various positions 1975-1990); Trustee (1992-2006); member of Executive, Nominating and Audit Committees and Chair of Finance Committee (1992-2006), and Emeritus Trustee (since 2006) of Lehigh University; and member, Women’s Investment Management Forum (professional organization) since inception. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Stuckey has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.

James D. Vaughn,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth:1945

   Retired; former managing partner (1994-2001) of Denver office of Deloitte & Touche LLP, (held various positions 1969-1993); Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Schroder Funds (2003-2012); Board member and Chairman of Audit Committee of AMG National Trust Bank (since 2005); Trustee and Investment Committee member, University of South Dakota Foundation (since 1996); Board member, Audit Committee Member and past Board Chair, Junior Achievement (since 1993); former Board member, Mile High United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Economic Club of Colorado and Metro Denver Network. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Vaughn has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.
INTERESTED TRUSTEE AND OFFICER    Mr. Steinmetz is an “Interested Trustee” because he is affiliated with the Manager and the Sub-Adviser by virtue of his positions as Chairman and director of the Sub-Adviser and officer and director of the Manager. Both as a Trustee and as an officer, Mr. Steinmetz serves for an indefinite term, or until his resignation, retirement, death or removal. Mr. Steinmetz’s address is 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008.

Arthur P. Steinmetz,

Trustee (Since 2015), President and

Principal Executive Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1958

   Chairman of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2015); CEO and Chairman of the Manager (since July 2014), President of the Manager (since May 2013), a Director of the Manager (since January 2013), Director of the Sub-Adviser (since July 2014), President, Management Director and CEO of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (the Sub-Adviser’s parent holding company) (since July 2014), and President and Director of OFI SteelPath, Inc. (since January 2013). Chief Investment Officer of the OppenheimerFunds advisory entities from (January 2013-December 2013); Executive Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-May 2013); Chief Investment Officer of the Sub-Adviser (October 2010-December 2012); Chief Investment Officer, Fixed- Income, of the Sub-Adviser (April 2009-October 2010); Executive Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 2009-December 2012); Director of Fixed Income of the Sub-Adviser (January 2009-April 2009); and a Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (March 1993-September 2009). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
OTHER OFFICERS OF THE FUND    The addresses of the Officers in the chart below are as follows: for Mss. Lo Bessette, Foxson and Picciotto, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008, for Messrs. Proctor, Wilde and Petersen, 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.

Christopher Proctor,

Vice President (since 2010)

Year of Birth: 1968

   Head of the Cash Strategies Team (since July 2013); Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since July 2013) and Senior Portfolio Manager of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2010). Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (August 2008-July 2013). Vice President at Calamos Asset Management (January 2007-March 2008) and Scudder-Kemper Investments (1999- 2002). Managing Director and Co-Founder of Elmhurst Capital Management (June 2004-January 2007); Senior Manager of Research for Etrade Global Asset Management (2002-2004). A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Adam S. Wilde,

Vice President (since 2013)

Year of Birth: 1978

   Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since May 2011) and a Portfolio Manager of the Sub-Adviser (since July 2013). He served as the head of credit research for the cash strategies team of the Sub-Adviser (from 2011 to 2013), and as an Assistant Vice President and senior research analyst of the Sub-Adviser (from 2008 to 2011). Mr. Wilde served as an intermediate research analyst of the Sub-Adviser (from 2007 to 2008) and served in other analyst roles of the Sub-Adviser (since 2002). Mr. Wilde joined the Sub-Adviser in 2001. A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Cynthia Lo Bessette,

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Manager (since February 2016); Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the Manager (March 2015-February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of the Sub-Adviser and the Distributor (since February 2016); Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (since February 2016); General Counsel of OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Advisors, LLC and Index Management Solutions, LLC (since February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of OFI Global Institutional, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, OFI Global Trust Company, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc. and Trinity Investment Management Corporation (since February 2016); Corporate Counsel (February 2012-March 2015) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (April 2013-March 2015) of Jennison Associates LLC; Assistant General Counsel (April 2008-September 2009) and Deputy General Counsel (October 2009-February 2012) of Lord Abbett & Co. LLC. An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited / Continued

 

Jennifer Foxson,

Vice President and Chief Business

Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since June 2014); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (April 2006-June 2014); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (January 1998-March 2006); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 1991-December 1998). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Mary Ann Picciotto,

Chief Compliance Officer and Chief

Anti-Money Laundering Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1973

   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager (since March 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of the Sub-Adviser, OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Global Trust Company, OFI Global Institutional, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments, Inc., Harborview Asset Management Corporation, Trinity Investment Management Corporation, and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2014); Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and certain of its various affiliated entities; Chief Compliance Officer of various Morgan Stanley Funds (May 2010-January 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (April 2007-January 2014). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Brian S. Petersen,

Treasurer and Principal Financial &

Accounting Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1970

   Senior Vice President of the Manager (since January 2017); Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-January 2017); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (February 2007-December 2012); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (August 2002- 2007). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and Officers and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1.800.988.8287.

 

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OPPENHEIMER GOVERNMENT MONEY FUND/VA

A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

Manager   OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser   OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Distributor   OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.
Transfer and   OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Shareholder  
Servicing Agent  
Sub-Transfer Agent   Shareholder Services, Inc.
  DBA OppenheimerFunds Services
Independent   KPMG LLP
Registered  
Public  
Accounting  
Firm  
Legal Counsel   Ropes & Gray LLP
  Before investing in any of the Oppenheimer funds, investors should carefully consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses contain this and other information about the funds and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor, visiting oppenheimerfunds.com or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.
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December 31, 2017

   
  

 

Oppenheimer

 
  

 Global Strategic Income Fund/VA

        Annual Report  
  

A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

 
     
  

ANNUAL REPORT

 
  

 Listing of Top Holdings

 
  

 Fund Performance Discussion

 
  

 Financial Statements

 


PORTFOLIO MANAGERS1: Michael Mata, Krishna Memani, Ruta Ziverte, and Chris Kelly, CFA

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS FOR THE PERIODS ENDED 12/31/17

 

    Inception
Date
     1-Year      5-Year      10-Year  

Non-Service Shares

  5/3/93        6.27      2.59      4.31

Service Shares

  3/19/01        6.04        2.33        4.03  

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

           3.54        2.10        4.01  

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account. Returns for periods of less than one year are cumulative and not annualized. See Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses for more information on share classes and sales charges.

TOP HOLDINGS AND ALLOCATIONS

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

 

  

 

Corporate Bonds and Notes    40.4%    

 

Investment Companies

  

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund

   2.3       

Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC

   2.1       

Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC

   13.2       

Oppenheimer Ultra-Short Duration Fund

   7.4       

 

Mortgage-Backed Obligations

  

Government Agency

   12.1       

Non-Agency

   9.6       

 

Foreign Government Obligations

   7.6       

 

Asset-Backed Securities

   3.5       

 

Preferred Stocks

   0.7       

 

Short-Term Notes

   0.5       

 

Structured Securities

   0.3       

 

Common Stocks

   0.2       

 

Corporate Loans

   0.1       

 

Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaptions Purchased    *           

 

Exchange-Traded Options Purchased    *           

 

Rights, Warrants and Certificates    *           

 

Over-the-Counter Options Purchased    *           

 

 

* Represents a value of less than 0.05%.

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on total market value of investments. For more current Fund holdings, please visit oppen-heimerfunds.com.

REGIONAL ALLOCATION

 

LOGO

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on the total market value of investments.

 

 

1. Effective January 24, 2018, the Fund’s Portfolio is managed by Hemant Baijal, the lead portfolio manager, Krishna Memani, Ruta Ziverte and Chris Kelly, CFA, who are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investments.

 

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Fund Performance Discussion

The Fund’s Non-Service shares produced a return of 6.27% during the reporting period, versus the 3.54% return provided by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

MARKET OVERVIEW

Global economic data continued to improve during the reporting period. The cyclical uptick is encouraging with

improvements in global investment, trade, and industrial production. Business and consumer confidence are at cyclical highs in many countries. Growth expectations remain upbeat with certain countries, like Canada, exceeding expectations. Latin America (LatAm) is a different story with growth being more challenged overall with the exception of Brazil. LatAm also faces a number of political challenges over the course of the year with elections in several countries and NAFTA negotiations.

In the U.S., the expansion continues as the economy is nearing the Fed’s dual mandate of full employment and price stability. While inflation surprised to the downside for a few months in a row, the Fed sees it as temporary and is moving forward its balance sheet normalization program. In the Fed’s December meeting, the committee continued to signal the expectation for three hikes in 2018 and three to four hikes in 2019. The Treasury curve sold off dramatically as the markets finally began taking the Fed’s message to heart and anticipated a rising interest rate environment. Despite that, credit and equity markets continue to be well-behaved, focusing on improving issuer fundamentals and the prospective benefits from tax reform.

FUND REVIEW

For the one-year reporting period, the Fund’s strongest absolute results stemmed from its exposure to high yield and emerging market credits.

In high yield, the Fund benefited most from its exposure to the healthcare sector. Being overweight the sector along with good security selection added to outperformance. Credit selection was positive during the period and benefited from our exposure to higher beta hospital operators, which outperformed primarily due to event-driven catalysts. Pharmaceutical credits remained topical and were volatile in the period given frequent headlines on potential drug pricing actions from Washington D.C. One of our pharmaceutical holdings in which we have an overweight position benefited from a turn in sentiment as its new management team delivered on asset sales and actions to mitigate the impact of loss of exclusivity (LOE) and encroachment from generics.

Emerging market credit outperformed U.S. and European markets in 2017. The Fund maintained an overall neutral position, but with a greater tilt toward higher-yielding credits, in particular state-owned oil & gas companies that have been repairing their credit profiles, but offered a significant yield advantage over their government bonds. The main contributors to performance included Brazil and Ukraine.

The largest detractors from performance were driven by a small allocation to catastrophe bonds which were affected by the multiple events that struck North America and the Caribbean.

STRATEGY & OUTLOOK

The outlook for the global economy continues to be positive with synchronized global growth close to 3.5%. Credit fundamentals, outside of some distressed sectors like retail and fixed line telecommunications, continue to improve modestly due to earnings growth and a lack of capital expenditures. Higher commodity prices, driven by rising demand, even in oil, have had a positive effect especially on high yield and emerging market credits. Given our expectation that growth will stabilize around current levels, our outlook remains positive. The passage of a tax deal that reduces corporate taxes to 21% will also be positive for most issuers in our view.

There are some potential headwinds to prospective returns. Valuations are rich relative to historical levels, leaving little cushion for potential negative shocks. That valuations appear somewhat rich at this point in the cycle is not unusual in our view, especially when growth is positive and fundamentals are improving. The new Fed Chairman, Jerome Powell, is expected to continue Chair Yellen’s gradual approach to normalization and has been well received by market participants.

Solid economic fundamentals and positive earnings growth lead us to continue to like spread sectors such as corporate credit and securitized credit, though we have reduced our exposure recently based on valuations and have rotated away from some of the higher beta sectors. We like senior floating rate loans for similar reasons. In addition, we believe loans should outperform other credit sectors if the Fed hikes rates at a more aggressive pace than the market expects. In addition, we continue to look for opportunities to add to our positions in mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) on any widening of spreads. Internationally, we expect strong performance from emerging market local bonds over the next few months as we believe

 

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the growth differential continues to favor emerging market assets. From a valuation perspective, we believe real yields remain at high enough levels to absorb further modest monetary tightening in developed markets.

Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The Fund’s prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information about the Fund, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.

Total returns include changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions in a hypothetical investment for the periods shown, but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund.

The Fund’s investment strategy and focus can change over time. The mention of specific fund holdings does not constitute a recommendation by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. or its affiliates.

Shares of Oppenheimer funds are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not guaranteed by any bank, are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency, and involve investment risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested.

Comparing the Fund’s Performance to the Market. The graphs that follow show the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in each share class of the Fund held until December 31, 2017. Performance is measured over a ten-fiscal-year period for both Classes. Performance information does not reflect charges that apply to separate accounts investing in the Fund. If these charges were taken into account, performance would be lower. The graphs assume that all dividends and capital gains distributions were reinvested in additional shares.

The Fund’s performance is compared to the performance of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, an index of U.S. Government and corporate bonds. The Index is unmanaged and cannot be purchased directly by investors. While index comparisons may be useful to provide a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, it must be noted that the Fund’s investments are not limited to the investments comprising the Index. Index performance includes reinvestment of income, but does not reflect transaction costs, fees, expenses or taxes. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only as a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, and does not predict or depict performance of the Fund. The Fund’s performance reflects the effects of the Fund’s business and operating expenses.

 

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COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Returns of Non-Service Shares of the Fund at 12/31/17
1-Year    6.27%    5-Year    2.59%    10-Year    4.31%

 

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

 

LOGO

 

Average Annual Total Returns of Service Shares of the Fund at 12/31/17
1-Year    6.04%    5-Year    2.33%    10-Year    4.03%

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account.

 

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Fund Expenses

Fund Expenses. As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service fees; and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire 6-month period ended December 31, 2017.

Actual Expenses. The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section for the class of shares you hold, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expense that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600.00 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.60), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During 6 Months Ended December 31, 2017” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes.

The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio for each class of shares, and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year for each class before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example for the class of shares you hold with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any charges associated with the separate accounts that offer this Fund. Therefore, the “hypothetical” lines of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these separate account charges were included your costs would have been higher.

 

Actual   

Beginning
Account

Value
July 1, 2017        

      

Ending

Account

Value
December 31, 2017

      

Expenses

Paid During

6 Months Ended
December 31, 2017

       

Non-Service shares

     $ 1,000.00          $ 1,024.00                $ 3.83             

Service shares

     1,000.00          1,021.30                5.11             
Hypothetical                              

(5% return before expenses)

                                   

Non-Service shares

     1,000.00          1,021.42                3.83             

Service shares

     1,000.00          1,020.16                5.10             

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for that class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). Those annualized expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated funds, based on the 6-month period ended December 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

Class    Expense Ratios              

Non-Service shares

     0.75%              

Service shares

     1.00                 

The expense ratios reflect voluntary and/or contractual waivers and/or reimbursements of expenses by the Fund’s Manager. Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time, as indicated in the Fund’s prospectus. The “Financial Highlights” tables in the Fund’s financial statements, included in this report, also show the gross expense ratios, without such waivers or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, if applicable.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS December 31, 2017

 

            Principal Amount     Value   
Asset-Backed Securities—3.9%  
American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust:  
Series 2014-4, Cl. D, 5.24%, 2/10/221       $160,000       $        160,890  
Series 2015-1, Cl. B, 2.85%, 2/12/211       30,142       30,152  
Series 2015-3, Cl. B, 3.56%, 10/12/211       135,270       135,664  
Series 2015-3, Cl. C, 4.84%, 10/12/211       580,000       591,448  
Series 2015-3, Cl. D, 5.86%, 7/12/221       275,000       280,874  
Series 2016-4, Cl. B, 2.11%, 2/12/211       510,000       509,669  
Series 2017-3, Cl. B, 2.25%, 1/11/211       135,000       134,550  
Series 2017-4, Cl. B, 2.61%, 5/10/211       180,000       179,919  
Series 2017-4, Cl. C, 2.94%, 1/10/241       510,000       509,622  
Series 2017-4, Cl. D, 3.57%, 1/10/241             438,000       437,475  
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust:  
Series 2013-3, Cl. D, 3.00%, 7/8/19       410,684       411,104  
Series 2013-4, Cl. D, 3.31%, 10/8/19       520,000       521,775  
Series 2015-2, Cl. D, 3.00%, 6/8/21       505,000       510,169  
Series 2017-2, Cl. D, 3.42%, 4/18/23       830,000       839,005  
Series 2017-4, Cl. D, 3.08%, 12/18/23             640,000       638,077  
Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust:  
Series 2013-2A, Cl. A2, 2.127%  
[LIBOR01M+65], 8/16/211,2       280,000       280,972  
Series 2016-1, Cl. A1, 1.78%, 6/15/22       870,000       865,187  
Series 2016-1, Cl. A2, 2.327%  
[LIBOR01M+85], 6/15/222             1,690,000       1,706,296  
Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust:      
Series 2014-1, Cl. D, 3.39%, 7/22/19       185,000       185,522  
Series 2017-1, Cl. D, 3.15%, 2/20/251             110,000       109,477  
Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust:  
Series 2016-A1, Cl. A1, 1.927%  
[LIBOR01M+45], 2/15/222       1,075,000       1,080,288  
Series 2016-A3, Cl. A3, 1.34%, 4/15/22             805,000       796,971  
CarFinance Capital Auto Trust:  
Series 2014-1A, Cl. D, 4.90%, 4/15/201       390,000       395,755  
Series 2015-1A, Cl. A, 1.75%, 6/15/211             54,267       54,203  
CarMax Auto Owner Trust:  
Series 2014-2, Cl. D, 2.58%, 11/16/20       450,000       450,980  
Series 2015-2, Cl. D, 3.04%, 11/15/21       175,000       175,894  
Series 2015-3, Cl. D, 3.27%, 3/15/22       610,000       612,135  
Series 2016-1, Cl. D, 3.11%, 8/15/22       465,000       468,503  
Series 2016-3, Cl. D, 2.94%, 1/17/23       315,000       311,680  
Series 2016-4, Cl. D, 2.91%, 4/17/23       710,000       701,080  
Series 2017-1, Cl. D, 3.43%, 7/17/23       630,000       630,359  
Series 2017-4, Cl. D, 3.30%, 5/15/24             280,000       278,135  
CCG Receivables Trust, Series 2017-1,  
Cl. B, 2.75%, 11/14/231             635,000       628,840  
Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2014-  
A5, Cl. A5, 1.847% [LIBOR01M+37], 4/15/212             675,000       677,664  
CIG Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2017-1A, Cl. A, 2.71%, 5/15/231             342,904       342,436  
Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust,  
Series 2014-A6, Cl. A6, 2.15%, 7/15/21             575,000       575,726  
CNH Equipment Trust, Series 2017-C, Cl.  
B, 2.54%, 5/15/25             185,000       184,141  
CPS Auto Receivables Trust:  
Series 2013-C, Cl. D, 6.59%, 8/15/191       255,000       259,305  
Series 2017-C, Cl. A, 1.78%, 9/15/201       192,001       191,719  
Series 2017-C, Cl. B, 2.30%, 7/15/211             275,000       273,952  
CPS Auto Trust:  
Series 2017-A, Cl. B, 2.68%, 5/17/211       60,000       60,092  
Series 2017-D, Cl. B, 2.43%, 1/18/221             470,000       468,453  
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust,  
Series 2017-3A, Cl. C, 3.48%, 10/15/263             565,000       561,245  
CWABS Asset-Backed Certificates  
Trust, Series 2005-14, Cl. 1A1, 1.782%  
[US0001M+23], 4/25/362             274,210       274,811  
Dell Equipment Finance Trust, Series 2017-2, Cl. B, 2.47%, 10/24/221       190,000       188,985  
            Principal Amount     Value   
Asset-Backed Securities (Continued)  
Discover Card Execution Note Trust:  
Series 2012-A6, Cl. A6, 1.67%, 1/18/22       $805,000       $800,590  
Series 2016-A1, Cl. A1, 1.64%, 7/15/21       1,860,000               1,854,311  
Series 2016-A4, Cl. A4, 1.39%, 3/15/22             1,675,000       1,654,913  
Drive Auto Receivables Trust:  
Series 2015-BA, Cl. D, 3.84%, 7/15/211       1,030,000       1,046,630  
Series 2015-CA, Cl. D, 4.20%, 9/15/211       1,850,000       1,890,132  
Series 2015-DA, Cl. C, 3.38%, 11/15/211       1,049,334       1,056,140  
Series 2016-CA, Cl. C, 3.02%, 11/15/211       395,000       398,077  
Series 2016-CA, Cl. D, 4.18%, 3/15/241       430,000       441,763  
Series 2017-1, Cl. B, 2.36%, 3/15/21       425,000       425,462  
Series 2017-2, Cl. B, 2.25%, 6/15/21       275,000       275,173  
Series 2017-2, Cl. C, 2.75%, 9/15/23       305,000       305,559  
Series 2017-3, Cl. C, 2.80%, 7/15/22       315,000       315,279  
Series 2017-AA, Cl. C, 2.98%, 1/18/221       355,000       357,500  
Series 2017-AA, Cl. D, 4.16%, 5/15/241       565,000       579,500  
Series 2017-BA, Cl. D, 3.72%, 10/17/221             610,000       618,398  
DT Auto Owner Trust:  
Series 2014-2A, Cl. D, 3.68%, 4/15/211       1,492,185       1,497,054  
Series 2014-3A, Cl. D, 4.47%, 11/15/211       2,135,000       2,161,273  
Series 2015-1A, Cl. D, 4.26%, 2/15/221       3,020,000       3,059,351  
Series 2015-2A, Cl. D, 4.25%, 2/15/221       915,000       930,584  
Series 2015-3A, Cl. D, 4.53%, 10/17/221       2,530,000       2,586,712  
Series 2016-1A, Cl. B, 2.79%, 5/15/201       17,160       17,165  
Series 2016-4A, Cl. E, 6.49%, 9/15/231       200,000       205,749  
Series 2017-1A, Cl. C, 2.70%, 11/15/221       180,000       179,599  
Series 2017-1A, Cl. D, 3.55%, 11/15/221       440,000       440,022  
Series 2017-1A, Cl. E, 5.79%, 2/15/241       415,000       421,767  
Series 2017-2A, Cl. B, 2.44%, 2/15/211       280,000       280,520  
Series 2017-2A, Cl. D, 3.89%, 1/15/231       495,000       498,660  
Series 2017-3A, Cl. B, 2.40%, 5/17/211       460,000       458,759  
Series 2017-3A, Cl. E, 5.60%, 8/15/241       380,000       385,718  
Series 2017-4A, Cl. D, 3.47%, 7/17/231       560,000       558,862  
Series 2017-4A, Cl. E, 5.15%, 11/15/241             390,000       390,318  
Element Rail Leasing I LLC,Series 2014-  
1A, Cl. A1, 2.299%, 4/19/441             192,645       192,250  
Evergreen Credit Card Trust, Series 2016-3, Cl. A, 1.977% [LIBOR01M+50], 11/16/201,2             1,210,000       1,214,102  
Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust:  
Series 2013-2A, Cl. D, 6.81%, 8/17/201       740,704       747,212  
Series 2014-2A, Cl. C, 3.26%, 12/16/191       115,518       115,952  
Series 2017-3A, Cl. A, 2.05%, 12/15/211             382,497       381,980  
First Investors Auto Owner Trust, Series 2013-3A, Cl. D, 3.67%, 5/15/201             890,000       891,644  
Flagship Credit Auto Trust:  
Series 2013-2, Cl. D, 6.26%, 2/16/211       165,000       166,248  
Series 2014-1, Cl. D, 4.83%, 6/15/201       70,000       71,364  
Series 2016-1, Cl. C, 6.22%, 6/15/221             980,000       1,036,205  
GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust,  
Series 2017-3, Cl. C, 2.73%, 9/20/21             320,000       316,990  
Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master Owner Trust II:  
Series 2016-1, Cl. D, 4.852%  
[LIBOR01M+330], 9/27/211,2       205,000       205,344  
Series 2017-1, Cl. C, 3.102%  
[LIBOR01M+155], 6/27/221,2       160,000       160,980  
Series 2017-1, Cl. D, 3.852%  
[LIBOR01M+230], 6/27/221,2             185,000       185,099  
Nissan Auto Lease Trust, Series 2017-A,  
Cl. A3, 1.91%, 4/15/20             630,000       627,919  
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust:  
Series 2013-4, Cl. E, 4.67%, 1/15/201       520,000       521,128  
Series 2013-A, Cl. E, 4.71%, 1/15/211       405,000       407,859  
Series 2014-1, Cl. E, 3.92%, 5/17/21       285,000       287,746  
Series 2015-5, Cl. D, 3.65%, 12/15/21       915,000       929,222  
Series 2016-2, Cl. D, 3.39%, 4/15/22       300,000       304,591  
Series 2017-1, Cl. D, 3.17%, 4/17/23       440,000       442,503  
Series 2017-1, Cl. E, 5.05%, 7/15/241       1,110,000       1,141,511  
 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

          Principal Amount     Value   
Asset-Backed Securities (Continued)  

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust: (Continued)

 

Series 2017-2, Cl. D, 3.49%, 7/17/23     $ 190,000     $ 192,038  
Series 2017-3, Cl. D, 3.20%, 11/15/23         1,080,000               1,082,000  
Santander Retail Auto Lease Trust, Series 2017-A, Cl. C, 2.96%, 11/21/221         505,000       504,914  
TCF Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2015-1A, Cl. D, 3.53%, 3/15/221         285,000       284,261  
Verizon Owner Trust, Series 2017-3A, Cl. A1A, 2.06%, 4/20/221         500,000       498,056  
Veros Automobile Receivables Trust,      
Series 2017-1, Cl. A, 2.84%, 4/17/231         384,022       383,371  
Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust:      
Series 2016-1A, Cl. E, 6.52%, 6/15/221       520,000       534,157  
Series 2017-2A, Cl. E, 4.63%, 7/15/241         685,000       686,645  
World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust:  
Series 2012-D, Cl. A, 2.15%, 4/17/23       420,000       419,733  
Series 2016-B, Cl. A, 1.44%, 6/15/22       1,010,000       1,007,131  
Series 2017-A, Cl. A, 2.12%, 3/15/24       1,125,000       1,120,889  
Series 2017-B, Cl. A, 1.98%, 6/15/23       845,000       842,740  
Series 2017-C, Cl. A, 2.31%, 8/15/24       1,130,000       1,125,824  
Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $64,561,552)         64,802,347  
     
Mortgage-Backed Obligations—23.8%  
Government Agency—13.3%  
FHLMC/FNMA/FHLB/Sponsored—11.2%  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Gold Pool:

 

 
5.00%, 9/1/33       247,800       268,251  
5.50%, 9/1/39       323,832       355,187  
6.00%, 5/1/18-11/1/21       42,385       47,383  
6.50%, 3/1/18-8/1/32       226,464       250,892  
7.00%, 10/1/31-10/1/37       49,901       55,335  
7.50%, 1/1/32         243,724       289,375  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security:  
Series 192,Cl. IO, 96.966%, 2/1/284       5,526       1,034  
Series 205,Cl. IO, 46.898%, 9/1/294       30,787       6,574  
Series 243,Cl. 6, 1.584%, 12/15/324         69,033       11,840  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass-Through Certificates:  
Series 1360,Cl. PZ, 7.50%, 9/15/22       217,645       234,771  
Series 151,Cl. F, 9.00%, 5/15/21       2,123       2,224  
Series 1674,Cl. Z, 6.75%, 2/15/24       107,208       115,509  
Series 1897,Cl. K, 7.00%, 9/15/26       409,122       452,801  
Series 2043,Cl. ZP, 6.50%, 4/15/28       162,740       182,090  

Series 2106,Cl. FG, 1.927%

 

 
[LIBOR01M+45], 12/15/282       280,397       281,168  

Series 2122,Cl. F, 1.927%

 

 
[LIBOR01M+45], 2/15/292       7,197       7,232  
Series 2148,Cl. ZA, 6.00%, 4/15/29       157,281       173,172  
Series 2195,Cl. LH, 6.50%, 10/15/29       115,193       128,022  
Series 2326,Cl. ZP, 6.50%, 6/15/31       15,264       16,754  

Series 2344,Cl. FP, 2.427%

 

 
[LIBOR01M+95], 8/15/312       73,203       75,230  
Series 2368,Cl. PR, 6.50%, 10/15/31       51,150       57,484  

Series 2412,Cl. GF, 2.427%

 

 
[LIBOR01M+95], 2/15/322       93,352       95,981  

Series 2449,Cl. FL, 2.027%

 

 
[LIBOR01M+55], 1/15/322       79,483       80,633  

Series 2451,Cl. FD, 2.477%

 

 
[LIBOR01M+100], 3/15/322       39,551       40,726  
Series 2461,Cl. PZ, 6.50%, 6/15/32       188,429       208,330  

Series 2464,Cl. FI, 2.477%

 

 
[LIBOR01M+100], 2/15/322       35,413       36,264  

Series 2470,Cl. AF, 2.477%

 

 
[LIBOR01M+100], 3/15/322       67,860       69,875  

Series 2470,Cl. LF, 2.477%

 

 
[LIBOR01M+100], 2/15/322       36,240       37,111  

Series 2477,Cl. FZ, 2.027%

 

 
[LIBOR01M+55], 6/15/312       149,492       150,431  
          Principal Amount     Value   

FHLMC/FNMA/FHLB/Sponsored (Continued)

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass-Through Certificates: (Continued)  

Series 2517,Cl. GF, 2.477%

 

 
[LIBOR01M+100], 2/15/322     $ 31,509     $              32,266  
Series 2635,Cl. AG, 3.50%, 5/15/32       48,856       49,668  
Series 2668,Cl. AZ, 4.00%, 9/15/18       3,537       3,545  
Series 2676,Cl. KY, 5.00%, 9/15/23       499,213       525,041  
Series 2707,Cl. QE, 4.50%, 11/15/18       19,325       19,433  
Series 2770,Cl. TW, 4.50%, 3/15/19       3,254       3,287  

Series 3025,Cl. SJ, 19.334% [(3.667) x

 

 
LIBOR01M+2,475], 8/15/352       88,000       128,085  
Series 3741,Cl. PA, 2.15%, 2/15/35       138,357       138,337  
Series 3815,Cl. BD, 3.00%, 10/15/20       2,234       2,240  
Series 3840,Cl. CA, 2.00%, 9/15/18       1,736       1,733  
Series 3848,Cl. WL, 4.00%, 4/15/40       134,322       137,145  
Series 3857,Cl. GL, 3.00%, 5/15/40       6,028       6,091  
Series 3917,Cl. BA, 4.00%, 6/15/38       68,723       69,820  
Series 4221,Cl. HJ, 1.50%, 7/15/23         184,210       181,531  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass-Through Certificates, Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security:  
Series 2074,Cl. S, 99.999%, 7/17/284       8,055       1,063  
Series 2079,Cl. S, 99.999%, 7/17/284       14,214       1,895  
Series 2136,Cl. SG, 36.282%, 3/15/294       406,159       62,064  
Series 2399,Cl. SG, 99.999%, 12/15/264       221,321       31,552  
Series 2437,Cl. SB, 45.696%, 4/15/324       701,656       117,935  
Series 2526,Cl. SE, 54.82%, 6/15/294       14,507       2,536  
Series 2682,Cl. TQ, 99.999%, 10/15/334       145,821       25,038  
Series 2795,Cl. SH, 87.378%, 3/15/244       279,917       23,807  
Series 2920,Cl. S, 43.922%, 1/15/354       155,291       24,127  
Series 2922,Cl. SE, 12.635%, 2/15/354       27,194       4,492  
Series 2981,Cl. AS, 7.464%, 5/15/354       256,795       34,406  
Series 2981,Cl. BS, 99.999%, 5/15/354       310,686       46,259  
Series 3397,Cl. GS, 0.00%, 12/15/374,5       100,536       16,242  
Series 3424,Cl. EI, 0.00%, 4/15/384,5       36,898       3,358  
Series 3450,Cl. BI, 16.463%, 5/15/384       172,268       25,598  
Series 3606,Cl. SN, 15.88%, 12/15/394       53,242       8,086  
Series 3659,Cl. IE, 0.00%, 3/15/194,5       49,932       891  
Series 3685,Cl. EI, 0.00%, 3/15/194,5         7,697       73  

Federal National Mortgage Assn.:

 

 
2.50%, 1/1/336       5,925,000       5,918,945  
3.00%, 1/1/336       20,785,000       21,177,382  
3.50%, 1/1/486       31,205,000       32,059,334  
4.00%, 1/1/486       21,250,000       22,235,535  
4.50%, 1/1/486       83,560,000       88,912,540  
5.00%, 1/1/486         3,320,000       3,569,519  

Federal National Mortgage Assn. Pool:

 

 
5.00%, 2/1/18-7/1/33       312,599       336,448  
5.50%, 4/1/21-5/1/36       165,494       180,965  
6.00%, 1/1/19       4       4  
6.50%, 12/1/29-1/1/34       467,071       527,909  
7.00%, 1/1/30-6/1/34       586,242       675,212  
7.50%, 2/1/27-3/1/33       779,065       909,867  
8.50%, 7/1/32         1,363       1,459  
Federal National Mortgage Assn., Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security:  
Series 214,Cl. 2, 99.999%, 3/25/234       78,270       10,150  
Series 221,Cl. 2, 99.999%, 5/25/234       9,297       1,331  
Series 254,Cl. 2, 99.999%, 1/25/244       161,637       24,447  
Series 301,Cl. 2, 11.612%, 4/25/294       31,790       6,932  
Series 313,Cl. 2, 99.999%, 6/25/314       315,833       68,561  
Series 319,Cl. 2, 0.519%, 2/25/324       152,980       34,605  
Series 321,Cl. 2, 15.295%, 4/25/324       45,186       10,725  
Series 324,Cl. 2, 0.00%, 7/25/324,5       47,199       10,775  
Series 328,Cl. 2, 0.00%, 12/25/324,5       91,217       20,908  
Series 331,Cl. 5, 2.642%, 2/25/334       177,148       32,959  
Series 332,Cl. 2, 0.00%, 3/25/334,5       736,986       170,611  
Series 334,Cl. 12, 0.00%, 3/25/334,5       141,808       30,881  
Series 339,Cl. 15, 2.544%, 10/25/334       421,437       96,769  
Series 345,Cl. 9, 0.00%, 1/25/344,5       131,512       27,328  
 

 

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          Principal Amount     Value   

FHLMC/FNMA/FHLB/Sponsored (Continued)

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn., Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security: (Continued)  
Series 351,Cl. 10, 0.00%, 4/25/344,5     $ 80,070     $            17,353  
Series 351,Cl. 8, 0.00%, 4/25/344,5       144,978       28,867  
Series 356,Cl. 10, 0.00%, 6/25/354,5       102,859       21,225  
Series 356,Cl. 12, 0.00%, 2/25/354,5       50,628       11,070  
Series 362,Cl. 13, 0.00%, 8/25/354,5         67,925       15,064  
Federal National Mortgage Assn., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass-Through Certificates:  
Series 1999-54,Cl. LH, 6.50%, 11/25/29       99,135       109,689  
Series 2001-80,Cl. ZB, 6.00%, 1/25/32       84,872       94,370  
Series 2002-29,Cl. F, 2.552%  
[LIBOR01M+100], 4/25/322       40,083       41,078  
Series 2002-64,Cl. FJ, 2.552%  
[LIBOR01M+100], 4/25/322       12,343       12,649  
Series 2002-68,Cl. FH, 1.991%  
[LIBOR01M+50], 10/18/322       27,852       27,984  
Series 2002-84,Cl. FB, 2.552%  
[LIBOR01M+100], 12/25/322       174,250       178,377  
Series 2002-90,Cl. FH, 2.052%  
[LIBOR01M+50], 9/25/322       97,493       97,896  
Series 2003-100,Cl. PA, 5.00%,  
10/25/18       18,476       18,556  
Series 2003-11,Cl. FA, 2.552%  
[LIBOR01M+100], 9/25/322       174,254       178,381  
Series 2003-112,Cl. AN, 4.00%,  
11/25/18       7,846       7,884  
Series 2003-116,Cl. FA, 1.952%  
[LIBOR01M+40], 11/25/332       18,458       18,479  
Series 2003-84,Cl. GE, 4.50%, 9/25/18       2,876       2,890  
Series 2004-25,Cl. PC, 5.50%, 1/25/34       15,297       15,496  
Series 2005-109,Cl. AH, 5.50%,  
12/25/25       670,552       707,576  
Series 2005-31,Cl. PB, 5.50%, 4/25/35       560,000       619,756  
Series 2005-71,Cl. DB, 4.50%, 8/25/25       98,399       101,723  
Series 2006-11,Cl. PS, 18.876% [(3.667)  
x LIBOR01M+2,456.67], 3/25/362       84,757       132,352  
Series 2006-46,Cl. SW, 18.508%  
[(3.667) x LIBOR01M+2,419.92], 6/25/362       126,953       189,151  
Series 2008-75,Cl. DB, 4.50%, 9/25/23       12,841       12,909  
Series 2009-113,Cl. DB, 3.00%,  
12/25/20       38,593       38,724  
Series 2009-36,Cl. FA, 2.492%  
[LIBOR01M+94], 6/25/372       25,017       25,576  
Series 2009-70,Cl. TL, 4.00%, 8/25/19       29,559       29,623  
Series 2010-43,Cl. KG, 3.00%, 1/25/21       29,055       29,188  
Series 2011-122,Cl. EC, 1.50%, 1/25/20       25,953       25,816  
Series 2011-15,Cl. DA, 4.00%, 3/25/41       65,625       66,832  
Series 2011-3,Cl. EL, 3.00%, 5/25/20       65,736       65,879  
Series 2011-3,Cl. KA, 5.00%, 4/25/40       155,373       164,442  
Series 2011-38,Cl. AH, 2.75%, 5/25/20       1,707       1,707  
Series 2011-6,Cl. BA, 2.75%, 6/25/20       29,995       30,172  
Series 2011-82,Cl. AD, 4.00%, 8/25/26       64,917       65,469  
Series 2012-20,Cl. FD, 1.952%  
[LIBOR01M+40], 3/25/422         211,918       212,107  
Federal National Mortgage Assn., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass-Through Certificates, Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security:  
Series 2001-61,Cl. SH, 35.823%,  
11/18/314       45,412       8,751  
Series 2001-63,Cl. SD, 58.797%,  
12/18/314       11,763       2,086  
Series 2001-68,Cl. SC, 41.415%,      
11/25/314       8,307       1,468  
Series 2001-81,Cl. S, 46.829%, 1/25/324       9,382       1,754  
Series 2002-28,Cl. SA, 26.322%,  
4/25/324       6,871       1,280  
Series 2002-38,Cl. SO, 57.135%,  
4/25/324       47,035       8,281  
          Principal Amount     Value   

FHLMC/FNMA/FHLB/Sponsored (Continued)

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass-Through Certificates, Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security: (Continued)  
Series 2002-48,Cl. S, 45.949%, 7/25/324     $ 10,710     $              2,097  
Series 2002-52,Cl. SL, 35.38%, 9/25/324       6,904       1,332  
Series 2002-56,Cl. SN, 46.964%, 7/25/324       14,716       2,882  
Series 2002-77,Cl. IS, 55.311%, 12/18/324       80,134       16,962  
Series 2002-77,Cl. SH, 41.331%, 12/18/324       14,032       2,685  
Series 2002-9,Cl. MS, 35.608%, 3/25/324       12,786       2,359  
Series 2003-13,Cl. IO, 39.96%, 3/25/334       141,439       34,094  
Series 2003-26,Cl. DI, 36.238%, 4/25/334       107,068       24,740  
Series 2003-33,Cl. SP, 31.148%, 5/25/334       77,735       17,223  
Series 2003-4,Cl. S, 20.378%, 2/25/334       21,920       4,757  
Series 2004-56,Cl. SE, 2.324%, 10/25/334       364,722       71,974  
Series 2005-12,Cl. SC, 33.82%, 3/25/354       12,777       1,807  
Series 2005-14,Cl. SE, 52.435%, 3/25/354       451,576       62,708  
Series 2005-40,Cl. SA, 54.139%, 5/25/354       398,521       54,878  
Series 2005-40,Cl. SB, 99.999%, 5/25/354       637,485       77,827  
Series 2005-52,Cl. JH, 35.919%, 5/25/354       239,270       34,235  
Series 2005-63,Cl. SA, 34.807%, 10/25/314       21,639       3,434  
Series 2006-90,Cl. SX, 99.999%, 9/25/364       434,354       68,021  
Series 2007-88,Cl. XI, 0.00%, 6/25/374,5       423,314       67,988  
Series 2008-55,Cl. SA, 0.00%, 7/25/384,5       28,301       2,701  
Series 2009-8,Cl. BS, 0.00%, 2/25/244,5       2,384       97  
Series 2010-95,Cl. DI, 16.084%, 11/25/204       99,508       2,721  
Series 2011-96,Cl. SA, 5.451%, 10/25/414       183,851       27,815  
Series 2012-134,Cl. SA, 5.157%, 12/25/424       559,799       110,864  
Series 2012-40,Cl. PI, 6.568%, 4/25/414       935,712       139,627  
        186,787,182  
                     
GNMA/Guaranteed—2.1%                    
Government National Mortgage Assn. I Pool:  
7.00%, 4/15/28-7/15/28       51,075       55,566  
8.00%, 5/15/26         8,594       8,639  
Government National Mortgage Assn. II Pool:  
2.25% [H15T1Y+150], 11/20/252       2,345       2,420  
3.50%, 1/1/486       11,310,000       11,701,079  
4.00%, 1/1/486         23,015,000       24,006,443  
Government National Mortgage Assn., Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security:  
Series 2007-17,Cl. AI, 44.476%, 4/16/374       221,957       37,423  
Series 2011-52,Cl. HS, 23.213%, 4/16/414       372,220       51,988  
        35,863,558  
                     
Non-Agency—10.5%                    
Commercial—3.9%                    
BCAP LLC Trust:  
Series 2011-R11,Cl. 18A5, 3.41%  
[H15T1Y+210], 9/26/351,2       68,674       68,997  
Series 2012-RR6,Cl. RR6, 2.054%, 11/26/361       98,148       97,595  
 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

          Principal Amount     Value   

Commercial (Continued)

                   
CD Commercial Mortgage Trust:  
Series 2016-CD2,Cl. AM, 3.668%, 11/10/497     $ 365,000     $            374,085  
Series 2017-CD3,Cl. AS, 3.833%, 2/10/50         530,000       547,932  
CD Mortgage Trust, Interest-Only Commercial Mtg. Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017- CD6, Cl. XA, 12.227%, 11/13/504         2,328,401       155,694  
Chase Mortgage Finance Trust, Series 2005-A2, Cl. 1A3, 3.448%, 1/25/367         14,124       13,798  
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust:  
Series 2012-GC8,Cl. AAB, 2.608%, 9/10/45       309,169       310,955  
Series 2014-GC21,Cl. AAB, 3.477%, 5/10/47         270,000       278,565  
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Interest-Only Commercial Mtg. Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C4, Cl. XA, 0.00%, 10/12/504,5         6,159,919       487,693  
COMM Mortgage Trust:  
Series 2012-CR3,Cl. ASB, 2.372%, 10/15/45       59,056       58,934  
Series 2012-LC4,Cl. A3, 3.069%, 12/10/44       123,296       124,061  
Series 2013-CR13,Cl. ASB, 3.706%, 11/12/46       510,000       529,109  
Series 2013-CR6,Cl. AM, 3.147%, 3/10/461       960,000       965,976  
Series 2013-CR7,Cl. D, 4.28%, 3/10/461,7       3,270,000       2,609,265  
Series 2014-CR20,Cl. ASB, 3.305%, 11/10/47       180,000       184,919  
Series 2014-CR21,Cl. AM, 3.987%, 12/10/47       25,000       26,168  
Series 2014-LC15,Cl. AM, 4.198%, 4/10/47       455,000       480,304  
Series 2014-UBS6,Cl. AM, 4.048%, 12/10/47       1,600,000       1,672,193  
Series 2015-CR22,Cl. A2, 2.856%, 3/10/48       305,000       308,126  
Series 2015-CR23,Cl. AM, 3.801%, 5/10/48         1,100,000       1,134,043  
COMM Mortgage Trust, Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security, Series 2012-CR5, Cl. XA, 0.00%, 12/10/454,5         2,663,620       164,718  
Deutsche Alt-B Securities, Inc. Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-AB2, Cl. A1, 5.513%, 6/25/367         53,509       49,029  
Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-C1, Cl. AM, 3.539%, 5/10/49         600,000       605,833  
Deutsche Mortgage Securities, Inc., Series 2013-RS1, Cl. 1A2, 1.721% [US0001M+22], 7/22/361,2         5,060,144       4,810,852  
Federal National Mortgage Assn., Stripped  
Mtg.-Backed Security, Series 302, Cl. 2, 6.00%, 5/1/29         3       1  
FREMF Mortgage Trust:  
Series 2011-K702,Cl. B, 4.774%, 4/25/441,7       145,000       145,042  
Series 2012-K20,Cl. C, 3.87%, 5/25/451,7       4,165,000       4,170,815  
Series 2013-K25,Cl. C, 3.619%, 11/25/451,7       135,000       133,113  
Series 2013-K26,Cl. C, 3.598%, 12/25/451,7       95,000       93,753  
Series 2013-K27,Cl. C, 3.495%, 1/25/461,7       1,460,000       1,433,198  
Series 2013-K28,Cl. C, 3.49%, 6/25/461,7       2,330,000       2,285,514  
          Principal Amount                  Value   

Commercial (Continued)

                   
FREMF Mortgage Trust: (Continued)  
Series 2013-K29,Cl. C, 3.481%, 5/25/461,7     $ 2,300,000     $         2,254,834  
Series 2013-K712,Cl. C, 3.362%, 5/25/451,7       265,000       265,496  
Series 2013-K713,Cl. C, 3.165%, 4/25/461,7       535,000       533,318  
Series 2014-K41,Cl. B, 3.832%, 11/25/471,7       2,365,000       2,421,946  
Series 2014-K714,Cl. C, 3.849%, 1/25/471,7       400,000       401,212  
Series 2015-K44,Cl. B, 3.684%, 1/25/481,7       2,310,000       2,344,019  
Series 2015-K45,Cl. B, 3.591%, 4/25/481,7       4,646,000       4,650,453  
Series 2015-K721,Cl. B, 3.565%, 11/25/471,7       1,380,000       1,397,180  
Series 2017-K62,Cl. B, 3.875%, 1/25/501,7       2,050,000       2,073,227  
Series 2017-K724,Cl. B, 3.487%, 11/25/231,7         1,535,000       1,533,905  
GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, Series 2012-SHOP, Cl. A, 2.933%, 6/5/311         395,000       398,478  
GS Mortgage Securities Trust:  
Series 2013-GC12,Cl. AAB, 2.678%, 6/10/46       95,000       95,310  
Series 2013-GC16,Cl. AS, 4.649%, 11/10/46       160,000       171,889  
Series 2014-GC18,Cl. AAB, 3.648%, 1/10/47         235,000       243,322  
JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust:  
Series 2012-LC9,Cl. A4, 2.611%, 12/15/47       60,000       59,863  
Series 2013-C10,Cl. AS, 3.372%, 12/15/47       855,000       863,336  
Series 2013-C16,Cl. AS, 4.517%, 12/15/46       820,000       877,006  
Series 2013-LC11,Cl. AS, 3.216%, 4/15/46       110,000       110,787  
Series 2013-LC11,Cl. ASB, 2.554%, 4/15/46       140,000       140,197  
Series 2014-C20,Cl. AS, 4.043%, 7/15/47       630,000       657,773  
Series 2016-JP3,Cl. A2, 2.435%, 8/15/49         600,000       596,043  
JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-A1, Cl. 5A1, 3.629%, 7/25/357         62,096       63,784  
JP Morgan Resecuritization Trust, Series 2009-5, Cl. 1A2, 3.387%, 7/26/361,7         2,959,943       2,838,868  
JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust:  
Series 2013-C17,Cl. ASB, 3.705%, 1/15/47       200,000       207,455  
Series 2014-C18,Cl. A3, 3.578%, 2/15/47       295,000       301,461  
Series 2014-C19,Cl. ASB, 3.584%, 4/15/47       110,000       113,559  
Series 2014-C24,Cl. B, 4.116%, 11/15/477       680,000       697,203  
Series 2014-C25,Cl. AS, 4.065%, 11/15/47       1,720,000       1,801,074  
Series 2014-C26,Cl. AS, 3.80%, 1/15/48         1,515,000       1,561,797  
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,  
Series 2016-C4, Cl. AS, 3.385%, 12/15/49         610,000       608,566  
Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust:  
Series 2013-C7,Cl. AAB, 2.469%, 2/15/46       285,000       285,484  
Series 2013-C9,Cl. AS, 3.456%, 5/15/46       570,000       576,830  
Series 2014-C14,Cl. B, 4.633%, 2/15/477       240,000       254,556  
 

 

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          Principal Amount     Value   

Commercial (Continued)

 

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust: (Continued)  
Series 2016-C30,Cl. AS, 3.175%, 9/15/49       $ 1,020,000     $            995,923  
Morgan Stanley Capital I, Inc., Interest-Only Commercial Mtg. Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-HR2, Cl. XA, 10.107%, 12/15/504         2,025,000       125,058  
Morgan Stanley Re-Remic Trust, Series 2012-R3, Cl. 1A, 2.968%, 11/26/361,7         10,444       10,429  
Morgan Stanley Resecuritization Trust, Series 2013-R9, Cl. 3A, 3.149%, 6/26/461,7         102,480       102,635  
Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-10, Cl. 2A, 3.399%, 8/25/347         2,623,703       2,639,570  
UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Interest-Only  
Commercial Mtg. Pass-Through Certificates,  
Series 2017-C5, Cl. XA, 11.683%, 11/15/504         3,837,922       277,607  
UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust,  
Series 2012-C2, Cl. E, 4.894%, 5/10/631,7         930,000       784,065  
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust:  
Series 2015-C29,Cl. AS, 4.013%, 6/15/487       780,000       812,780  
Series 2016-C37,Cl. AS, 4.018%, 12/15/49         910,000       956,486  
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust,  
Interest-Only Commercial Mtg. Pass-Through  
Certificates, Series 2017-C42, Cl. XA, 0.00%, 12/15/504,5         2,810,000       202,563  
WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust:  
Series 2012-C7,Cl. E, 4.825%, 6/15/451,7       180,000       147,193  
Series 2013-C14,Cl. AS, 3.488%, 6/15/46       640,000       651,869  
Series 2014-C20,Cl. AS, 4.176%, 5/15/47       490,000       511,046  
Series 2014-C22,Cl. A3, 3.528%, 9/15/57       120,000       123,382  
Series 2014-LC14,Cl. AS, 4.351%, 3/15/477         395,000       416,981  
WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust,  
Interest-Only Commercial Mtg. Pass-Through  
Certificates, Series 2011-C3, Cl. XA, 32.923%, 3/15/441,4       3,747,677       115,837  
        64,593,935  
                     

Residential—6.6%

                   
Banc of America Funding Trust, Series 2014-  
R7, Cl. 3A1, 3.544%, 3/26/361,7,9         51,600       51,559  
Bear Stearns ARM Trust:  
Series 2005-2,Cl. A1, 3.26%  
[H15T1Y+245], 3/25/352       91,067       92,267  
Series 2006-1,Cl. A1, 3.67%  
[H15T1Y+225], 2/25/362         51,946       52,176  
CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust:  
Series 2005-17,Cl. 1A8, 5.50%, 9/25/35       604,291       603,006  
Series 2005-J4,Cl. A7, 5.50%, 11/25/35         557,859       560,043  
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.:  
Series 2005-2,Cl. 1A3, 3.489%, 5/25/357       741,022       745,907  
Series 2006-AR1,Cl. 1A1, 3.21%  
[H15T1Y+240], 10/25/352       217,594       219,170  
Series 2009-8,Cl. 7A2, 3.544%, 3/25/361,7       9,549,770       9,538,684  
Series 2012-8,Cl. 1A1, 3.51%, 10/25/351,7       106,200       106,738  
Series 2014-8,Cl. 1A2, 1.791%  
[US0001M+29], 7/20/361,2         3,400,000       3,173,031  
Connecticut Avenue Securities:  
Series 2014-C02,Cl. 1M1, 2.502%  
[US0001M+95], 5/25/242       341,296       342,523  
          Principal Amount     Value   

Residential (Continued)

 

Connecticut Avenue Securities: (Continued)  
Series 2014-C03,Cl. 1M2, 4.552%  
[US0001M+300], 7/25/242     $ 937,242     $              1,002,357  
Series 2015-C03,Cl. 1M2, 6.552%  
[US0001M+500], 7/25/252       1,254,857       1,416,947  
Series 2016-C03,Cl. 1M1, 3.552%  
[US0001M+200], 10/25/282       69,890       71,015  
Series 2016-C06,Cl. 1M2, 5.802%  
[US0001M+425], 4/25/292       4,295,000       4,890,820  
Series 2016-C07,Cl. 2M1, 2.852%  
[US0001M+130], 5/25/292       512,845       516,122  
Series 2016-C07,Cl. 2M2, 5.902%  
[US0001M+435], 5/25/292       4,705,000       5,221,424  
Series 2017-C01,Cl. 1M2, 5.102%  
[US0001M+355], 7/25/292       4,140,000       4,503,698  
Series 2017-C02,Cl. 2M1, 2.702%  
[US0001M+115], 9/25/292       873,234       881,293  
Series 2017-C02,Cl. 2M2, 5.202%  
[US0001M+365], 9/25/292       2,280,000       2,469,593  
Series 2017-C03,Cl. 1M1, 2.502%  
[US0001M+95], 10/25/292       837,685       844,485  
Series 2017-C04,Cl. 2M2, 4.402%  
[US0001M+285], 11/25/292       4,190,000       4,360,641  
Series 2017-C06,Cl. 1M1, 2.302%  
[US0001M+75], 2/25/302       333,950       335,150  
Series 2017-C07,Cl. 1M1, 2.202%  
[US0001M+65], 5/25/302       596,454       597,495  
Series 2017-C07,Cl. 1M2, 3.952%  
[US0001M+240], 5/25/302         580,000       595,882  
CWHEQ Revolving Home Equity  
Loan Trust: Series 2005-G,Cl. 2A, 1.707%  
[US0001M+23], 12/15/352       32,174       29,147  
Series 2006-H,Cl. 2A1A, 1.627%  
[US0001M+15], 11/15/362         23,132       17,468  
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series  
2005-AR4, Cl. 6A1, 3.522%, 7/25/357         15,060       15,171  
Home Equity Mortgage Trust, Series 2005-1,  
Cl. M6, 5.863%, 6/25/357         105,749       106,953  
HomeBanc Mortgage Trust, Series  
2005-3, Cl. A2, 1.862% [US0001M+31], 7/25/352         21,654       21,647  
MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust, Series 2006-WMC3, Cl. A3, 1.652% [US0001M+10], 8/25/362         886,635       479,646  
RALI Trust:  
Series 2005-QA4,Cl. A32, 3.874%, 4/25/357       2,289       19  
Series 2006-QS13,Cl. 1A8, 6.00%, 9/25/36         14,187       12,669  
Residential Asset Securitization Trust, Series 2005-A6CB, Cl. A7, 6.00%, 6/25/35         1,980,504       1,869,471  
Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Nts.:  
Series 2013-DN2,Cl. M2, 5.802%  
[US0001M+425], 11/25/232       990,000       1,102,201  
Series 2014-DN1,Cl. M3, 6.052%  
[US0001M+450], 2/25/242       815,000       952,795  
Series 2014-DN2,Cl. M3, 5.152%  
[US0001M+360], 4/25/242       840,000       937,810  
Series 2014-DN4,Cl. M3, 6.102%  
[US0001M+455], 10/25/242       4,406,992       4,866,973  
Series 2014-HQ2,Cl. M2, 3.752%  
[US0001M+220], 9/25/242       238,498       246,138  
Series 2014-HQ2,Cl. M3, 5.302%  
[US0001M+375], 9/25/242       6,345,000       7,258,189  
Series 2015-HQA2,Cl. M2, 4.352%  
[US0001M+280], 5/25/282       407,156       421,089  
Series 2016-DNA1,Cl. M2, 4.452%  
[US0001M+290], 7/25/282       405,000       417,435  
Series 2016-DNA2,Cl. M3, 6.202%  
[US0001M+465], 10/25/282       3,674,000       4,222,988  
 

 

11      OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL STRATEGIC INCOME FUND/VA


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

            Principal
Amount
    Value  

Residential (Continued)

 

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Nts.: (Continued)

 

Series 2016-DNA3,Cl. M1, 2.652%      
[US0001M+110], 12/25/282       $253,560       $    253,948  
Series 2016-DNA3,Cl. M3, 6.552%      
[US0001M+500], 12/25/282       3,845,000       4,483,262  
Series 2016-DNA4,Cl. M1, 2.352%      
[US0001M+80], 3/25/292       260,232       260,762  
Series 2016-DNA4,Cl. M3, 5.352%      
[US0001M+380], 3/25/292       5,570,000       6,224,024  
Series 2016-HQA2,Cl. M1, 2.752%      
[US0001M+120], 11/25/282       103,269       103,387  
Series 2016-HQA3,Cl. M1, 2.352%      
[US0001M+80], 3/25/292       1,094,349       1,096,378  
Series 2016-HQA3,Cl. M3, 5.402%      
[US0001M+385], 3/25/292       5,500,000       6,132,497  
Series 2016-HQA4,Cl. M1, 2.352%      
[US0001M+80], 4/25/292       722,810       724,278  
Series 2016-HQA4,Cl. M3, 5.452%      
[US0001M+390], 4/25/292       4,580,000       5,100,546  
Series 2017-DNA1,Cl. M2, 4.802%      
[US0001M+325], 7/25/292       4,400,000       4,720,917  
Series 2017-DNA2,Cl. M2, 5.002%      
[US0001M+345], 10/25/292       410,000       446,552  
Series 2017-DNA3,Cl. M2, 4.052%      
[US0001M+250], 3/25/302       420,000       435,521  
Series 2017-HQA1,Cl. M1, 2.752%      
[US0001M+120], 8/25/292       899,160       908,926  
Series 2017-HQA1,Cl. M2, 5.102%      
[US0001M+355], 8/25/292       4,870,000       5,262,155  
Series 2017-HQA3,Cl. M1, 2.102%      
[US0001M+55], 4/25/302       589,995       590,087  
Series 2017-HQA3,Cl. M2, 3.902%      
[US0001M+235], 4/25/302             995,000       1,019,749  
WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust:      

Series 2003-AR10,Cl. A7, 3.453%,

10/25/337

      70,144       71,065  

Series 2005-AR16,Cl. 1A1, 3.363%,

12/25/357

            9,643       9,437  
Wells Fargo Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust:      

Series 2005-AR1,Cl. 1A1, 3.252%,

2/25/357

      1,029,281       1,052,258  

Series 2005-AR15,Cl. 1A2, 3.561%,

9/25/357

      159,718       155,211  

Series 2005-AR15,Cl. 1A6, 3.561%,

9/25/357

      1,933,503       1,865,377  

Series 2005-AR4,Cl. 2A2, 3.422%,

4/25/357

      9,165       9,224  

Series 2006-AR10,Cl. 1A1, 3.354%,

7/25/367

      183,079       178,835  
Series 2006-AR10,Cl. 5A5, 3.387%,      
7/25/367       335,107       338,824  

Series 2006-AR2,Cl. 2A3, 3.544%,

3/25/367

      1,619,982       1,637,185  

Series 2006-AR7,Cl. 2A4, 3.336%,

5/25/367

      870,724       864,477  

Series 2006-AR8,Cl. 2A1, 3.568%,

4/25/367

      647,205       655,904  
        110,770,621  
Total Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Cost $388,066,469)         398,015,296  
     
Foreign Government Obligations—8.4%  
Angola—0.0%      
Republic of Angola, 9.50% Sr. Unsec.  
Nts., 11/12/251       755,000       872,962  
                         
Argentina—0.4%      
Argentine Republic:  
5.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/20/231     EUR       450,000       574,278  
6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/231       595,000       640,696  
            Principal
Amount
    Value  

Argentina (Continued)

                       
Argentine Republic: (Continued)      
6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/26/27       $1,650,000       $        1,805,100  
7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/22/26       645,000       731,204  
7.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/271       915,000       1,017,773  
9.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/16/241       485,000       568,662  
16.00% Bonds, 10/17/23     ARS       9,285,000       499,133  
18.20% Unsec. Nts., 10/3/21     ARS       9,285,000       510,737  
        6,347,583  
                         
Bahamas—0.0%      
Commonwealth of the Bahamas, 6.00%      
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/21/281       505,000       527,725  
                         
Belarus—0.0%      
Republic of Belarus, 6.875% Sr. Unsec.      
Nts., 2/28/231       540,000       582,925  
                         
Brazil—0.7%      
Federative Republic of Brazil:      
4.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/13/28       1,335,000       1,342,676  
10.00% Unsec. Nts., 1/1/19     BRL       26,900,000       8,345,330  
17.546% Unsec. Nts., 5/15/5513     BRL       1,735,000       1,731,761  
        11,419,767  
                         
Chile—0.3%      
Republic of Chile, 4.50% Bonds, 3/1/21     CLP       2,568,500,000       4,276,604  
                         
Colombia—0.3%      
Republic of Colombia:      
4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/26/24       485,000       503,551  
6.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/18/41       1,915,000       2,317,150  
Series B, 10.00% Bonds, 7/24/24     COP       5,146,000,000       2,083,228  
        4,903,929  
                         
Croatia—0.1%      
Republic of Croatia, 3.875% Sr. Unsec.      
Nts., 5/30/22     EUR       1,430,000       1,922,730  
                         
Dominican Republic—0.2%      
Dominican Republic:      
5.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/25/271       2,130,000       2,305,725  
6.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/27/451       1,055,000       1,189,523  
        3,495,248  
                         
Ecuador—0.1%      
Republic of Ecuador:      
9.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/13/261       325,000       374,156  
10.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/28/221       744,000       871,410  
        1,245,566  
                         
Egypt—0.2%      
Arab Republic of Egypt:      
6.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/31/221       1,065,000       1,116,306  
8.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/31/471       1,600,000       1,841,136  
        2,957,442  
                         
Gabon—0.1%      

Gabonese Republic, 6.375% Bonds,

12/12/241

      965,000       982,414  
                         
Honduras—0.1%      
Republic of Honduras:      
6.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/19/271       540,000       578,934  
8.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/16/201       455,000       511,511  
        1,090,445  
                         
Hungary—0.2%      
Hungary:      
5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/22/23       1,150,000       1,317,409  
Series 25/B, 5.50% Bonds, 6/24/25     HUF       439,000,000       2,144,419  
        3,461,828  
                         
India—0.3%      

Republic of India, 8.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,

9/24/25

    INR       270,600,000       4,408,926  
 

 

12      OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL STRATEGIC INCOME FUND/VA


    

 

          Principal Amount     Value   

Indonesia—0.9%

     
Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III:      
4.35% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/10/241       $            575,000       $            608,724  
4.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/29/261         965,000       1,021,491  
Republic of Indonesia:      
3.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/30/251   EUR     440,000       597,538  
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/14/281   EUR     485,000       672,245  
3.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/18/271       1,075,000       1,104,611  
4.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/251       540,000       561,962  
Series FR53, 8.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/21   IDR     33,505,000,000       2,661,402  
Series FR56, 8.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/26   IDR     69,095,000,000       5,770,770  
Series FR74, 7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/32   IDR     20,480,000,000       1,600,488  
                 

 

14,599,231

 

 

 

Iraq—0.1%

     
Republic of Iraq:      
5.80% Unsec. Nts., 1/15/281       540,000       522,481  
6.752% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/9/231       1,075,000       1,101,918  
                 

 

1,624,399

 

 

 

Ivory Coast—0.2%

     
Republic of Cote d’Ivoire:      
5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/251   EUR     1,105,000       1,450,564  
5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/31/327       727,610       725,419  
6.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/331       1,290,000       1,319,622  
                 

 

3,495,605

 

 

 

Jamaica—0.1%

     
Commonwealth of Jamaica:      
7.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/28/45       1,075,000       1,311,500  
8.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/39       430,000       528,668  
                 

 

1,840,168

 

 

 

Kazakhstan—0.1%

     
Republic of Kazakhstan, 4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/14/441         1,035,000       1,116,103  

Malaysia—0.2%

     

Malaysia, 5.734% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/30/19

 

 

MYR

 

   

 

13,203,000

 

 

 

   

 

3,397,879

 

 

 

Mexico—0.1%

     
United Mexican States, Series M, 5.75%      

Bonds, 3/5/26

 

 

MXN

 

   

 

54,445,000

 

 

 

   

 

2,450,433

 

 

 

Mongolia—0.1%

     

Mongolia, 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/231

 

       

 

1,480,000

 

 

 

   

 

1,496,924

 

 

 

Nigeria—0.1%

     
Federal Republic of Nigeria, 7.625% Sr.      

Unsec. Nts., 11/28/471

 

       

 

1,075,000

 

 

 

   

 

1,156,414

 

 

 

Peru—0.2%

     
Republic of Peru:      
5.70% Unsec. Nts., 8/12/241   PEN     5,345,000       1,780,314  
6.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/12/321   PEN     4,370,000       1,440,383  
                 

 

3,220,697

 

 

 

Poland—0.3%

     
Republic of Poland:      
Series 0422, 2.25% Bonds, 4/25/22   PLN     13,800,000       3,932,953  
Series 0727, 2.50% Bonds, 7/25/27   PLN     6,650,000       1,788,933  
                 

 

5,721,886

 

 

 

Romania—0.3%

     
Romania:      
2.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/19/271   EUR     1,075,000       1,328,858  
3.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/29/351   EUR     345,000       456,621  
Series 10YR, 5.95% Bonds, 6/11/21   RON     9,460,000       2,623,151  
        4,408,630  
          Principal Amount     Value   

Russia—0.5%

     
Russian Federation:      
Series 6209, 7.60% Bonds, 7/20/22   RUB     169,585,000       $        3,028,251  
Series 6211, 7.00% Bonds, 1/25/23   RUB     96,250,000       1,670,950  
Series 6217, 7.50% Bonds, 8/18/21   RUB     225,230,000       3,980,816  
                 

 

8,680,017

 

 

 

Senegal—0.1%

     
Republic of Senegal:      
6.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/30/241       540,000       584,747  
6.25% Unsec. Nts., 5/23/331       535,000       566,274  
                 

 

1,151,021

 

 

 

Serbia—0.1%

     
Republic of Serbia, 5.875% Unsec. Nts., 12/3/181         2,215,000       2,279,696  

South Africa—0.5%

     
Republic of South Africa:      
Series 2023, 7.75% Bonds, 2/28/23   ZAR     22,500,000       1,807,862  
Series R186, 10.50% Bonds, 12/21/26   ZAR     65,975,000       5,959,223  
                 

 

7,767,085

 

 

 

Sri Lanka—0.2%

     
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka:      
5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/25/221       1,105,000       1,167,068  
6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/14/191       1,515,000       1,554,245  
6.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/11/271       430,000       454,819  
6.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/4/201       495,000       522,571  
6.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/3/251       205,000       226,677  
                 

 

3,925,380

 

 

 

Thailand—0.1%

     
Kingdom of Thailand, 1.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/17/22   THB     65,400,000       2,017,081  

Turkey—0.3%

     
Republic of Turkey:      
8.80% Bonds, 11/14/18   TRY     10,570,000       2,690,951  
10.60% Bonds, 2/11/26   TRY     5,000,000       1,210,141  
11.00% Bonds, 2/24/27   TRY     4,000,000       1,011,750  
                 

 

4,912,842

 

 

 

Ukraine—0.7%

     
Ukraine:      
7.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/25/321       2,985,000       2,940,356  
7.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/20       1,060,000       1,125,571  
7.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/22       1,070,000       1,140,426  
7.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/23       2,425,000       2,580,321  
7.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/24       1,620,000       1,708,938  
7.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/25       1,075,000       1,124,028  
7.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/27       1,610,000       1,666,588  
                 

 

12,286,228

 

 

 

Uruguay—0.2%

     
Oriental Republic of Uruguay:      
5.10% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/18/50       3,135,000       3,487,688  
9.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/20/221   UYU     13,555,000       500,050  
        3,987,738  
Total Foreign Government Obligations (Cost $133,480,637)       140,031,551  
 
Corporate Loans—0.1%                    
Clear Channel Communications, Inc., Extended Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche D, 8.083% [LIBOR4+675], 1/30/192         800,000       602,332  
Murray Energy Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B2, 7.50% [LIBOR4+725], 4/16/202         264,292       233,568  
Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.492% [LIBOR12+325], 10/25/202       1,054,948       864,403  
 

 

13      OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL STRATEGIC INCOME FUND/VA


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Principal Amount     Value   
Corporate Loans (Continued)  
Windstream Services LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B6, 5.50% [LIBOR12+400], 3/29/212          $        309,217       $        291,374  
Total Corporate Loans (Cost $2,068,589)       1,991,677  
   
Corporate Bonds and Notes—44.4%  
Consumer Discretionary—7.9%  
Auto Components—0.3%  
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., 6.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/251     1,325,000       1,397,875  
Cooper-Standard Automotive, Inc., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/261     250,000       258,750  
Dana Financing Luxembourg Sarl, 6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/261     1,245,000       1,352,381  
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/31/26     665,000       688,175  
Grinding Media, Inc./Moly-Cop AltaSteel Ltd., 7.375% Sr. Sec. Nts., 12/15/231     570,000       613,434  
Lear Corp., 3.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/27     553,000       554,427  
Tenneco, Inc., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/26     495,000       508,613  
      5,373,655  
                 

Automobiles—0.5%

               
Daimler Finance North America LLC: 2.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/5/201     785,000       780,760  
8.50% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 1/18/31     485,000       733,416  
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC:    
2.425% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/12/20     608,000       604,714  
3.664% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/8/24     606,000       614,583  
General Motors Co., 6.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/2/43     235,000       279,097  
General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/30/22     823,000       823,110  
Harley-Davidson, Inc., 4.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/28/45     258,000       281,134  
Hyundai Capital America, 1.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/27/191     944,000       926,390  
Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc, 4.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/271     1,600,000       1,584,000  
Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp., 2.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/28/201     586,000       581,345  
Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC, 2.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/20/191     913,000       912,756  
ZF North America Capital, Inc., 4.75%    
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/29/251     381,000       404,812  
             

 

8,526,117

 

 

 

Distributors—0.1%  

LKQ Corp., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/23

 

   

 

1,442,000

 

 

 

   

 

1,481,655

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services—0.2%  
Monitronics International, Inc., 9.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/20     735,000       613,725  
Service Corp. International, 4.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/27     2,866,000       2,915,066  
      3,528,791  
                 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—1.8%  
1011778 B.C. ULC/New Red Finance, Inc.:    
4.25% Sr. Sec. Nts., 5/15/241     785,000       785,000  
5.00% Sec. Nts., 10/15/251     1,335,000       1,351,688  
Aramark Services, Inc.:    
4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/26     745,000       758,037  
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/251     463,000       490,224  
Boyd Gaming Corp., 6.375% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 4/1/26     235,000       253,800  
     Principal Amount     Value   
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)  
CEC Entertainment, Inc., 8.00% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 2/15/22     $        945,000       $        893,025  
CRC Escrow Issuer LLC/CRC Finco, Inc., 5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/251     1,065,000       1,078,632  
Eldorado Resorts, Inc., 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/25     650,000       682,500  
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Ltd., 8.25% Sec. Nts., 3/1/241     390,000       418,275  
Golden Nugget, Inc.:    
6.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/241     2,045,000       2,085,900  
8.75% Sr. Sub. Nts., 10/1/251     1,465,000       1,541,912  
Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 4.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/24     500,000       506,250  
Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower LLC/    
Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower, Inc., 6.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/241     1,260,000       1,381,275  
International Game Technology plc, 6.25% Sr. Sec. Nts., 2/15/221     1,700,000       1,840,250  
KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings LLC/Taco Bell of America LLC:    
4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/271     915,000       937,875  
5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/261     995,000       1,049,725  
Marriott International, Inc., 3.25% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 9/15/22     388,000       395,481  
Melco Resorts Finance Ltd., 4.875% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 6/6/251     1,380,000       1,398,335  
MGM Growth Properties Operating    
Partnership LP/MGP Finance Co.-Issuer,    
Inc., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/24     1,380,000       1,476,600  
MGM Resorts International:    
6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/23     1,370,000       1,483,025  
6.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/21     405,000       445,379  
Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, 7.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/241     780,000       802,425  
Penn National Gaming, Inc., 5.625%    
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/271     1,295,000       1,346,800  
PF Chang’s China Bistro, Inc., 10.25%    
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/30/201     550,000       503,250  
Premier Cruises Ltd., 11.00% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 3/15/081,8,9     250,000       —    
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 2.65%    
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/28/20     798,000       797,903  
Scientific Games International, Inc.:    
5.00% Sr. Sec. Nts., 10/15/251     665,000       668,325  
10.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/22     1,727,000       1,901,859  
Silversea Cruise Finance Ltd., 7.25%    
Sr. Sec. Nts., 2/1/251     510,000       552,075  
Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 4.875%    
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/31/241     500,000       508,750  
Sugarhouse HSP Gaming Prop Mezz    
LP/ Sugarhouse HSP Gaming Finance Corp., 5.875% Sr. Sec. Nts., 5/15/251     1,310,000       1,247,775  
Viking Cruises Ltd., 5.875% Sr. Unsec.    
Nts., 9/15/271     535,000       545,700  
Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn Las Vegas    
Capital Corp., 5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/271     390,000       395,850  
Wynn Macau Ltd.:    
4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/241     135,000       136,013  
5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/271     135,000       136,856  
      30,796,769  
                 
Household Durables—1.3%  
American Greetings Corp., 7.875% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 2/15/253     1,020,000       1,106,700  
AV Homes, Inc., 6.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/22     1,310,000       1,378,775  
Beazer Homes USA, Inc.:    
5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/271     935,000       944,350  
6.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/25     1,335,000       1,413,431  
 

 

14      OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL STRATEGIC INCOME FUND/VA


    

 

     Principal Amount     Value   

Household Durables (Continued)

 

       
Beazer Homes USA, Inc.: (Continued)    
7.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/23     $        43,000       $        44,935  
DR Horton, Inc., 2.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/20     821,000       820,283  
K Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 10.00% Sec. Nts., 7/15/221     530,000       585,650  
KB Home, 7.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/23     1,075,000       1,236,250  
Leggett & Platt, Inc., 3.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/27     449,000       445,426  
Lennar Corp.:    
4.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/30/24     95,000       97,641  
4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/29/271     535,000       553,618  
4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/30/25     2,838,000       2,958,615  
M/I Homes, Inc., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/25     795,000       810,836  
Mattamy Group Corp., 6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/251     265,000       281,563  
MDC Holdings, Inc., 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/43     800,000       786,000  
Newell Brands, Inc.:    
2.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/18     386,000       386,410  
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/23     628,000       662,927  
5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/46     269,000       321,186  
PulteGroup, Inc.:    
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/27     1,355,000       1,421,056  
5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/26     740,000       807,525  
6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/35     80,000       86,400  
Standard Industries, Inc., 4.75% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 1/15/281     805,000       810,885  
Taylor Morrison Communities,    
Inc./Taylor Morrison Holdings    
II, Inc., 5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/233     1,160,000       1,231,050  
Toll Brothers Finance Corp.:    
4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/23     824,000       857,990  
4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/27     375,000       390,000  
William Lyon Homes, Inc., 5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/31/25     1,020,000       1,044,225  
             

 

21,483,727

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail—0.1%

 

       
Amazon.com, Inc., 4.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/5/44     271,000       330,433  
QVC, Inc., 4.45% Sr. Sec. Nts., 2/15/25     1,545,000       1,577,986  
             

 

1,908,419

 

 

 

Leisure Equipment & Products—0.1%

 

       
Mattel, Inc., 6.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/31/251     270,000       274,306  
Proven Honour Capital Ltd., 4.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/6/26     1,400,000       1,431,632  
             

 

1,705,938

 

 

 

Media—2.4%

 

       
21st Century Fox America, Inc., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/46     357,000       414,576  
Altice Finco SA, 8.125% Sec. Nts., 1/15/241     695,000       729,750  
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.:    
5.75% Sr. Sub. Nts., 6/15/25     745,000       740,344  
5.875% Sr. Sub. Nts., 11/15/26     760,000       752,400  
6.125% Sr. Sub. Nts., 5/15/27     520,000       518,700  
AMC Networks, Inc., 4.75% Sr. Unsec.    
Nts., 8/1/25     530,000       526,687  
Belo Corp., 7.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/27     1,362,000       1,539,060  
Block Communications, Inc., 6.875% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 2/15/251     255,000       268,387  
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital    
Corp.:    
4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/231     265,000       263,012  
     Principal Amount     Value   

Media (Continued)

               
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.: (Continued)    
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/281     $        1,330,000       $        1,300,075  
5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/271     1,040,000       1,027,000  
5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/261     1,315,000       1,369,244  
Cequel Communications Holdings I    
LLC/ Cequel Capital Corp., 6.375%    
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/201     532,000       541,310  
Charter Communications Operating    
LLC/Charter Communications    
Operating Capital, 5.375% Sr. Sec. Nts., 5/1/47     386,000       396,922  
Cinemark USA, Inc., 4.875% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 6/1/23     495,000       503,662  
Clear Channel International BV, 8.75%    
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/201     265,000       274,937  
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.:    
6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., Series B, 11/15/22     1,465,000       1,496,131  
7.625% Sr. Sub. Nts., Series B, 3/15/20     1,505,000       1,480,544  
Comcast Cable Communications    
Holdings, Inc., 9.455% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/22     838,000       1,095,446  
CSC Holdings LLC:    
5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/24     715,000       702,487  
5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/271     750,000       766,875  
10.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/251     722,000       859,180  
DISH DBS Corp.:    
5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/24     2,280,000       2,225,850  
7.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/1/26     250,000       263,750  
Gray Television, Inc.:    
5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/241     760,000       760,000  
5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/261     1,770,000       1,818,675  
iHeartCommunications, Inc., 9.00% Sr.    
Sec. Nts., 12/15/19     1,455,000       1,087,612  
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The), 4.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/24     866,000       909,380  
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., 5.875%    
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/241     1,355,000       1,437,994  
MDC Partners, Inc., 6.50% Sr. Unsec.    
Nts., 5/1/241     255,000       257,550  
Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 5.625% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 8/1/241     1,095,000       1,133,325  
Salem Media Group, Inc., 6.75% Sr. Sec.    
Nts., 6/1/241     775,000       775,000  
SFR Group SA, 6.00% Sr. Sec. Nts., 5/15/221     390,000       395,362  
Sinclair Television Group, Inc., 5.625%    
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/241     995,000       1,028,581  
Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 5.375% Sr. Unsec.    
Nts., 7/15/261     665,000       690,769  
Sky plc:    
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/16/241     422,000       440,684  
6.10% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/181     317,000       318,487  
TEGNA, Inc., 5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/241     650,000       684,125  
Time Warner Cable LLC, 4.50% Sr.    
Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 9/15/42     648,000       609,677  
Time, Inc., 7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/251     265,000       313,363  
Townsquare Media, Inc., 6.50% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 4/1/231     265,000       260,031  
Tribune Media Co., 5.875% Sr. Unsec.    
Nts., 7/15/22     725,000       748,563  
Univision Communications, Inc.:    
5.125% Sr. Sec. Nts., 5/15/231     245,000       245,000  
5.125% Sr. Sec. Nts., 2/15/251     2,175,000       2,126,063  
Virgin Media Secured Finance plc:    
5.25% Sr. Sec. Nts., 1/15/261     876,000       888,045  
5.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 8/15/261     705,000       724,388  
 

 

15      OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL STRATEGIC INCOME FUND/VA


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Principal Amount     Value   

Media (Continued)

               
Ziggo Secured Finance BV, 5.50%  
Sr. Sec. Nts., 1/15/271     $        1,930,000       $        1,932,413  
      39,641,416  
                 

Multiline Retail—0.2%

               
Dollar Tree, Inc., 5.75% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/1/23     1,746,000       1,832,209  
JC Penney Corp., Inc., 5.875% Sr. Sec.  
Nts., 7/1/231     665,000       630,087  
      2,462,296  
                 

Specialty Retail—0.7%

               
AutoZone, Inc., 1.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/21/19     174,000       172,593  
Best Buy Co., Inc., 5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/21     791,000       852,609  
Eurotorg LLC Via Bonitron DAC, 8.75%  
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/30/221     745,000       755,095  
Freedom Mortgage Corp., 8.125% Sr.  
Unsec. Nts., 11/15/241     400,000       408,500  
GameStop Corp.:    
5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/191     685,000       698,700  
6.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/211     1,425,000       1,496,250  
Guitar Center, Inc., 6.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 4/15/191     365,000       339,450  
L Brands, Inc.:    
5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/22     867,000       928,774  
6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/35     2,335,000       2,370,025  
Lithia Motors, Inc., 5.25% Sr. Unsec.  
Nts., 8/1/251     530,000       553,850  
Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 5.625% Sr. Unsec.  
Nts., 5/1/27     260,000       274,027  
Ross Stores, Inc., 3.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/24     813,000       824,856  
Sally Holdings LLC/Sally Capital, Inc., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/25     475,000       475,000  
Signet UK Finance plc, 4.70% Sr. Unsec.  
Nts., 6/15/24     927,000       913,811  
Sonic Automotive, Inc., 6.125% Sr. Sub.  
Nts., 3/15/27     650,000       648,375  
      11,711,915  
                 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—0.2%

 

       
Hanesbrands, Inc.:    
4.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/241     425,000       435,625  
4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/261     1,370,000       1,411,100  
Levi Strauss & Co., 5.00% Sr. Unsec.    
Nts., 5/1/25     654,000       685,065  
PVH Corp., 4.50% Sr. Unsec.    
Unsub. Nts., 12/15/22     412,000       421,229  
Springs Industries, Inc., 6.25% Sr. Sec.  
Nts., 6/1/21     655,000       669,737  
      3,622,756  
                 

Consumer Staples—2.5%

               

Beverages—0.4%

               
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc.:    
1.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/19     970,000       968,180  
3.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/26     533,000       550,841  
4.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/46     343,000       398,770  
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 8.20% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 1/15/39     390,000       621,728  
Coca-Cola Icecek AS, 4.215% Sr. Unsec.  
Nts., 9/19/241     555,000       564,824  
Constellation Brands, Inc., 2.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/6/20     922,000       914,097  
Molson Coors Brewing Co.:         
1.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/19     348,000       343,748  
2.10% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/21     833,000       817,055  
4.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/46     130,000       132,899  
     Principal Amount     Value   

Beverages (Continued)

               
Pernod Ricard SA, 4.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/221     $        853,000       $        904,131  
      6,216,273  
                 

Food & Staples Retailing—0.8%

               
Albertsons Cos LLC/Safeway, Inc./    
New Albertson’s, Inc./Albertson’s LLC, 6.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/24     745,000       715,200  
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., 2.35%    
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/13/191     953,000       953,277  
CVS Health Corp.:    
2.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/21     929,000       907,268  
5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/20/45     208,000       239,103  
Fresh Market, Inc. (The), 9.75% Sr. Sec.  
Nts., 5/1/231     705,000       440,625  
Ingles Markets, Inc., 5.75% Sr. Unsec.    
Nts., 6/15/23     1,353,000       1,376,677  
Kroger Co. (The):    
2.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/19     40,000       39,936  
6.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/18     287,000       299,581  
6.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/38     221,000       286,364  
New Albertson’s, Inc., 7.45% Sr. Unsec.    
Nts., 8/1/29     740,000       649,350  
Omnicare, Inc., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/22     1,765,000       1,858,914  
Performance Food Group, Inc., 5.50% Sr.  
Unsec. Nts., 6/1/241     495,000       512,325  
Rite Aid Corp., 6.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/231     2,050,000       1,857,813  
Simmons Foods, Inc., 5.75% Sec. Nts., 11/1/241     1,870,000       1,855,975  
SUPERVALU, Inc.:    
6.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/21     500,000       500,625  
7.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/22     630,000       618,975  
US Foods, Inc., 5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/241     125,000       131,875  
      13,243,883  
                 

Food Products—0.8%

               
Adecoagro SA, 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/21/271     575,000       572,987  
B&G Foods, Inc., 5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/25     260,000       265,109  
Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.:    
3.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/26     590,000       564,737  
8.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/19     823,000       891,764  
Dean Foods Co., 6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/231     1,780,000       1,775,550  
JBS USA LUX SA/JBS USA Finance, Inc., 5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/251     1,315,000       1,272,263  
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.:    
3.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/25     493,000       509,891  
4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/46     325,000       322,939  
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc., 4.875% Sr.  
Unsec. Nts., 11/1/261     498,000       521,655  
Minerva Luxembourg SA, 5.875% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 1/19/281     535,000       521,224  
Mondelez International Holdings    
Netherlands BV, 1.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/28/191     966,000       952,374  
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.:    
5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/251     910,000       939,575  
5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/30/271     265,000       273,613  
Post Holdings, Inc., 5.75% Sr. Unsec.    
Nts., 3/1/271     795,000       810,900  
Smithfield Foods, Inc., 2.70% Sr. Unsec.  
Nts., 1/31/201     932,000       926,795  
TreeHouse Foods, Inc., 6.00% Sr. Unsec.  
Nts., 2/15/241     1,005,000       1,050,225  
 

 

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          Principal Amount     Value  

Food Products (Continued)

 

       
Tyson Foods, Inc., 3.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/2/27       $    454,000       $        465,651  
        12,637,252  
                     

Household Products—0.1%

 

       
Kronos Acquisition Holdings,      
Inc., 9.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/231         645,000       604,687  
Spectrum Brands, Inc., 6.125%      
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/24       360,000       382,950  
        987,637  
                     

Personal Products—0.2%

 

       
Avon International Operations, Inc., 7.875% Sr. Sec. Nts., 8/15/221         2,280,000       2,331,300  
Edgewell Personal Care Co., 4.70%    
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/24/22         85,000       87,550  
Revlon Consumer Products Corp.,    
5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/21       1,865,000       1,417,400  
        3,836,250  
                     

Tobacco—0.2%

 

       
Altria Group, Inc., 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/31/24         619,000       657,087  
BAT Capital Corp.:      
2.297% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/14/201       918,000       913,464  
3.557% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/271         458,000       459,386  
Imperial Brands Finance plc, 2.05%    
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/20/181         947,000       946,271  
Philip Morris International, Inc.,    
2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/2/22         814,000       807,192  
Reynolds American, Inc.,      
5.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/45       312,000       390,751  
        4,174,151  
                     

Energy—7.6%

 

       

Energy Equipment & Services—0.9%

 

       
Calfrac Holdings LP, 7.50% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 12/1/201         925,000       915,750  
Ensco plc, 5.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/25         685,000       585,675  
Exterran Energy Solutions      
LP/EES Finance Corp., 8.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/251         260,000       280,150  
Halliburton Co., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/45         203,000       233,830  
Helmerich & Payne International    
Drilling Co., 4.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/25         522,000       550,179  
McDermott International, Inc., 8.00%    
Sec. Nts., 5/1/211         1,115,000       1,151,628  
Noble Holding International    
Ltd., 7.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/24         760,000       657,400  
Parker Drilling Co., 6.75% Sr. Unsec.    
Nts., 7/15/22         1,225,000       1,010,625  
Pertamina Persero PT, 6.45% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 5/30/441         1,235,000       1,482,693  
Pioneer Energy Services Corp., 6.125%    
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/22         1,515,000       1,249,420  
Rowan Cos., Inc., 7.375% Sr. Unsec.    
Nts., 6/15/25         1,330,000       1,364,912  
Schlumberger Holdings Corp., 4.00% Sr.    
Unsec. Nts., 12/21/251         514,000       540,897  
SESI LLC, 7.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/241         795,000       846,675  
Transocean, Inc.:      
7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/261       265,000       272,036  
9.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/231         1,105,000       1,198,925  
Trinidad Drilling Ltd., 6.625% Sr. Unsec.    
Nts., 2/15/251         385,000       367,675  
Weatherford International Ltd., 9.875%    
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/24       1,462,000       1,560,685  
        14,269,155  
          Principal Amount     Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—6.7%

 

       
Alta Mesa Holdings LP/Alta      
Mesa Finance Services Corp.,      
7.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/24         $        265,000       $        291,831  
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.:      
4.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/44       213,000       212,893  
6.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/40         175,000       212,733  
Andeavor, 5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/261         835,000       918,987  
Andeavor Logistics LP/Tesoro      
Logistics Finance Corp.:      
4.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/27       462,000       466,748  
5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/25         324,000       341,156  
Apache Corp., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/43         263,000       271,065  
Ardagh Packaging Finance      
plc/Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc.,      
6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/251         1,150,000       1,213,250  
Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC/ ARU Finance Corp., 10.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/221         425,000       457,937  
Baytex Energy Corp., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/241       1,075,000       1,006,469  
Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd., 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/8/25         1,105,000       1,128,808  
Bill Barrett Corp., 8.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/25         795,000       882,450  
Boardwalk Pipelines LP, 4.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/24         422,000       452,633  
BP Capital Markets plc, 1.676% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/3/19         967,000       962,019  
Buckeye Partners LP, 3.95% Sr. Unsec.  
Nts., 12/1/26         230,000       226,428  
California Resources Corp., 8.00% Sec.  
Nts., 12/15/221         658,000       545,317  
Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/  
Calumet Finance Corp.:      
6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/21       630,000       630,000  
7.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/22         1,075,000       1,081,719  
Centennial Resource Production LLC, 5.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/261         670,000       684,237  
Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC:      
5.125% Sr. Sec. Nts., 6/30/27       525,000       544,372  
7.00% Sr. Sec. Nts., 6/30/24         1,430,000       1,630,200  
Chesapeake Energy Corp.:      
6.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/21       493,000       501,627  
8.00% Sec. Nts., 12/15/221       249,000       269,543  
8.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/251       265,000       267,981  
8.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/271         270,000       259,875  
Chevron Corp., 1.561% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/16/19         972,000       966,557  
Citadel LP, 5.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/17/231         805,000       831,246  
CITGO Petroleum Corp., 6.25% Sr. Sec.  
Nts., 8/15/221         70,000       70,875  
Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC/Cloud  
Peak Energy Finance Corp., 12.00% Sec.  
Nts., 11/1/21         990,000       1,071,675  
CNX Resources Corp.:      
5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/22       445,000       456,681  
8.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/23         625,000       671,562  
Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc.:      
3.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/20       833,000       845,318  
4.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/25         438,000       466,966  
ConocoPhillips Co.:      
4.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/26       108,000       122,763  
5.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/46         195,000       263,459  
Continental Resources, Inc.:      
4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/281       1,610,000       1,591,404  
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/22       520,000       529,750  
 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

            Principal Amount     Value   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)

 

CrownRock LP/CrownRock Finance, Inc., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/251             $        530,000       $        533,975  
CVR Refining LLC/Coffeyville Finance, Inc., 6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/22             1,400,000       1,449,000  
Denbury Resources, Inc.:      
4.625% Sr. Sub. Nts., 7/15/23       805,000       519,225  
5.50% Sr. Sub. Nts., 5/1/22       662,000       455,952  
6.375% Sr. Sub. Nts., 8/15/21       805,000       611,800  
9.00% Sec. Nts., 5/15/211             1,140,000       1,169,925  
Devon Energy Corp., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/42             207,000       219,810  
Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance, Inc.:      
5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/30/261       540,000       550,800  
5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/30/281             540,000       556,605  
Energy Transfer LP, 5.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/47             255,000       254,129  
Energy Transfer Partners LP, 6.625% [US0003M+415.5] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds2,10             341,000       331,836  
EnLink Midstream Partners LP, 4.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/26             206,000       216,175  
Enterprise Products Operating LLC:      
4.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/42       144,000       158,580  
4.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/46             151,000       166,881  
Enviva Partners LP/Enviva Partners Finance Corp., 8.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/21             1,235,000       1,319,906  
EP Energy LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc.:      
7.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/22       645,000       362,812  
8.00% Sr. Sec. Nts., 11/29/241       1,260,000       1,307,250  
8.00% Sec. Nts., 2/15/251       1,022,000       751,170  
9.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/20             635,000       539,750  
EQT Corp., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/20             918,000       912,136  
Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc., 7.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/241             265,000       284,212  
Foresight Energy LLC/Foresight Energy      
Finance Corp., 11.50% Sec. Nts., 4/1/231             1,300,000       1,069,250  
Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital SA, 4.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/19/221             1,265,000       1,326,321  
Genesis Energy LP/Genesis Energy Finance Corp.:      
6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/23       725,000       737,687  
6.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/26       1,070,000       1,068,662  
6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/25             795,000       810,900  
Geopark Ltd., 6.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 9/21/241             460,000       472,986  
Halcon Resources Corp., 6.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/251             530,000       553,850  
Hess Infrastructure Partners LP/Hess Infrastructure Partners Finance Corp., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/261             805,000       835,187  
Holly Energy Partners LP/Holly Energy Finance Corp., 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/241             265,000       277,587  
Indian Oil Corp. Ltd., 5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/23             1,505,000       1,679,454  
Jones Energy Holdings LLC/Jones Energy      
Finance Corp., 6.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/22             2,533,000       1,912,415  
KazMunayGas National Co. JSC:      
4.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/30/231       480,000       498,271  
5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/19/471       2,060,000       2,201,625  
6.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/9/211       1,685,000       1,842,295  
7.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/5/201             1,580,000       1,714,458  
Kinder Morgan, Inc., 5.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/45       703,000       771,528  
            Principal Amount     Value   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)

 

       
LBC Tank Terminals Holding Netherlands BV, 6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/233             $        475,000       $        496,969  
Marathon Oil Corp., 4.40% Sr. Unsec.      
Nts., 7/15/27             470,000       491,979  
MEG Energy Corp.:      
6.50% Sec. Nts., 1/15/251       520,000       515,450  
7.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/31/241             1,355,000       1,150,056  
Murphy Oil Corp., 6.875% Sr. Unsec.      
Nts., 8/15/24             720,000       770,400  
Murray Energy Corp., 11.25% Sec. Nts., 4/15/211             3,240,000       1,668,600  
Newfield Exploration Co., 5.625% Sr.      
Unsec. Nts., 7/1/24             515,000       556,200  
NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy      
Finance Corp.:      
6.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/25       1,295,000       1,269,100  
6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/21       385,000       394,625  
7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/23             1,045,000       1,086,800  
Noble Energy, Inc., 5.05% Sr. Unsec.      
Nts., 11/15/44             240,000       257,822  
Novatek OAO Via Novatek Finance DAC, 4.422% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/13/221             605,000       624,148  
NuStar Logistics LP, 5.625% Sr. Unsec.      
Nts., 4/28/27             785,000       800,700  
Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 6.875% Sr. Unsec.      
Nts., 1/15/23             830,000       851,788  
ONEOK Partners LP:      
4.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/25       364,000       390,781  
8.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/19             396,000       422,765  
Parsley Energy LLC/Parsley Finance      
Corp., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/271             400,000       410,000  
PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp.:      
7.00% Sr. Sec. Nts., 11/15/23       635,000       665,956  
7.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/25             800,000       843,000  
PBF Logistics LP/PBF Logistics Finance      
Corp., 6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/231             265,000       274,275  
PDC Energy, Inc., 5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/261             535,000       549,044  
Peabody Energy Corp.:      
6.00% Sr. Sec. Nts., 11/15/188,9,11       1,110,000       1  
6.375% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/31/251       515,000       537,531  
10.00% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/15/228,9,11             2,075,000       2  
Petrobras Global Finance BV:      
4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/20/23       2,765,000       2,741,415  
5.299% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/27/251       1,850,000       1,857,863  
5.999% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/27/281       4,007,000       4,022,026  
6.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/17/22       920,000       978,650  
6.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/5/15       2,130,000       2,058,113  
7.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/17/27             1,615,000       1,781,345  
Petroleos Mexicanos:      
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/21/2412     EUR       205,000       267,290  
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/16/26     EUR       1,445,000       1,816,459  
4.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/21/23       2,680,000       2,763,750  
6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/13/271       805,000       880,871  
6.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/21/471       1,950,000       2,040,383  
6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/4/26             795,000       903,319  
Phillips 66 Partners LP, 3.605% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/25             444,000       447,907  
Proven Glory Capital Ltd., 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/21/2712             290,000       293,555  
Puma International Financing SA, 5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/6/241             445,000       454,345  
QEP Resources, Inc., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/26             665,000       676,638  
Resolute Energy Corp., 8.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/20             2,435,000       2,489,788  
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 4.20% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/15/28       465,000       471,273  
 

 

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          Principal Amount     Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)

 

       
Saka Energi Indonesia PT, 4.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/5/241         $        700,000       $        712,006  

Sanchez Energy Corp.:

6.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/23

      1,600,000       1,364,000  
7.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/21         405,000       382,725  
SemGroup Corp./Rose Rock Finance Corp., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/23         545,000       534,100  
Shell International Finance BV, 4.00% Sr.  
Unsec. Nts., 5/10/46         320,000       341,372  
Southwestern Energy Co., 7.50% Sr.  
Unsec. Nts., 4/1/26         265,000       281,894  
SRC Energy, Inc., 6.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/251         885,000       909,338  
Summit Midstream Holdings LLC/Summit  
Midstream Finance Corp., 5.75% Sr.  
Unsec. Nts., 4/15/25         515,000       521,896  
Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP, 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/27         516,000       506,826  
Sunoco LP/Sunoco Finance Corp., 6.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/23         755,000       797,469  
SURA Asset Management SA, 4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/11/271         735,000       744,188  
Tallgrass Energy Partners LP/Tallgrass      
Energy Finance Corp.:      
5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/241       690,000       711,562  
5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/281         1,075,000       1,089,459  
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/281         800,000       801,000  
Topaz Marine SA, 9.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/26/221         365,000       379,008  
Ultra Resources, Inc.:      
6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/221       390,000       392,438  
7.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/251         520,000       520,650  
Ultrapar International SA, 5.25% Sr.      
Unsec. Nts., 10/6/261         495,000       506,494  
Whiting Petroleum Corp., 6.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/261         535,000       546,369  
Williams Partners LP:      
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/27       364,000       365,358  
5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/20         398,000       420,612  
Woodside Finance Ltd., 8.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/191         8,000       8,566  
WPX Energy, Inc., 8.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/23         1,140,000       1,299,600  
YPF SA, 6.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/21/271         2,130,000       2,265,359  
        112,168,210  
     

Financials—7.8%

                   

Capital Markets—1.6%

                   
Apollo Management Holdings LP, 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/30/241         541,000       554,207  
Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. LLC, 3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/2/271         383,000       376,970  
Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/25         923,000       948,429  
Charles Schwab Corp. (The), 5.00% [US0003M+257.5] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds2,10         668,000       671,373  
Credit Suisse AG (New York), 3.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/9/24         512,000       530,143  
Credit Suisse Group AG, 7.125% [USSW5+510.8] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds2,10         620,000       679,365  
Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd., 4.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/17/26         360,000       386,016  
Diamond Resorts International, Inc.:      
7.75% Sr. Sec. Nts., 9/1/231       1,085,000       1,182,542  
10.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/241       665,000       715,706  
          Principal Amount     Value  

Capital Markets (Continued)

 

E*TRADE Financial Corp., 5.875% [US0003M+443.5] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds2,10         $        1,596,000       $        1,695,750  
Flex Acquisition Co., Inc., 6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/251         1,530,000       1,587,337  
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The):      
3.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/16/26       543,000       546,602  
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/25/26       522,000       536,397  
4.017% [US0003M+137.3] Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/31/382       375,000       386,145  
5.00% [US0003M+287.4] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds2,10       340,000       335,410  
5.70% [US0003M+388.4] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds, Series L2,10         496,000       512,046  
Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 6.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/251         1,075,000       1,077,795  
Koks OAO Via Koks Finance DAC, 7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/4/221         730,000       776,169  

Macquarie Bank Ltd. (London),

6.125% [USSW5+370.3] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds1,2,10

        631,000       657,029  
Marble II Pte Ltd., 5.30% Sr. Sec. Nts., 6/20/221         340,000       345,692  
Morgan Stanley:      
4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/22/47       667,000       732,325  
5.00% Sub. Nts., 11/24/25         839,000       919,355  
MSCI, Inc., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/261         881,000       927,253  

Northern Trust Corp., 3.375%

[US0003M+113.1] Sub. Nts., 5/8/322

        400,000       398,876  
Prime Security Services Borrower LLC/Prime Finance, Inc., 9.25% Sec. Nts., 5/15/231         1,070,000       1,190,375  
Raymond James Financial, Inc., 3.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/26         543,000       546,411  
Rivers Pittsburgh Borrower LP/Rivers Pittsburgh Finance Corp., 6.125% Sr. Sec. Nts., 8/15/211         375,000       373,125  
S&P Global, Inc., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/18         941,000       943,859  
Staples, Inc., 8.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/251         1,860,000       1,725,150  
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., 3.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/27         562,000       567,605  

Tempo Acquisition LLC/Tempo

Acquisition Finance Corp., 6.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/251

        805,000       821,100  
Trident Merger Sub, Inc., 6.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/251         805,000       805,000  
UBS Group AG, 7.125% [USSW5+588.3] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds2,10         700,000       763,540  
UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG:      
4.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/261       347,000       364,391  
4.253% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/23/281         377,000       397,888  
VFH Parent LLC/Orchestra Co.-Issuer, Inc., 6.75% Sec. Nts., 6/15/221       260,000       274,300  
        26,251,676  
     

Commercial Banks—2.9%

                   

ABN AMRO Bank NV, 4.40%

[USSW5+219.7] Sub. Nts., 3/27/282

        1,061,000       1,093,759  
ACE Cash Express, Inc., 12.00% Sr. Sec. Nts., 12/15/221         135,000       140,062  
Astana Finance JSC, 9.16% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/14/128,9         315,159        
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (New York), 2.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/19/22       929,000       926,428  
 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

            Principal Amount     Value  

Commercial Banks (Continued)

 

       

Australia & New Zealand Banking

Group Ltd. (United Kingdom), 6.75% [USISDA05+516.8] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds1,2,10

            $        735,000       $        837,900  

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA:

6.125% [USSW5+387] Jr. Sub. Perpetual

Bonds2,10

      495,000       511,706  

9.00% [USSW5+826.2] Jr. Sub.

Perpetual Bonds2,10

            495,000       507,276  

Banco do Brasil SA (Cayman), 6.25%

[H15T10Y+439.8] Jr. Sub. Perpetual

Bonds1,2,10

            820,000       756,450  
Banco Mercantil del Norte SA (Grand Cayman):      

6.875% [H15T5Y+503.5] Jr. Sub.

Perpetual Bonds1,2,10

      429,000       453,131  
7.625% [H15T10Y+535.3] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds1,2,10             395,000       434,006  

Banco Santander SA, 6.375%

[USSW5+478.8] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds2,10

            650,000       666,278  
Bank of America Corp.:      
3.248% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/21/27       723,000       718,124  
3.824% [US0003M+157.5] Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/20/282       497,000       514,527  
6.30% [US0003M+455.3] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds2,10       613,000       694,222  
7.75% Jr. Sub. Nts., 5/14/38             623,000       935,692  

Bank of Nova Scotia (The), 4.65%

[US0003M+264.8] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds2,10

            680,000       676,379  
Barclays plc:      
4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/12/26       880,000       917,397  
7.875% [USSW5+677.2] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds2,10             750,000       824,063  
BB&T Corp., 2.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/26/24             764,000       758,953  
BNP Paribas SA:      
4.625% Sub. Nts., 3/13/271       635,000       678,493  
7.625% [USSW5+631.4] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds1,2,10             755,000       832,387  
BPCE SA, 4.50% Sub. Nts., 3/15/251             630,000       659,339  
CIT Group, Inc., 5.80%      

[US0003M+397.2] Jr. Sub. Perpetual

Bonds2,10

            688,000       710,360  
Citigroup, Inc.:      

4.281% [US0003M+183.9] Sr. Unsec.

Nts., 4/24/482

      916,000       997,828  
4.75% Sub. Nts., 5/18/46       440,000       486,559  

6.125% [US0003M+447.8] Jr. Sub. Perpetual

Bonds2,10

            485,000       516,525  
Citizens Bank NA (Providence RI):      
2.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/13/21       529,000       527,412  
2.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/26/22             224,000       222,152  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia,

3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/19/271

            750,000       740,139  
Compass Bank, 2.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/29/22             945,000       935,977  

Credit Agricole SA, 4.375% Sub. Nts.,

3/17/251

            1,066,000       1,115,407  

Fifth Third Bancorp, 5.10%

[US0003M+303.33] Jr. Sub. Perpetual

Bonds2,10

            250,000       254,375  

Fifth Third Bank (Cincinnati OH), 3.85%

Sub. Nts., 3/15/26

            551,000       569,273  

First Republic Bank, 4.375% Sub. Nts.,

8/1/46

            380,000       389,721  
Glencore Funding LLC, 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/16/251       523,000       529,082  
            Principal Amount     Value  

Commercial Banks (Continued)

 

       
Global Bank Corp., 4.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/20/211             $        605,000       $        617,826  
Globo Comunicacao e Participacoes SA, 5.125% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/31/271             1,110,000       1,132,200  
HSBC Holdings plc:      
4.041% [US0003M+154.6] Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/13/282       440,000       458,940  
6.375% [USISDA05+370.5] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds2,10             615,000       656,512  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc., 3.15% Sr.

Unsec. Nts., 3/14/21

            528,000       536,653  
IDBI Bank Ltd. (DIFC Dubai), 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/25/19             430,000       441,606  
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 3.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/14/271             749,000       749,913  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.:      
3.54% [US0003M+138] Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/282       735,000       748,420  
3.782% [US0003M+133.7] Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/282       1,458,000       1,512,166  

6.125% [US0003M+333] Jr. Sub.

Perpetual Bonds2,10

      640,000       701,600  
7.90% [US0003M+347] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds, Series 12,10             492,000       498,765  
Kenan Advantage Group, Inc. (The), 7.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/31/231             1,125,000       1,170,000  
Krung Thai Bank PCL (Cayman Islands), 5.20% [H15T5Y+353.5] Sub. Nts., 12/26/242             540,000       556,844  
Lloyds Banking Group plc, 6.413% [US0003M+149.5] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds1,2,10             566,000       655,145  
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The), 3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/19/27             835,000       838,619  

Regions Bank (Birmingham AL), 2.25%

Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/14/18

            477,000       477,591  

Regions Financial Corp., 2.75% Sr.

Unsec. Nts., 8/14/22

            618,000       616,638  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc,

3.498% [US0003M+148] Sr. Unsec.

Nts., 5/15/232

            660,000       662,023  
Sberbank of Russia Via SB Capital SA, 5.50% [H15T5Y+402.3] Sub. Nts., 2/26/241,2             1,580,000       1,608,677  
Societe Generale SA, 7.375% [USSW5+623.8] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds1,2,10             795,000       863,609  
Standard Chartered plc, 7.50% [USSW5+630.1] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds1,2,10             805,000       873,425  
SunTrust Bank (Atlanta GA), 3.30% Sub. Nts., 5/15/26             417,000       413,632  
SunTrust Banks, Inc.:      
5.05% [US0003M+310.2] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds2,10       697,000       707,455  
5.125% [US0003M+278.6] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds2,10             104,000       102,128  
Synovus Financial Corp., 3.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/22             557,000       553,073  
Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS, 6.125% [USSW5+422] Sub. Nts., 5/24/271,2             300,000       300,171  
Turkiye Is Bankasi, 6.00% Sub. Nts., 10/24/221             540,000       543,328  

Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO:

5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/30/221

      970,000       969,446  
6.875% [USSW5+543.9] Sub. Nts., 2/3/251,2             525,000       531,576  
UniCredit SpA, 8.00% [USSW5+518] Jr.      
Sub. Perpetual Bonds2,10       630,000       691,406  
 

 

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          Principal Amount     Value  

Commercial Banks (Continued)

 

       
US Bancorp:      
3.10% Sub. Nts., 4/27/26       $           548,000       $           544,588  
3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/27/27         225,000       225,617  
Wachovia Capital Trust III, 5.57%      
[US0003M+93] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds2,10         992,000       1,000,680  
Wells Fargo & Co.:      
3.584% [US0003M+131] Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/22/282       754,000       769,362  
4.75% Sub. Nts., 12/7/46         532,000       595,504  
Westpac Banking Corp. (New Zealand), 5.00% [USISDA05+288.8] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds2,10         680,000       678,748  
Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi AS, 5.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/21/241         770,000       771,456  
Zenith Bank plc, 7.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/30/221       675,000       704,160  
        49,010,884  
                     
Consumer Finance—0.9%                    
Ahern Rentals, Inc., 7.375% Sec. Nts., 5/15/231         910,000       859,950  
Ally Financial, Inc.:      
4.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/19/22       440,000       458,700  
5.75% Sub. Nts., 11/20/25       1,325,000       1,449,219  
8.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/31         415,000       541,575  
American Express Co.:      
2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/22       371,000       366,867  
4.90% [US0003M+328.5] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds2,10         758,000       774,107  
American Express Credit Corp., 3.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/3/27         562,000       570,815  
Capital One Financial Corp., 3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/9/27         371,000       375,572  
Discover Financial Services:      
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/4/25       371,000       373,931  
4.10% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/9/27       374,000       383,704  
5.50% [US0003M+307.6] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds2,10         335,000       345,469  
Electricite de France SA, 6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/26/191         665,000       695,668  
Financiera Independencia SAB de CV    
SOFOM ENR, 8.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/19/241         365,000       373,212  
Minejesa Capital BV, 4.625% Sr. Sec. Nts., 8/10/301         2,635,000       2,699,702  
Navient Corp.:      
6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/22       535,000       561,884  
6.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/26/21       505,000       534,038  
6.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/25/25         685,000       705,550  

Springleaf Finance Corp.:

5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/23

      805,000       807,777  
6.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/22       785,000       818,363  
8.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/20       490,000       540,225  
        14,236,328  
                     
Diversified Financial Services—0.3%  
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co., 2.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/18         267,000       267,259  
Charming Light Investments Ltd., 4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/21/2712         390,000       393,064  
JPMorgan Hipotecaria su Casita, 6.47% Sec. Nts., 8/26/353,9,13   MXN     5,808,600       28,803  
National Savings Bank, 8.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/18/181         1,000,000       1,034,500  
Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., 5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/241         1,020,000       1,014,900  
Peachtree Corners Funding Trust, 3.976% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/251       363,000       374,255  
          Principal Amount     Value  

Diversified Financial Services (Continued)

 

Precision Castparts Corp., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/23         $           549,000       $           545,831  
Voya Financial, Inc., 5.65%      
[US0003M+358] Jr. Sub. Nts., 5/15/532       875,000       934,063  
        4,592,675  
                     

Insurance—0.3%

                   
AXIS Specialty Finance plc, 5.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/45         464,000       499,319  
Brighthouse Financial, Inc., 3.70% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/22/271         239,000       235,445  

CNA Financial Corp., 3.45% Sr. Unsec.

Nts., 8/15/27

        663,000       654,489  
Credivalores-Crediservicios SAS, 9.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/27/221         370,000       385,725  
Genworth Holdings, Inc., 7.70% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/20         535,000       541,019  
Manulife Financial Corp., 4.061% [USISDA05+164.7] Sub. Nts., 2/24/322         565,000       570,184  
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 4.35% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/30/47         294,000       326,731  
MetLife, Inc., 5.25% [US0003M+357.5] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds2,10         936,000       975,537  
Nuveen Finance LLC, 4.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/241         695,000       734,405  
Prudential Financial, Inc.:      
5.20% [US0003M+304] Jr. Sub. Nts., 3/15/442       712,000       759,170  
5.375% [US0003M+303.1] Jr. Sub. Nts., 5/15/452       172,000       184,728  
        5,866,752  
                     

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—1.3%

 

       
American Tower Corp.:      
2.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/20       817,000       822,501  
3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/23         782,000       780,807  
Banco Invex SA/Hipotecaria Credito y Casa SA de CV, 6.45% Sec. Nts., 3/13/348,9,13   MXN     4,830,531       —    
Crown Castle International Corp., 3.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/27         455,000       454,669  
Digital Realty Trust LP:      
3.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/20       79,000       80,606  
5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/20         327,000       346,958  

Equinix, Inc.:

5.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/27

      780,000       836,550  
5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/26         945,000       1,017,056  
FelCor Lodging LP, 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/25         635,000       673,100  
GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc., 5.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/23         810,000       867,712  
HCP, Inc., 2.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/20         907,000       910,613  
Iron Mountain US Holdings, Inc., 5.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/261         995,000       1,027,338  
Iron Mountain, Inc.:      
4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/271       795,000       798,975  
5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/281         535,000       535,000  
iStar, Inc.:      
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/1/19       405,000       407,278  
5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/22       800,000       807,000  
6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/22         1,325,000       1,374,687  
Lamar Media Corp., 5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/26         1,465,000       1,569,381  
MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance Corp.:      
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/27       795,000       811,894  
6.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/24         740,000       786,250  
Outfront Media Capital LLC/Outfront      
Media Capital Corp., 5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/25       1,090,000       1,156,762  
 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

            Principal Amount     Value  

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (Continued)

 

       

SBA Communications Corp., 4.00% Sr.

Unsec. Nts., 10/1/221

            $        800,000       $        805,000  
Starwood Property Trust, Inc.:      
4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/251       805,000       800,975  
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/21             760,000       790,400  
Trust F/1401, 5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/30/261             1,245,000       1,316,588  
Uniti Group LP/Uniti Fiber Holdings, Inc./ CSL Capital LLC, 7.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/241             530,000       484,950  
Uniti Group LP/Uniti Group Finance, Inc./ CSL Capital LLC, 8.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/23             1,055,000       1,020,712  
Ventas Realty LP/Ventas Capital Corp., 2.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/18             269,000       268,993  
VEREIT Operating Partnership LP, 3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/6/19             346,000       347,732  
Welltower, Inc., 2.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/18       130,000       130,057  
        22,030,544  
                         

Real Estate Management & Development—0.3%

 

       
Cleaver-Brooks, Inc., 7.875% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/1/231             400,000       411,000  
Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC, 5.75% Sr. Sec. Nts., 12/1/251             1,075,000       1,109,937  
Mattamy Group Corp., 6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/231             505,000       536,563  
Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co.-Issuer Corp., 4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/231             1,240,000       1,230,700  
Shea Homes LP/Shea Homes Funding Corp., 6.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/251       1,065,000       1,112,925  
        4,401,125  
                         

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance—0.2%

 

       
Nationwide Building Society, 4.125% [USISDA05+184.9] Sub. Nts., 10/18/322             557,000       558,139  
Provident Funding Associates LP/PFG Finance Corp., 6.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/251             395,000       415,737  
Quicken Loans, Inc.:      
5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/281       1,075,000       1,063,928  
5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/251             1,420,000       1,476,814  
Radian Group, Inc., 4.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/24       665,000       682,955  
        4,197,573  
                         

Health Care—3.5%

                       

Biotechnology—0.2%

                       
AbbVie, Inc.:      
3.60% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/14/25       546,000       562,078  
4.70% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/14/45             168,000       187,943  
Biogen, Inc., 5.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/45             212,000       252,423  
Celgene Corp.:      
3.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/25       527,000       546,235  
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/45             104,000       118,355  
Gilead Sciences, Inc., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/46             343,000       397,370  
Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC:      
1.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/23/19       964,000       955,571  
3.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/23/26       748,000       732,535  
        3,752,510  
                         

Health Care Equipment & Supplies—0.4%

 

       
Abbott Laboratories:      
2.35% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/22/19       927,000       927,522  
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/30/26             785,000       807,357  
Becton Dickinson & Co.:      
2.404% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/5/20       585,000       582,130  
          Principal Amount     Value  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (Continued)

 

       

Becton Dickinson & Co.: (Continued)

 

 
3.70% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/6/27         $        692,000       $        698,486  
Boston Scientific Corp., 3.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/25         720,000       741,225  
DJO Finco, Inc./DJO Finance LLC/ DJO Finance Corp., 8.125% Sec. Nts., 6/15/211         480,000       451,200  
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc., 5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/231         680,000       714,850  
Hologic, Inc., 4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/251         180,000       183,150  
Medtronic, Inc., 4.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/45         377,000       439,902  
Teleflex, Inc., 4.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/27       535,000       541,580  
        6,087,402  
                     

Health Care Providers & Services—1.7%

 

       
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.:      
5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/23       830,000       846,600  
6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/24         250,000       261,250  
Anthem, Inc., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/21/20         917,000       915,649  
Centene Corp.:      
4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/22       2,110,000       2,199,675  
6.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/24         245,000       259,700  
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.:      
6.25% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/31/23       2,265,000       2,049,825  
6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/22       765,000       443,700  
7.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/20       345,000       259,612  
8.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/19         1,000,000       852,500  
Cigna Corp., 5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/20         794,000       842,795  
DaVita, Inc.:      
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/25       275,000       275,605  
5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/24         1,435,000       1,452,041  
Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II, Inc., 5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/31/221         1,163,000       1,281,445  
HCA, Inc.:      
5.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/25       700,000       726,250  
5.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 6/15/47       1,315,000       1,315,000  
7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/22         2,405,000       2,711,638  
HealthSouth Corp., 5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/24         1,700,000       1,746,750  
Humana, Inc., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/20         238,000       237,967  
Kindred Healthcare, Inc., 6.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/22         540,000       550,800  
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings:      
2.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/20       908,000       910,799  
3.60% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/25         557,000       566,491  
LifePoint Health, Inc., 5.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/24         260,000       259,025  
OCP SA, 4.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/22/251         1,160,000       1,163,821  
Select Medical Corp., 6.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/21         900,000       927,000  
Tenet Healthcare Corp.:      
4.375% Sr. Sec. Nts., 10/1/21       520,000       521,300  
6.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/23       1,685,000       1,640,769  
7.50% Sec. Nts., 1/1/221       505,000       532,144  
8.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/22         1,040,000       1,062,100  
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 2.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/23         735,000       736,854  
Universal Hospital Services, Inc., 7.625% Sec. Nts., 8/15/20       755,000       758,775  
        28,307,880  
 

 

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          Principal Amount     Value  

Health Care Technology—0.0%

                   
Telenet Finance Luxembourg Notes Sarl, 1st Lien Nts., 5.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/1/281       $         805,000     $         801,855  

Life Sciences Tools & Services—0.2%

 

       
Life Technologies Corp., 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/20         673,000       720,628  
Quintiles IMS, Inc.:      
4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/231       732,000       757,620  
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/261         861,000       885,754  
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.:      
3.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/27       455,000       451,762  
4.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/24         328,000       348,312  
West Street Merger Sub, Inc., 6.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/251       415,000       418,112  
        3,582,188  
                     

Pharmaceuticals—1.0%

                   
Allergan Funding SCS:      
3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/12/20       907,000       915,575  
3.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/25         643,000       655,453  
Concordia International Corp., 7.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/231         585,000       55,575  
Endo Dac/Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco, Inc.:      
6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/231       1,255,000       991,450  
6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/251         210,000       163,800  
Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco, Inc., 5.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/231         1,555,000       1,220,675  
Mallinckrodt International Finance      
SA/Mallinckrodt CB LLC:      
4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/201       520,000       501,800  
5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/251       1,320,000       1,082,400  
5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/221         930,000       848,625  
Prestige Brands, Inc., 6.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/241         370,000       385,262  
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International,      
Inc.:      
5.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/201       149,000       149,931  
5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/231       355,000       326,600  
5.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 11/1/251       935,000       956,037  
5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/231       1,845,000       1,713,544  
6.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/251       1,535,000       1,410,281  
6.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/211       1,115,000       1,127,544  
7.00% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/15/241       780,000       836,550  
7.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/221       1,150,000       1,167,250  
7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/211       935,000       954,869  
9.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/251         670,000       699,949  
Zoetis, Inc., 3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/12/27       224,000       219,200  
        16,382,370  
                     

Industrials—4.5%

                   

Aerospace & Defense—0.8%

                   
Arconic, Inc., 5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/24         535,000       572,695  
BAE Systems Holdings, Inc., 3.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/251         705,000       732,162  
Bombardier, Inc.:      
7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/241       805,000       819,088  
7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/251       805,000       815,062  
8.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/211         1,750,000       1,933,750  
DAE Funding LLC:      
4.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/221       265,000       261,025  
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/241         265,000       262,350  
Embraer Netherlands Finance BV, 5.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/27         1,065,000       1,151,531  
Hexcel Corp., 3.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/27       350,000       357,376  
          Principal Amount     Value  

Aerospace & Defense (Continued)

 

       
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., 3.483% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/271       $         350,000     $         349,562  
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., 6.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 11/30/251         400,000       416,500  
Northrop Grumman Corp., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/43         495,000       573,420  
Rolls-Royce plc, 2.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/14/201         242,000       240,554  
Textron, Inc.:      
3.65% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/27       233,000       237,181  
4.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/24         293,000       310,194  
TransDigm, Inc.:      
6.375% Sr. Sub. Nts., 6/15/26       1,345,000       1,366,856  
6.50% Sr. Sub. Nts., 7/15/24         535,000       549,713  
Triumph Group, Inc.:      
5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/22       1,355,000       1,334,675  
7.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/251         1,330,000       1,414,788  
United Technologies Corp., 1.778% Jr. Sub. Nts., 5/4/187       170,000       169,754  
        13,868,236  
                     

Air Freight & Couriers—0.1%

                   
CEVA Group plc, 7.00% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/1/211       775,000       755,625  
FedEx Corp., 4.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/47       175,000       187,333  
XPO Logistics, Inc., 6.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/231       370,000       392,662  
        1,335,620  
                     

Airlines—0.2%

                   
American Airlines Group, Inc., 4.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/201         830,000       843,487  
Azul Investments LLP, 5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/26/241         575,000       572,844  
Latam Finance Ltd., 6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/11/241         370,000       386,650  
United Continental Holdings, Inc., 4.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/22       800,000       803,000  
        2,605,981  
                     

Building Products—0.2%

                   
Allegion US Holding Co., Inc., 3.55% Sec. Nts., 10/1/27         664,000       658,230  
Jeld-Wen, Inc.:      
4.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/251       120,000       121,200  
4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/271         120,000       121,500  
Owens Corning, 3.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/26         631,000       620,327  
Standard Industries, Inc., 5.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/241         1,535,000       1,612,210  
USG Corp., 4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/271       450,000       467,573  
        3,601,040  
                     

Commercial Services & Supplies—0.8%

 

       
ACCO Brands Corp., 5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/241         490,000       504,700  
Affinion Group, Inc., 12.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/10/223,14         2,312,752       2,081,477  
ARD Finance SA, 7.875% Sr. Sec. Nts., 9/15/2314         920,000       963,700  
Brink’s Co. (The), 4.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/271         1,065,000       1,046,362  
Cenveo Corp., 6.00% Sr. Sec. Nts., 8/1/191         345,000       246,675  
Clean Harbors, Inc., 5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/21         1,230,000       1,245,375  
Covanta Holding Corp.:      
5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/24       1,565,000       1,592,387  
5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/1/25       530,000       533,975  

 

 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

          Principal Amount     Value  

Commercial Services & Supplies (Continued)

 

       
GFL Environmental, Inc., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/221         $        720,000       $        750,600  
Matthews International Corp., 5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/251         730,000       739,125  
Republic Services, Inc., 3.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/18         786,000       791,505  
RR Donnelley & Sons Co., 7.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/21         1,200,000       1,254,000  
TMS International Corp., 7.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/253         265,000       277,588  
West Corp.:      
5.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/223       685,000       698,769  
8.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/251       665,000       660,012  
        13,386,250  
                     

Construction & Engineering—0.1%

 

       
AECOM, 5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/27         535,000       546,315  
Fideicomiso PA Pacifico Tres, 8.25% Sr. Sec. Nts., 1/15/351         535,000       620,600  
Tutor Perini Corp., 6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/251       780,000       840,450  
        2,007,365  
                     

Electrical Equipment—0.2%

                   
Sensata Technologies BV:      
4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/231       898,000       941,778  
5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/241         1,190,000       1,311,975  
Vertiv Group Corp., 9.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/241       270,000       289,575  
        2,543,328  
                     

Industrial Conglomerates—0.2%

 

       
Carlisle Cos., Inc., 3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/27         492,000       497,965  
Citgo Holding, Inc., 10.75% Sr. Sec. Nts., 2/15/201         570,000       614,175  
Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/22         490,000       497,962  
Roper Technologies, Inc.:      
3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/20       754,000       763,438  
3.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/26         695,000       717,851  
Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS, 4.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/18/241       535,000       529,750  
        3,621,141  
                     

Machinery—0.6%

                   
Allison Transmission, Inc.:      
4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/271       265,000       267,319  
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/241         500,000       516,875  
Amsted Industries, Inc., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/223         1,120,000       1,149,400  
BlueLine Rental Finance Corp./BlueLine Rental LLC, 9.25% Sec. Nts., 3/15/241         1,305,000       1,396,350  
CNH Industrial NV, 3.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/27         491,000       490,478  
Fortive Corp., 1.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/19         985,000       978,148  
Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 6.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/24         1,320,000       1,361,250  
Navistar International Corp., 6.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/251         665,000       695,510  
Park-Ohio Industries, Inc., 6.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/27         260,000       281,450  
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., 2.451% Sub. Nts., 11/17/18         222,000       222,717  
Terex Corp., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/251       255,000       266,794  
          Principal Amount     Value  

Machinery (Continued)

                   
Titan International, Inc., 6.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 11/30/23         $        1,075,000       $        1,096,500  
Wabash National Corp., 5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/251         270,000       272,700  
Wabtec Corp., 3.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/26       374,000       366,346  
        9,361,837  
                     

Marine—0.0%

                   
Global Ship Lease, Inc., 9.875% Sr. Sec. Nts., 11/15/221       270,000       279,788  
                     

Professional Services—0.2%

                   
Atento Luxco 1 SA, 6.125% Sr. Sec. Nts., 8/10/221         655,000       687,750  
Brand Industrial Services, Inc., 8.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/251         795,000       836,737  
FTI Consulting, Inc., 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/22         1,720,000       1,778,996  
IHS Markit Ltd., 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/261       270,000       271,013  
        3,574,496  
                     

Road & Rail—0.2%

                   
Avis Budget Car Rental LLC/Avis Budget Finance, Inc., 5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/251         765,000       760,219  
Canadian Pacific Railway Co., 4.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/35         111,000       129,613  
DAE Funding LLC, 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/201         265,000       268,312  
Hertz Corp. (The), 7.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/21         265,000       268,975  
Kazakhstan Temir Zholy National Co. JSC, 4.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/17/271         215,000       224,593  
Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance      
Corp., 3.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/261       743,000       734,809  
        2,386,521  
                     

Trading Companies & Distributors—0.6%

 

       
Air Lease Corp.:      
3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/23       403,000       400,335  
3.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/27         403,000       403,351  
Aircastle Ltd., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/23         245,000       258,781  
American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc., 5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/231         340,000       358,700  
American Tire Distributors, Inc., 10.25% Sr. Sub. Nts., 3/1/221         405,000       419,173  
Fly Leasing Ltd., 5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/24         530,000       531,325  
GATX Corp., 3.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/28         738,000       729,604  
H&E Equipment Services, Inc., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/251         800,000       838,000  
Herc Rentals, Inc.:      
7.50% Sec. Nts., 6/1/221       596,000       645,170  
7.75% Sec. Nts., 6/1/241         400,000       441,000  
ILFC E-Capital Trust I, 4.37% [30YR CMT+155] Jr. Sub. Nts., 12/21/651,2         690,000       674,475  
Standard Industries, Inc., 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/251         1,435,000       1,539,038  
United Rentals North America, Inc.:      
4.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/25       732,000       739,320  
4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/28       1,330,000       1,339,975  
5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/26       1,235,000       1,326,081  
        10,644,328  
                     

Transportation Infrastructure—0.3%

 

       
Adani Abbot Point Terminal Pty Ltd., 4.45% Sr. Sec. Nts., 12/15/221       1,075,000       1,046,559  
 

 

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            Principal Amount     Value  

Transportation Infrastructure (Continued)

 

       
DP World Ltd., 6.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/2/371             $        835,000       $        1,030,000  
GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd., 4.25% Sr. Sec. Nts., 10/27/271             1,065,000       1,048,308  
Indika Energy Capital III Pte Ltd., 5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/9/241             1,075,000       1,079,002  
Mexico City Airport Trust, 5.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 7/31/471             710,000       704,675  
PT Jasa Margo (Persero) Tbk, 7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/11/201 IDR       9,160,000,000       683,888  
        5,592,432  
                         

Information Technology—2.4%

 

       

Communications Equipment—0.2%

 

       
CommScope Technologies LLC, 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/251             570,000       608,475  
HTA Group Ltd., 9.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/8/221             430,000       462,250  
Infor US, Inc., 6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/22             920,000       956,800  
Plantronics, Inc., 5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/31/231             730,000       760,112  
Riverbed Technology, Inc., 8.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/231             295,000       279,513  
ViaSat, Inc., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/251       265,000       268,313  
        3,335,463  
                         

Electronic Equipment, Instruments, & Components—0.2%

 

Arrow Electronics, Inc., 3.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/12/28             644,000       643,198  
CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp.:      
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/23       485,000       502,581  
5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/24             147,000       160,598  
Itron, Inc., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/261             200,000       201,250  
Tech Data Corp., 4.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/27             702,000       741,637  
TTM Technologies, Inc., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/251       800,000       822,000  
        3,071,264  
                         

Internet Software & Services—0.2%

 

       
j2 Cloud Services LLC/j2 Global Co.- Obligor, Inc., 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/251             790,000       835,425  
Match Group, Inc., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/271             535,000       544,362  
Rackspace Hosting, Inc., 8.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/241             1,395,000       1,492,650  
VeriSign, Inc.:      
4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/27       1,083,000       1,112,783  
5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/25       268,000       293,125  
        4,278,345  
                         

IT Services—0.8%

                       
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., 5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/251             530,000       532,650  
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., 3.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/27/26             425,000       422,179  
Conduent Finance, Inc./Conduent Business Services LLC, 10.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/241             1,280,000       1,505,600  
DXC Technology Co.:      
2.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/27/20       672,000       675,593  
4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/27             695,000       740,233  
Everi Payments, Inc., 7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/251             1,075,000       1,068,281  
Exela Intermediate LLC/Exela Finance, Inc., 10.00% Sr. Sec. Nts., 7/15/231       795,000       777,112  
            Principal Amount     Value  

IT Services (Continued)

                       
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., 2.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/18             $        626,000       $        629,918  
First Data Corp.:      
5.00% Sr. Sec. Nts., 1/15/241       455,000       469,787  
5.75% Sec. Nts., 1/15/241       910,000       948,448  
7.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/231             1,465,000       1,552,900  
Gartner, Inc., 5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/251             780,000       817,050  
Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., 6.875% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/1/203             905,000       925,363  
Sabre GLBL, Inc., 5.25% Sr. Sec. Nts., 11/15/231             1,430,000       1,469,754  
Total System Services, Inc., 2.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/18       506,000       506,202  
        13,041,070  
                         

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—0.1%

 

Intel Corp., 3.734% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/8/471             254,000       264,212  
NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC, 4.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/231             1,350,000       1,415,475  
Versum Materials, Inc., 5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/30/241       250,000       268,125  
        1,947,812  
                         

Software—0.6%

                       
Autodesk, Inc., 4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/25             275,000       288,953  
BMC Software Finance, Inc., 8.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/211             1,355,000       1,370,244  
Dell International LLC/EMC Corp.:      
3.48% Sr. Sec. Nts., 6/1/191       971,000       983,415  
5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/211       215,000       223,600  
6.02% Sr. Sec. Nts., 6/15/261       553,000       610,598  
7.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/241             745,000       815,955  
Informatica LLC, 7.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/231             595,000       611,362  
Open Text Corp., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/231             401,000       419,546  
Oracle Corp.:      
2.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/23       555,000       548,405  
2.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/25             547,000       549,765  
Symantec Corp., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/251             495,000       516,038  
TIBCO Software, Inc., 11.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/211             625,000       682,425  
Veritas US, Inc./Veritas Bermuda Ltd., 7.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 2/1/231             1,155,000       1,212,750  
VMware, Inc.:      
2.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/21/20       281,000       279,565  
3.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/21/27       462,000       467,158  
        9,579,779  
                         

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—0.3%

 

       
Apple, Inc., 4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/13/45             535,000       603,658  
Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., 8.375% Sr. Sec. Nts., 8/15/221             920,000       957,674  
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 3.60% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/20             889,000       908,186  
NCR Corp., 6.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/23             520,000       546,000  
NetApp, Inc., 2.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/27/19             418,000       414,892  
Western Digital Corp., 10.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/24       875,000       1,016,094  
        4,446,504  
 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

          Principal Amount     Value  

Materials—3.9%

 

Chemicals—1.2%

                   
Agrium, Inc.:      
3.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/25     $ 378,000     $ 380,248  
4.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/35         154,000       159,470  
Ashland LLC, 6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/43         295,000       328,925  
CF Industries, Inc.:      
4.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 12/1/261       687,000       717,258  
4.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/43       535,000       508,250  
5.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/34         335,000       342,956  
Chemours Co. (The):      
5.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/27       395,000       409,812  
6.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/23         450,000       478,125  
CVR Partners LP/CVR Nitrogen Finance Corp., 9.25% Sec. Nts., 6/15/231         185,000       199,800  
Ecolab, Inc., 2.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/14/19         803,000       801,818  
Hexion, Inc.:      
6.625% Sr. Sec. Nts., 4/15/20       1,850,000               1,669,625  
10.375% Sr. Sec. Nts., 2/1/221         1,050,000       982,406  
Inkia Energy Ltd., 5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/9/271         965,000       972,971  
Kallpa Generacion SA, 4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/24/261         370,000       386,187  
Koppers, Inc., 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/251         510,000       541,875  
Kraton Polymers LLC/Kraton Polymers Capital Corp.:      
7.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/251       260,000       279,500  
10.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/231         190,000       215,650  
LyondellBasell Industries NV, 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/19     594,000       609,990  
NOVA Chemicals Corp.:      
4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/241       260,000       260,000  
5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/231         495,000       511,087  
Olin Corp., 5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/27         300,000       316,500  
ONGC Videsh Ltd., 2.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/21   EUR     1,265,000       1,622,287  
Platform Specialty Products Corp.:      
5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/251       690,000       685,688  
6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/221         730,000       755,550  
PolyOne Corp., 5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/23         806,000       852,345  
PQ Corp., 5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/251         270,000       275,400  
Rain CII Carbon LLC/CII Carbon Corp., 7.25% Sec. Nts., 4/1/251         980,000       1,069,425  
RPM International, Inc.:      
3.45% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 11/15/22     692,000       709,803  
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/27       234,000       237,163  
4.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/48         223,000       222,427  
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The):      
3.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/27       110,000       111,946  
3.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/26         418,000       436,526  
Tronox Finance plc, 5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/251         535,000       551,050  
Valvoline, Inc., 4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/25         530,000       535,963  
Venator Finance Sarl/Venator Materials LLC, 5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/251     790,000       837,400  
Yara International ASA, 3.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/6/261     585,000       581,236  
        20,556,662  
                     

Construction Materials—0.2%

 

CIMPOR Financial Operations BV, 5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/17/241     535,000       520,956  
          Principal Amount     Value  

Construction Materials (Continued)

 

James Hardie International Finance DAC:      
4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/251     $ 270,000     $ 273,375  
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/281         265,000       268,312  
LafargeHolcim Finance US LLC, 3.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/22/261         209,000       206,393  
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., 3.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/27         447,000       444,453  
St. Marys Cement, Inc., 5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/28/271         500,000       529,375  
Summit Materials LLC/Summit Materials Finance Corp., 5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/251         260,000       265,850  
US Concrete, Inc., 6.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/24         745,000       802,738  
Vulcan Materials Co., 3.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/27       687,000       703,371  
        4,014,823  
                     

Containers & Packaging—0.7%

 

BWAY Holding Co., 7.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/251         270,000       279,450  
Coveris Holdings SA, 7.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/191         1,140,000       1,137,150  
Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. IV, 4.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/23         1,000,000       1,017,500  
Graphic Packaging International, Inc., 4.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/24         765,000       795,600  
International Paper Co.:      
3.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/27       390,000       378,761  
4.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/44         366,000       401,837  
Klabin Finance SA, 4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/19/271         1,050,000       1,038,975  
OI European Group BV, 4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/231         535,000       537,060  
Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/221         500,000       519,375  
Packaging Corp. of America, 4.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/23         690,000       743,092  
Plastipak Holdings, Inc., 6.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/251         800,000       826,000  
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Group Issuer Luxembourg SA:      
5.125% Sr. Sec. Nts., 7/15/231       745,000       772,006  
7.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/241         1,415,000       1,518,118  
Sealed Air Corp.:      
4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/221       585,000       620,100  
5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/241       785,000       843,875  
6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/331         270,000       315,225  
Silgan Holdings, Inc., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/251       755,000       777,650  
        12,521,774  
                     

Metals & Mining—1.5%

 

ABJA Investment Co. Pte Ltd., 5.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/31/24         1,070,000       1,131,525  
AK Steel Corp.:      
6.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/25       1,325,000       1,318,375  
7.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/27         630,000       644,175  
Alcoa Nederland Holding BV:      
6.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/30/241       245,000       268,275  
7.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/30/261         240,000       270,600  
Aleris International, Inc.:      
7.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/20       947,000       942,265  
9.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 4/1/211         515,000       545,900  
Allegheny Technologies, Inc., 7.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/23         530,000       573,391  
Anglo American Capital plc: 3.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/11/241         224,000       223,140  
 

 

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          Principal Amount     Value  

Metals & Mining (Continued)

 

Anglo American Capital plc: (Continued)

 

4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/11/271       $ 365,000     $ 363,033  
ArcelorMittal:      
7.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/41       295,000       374,650  
7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/39         475,000       610,375  
Coeur Mining, Inc., 5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/24         785,000       778,131  
Constellium NV, 6.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/251         510,000       538,687  
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.:      
7.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/221       435,000       458,185  
7.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/231         780,000       842,400  
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.:      
4.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/14/24       530,000       541,501  
5.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/14/34       915,000       935,587  
5.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/43         540,000       542,025  
Gerdau Trade, Inc., 4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/24/271         1,395,000       1,389,769  
Goldcorp, Inc., 5.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/9/44         250,000       291,849  
Hudbay Minerals, Inc., 7.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/251         505,000       555,500  
JSW Steel Ltd., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/12/19         1,075,000       1,092,340  
Kinross Gold Corp., 4.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/271         790,000       796,912  
Metalloinvest Finance DAC, 5.625% Unsec. Nts., 4/17/201         255,000       268,519  
Metinvest BV, 9.373% Sr. Sec. Nts., 12/31/2114         535,441       561,276  
Mountain Province Diamonds, Inc., 8.00% Sec. Nts., 12/15/221         535,000       530,987  
Northwest Acquisitions ULC/Dominion Finco, Inc., 7.125% Sec. Nts., 11/1/221         400,000       414,000  
Petropavlovsk 2016 Ltd., 8.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/14/221         540,000       531,900  
Polyus Finance plc, 5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/7/231         1,065,000       1,119,246  
Southern Copper Corp., 7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/27/35         975,000       1,329,314  
SunCoke Energy Partners LP/SunCoke Energy Partners Finance Corp., 7.50% Sr.      
Unsec. Nts., 6/15/251         330,000       346,500  
Teck Resources Ltd.:      
5.20% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/42       1,225,000       1,218,875  
6.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/35         550,000       618,750  
United States Steel Corp., 6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/25         530,000       555,864  
Vedanta Resources plc, 6.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/30/221         535,000       559,771  
Zekelman Industries, Inc., 9.875% Sr. Sec. Nts., 6/15/233       535,000       603,213  
        24,686,805  
                     

Paper & Forest Products—0.3%

 

Clearwater Paper Corp., 5.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/251         780,000       787,800  
Louisiana-Pacific Corp., 4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/24         788,000       815,580  
Mercer International, Inc.:      
5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/261       250,000       254,375  
6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/24       510,000       543,150  
7.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/22         500,000       530,000  
Suzano Austria GmbH, 5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/14/261       1,150,000       1,251,315  
        4,182,220  
          Principal Amount     Value  

Telecommunication Services—2.3%

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services—1.4%

 

AT&T, Inc.:      
3.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/14/24     $ 380,000     $ 382,417  
4.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/301       744,000       744,874  
4.35% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/45       763,000       706,059  
5.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/14/50         283,000       285,522  
Axtel SAB de CV, 6.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/14/241         755,000       781,425  
British Telecommunications plc, 9.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/30         748,000       1,119,626  
CB Escrow Corp., 8.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/251         265,000       270,300  
CenturyLink, Inc.:      
5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/25       785,000       717,294  
6.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts., Series S, 6/15/21       1,200,000       1,218,000  
7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., Series Y, 4/1/24         1,375,000       1,375,000  
Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co. LLC, 6.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/1/28         520,000       520,000  
Deutsche Telekom International Finance      
BV, 2.225% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/17/201         923,000       919,016  
Frontier Communications Corp.:      
8.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/22       590,000       426,092  
10.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/22         2,290,000       1,737,537  
Level 3 Financing, Inc.:      
5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/26       1,195,000       1,175,940  
5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/23         490,000       494,900  
Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 7.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/31         260,000       230,100  
Qwest Corp., 6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/33         785,000       754,122  
Telefonica Emisiones SAU:      
3.192% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/27/18       577,000       579,095  
4.103% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/8/27       252,000       260,815  
5.213% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/8/47       351,000       399,558  
7.045% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 6/20/36         289,000       388,593  
T-Mobile USA, Inc.:      
4.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/22       780,000       801,937  
5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/25       780,000       812,175  
5.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/27       390,000       416,812  
6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/24       985,000       1,046,562  
6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/26         825,000       902,344  
Verizon Communications, Inc.:      
1.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/21       342,000       333,069  
4.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/46       394,000       365,126  
4.522% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/48         732,000       723,065  
Windstream Services LLC/Windstream Finance Corp.:      
8.625% Sr. Sec. Nts., 10/31/25       1,062,000       1,027,485  
8.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/24         454,000       319,502  
Zayo Group LLC/Zayo Capital, Inc.:      
5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/271       265,000       270,963  
6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/23       1,345,000           1,407,610  
        23,912,935  
                     

Wireless Telecommunication Services—0.9%

 

C&W Senior Financing Designated Activity Co., 6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/271         650,000       682,500  
Digicel Group Ltd.:      
7.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/221       535,000       497,427  
8.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/30/201         325,000       320,547  
Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP/Drawbridge Special Opportunities Finance Corp., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/211         1,595,000       1,647,166  
Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/28         267,158       269,496  
Sprint Communications, Inc.: 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/22       1,975,000       1,979,937  
 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

          Principal Amount     Value  

Wireless Telecommunication Services (Continued)

 

Sprint Communications, Inc.: (Continued)

 

7.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/201       $ 850,000     $ 911,625  
Sprint Corp.:      
7.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/24       2,505,000       2,555,100  
7.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/23         2,075,000       2,215,063  
Trilogy International Partners LLC/Trilogy International Finance, Inc., 8.875% Sr. Sec. Nts., 5/1/223         1,040,000       1,068,600  
VimpelCom Holdings BV, 4.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/16/241         1,075,000       1,092,738  
Wind Tre SpA, 5.00% Sr. Sec. Nts., 1/20/26       805,000       769,580  
        14,009,779  
                     

Utilities—2.0%

 

Electric Utilities—0.6%

 

AEP Texas, Inc., 3.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/251         395,000       413,059  
Capex SA, 6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/241         470,000       492,198  
Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC, 3.743% Sr. Sec. Nts., 5/1/26         382,000       383,986  
Duke Energy Corp.:      
3.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/27       456,000       453,499  
3.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/1/46         183,000       181,584  
Edison International, 2.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/23         539,000       540,390  
EDP Finance BV, 3.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/241         608,000       612,811  
Emera US Finance LP, 2.15% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/19         764,000       761,228  
Enel Finance International NV, 3.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/25/271         462,000       459,795  
Entergy Texas, Inc., 7.125% Sec. Nts., 2/1/19         263,000       276,347  
Exelon Corp., 4.45% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/46         240,000       261,646  
Indiana Michigan Power Co., Series K, 4.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/46         230,000       263,169  
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, 9.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/251         790,000       762,350  
ITC Holdings Corp., 5.30% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/1/43         210,000       254,088  
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., 4.80% [US0003M+240.9] Jr. Sub. Nts., 12/1/772         340,000       342,604  
NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP:      
4.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/241       342,000       348,840  
4.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/271         265,000       264,338  
PPL Capital Funding, Inc., 4.358%      
[US0003M+266.5] Jr. Sub. Nts., 3/30/672         352,000       349,360  
PPL WEM Ltd./Western Power      
Distribution Ltd., 5.375% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 5/1/211         828,000       887,945  
Public Service Co. of New Mexico, 7.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/18         523,000       533,938  
Southern Co. Gas Capital Corp., 4.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/30/47         332,000       356,850  
Southern Power Co., 1.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/19         829,000       822,477  
Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Co., 3.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/251       488,000       506,894  
        10,529,396  
                     

Gas Utilities—0.1%

 

Ferrellgas LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp.:      
6.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/21       660,000       621,225  
6.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/23       690,000       636,525  
          Principal Amount     Value  

Gas Utilities (Continued)

 

Suburban Propane Partners LP/Suburban      
Energy Finance Corp., 5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/27     $ 645,000     $ 633,713  
        1,891,463  
                     

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers—0.8%

 

AES Andres BV/Dominican Power      
Partners/Empresa Generadora de      
Electricidad Itabo SA, 7.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/11/261         565,000       614,437  
AES Corp., 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/26         980,000       1,063,300  
Azure Power Energy Ltd., 5.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 11/3/221         470,000       479,400  
Calpine Corp.:      
5.25% Sr. Sec. Nts., 6/1/261       1,230,000       1,210,025  
5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/25         1,325,000       1,263,719  
Dynegy, Inc.:      
8.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/251       1,465,000       1,593,187  
8.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/30/261         1,325,000       1,452,531  
GenOn Energy, Inc., 9.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/188         610,000       488,000  
Miran Mid-Atlantic Trust, 10.06% Sec. Pass-Through Certificates, Series C, 10.06%, 12/30/28         492,019       499,399  
NRG Energy, Inc.:      
5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/281       535,000       541,688  
6.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/27       665,000       706,562  
7.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/26         1,135,000       1,241,395  
Talen Energy Supply LLC, 4.60% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/21         535,000       492,200  
TerraForm Power Operating LLC:      
4.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/31/231       670,000       665,813  
5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/31/281       400,000       396,500  
        12,708,156  
                     

Multi-Utilities—0.5%

 

AssuredPartners, Inc., 7.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/251         330,000       329,175  
Black Hills Corp., 2.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/11/19         468,000       469,390  
Dominion Energy, Inc.:      
2.579% Jr. Sub. Nts., 7/1/20       746,000       746,711  
4.90% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/41         322,000       373,153  
InterGen NV, 7.00% Sr. Sec. Nts., 6/30/231         1,055,000       1,023,350  
KazTransGas JSC, 4.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/26/271         1,280,000       1,288,032  
NGPL PipeCo LLC:      
4.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/271       395,000       411,294  
7.768% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/371         650,000       804,375  
NiSource Finance Corp.:      
3.49% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/27       674,000       687,163  
6.80% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/19         130,000       135,890  
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc., 1.60% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/19         784,000       771,346  
Virginia Electric & Power Co., 2.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/22       626,000       634,207  
        7,674,086  
                     

Water Utilities—0.0%

 

Aegea Finance Sarl, 5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/10/241

      625,000       637,500  
Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $731,873,724)         741,112,226  
          Shares          

Preferred Stocks—0.7%

                   
Allstate Corp. (The), 6.625% Non-Cum., Non-Vtg.         12,600       330,750  
American Homes 4 Rent, 6.50% Cum. Cv., Series D, Non-Vtg.       13,000       355,940  
 

 

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          Shares       Value  

Preferred Stocks (Continued)

                   
Arch Capital Group Ltd., 5.25% Non-Cum., Non-Vtg.         14,375     $ 361,100  
Carlyle Group LP (The), 5.875% Non-Cum., Series A, Non-Vtg.         13,650       346,300  
Citigroup Capital XIII, 7.75% Cum., Non-Vtg. [US0003M+637]2         31,125       855,315  
Digital Realty Trust, Inc., 6.625% Cum., Series C, Non-Vtg.         3,900       107,601  
Digital Realty Trust, Inc., 7.375% Cum., Non-Vtg.         9,350       249,364  
Dominion Energy, Inc., 5.25% Cum.         13,900       355,423  
eBay, Inc., 6.00% Cv.         12,700       342,138  
Fifth Third Bancorp, 6.625% Non-Cum., Non- Vtg. [US0003M+371]2         15,900       453,150  
First Republic Bank, 7.00% Non-Cum.         9,200       240,396  
GMAC Capital Trust I, 7.20% Jr. Sub., Non-Vtg. [US0003M+578.5]2         20,025       519,649  
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 6.30% Non- Cum., Series N, Non-Vtg.         24,775       689,736  
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The), 7.875% Jr. Sub., Non-Vtg. [US0003M+559.6]2         21,750       636,405  
Huntington Bancshares, Inc., 6.25% Non- Cum., Non-Vtg.         9,800       275,772  
KeyCorp, 6.125% Non-Cum., Non-Vtg. [US0003M+389.2]2         28,100       812,652  
Morgan Stanley, 5.85% Non-Cum., Non-Vtg. [US0003M+349.1]2         20,200       547,420  
Morgan Stanley, 6.375% Non-Cum., Non-Vtg. [US0003M+370.8]2         19,175       534,024  
Northern Trust Corp., 5.85% Non-Cum., Non-Vtg.         9,775       256,691  
Peabody Energy Corp., 8.50% Cv., Series A, Vtg.         2,255       179,002  
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.      
(The), 6.125% Non-Cum., Non-Vtg. [US0003M+406.7]2         17,900       506,570  
Prudential Financial, Inc., 5.75% Jr. Sub.         10,125       255,656  
Qwest Corp., 7.00% Sr. Unsec.         19,525       482,463  
Senior Housing Properties Trust, 5.625% Sr. Unsec.         13,925       351,885  
State Street Corp., 6.00% Non-Cum., Non-Vtg.         18,275       483,557  
US Bancorp, 6.50% Non-Cum., Non-Vtg. [US0003M+446.8]2         19,100       539,002  
Ventas Realty LP/Ventas Capital Corp., 5.45% Sr. Unsec.         15,300       384,872  
Wells Fargo & Co., 5.625% Non-Cum., Non- Vtg.         5,000       129,700  
Wells Fargo & Co., 6.625% Non-Cum Non- Vtg. [US0003M+369]2       11,800       337,716  
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $11,700,174)         11,920,249  
                     

Common Stocks—0.2%

                   
Arco Capital Corp. Ltd.1,9,11,15         690,638        
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.15         11,001       234,101  
Dynegy, Inc.15       68,001       805,812  
          Shares       Value  

Common Stocks (Continued)

                   
JSC Astana Finance, GDR3,9,15         446,838     $  
Newfield Exploration Co.15         7,383       232,786  
Parsley Energy, Inc., Cl. A15         8,264       243,292  
Peabody Energy Corp.15         3,450       135,827  
Premier Holdings Ltd.9,15         18,514        
Quicksilver Resources, Inc.9,15         4,151,000       78,263  
Range Resources Corp.         15,901       271,271  
RSP Permian, Inc.15         6,836       278,088  
Sabine Oil15         822       39,045  
Schlumberger Ltd.         3,595       242,267  
SM Energy Co.         12,750       281,520  
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.15       32,064       666,290  
Total Common Stocks (Cost $8,422,948)         3,508,562  
          Units          

Rights, Warrants and Certificates—0.0%

 

Affinion Group Wts., Strike Price $1, Exp. 11/10/229,15         8,584       102,922  
Sabine Oil Tranche 1 Wts., Strike Price $4.49, Exp. 8/11/2615         2,611       18,277  
Sabine Oil Tranche 2 Wts., Strike Price $2.72, Exp. 8/11/2615     465       2,790  
Total Rights, Warrants and Certificates (Cost $420,786)       123,989  
          Principal Amount          

Structured Securities—0.3%

 

Deutsche Bank AG, Coriolanus Ltd. Sec. Credit Linked Bonds:  
3.003%, 4/30/251,16     $ 1,017,404       467,799  
3.054%, 4/30/251,16       1,296,330       596,048  
3.098%, 4/30/251,16       1,119,173       514,592  
3.131%, 4/30/251,16       1,000,400       459,980  
3.179%, 4/30/251,16       1,245,578       572,712  
3.231%, 4/30/251,16       1,421,639       653,664  
3.265%, 4/30/251,16       1,135,723       522,201  
3.346%, 4/30/251,16         1,067,531       490,847  
LB Peru Trust II Certificates, Series 1998-A, 3.796%, 2/28/168,9,16         2,994        
Morgan Stanley, Russian Federation Total Return Linked Bonds, Series 007, Cl. VR, 5.00%, 8/22/349   RUB     29,185,674       223,349  
Total Structured Securities (Cost $8,613,867)      

 

4,501,192

 

 

 

Short-Term Notes—0.6%

 

Arab Republic of Egypt Treasury Bills: 17.17%, 8/14/1816   EGP     80,500,000       4,065,354  
18.696%, 2/27/1816   EGP     54,500,000       2,989,806  
21.693%, 1/16/1816   EGP     48,800,000       2,734,540  
Total Short-Term Notes (Cost $9,812,961)         9,789,700  
          Shares          

Investment Companies—27.4%

 

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 1.22%17,18         41,765,253       41,765,253  
Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC18         2,520,983       38,519,475  
Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC18         14,397,097       242,778,840  
Oppenheimer Ultra-Short Duration Fund, Cl. Y18     27,024,582       135,393,154  
Total Investment Companies (Cost $459,630,836)       458,456,722  
 

 

               Exercise Price     

Expiration

Date

          Contracts     

Notional

Amount
(000’s)

      

 

 
Exchange-Traded Option Purchased—0.0%                 

 

 
S&P 500 Index Put15 (Cost $396,225)       USD      263.000        2/16/18      USD      1,904      USD 509,055      424,592  
     Counterparty         Exercise Price      Expiration
Date
          Contracts      Notional
Amount
(000’s)
      

 

 
Over-the-Counter Options Purchased—0.0%                 

 

 
AUD Currency Call15    HSBC                NZD      1.105        3/15/18      AUD      20,800,000      AUD 20,800      159,874  

 

 
BRL Currency Call15    BAC    BRL      3.200        2/27/18      BRL      40,800,000      BRL 160,000      63,281  

 

 

 

29    OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL STRATEGIC INCOME FUND/VA


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

 

 

     Counterparty         Exercise Price     

Expiration

Date

          Contracts      Notional
Amount
(000’s)
   Value  

 

 
Over-the-Counter Options Purchased (Continued)                 

 

 
EUR Currency Call15    HSBC                PLN      4.270        3/13/18      EUR      20,624,607      EUR 1,002    $ 79,150  

 

 
S&P 500 Index Put15,19    DEU    USD      2521.300        3/16/18      USD      20,461      USD 5,470,473      79,991  

 

 
SGD Currency Put15    BNP    SGD      1.354        3/2/18      SGD      18,595,000      SGD 67,700      32,225  

 

 
SX5E Index Put15    JPM    EUR      3407.650        6/15/18      EUR      7,851      EUR 27,563      2,826  
                       

 

 

 
Total Over-the-Counter Options Purchased (Cost $1,161,955)                         417,347  

 

     Counterparty      Pay /
Receive
Floating
Rate
     Floating Rate      Fixed
Rate
     Expiration
Date
     Notional Amount (000’s)        

 

 
Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaptions Purchased—0.0%                

 

 

CAP Swap Maturing

1/24/18 Call15

     BAC        Receive       

MAX [0; (FRO1–
FRO2) – Strike
Swap Rate]
 
 
 
     62.500%        1/22/18        EUR        468,090       32,648  

 

 
Interest Rate Swap            Three-Month USD                
Maturing 1/31/28 Call15      BAC        Receive        BBA LIBOR        2.576        1/25/18        USD        39,000       27,657  

 

 
Interest Rate Swap            Six-Month GBP BBA                
Maturing 3/13/28 Call15      BAC        Receive        LIBOR      1.440        3/12/18        GBP        24,000       125,103  

 

 
Interest Rate Swap            Six-Month EUR                
Maturing 6/21/48 Call15      UBS        Receive        EURIBOR        1.610        6/19/18        EUR        11,700       270,130  
Total Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaptions Purchased (Cost $1,063,619)                   455,538  

 

 
Total Investments, at Value (Cost $1,821,274,342)        109.8%       1,835,550,988  

 

 
Net Other Assets (Liabilities)                 (9.8)       (164,524,920
                    

 

 

 
Net Assets                        100.0     $     1,671,026,068  
                    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Consolidated Footnotes to Statement of Investments

1. Represents securities sold under Rule 144A, which are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities have been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. These securities amount to $477,173,775 or 28.56% of the Fund’s net assets at period end.

2. Represents the current interest rate for a variable or increasing rate security, determined as [Referenced Rate + Basis-point spread].

3. Restricted security. The aggregate value of restricted securities at period end was $10,229,177, which represents 0.61% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 4 of the accompanying Consolidated Notes. Information concerning restricted securities is as follows:

 

Security    Acquisition
Dates
     Cost      Value             Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

 

 
Affinion Group, Inc., 12.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/10/22      11/8/10 –11/10/17      $ 2,102,385      $ 2,081,477         $ (20,908
American Greetings Corp., 7.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/25      2/2/17        1,021,899        1,106,700           84,801  
Amsted Industries, Inc., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/22      4/14/14 – 3/1/17        1,109,386        1,149,400           40,014  
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2017-3A, Cl. C, 3.48%, 10/15/26      10/17/17        564,910        561,245           (3,665
Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., 6.875% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/1/20      1/27/14 – 3/2/17        911,064        925,363           14,299  
JPMorgan Hipotecaria su Casita, 6.47% Sec. Nts., 8/26/35      3/21/07        528,848        28,803           (500,045
JSC Astana Finance, GDR      6/5/15                          
LBC Tank Terminals Holding Netherlands BV, 6.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/23      4/17/14        491,883        496,969           5,086  
Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc./Taylor Morrison Holdings II, Inc., 5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/23      1/22/16 – 3/1/17        1,115,987        1,231,050           115,063  
TMS International Corp., 7.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/25      8/9/17        265,000        277,588           12,588  
Trilogy International Partners LLC/Trilogy International Finance, Inc., 8.875% Sr. Sec. Nts., 5/1/22      4/21/17        1,034,863        1,068,600           33,737  
West Corp., 5.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/22      10/30/14 – 11/3/14        672,934        698,769           25,835  
Zekelman Industries, Inc., 9.875% Sr. Sec. Nts., 6/15/23      12/8/16        580,876        603,213           22,337  
     

 

 

 
          $                 10,400,035          $                 10,229,177               $                    (170,858
     

 

 

 

4. Interest-Only Strips represent the right to receive the monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgage loans. These securities typically decline in price as interest rates decline. Most other fixed income securities increase in price when interest rates decline. The principal amount of the underlying pool represents the notional amount on which current interest is calculated. The price of these securities is typically more sensitive to changes in prepayment rates than traditional mortgage-backed securities (for example, GNMA pass-throughs). Interest rates disclosed represent current yields based upon the current cost basis and estimated timing and amount of future cash flows. These securities amount to $3,567,460 or 0.21% of the

Fund’s net assets at period end.

5. Interest rate is less than 0.0005%.

6. All or a portion of the security position is when-issued or delayed delivery to be delivered and settled after period end. See Note 4 of the accompanying Consolidated Notes.

7. This interest rate resets periodically. Interest rate shown reflects the rate in effect at period end. The rate on this variable rate security is not based on a published reference rate and spread but is determined by the issuer or agent based on current market conditions.

8. This security is not accruing income because the issuer has missed an interest payment on it and/or is not anticipated to make future interest and or principal payments. The rate shown is the contractual interest rate. See Note 4 of the accompanying Consolidated Notes.

9. The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 3 of the accompanying Consolidated Notes.

10. This bond has no contractual maturity date, is not redeemable and contractually pays an indefinite stream of interest.

11. Security received as the result of issuer reorganization.

12. All or a portion of this security is owned by the subsidiary. See Note 2 of the accompanying Consolidated Notes.

 

30    OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL STRATEGIC INCOME FUND/VA


    

 

 

Consolidated Footnotes to Statement of Investments (Continued)

13. Denotes an inflation-indexed security: coupon or principal are indexed to a consumer price index.

14. Interest or dividend is paid-in-kind, when applicable.

15. Non-income producing security.

16. Zero coupon bond reflects effective yield on the original acquisition date.

17. Rate shown is the 7-day yield at period end.

18. Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, at or during the reporting period, by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment adviser. Transactions during the reporting period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:

 

    Shares
December 31, 2016
   

Gross

Additions

    Gross Reductions     Shares
December 31, 2017
 

 

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E     38,454,698         589,225,400           585,914,845           41,765,253      
Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC     2,520,983         —           —           2,520,983      
Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC     12,870,585         1,526,512           —           14,397,097      
Oppenheimer Ultra-Short Duration Fund, Cl. Y     4,042,818         27,692,343           4,710,579           27,024,582      
    Value     Income    

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in Unrealized

Gain (Loss)

 

 

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E   $ 41,765,253       $ 515,600         $ —          $ —      
Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC     38,519,475         2,692,115a               (877,906)a       (3,575,033)a     
Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC     242,778,840         14,088,246b       (98)b       (3,124,913)b     
Oppenheimer Ultra-Short Duration Fund, Cl. Y     135,393,154         931,758           —           —      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total   $             458,456,722     $             18,227,719         $             (878,004)         $             (6,699,946)      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

a. Represents the amount allocated to the Fund from Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC.

b. Represents the amount allocated to the Fund from Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC.

19. Knock-out option becomes ineligible for exercise if at any time the price of the index is equal to or less than 2,255.90 USD.

 

Distribution of investments representing geographic holdings, as a percentage of total investments at value, is as follows:  
Geographic Holdings (Unaudited)    Value        Percent       

 

 
United States          $         1,485,374,148          80.7%   
Brazil      35,164,379          1.9      
Canada      25,414,770          1.3      
Indonesia      21,256,522          1.2      
United Kingdom      17,829,293          1.0      
Russia      16,251,083          0.9      
Mexico      15,214,345          0.8      
India      13,938,117          0.8      
Ukraine      12,847,504          0.7      
Egypt      12,747,143          0.7      
Argentina      9,678,128          0.5      
Peru      9,214,041          0.5      
Turkey      9,123,392          0.5      
Kazakhstan      8,885,376          0.5      
Netherlands      8,598,809          0.5      
South Africa      7,767,085          0.4      
Colombia      6,654,442          0.4      
France      6,144,396          0.3      
Poland      5,721,886          0.3      
Ireland      5,671,769          0.3      
Luxembourg      5,325,039          0.3      
Chile      5,136,240          0.3      
Australia      5,055,242          0.3      
Germany      5,032,205          0.3      
Sri Lanka      4,959,880          0.3      
Romania      4,408,630          0.3      
Dominican Republic      4,109,686          0.2      
Spain      4,001,072          0.2      
Uruguay      3,987,738          0.2      
Belgium      3,838,342          0.2      
Ivory Coast      3,495,605          0.2      
Switzerland      3,470,803          0.2      
Hungary      3,461,827          0.2      
Malaysia      3,397,879          0.2      
Bermuda      2,894,756          0.2      
Italy      2,670,694          0.2      
Jamaica      2,658,142          0.2      
Thailand      2,573,926          0.1      
Hong Kong      2,325,130          0.1      
New Zealand      2,290,124          0.1      
Serbia      2,279,696          0.1      
United Arab Emirates      2,200,696          0.1      
China      2,118,251          0.1      

 

31    OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL STRATEGIC INCOME FUND/VA


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

Geographic Holdings (Unaudited) (Continued)    Value            Percent        

 

 

Croatia

   $ 1,922,730          0.1  

Nigeria

     1,860,574          0.1    

Iraq

     1,624,399          0.1    

Mongolia

     1,496,924          0.1    

Belarus

     1,338,019          0.1    

Ecuador

     1,245,566          0.1    

Morocco

     1,163,821          0.1    

Senegal

     1,151,021          0.1    

Honduras

     1,090,445          0.1    

Bahamas

     1,079,800          0.1    

Gabon

     982,414          0.1    

Angola

     872,962          0.1    

Israel

     729,750          0.0    

Panama

     617,826          0.0    

Portugal

     612,811          0.0    

Norway

     581,236          0.0    

Singapore

     486,570          0.0    

Mauritius

     462,250          0.0    

Guernsey

     386,016          0.0    

Eurozone

     384,754          0.0    

Macau

     272,869          0.0    
  

 

 

 

Total

    $       1,835,550,988          100.0  
  

 

 

 

 

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts as of December 31, 2017
Counterparty    Settlement Month(s)      Currency Purchased (000’s)      Currency Sold (000’s)      Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

 

 

BAC

     03/2018        AUD           21,975        USD           16,628      $ 515,486        $ —    

BAC

     03/2018        CNH           9,830        USD           1,474        28,213          —    

BAC

     04/2018        IDR           122,856,000        USD           8,804        200,891          —    

BAC

     03/2018        MXN           78,300        USD           3,952        —          24,582    

BAC

     03/2018        NZD           12,110        USD           8,457        117,137          —    

BAC

     03/2018        RUB           486,900        USD           8,115        238,114          —    

BAC

     03/2018        USD           8,305        AUD           10,930        —                    222,161    

BAC

     02/2018 - 04/2018        USD           21,602        IDR           300,470,000        —          442,707    

BAC

     03/2018        USD           25,103        ILS           88,100        —          295,830    

BAC

     03/2018        USD           8,821        INR           567,000        2,515          —    

BAC

     02/2018        USD           1,370        MYR           5,605        —          7,174    

BAC

     03/2018        USD           16,763        NZD           24,170        —          349,226    

BNP

     02/2018 - 06/2018        ARS           157,330        USD           8,251        —          289,897    

BOA

     03/2018        COP           11,250,000        USD           3,706        39,163          —    

BOA

     03/2018        CZK           79,800        USD           3,711        49,430          —    

BOA

     03/2018        INR           631,000        USD           9,678        135,715          —    

BOA

     03/2018        MXN           132,300        USD           6,849        —          212,875    

BOA

     03/2018        PHP           7,000        USD           138        1,914          —    

BOA

     03/2018        PLN           13,230        USD           3,691        110,739          —    

BOA

     03/2018        USD           8,516        EUR           7,040        37,400          —    

BOA

     03/2018        USD           4,448        INR           290,000        —          62,373    

BOA

     03/2018        USD           3,624        MXN           70,000        112,632          —    

BOA

     03/2018        USD           1,165        PEN           3,780        2,280          —    

BOA

     03/2018        USD           13,618        RUB           815,000        —          364,070    

CITNA-B

     01/2018        BRL           26,360        USD           7,955        9,519          18,018    

CITNA-B

     03/2018        EUR           7,040        USD           8,451        26,930          —    

CITNA-B

     02/2018        IDR           168,070,000        USD           12,359        23,582          —    
CITNA-B      03/2018        SGD           6,560        USD           4,877        34,194          —    
CITNA-B      01/2018        USD           7,969        BRL           26,360        21,861          —    
CITNA-B      01/2018        USD           2,587        EGP           48,800        —          144,612    
CITNA-B      02/2018        USD           690        IDR           9,378,500        —          1,316    
CITNA-B      03/2018        ZAR           68,900        USD           5,423        81,386          —    
GSCO-OT      02/2018        MYR           17,050        USD           4,173        17,232          —    
GSCO-OT      03/2018        USD           268        RON           1,060        —          3,823    
HSBC      03/2018        USD           3,946        MXN           78,100        28,464          —    
JPM      01/2018        BRL           26,700        USD           8,071        —          22,143    
JPM      03/2018        HUF           401,000        USD           1,504        50,028          —    
JPM      04/2018        IDR           119,819,000        USD           8,666                      115,815          —    
JPM      03/2018        PHP           15,000        USD           297        2,711          —    
JPM      03/2018        RUB           250,500        USD           4,209        88,340          —    
JPM      03/2018        THB           147,200        USD           4,531        —          6,239    
JPM      03/2018        TRY           37,380        USD           9,549        93,801          2,846    
JPM      01/2018        USD           8,014        BRL           26,700        —                    35,197    

 

32    OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL STRATEGIC INCOME FUND/VA


    

 

 

 

Counterparty    Settlement Month(s)              Currency Purchased (000’s)      Currency Sold (000’s)      Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

 

 

JPM

     03/2018      USD         814        CLP           519,000       $ —         $ 28,688    

JPM

     03/2018      USD         1,010        CZK           21,700        —          12,803    

JPM

     03/2018      USD         10,612        EUR           8,760        62,757          351    

JPM

     02/2018      USD         672        IDR                       9,160,000        —          2,694    

JPM

     03/2018      USD         7,136        TRY           28,270        —          153,957    

JPM

     03/2018      USD         7,040        ZAR           97,430        —          743,920    

TDB

     01/2018 - 02/2018      BRL         24,390        USD           7,414        —          66,591    

TDB

     03/2018      EUR         765        USD           907        14,435          —    

TDB

     01/2018 - 02/2018      USD         10,330        BRL           33,855        139,911          —    

TDB

     03/2018      USD         1,140        CLP           747,000        —          73,422    
                       

 

 

 
Total Unrealized Appreciation and Depreciation                $               2,402,595         $           3,587,515    
                       

 

 

 

 

Futures Contracts as of December 31, 2017
Description    Buy/Sell      Expiration Date      Number of
Contracts
           

Notional
Amount

(000’s)

     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

 

 
Euro-BOBL      Sell        3/08/18        546        EUR        86,906      $ 86,220,092          $ 685,631    
Euro-BUND      Sell        3/08/18        254        EUR        49,663        49,273,903          389,114    
United States Treasury Long Bonds      Buy        3/20/18        138        USD        21,114        21,114,000          (206)    
United States Treasury Nts., 10 yr.      Buy        3/20/18        660        USD        82,117        81,870,938          (245,863)    
United States Treasury Nts., 10 yr.      Sell        3/20/18        324        USD        40,343        40,191,188          152,084    
United States Treasury Nts., 2 yr.      Sell        3/29/18        135        USD        28,951        28,904,766          46,202    
United States Treasury Nts., 2 yr.      Buy        3/29/18        376        USD        80,647        80,505,126          (141,937)    
United States Treasury Nts., 5 yr.      Sell        3/29/18        16        USD        1,861        1,858,625          2,833    
United States Treasury Nts., 5 yr.      Buy        3/29/18        438        USD        51,001        50,879,860          (120,847)    
United States Ultra Bonds      Buy        3/20/18        197        USD        32,839                    33,028,281          188,997    
                    

 

 

 
                       $             956,008    
                    

 

 

 

 

Over-the-Counter Options Written at December 31, 2017
Description    Counterparty             Exercise Price      Expiration Date             Number of
Contracts
   

Notional
Amount

(000’s)

       Premiums Received      Value  

 

 
AUD Currency Call      HSBC        NZD        1.128        3/15/18        AUD        (20,800,000     AUD 80,000       $ 62,988        $ (58,713)    

 

 
AUD Currency Put      HSBC        NZD        1.068        3/15/18        AUD        (20,800,000     AUD 80,000        50,630          (31,947)    

 

 
BRL Currency Put      BAC        BRL        3.410        2/27/18        BRL        (43,477,500     BRL 170,500        118,575          (146,562)    

 

 
BRL Currency Call      BAC        BRL        3.140        2/27/18        BRL        (40,035,000     BRL 157,000        123,037          (29,346)    

 

 
EUR Currency Put      HSBC        PLN        4.170        3/13/18        EUR        (20,624,607     EUR 75,000        77,598          (138,357)    

 

 
EUR Currency Call      HSBC        PLN        4.320        3/13/18        EUR        (20,624,607     EUR 75,000        100,635          (43,882)    

 

 
RUB Currency Call      BAC        RUB        56.800        1/11/18        RUB        (774,900,000     RUB 3,075,000        125,376          (14,723)    

 

 
RUB Currency Put      BAC        RUB        61.500        1/11/18        RUB        (839,000,000     RUB 2,840,000        94,677          (5,034)    

 

 
SGD Currency Put      BNP        SGD        1.366        3/2/18        SGD        (18,760,000     SGD 68,300        38,701          (14,614)    

 

 
SGD Currency Call      BNP        SGD        1.329        3/2/18        SGD        (18,250,000     SGD 6,645        37,901          (59,258)    
                      

 

 

 
Total Over-the-Counter Options Written               $ 830,118        $         (542,436)    
                      

 

 

 

 

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps at December 31, 2017
Reference Asset    Buy/Sell
Protection
     Fixed Rate      Maturity Date            

Notional Amount

(000’s)

     Premiums
Received/(Paid)
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

 

 
Federative Republic of Brazil      Sell        1.000%        6/20/22        USD        2,500      $ 154,768        $ (44,795)       $ 109,973    

 

 
People’s Republic of China      Buy        1.000        12/20/22        USD        4,400        70,082          (104,295)         (34,213)   

 

 
Petrobras Global Finance BV      Sell        1.000        12/20/20        USD        1,000        10,092          (7,700)         2,392    

 

 
Petrobras Global Finance BV      Sell        1.000        12/20/20        USD        1,000        10,178          (7,700)         2,478    

 

 
Republic of Korea      Buy        1.000        12/20/22        USD        6,600        76,440          (147,108)         (70,668)   

 

 
Republic of South Africa      Buy        1.000        12/20/22        USD        3,000        (133,441)         77,513          (55,928)   

 

 
Republic of South Africa      Buy        1.000        12/20/22        USD        3,000        (133,650)         77,513          (56,137)   

 

 
Republic of Turkey      Buy        1.000        12/20/22        USD        2,000        (73,364)         58,401          (14,963)   
                 

 

 

 
Total Cleared Credit Default Swaps          $             (18,895)        $             (98,171)        $             (117,066)   
                 

 

 

 

 

Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps at December 31, 2017
Reference Asset    Counterparty      Buy/Sell
Protection
     Fixed Rate      Maturity Date            

Notional Amount

000’s)

     Premiums
Received/(Paid)
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

 

 
Federative Republic of Brazil      BNP        Sell        1.000%        12/20/18        USD        1,190      $ 94,152        $ 6,687        $ 100,839    

 

 
Idbi Bank Ltd./difc Dubai      BAC        Sell        1.000        12/20/22        USD        1,000        32,421          (26,675)         5,746    

 

 
Idbi Bank Ltd./difc Dubai      BNP        Sell        1.000        12/20/22        USD        1,000        30,175          (26,675)         3,500    

 

 
Oriental Republic of Uruguay      BOA        Sell        1.000        12/20/21        USD        2,697        48,743          23,545          72,288    

 

 
State Bank of India      BNP        Sell        1.000        9/20/19        USD        1,740        71,791          21,565          93,356    
                    

 

 

 
Total Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps             $             277,282        $             (1,553)       $             275,729    
                    

 

 

 

 

33    OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL STRATEGIC INCOME FUND/VA


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

 

The table that follows shows the undiscounted maximum potential payment by the Fund related to selling credit protection in credit default swaps:

 

  Type of Reference Asset on which the

  Fund Sold Protection

        Total Maximum Potential Payments  
for Selling Credit Protection  
(Undiscounted)  
                Amount Recoverable*     Reference Asset Rating  
Range**(Unaudited)  
 

 

 
  Non-Investment Grade Corporate Debt     $ 4,000,000         $ —         BB+ to BB    
  Investment Grade Single Name Corporate Debt     1,740,000         —         BBB-    
  Investment Grade Sovereign Debt     2,697,000         —         BBB    
  Non-Investment Grade Sovereign Debt     3,690,000         —         BB    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   
  Total USD     $ 12,127,000         $ —      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

*The Fund has no amounts recoverable from related purchased protection. In addition, the Fund has no recourse provisions under the credit derivatives and holds no collateral which can offset or reduce potential payments under a triggering event.

**The period end reference asset security ratings, as rated by any rating organization, are included in the equivalent Standard & Poor’s rating category. The reference asset rating represents the likelihood of a potential credit event on the reference asset which would result in a related payment by the Fund.

 

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps at December 31, 2017
Counterparty    Pay/Receive
Floating Rate
   Floating Rate    Fixed Rate      Maturity Date              Notional
Amount
(000’s)
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
      Three-Month USD                  
BAC    Receive    BBA LIBOR      1.839%        8/24/22        USD        33,566      $ 403,984       $ 403,984   

 

 
      Six-Month JPY BBA                  
BAC    Receive    LIBOR      0.296        11/29/27        JPY        4,654,000        145,880         145,880   

 

 
      Three-Month USD                  
BAC    Receive    BBA LIBOR      2.203        5/31/22        USD        90,985        189,524         189,524   

 

 
      Six-Month PLN                  
CITNA-B    Pay    WIBOR WIBO      2.990        11/17/27        PLN        5,770        10,181         10,181   

 

 
CITNA-B    Pay    MXN TIIE BANXICO      6.600        6/21/22        MXN        284,240        (719,740)        (719,740)  

 

 
CITNA-B    Pay    BZDI      11.710        1/4/21        BRL        16,750        366,685         366,685   

 

 
      Six-Month HUF                  
CITNA-B    Pay    BUBOR      1.390        1/25/22        HUF        784,000        136,293         136,293   

 

 
      Three-Month ZAR                  
DEU    Receive    JIBAR SAFEX      8.310        6/29/26        ZAR        28,050        (74,958)        (74,958)  

 

 
      Three-Month ZAR                  
DEU    Pay    JIBAR SAFEX      7.675        2/21/22        ZAR        26,465        36,368         36,368   

 

 
DEU    Pay    BZDI      10.570        1/4/21        BRL        15,500        185,385         185,385   

 

 
DEU    Pay    MXN TIIE BANXICO      7.380        2/18/22        MXN        182,700        (163,336)        (163,336)  

 

 
      Three-Month ZAR                  
JPM    Pay    JIBAR SAFEX      7.930        11/27/22        ZAR        55,000        117,120         117,120   
                    

 

 

 
Total of Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps                 $             633,386       $             633,386   
                    

 

 

 

 

 

Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaps at December 31, 2017
Counterparty     
Pay/Receive
Floating Rate
 
 
     Floating Rate        Fixed Rate        Maturity Date          

Notional
Amount
(000’s)
 
 
 
    

Premiums Received

/ (Paid)

 

 

     Value       

Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
 
 

 

 
       
Six-Month INR
FBIL MIBOR OIS
 
 
                    
BOA      Pay        Compound        6.330%        1/31/22        INR        210,000      $ —        $               (12,441)      $ (12,441)  

 

 
        Three-Month KRW CD                       
BOA      Receive        KSDA        1.860        3/6/24        KRW        4,472,500        18         68,307        68,325   

 

 
        Six-Month THB                       
BOA      Pay        THBFIX        1.765        10/17/22        THB        477,530        —         (50,005)        (50,005)  

 

 
        Six-Month THB                       
BOA      Pay        THBFIX        2.200        3/20/22        THB        99,500        —         62,487        62,487   

 

 
        Three-Month COP IBR                       
CITNA-B      Pay        OIS Compound        5.370        3/24/20        COP        13,032,090        —         84,963        84,963   

 

 
        1 Time COP IBR OIS                       
CITNA-B      Receive        Compound        4.490        8/14/18        COP        53,300,000        —         (18,169)        (18,169)  

 

 
        1 Time COP IBR OIS                       
CITNA-B      Receive        Compound        5.870        3/24/18        COP        40,160,110        —         (77,435)        (77,435)  

 

 
        1 Time COP IBR OIS                       
CITNA-B      Pay        Compound        4.580        5/14/19        COP        27,560,000        —         38,166        38,166   

 

 
        Three-Month KRW CD                       
DEU      Pay        KSDA        1.480        4/20/18        KRW        102,630,000        (189)        (22,342)        (22,531)  

 

 
        Three-Month COP IBR                       
GSCOI      Pay        OIS Compound        5.530        1/17/19        COP        20,871,770        —         109,378        109,378   

 

 
        Six-Month THB                       
JPM      Pay        THBFIX        2.603        3/24/27        THB        53,200        —         57,296        57,296   

 

 
        Three-Month MYR                       
JPM      Receive        KLIBOR BNM        4.005        2/21/22        MYR        13,230        —         (16,445)        (16,445)  

 

34    OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL STRATEGIC INCOME FUND/VA


    

 

 

 

 

Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaps (Continued)
Counterparty     
Pay/Receive
Floating Rate
 
 
     Floating Rate        Fixed Rate        Maturity Date          

Notional
Amount
(000’s)
 
 
 
    

Premiums Received

/ (Paid)

 

 

     Value       

Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
 
 

 

 
        Three-Month MYR                       
SCB      Pay        KLIBOR BNM        3.310%        8/19/21        MYR        45,000       $ —        $               (207,924)      $ (207,924)   
                    

 

 

 
Total of Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaps                   $ (171)      $ 15,836        $ 15,665    
                    

 

 

 

 

 

Over-the-Counter Total Return Swaps at December 31, 2017
Reference Asset    Counterparty      Pay/Receive Total
Return*
     Floating Rate      Maturity Date             Notional
Amount
(000’s)
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

 

 
           One-Month USD BBA                 
PowerShares Senior Loan            LIBOR plus 30 basis                 
Exchange Traded Fund      CITNA-B        Receive        points        1/12/18        USD        16,694      $             28,394      $             28,394  

* Fund will pay or receive the total return of the reference asset depending on whether the return is positive or negative. For contracts where the Fund has elected to receive the total return of the reference asset if positive, it will be responsible for paying the floating rate and the total return of the reference asset if negative. If the Fund has elected to pay the total return of the reference asset if positive, it will receive the floating rate and the total return of the reference asset if negative.

 

 

Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaptions Written at December 31, 2017
Description   Counterparty     Pay/Receive
Floating Rate
    Floating Rate     Fixed Rate     Expiration
Date
                Notional Amount
(000’s)
    Premiums Received     Value  

 

 
Interest Rate Swap Maturing 1/31/28 Call     BAC       Pay      

Three-Month
USD BBA
LIBOR
 
 
 
    2.776%       1/25/18       USD         78,000       $ 250,900     $ (6,919)   

 

 
Interest Rate Swap Maturing 3/13/28 Call     BAC       Pay      
Six-Month GBP
BBA LIBOR
 
 
    1.690       3/12/18       GBP         24,000       169,234       (20,998)   
                 

 

 

 
Total Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaptions Written                 $             420,134     $             (27,917)   
                 

 

 

 

 

Glossary:   
Counterparty Abbreviations   
BAC    Barclays Bank plc
BNP    BNP Paribas
BOA    Bank of America NA
CITNA-B    Citibank NA
DEU    Deutsche Bank AG
GSCOI    Goldman Sachs International
GSCO-OT    Goldman Sachs Bank USA
HSBC    HSBC Bank USA NA
JPM    JPMorgan Chase Bank NA
SCB    Standard Chartered Bank
TDB    Toronto Dominion Bank
UBS    UBS AG
Currency abbreviations indicate amounts reporting in currencies
ARS    Argentine Peso
AUD    Australian Dollar
BRL    Brazilian Real
CLP    Chilean Peso
CNH    Offshore ChineseRenminbi
COP    Colombian Peso
CZK    Czech Koruna
EGP    Egyptian Pounds
EUR    Euro
GBP    British Pound Sterling
HUF    Hungarian Forint
IDR    Indonesian Rupiah
ILS    Israeli Shekel
INR    Indian Rupee
JPY    Japanese Yen
KRW    South Korean Won
MXN    Mexican Nuevo Peso
MYR    Malaysian Ringgit
NZD    New Zealand Dollar
PEN    Peruvian New Sol
PHP    Philippine Peso
PLN    Polish Zloty
RON    New Romanian Leu
RUB    Russian Ruble
SGD    Singapore Dollar

 

35    OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL STRATEGIC INCOME FUND/VA


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

 

Currency abbreviations indicate amounts reporting in currencies (Continued)
THB    Thailand Baht
TRY    New Turkish Lira
UYU    Uruguay Peso
ZAR    South African Rand
Definitions
30YR CMT    30 Year Constant Maturity Treasury
BAXICO    Banco de Mexico
BBA LIBOR    British Bankers’ Association London - Interbank Offered Rate
BNM    Bank Negra Malaysia
BOBL    German Federal Obligation
BUBOR    Budapest Interbank Offered Rate
BUND    German Federal Obligation
BZDI    Brazil Interbank Deposit Rate
CD    Certificate of Deposit
EURIBOR    Euro Interbank Offered Rate
FBIL    Financial Benchmarks India Private Ltd.
FRO1    Floating Rate Option 30 yr. Rate
FRO2    Floating Rate Option 10 yr. Rate
H15T5Y    US Treasury Yield Curve Rate T Note Constant Maturity 5 Year
H15T10Y    US Treasury Yield Curve Rate T Note Constant Maturity 10 Year
H15T1Y    US Treasury Yield Curve Rate T Note Constant Maturity 1 Year
IBR    Indicador Bancario de Referencia
ICE LIBOR    Intercontinental Exchange London Interbank Offered Rate
KLIBOR    Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rate
KSDA    Korean Securities Dealers Assn.
JIBAR SAFEX    South Africa Johannesburg Interbank Agreed Rate/Futures Exchange
LIBOR    London Interbank Offered Rate
LIBOR01M    ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month
LIBOR12    London Interbank Offered Rate-Monthly
LIBOR4    London Interbank Offered Rate-Quarterly
MIBOR    Mumbai Interbank Offered Rate
OIS    Overnight Index Swap
S&P    Standard & Poor’s
SX5E    The EURO STOXX 50 Index
THBFIX    Thai Baht Interest Rate Fixing
TIIE    Interbank Equilibrium Interest Rate
US0001M    ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month
US0003M    ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month
USISDA05    USD ICE Swap Rate 11:00am NY 5 Year
USSW5    USD Swap Semi 30/360 5 Year
WIBOR WIBO    Poland Warsaw Interbank Offer Bid Rate

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES December 31, 2017

 

Assets        
Investments, at value—see accompanying consolidated statement of investments:   
Unaffiliated companies (cost $1,361,643,506)    $         1,377,094,266  
Affiliated companies (cost $459,630,836)      458,456,722  
       1,835,550,988  
Cash      16,389,188  
Cash—foreign currencies (cost $2,264,813)      2,282,640  
Cash used for collateral on futures      3,355,000  
Cash used for collateral on OTC derivatives      2,034,000  
Cash used for collateral on centrally cleared swaps      5,833,060  
Unrealized appreciation on forward currency exchange contracts      2,402,595  
Swaps, at value (premiums received $214,704)      500,788  
Centrally cleared swaps, at value (premiums paid $340,455)      1,804,847  
Receivables and other assets:   
Interest, dividends and principal paydowns      14,015,916  
Investments sold (including $5,653,450 sold on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis)      10,270,215  
Shares of beneficial interest sold      389,843  
Variation margin receivable      281,132  
Other      161,882  
Total assets      1,895,272,094  
Liabilities        
Unrealized depreciation on forward currency exchange contracts      3,587,515  
Options written, at value (premiums received $830,118)      542,436  
Swaps, at value (net premiums received $62,407)      458,111  
Centrally cleared swaps, at value (premiums received $321,560)      1,269,632  
Swaptions written, at value (premiums received $420,134)      27,917  
Payables and other liabilities:   
Investments purchased (including $215,152,818 purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis)      215,593,387  
Shares of beneficial interest redeemed      625,106  
Distribution and service plan fees      271,386  
Trustees’ compensation      123,615  
Shareholder communications      90,139  
Other      1,656,782  
Total liabilities      224,246,026  

Net Assets

   $ 1,671,026,068  
        
  
Composition of Net Assets        
Par value of shares of beneficial interest    $ 318,932  
Additional paid-in capital      1,743,302,732  
Accumulated net investment income      87,377,286  
Accumulated net realized loss on investments and foreign currency transactions      (175,527,920
Net unrealized appreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies      15,555,038  

Net Assets

   $ 1,671,026,068  
        
  
Net Asset Value Per Share        
Non-Service Shares:   
Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $393,336,559 and 76,639,515 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)      $5.13  
Service Shares:   
Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $1,277,689,509 and 242,292,872 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)      $5.27  

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

Allocation of Income and Expenses from Master Funds1

        
Net investment income allocated from Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC:   
Interest    $             2,685,880  
Dividends      6,235  
Net expenses      (183,365
Net investment income allocated from Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC      2,508,750  
Net investment income allocated from Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC   
Interest      13,735,291  
Dividends      352,955  
Net expenses      (821,464
Net investment income allocated from Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC      13,266,782  
Total allocation of net investment income from master funds      15,775,532  

Investment Income

        
Interest:   
Unaffiliated companies (net of foreign withholding taxes of $704,146)      66,535,740  
Fee income on when-issued securities      2,053,139  
Dividends:   
Unaffiliated companies      699,059  
Affiliated companies      1,447,358  

Total investment income

 

    

 

70,735,296

 

 

 

Expenses

        
Management fees      10,357,738  
Distribution and service plan fees—Service shares      3,239,860  
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:   
Non-Service shares      400,923  
Service shares      1,295,935  
Shareholder communications:   
Non-Service shares      53,411  
Service shares      172,590  
Custodian fees and expenses      132,321  
Trustees’ compensation      65,665  
Borrowing fees      46,107  
Other      436,261  
Total expenses      16,200,811  
Less reduction to custodian expenses      (5,545
Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses      (1,125,339

Net expenses

 

    

 

15,069,927

 

 

 

Net Investment Income      71,440,901  

 

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Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

        
Net realized gain (loss) on:   
Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies (net of foreign capital gains tax of $ 90,753)    $ (3,281,377
Option contracts written      2,909,136  
Futures contracts      2,890,384  
Foreign currency transactions      (145,535
Forward currency exchange contracts      3,878,041  
Short Positions      8,408  
Swap contracts      (1,700,384
Swaption contracts written      2,568,884  
Net realized loss allocated from:   
Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC      (877,906
Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC      (98
Net realized gain      6,249,553  
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:   
Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies      29,116,304  
Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies      9,535  
Forward currency exchange contracts      (2,088,758
Futures contracts      1,389,721  
Option contracts written      (347,704
Swap contracts      859,510  
Swaption contracts written      458,019  
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation allocated from:   
Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC      (3,575,033
Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC      (3,124,913

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

    

 

22,696,681

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations    $         100,387,135  
        

1. The Fund invests in certain affiliated mutual funds that expect to be treated as partnerships for tax purposes. See Note 4 of the accompanying Consolidated Notes.

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

     Year Ended
December 31, 2017
    Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

Operations

                
Net investment income    $ 71,440,901     $ 66,559,264  
Net realized gain (loss)      6,249,553       (87,282,592
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation      22,696,681       130,129,701  
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations      100,387,135       109,406,373  

Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders

                

Dividends from net investment income:

    
Non-Service shares      (9,178,475     (20,719,866
Service shares      (25,692,448     (61,256,620
     (34,870,923     (81,976,486

Beneficial Interest Transactions

                

Net decrease in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:

    
Non-Service shares      (23,313,057     (34,595,904
Service shares      (56,507,178     (112,356,578
     (79,820,235     (146,952,482

Net Assets

                
Total decrease      (14,304,023     (119,522,595
Beginning of period      1,685,330,091       1,804,852,686  
End of period (including accumulated net investment income of $87,377,286 and $ 44,340,175, respectively)    $     1,671,026,068     $     1,685,330,091  
                

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

Non-Service Shares   Year Ended
December 31,
2017
    Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    Year Ended
December 31,
2015
    Year Ended
December 31,
2014
    Year Ended
December 31,
2013
 

Per Share Operating Data

                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period     $4.94       $4.88       $5.30       $5.38       $5.67  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

         
Net investment income1     0.22       0.20       0.23       0.26       0.28  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     0.09       0.11       (0.34)       (0.11)       (0.29)  
Total from investment operations     0.31       0.31       (0.11)       0.15       (0.01)  

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

         
Dividends from net investment income     (0.12)       (0.25)       (0.31)       (0.23)       (0.28)  
Net asset value, end of period     $5.13       $4.94       $4.88       $5.30       $5.38  
                                       
         

Total Return, at Net Asset Value2

    6.27%       6.53%       (2.26)%       2.84%       (0.13)%  
         

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)     $393,337       $401,308       $429,710       $586,951       $738,741  
Average net assets (in thousands)     $400,945       $416,054       $510,765       $707,673       $734,707  

Ratios to average net assets:3,4

         
Net investment income     4.40%       4.00%       4.51%       4.73%       5.12%  
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below     0.82%       0.79%       0.76%       0.74%       0.74%  
Interest and fees from borrowings     0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%       0.00%  
Total expenses6     0.82%       0.79%       0.76%       0.74%       0.74%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses     0.76%       0.74%       0.73%       0.71%       0.72%  
Portfolio turnover rate7     74%       80%       79%       93%       107%  

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

3. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

4. Includes the Fund’s share of the allocated expenses and/or net investment income from the master funds.

5. Less than 0.005%.

6. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

Year Ended December 31, 2017

     0.83  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

     0.80  

Year Ended December 31, 2015

     0.77  

Year Ended December 31, 2014

     0.75  

Year Ended December 31, 2013

     0.74  

7. The portfolio turnover rate excludes purchase and sale transactions of To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage-related securities as follows:

 

     Purchase Transactions      Sale Transactions  

 

 

    Year Ended December 31, 2017

     $2,271,944,419        $2,153,905,799  

    Year Ended December 31, 2016

     $1,798,210,272        $1,766,445,159  

    Year Ended December 31, 2015

     $1,225,140,927        $1,266,426,777  

    Year Ended December 31, 2014

     $1,348,552,640        $1,337,346,996  

    Year Ended December 31, 2013

     $4,294,357,677        $4,679,296,373  

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

 

Service Shares   Year Ended
December 31,
2017
    Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    Year Ended
December 31,
2015
    Year Ended
December 31,
2014
    Year Ended
December 31,
2013
 

Per Share Operating Data

                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period     $5.07       $5.00       $5.42       $5.50       $5.79  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

         
Net investment income1     0.22       0.19       0.23       0.25       0.27  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     0.08       0.12       (0.35)       (0.11)       (0.29)  
Total from investment operations     0.30       0.31       (0.12)       0.14       (0.02)  

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

         
Dividends from net investment income     (0.10)       (0.24)       (0.30)       (0.22)       (0.27)  
Net asset value, end of period     $5.27       $5.07       $5.00       $5.42       $5.50  
                                       
         

Total Return, at Net Asset Value2

    6.04%       6.27%       (2.49)%       2.49%       (0.37)%  
         

Ratios/Supplemental Data

                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)     $1,277,689       $1,284,022       $1,375,143       $1,551,247       $1,716,026  
Average net assets (in thousands)     $1,295,999       $1,332,343       $1,496,350       $1,646,615       $1,794,640  

Ratios to average net assets:3,4

         
Net investment income     4.15%       3.75%       4.26%       4.48%       4.88%  
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below     1.07%       1.04%       1.01%       0.99%       0.99%  
Interest and fees from borrowings     0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%       0.00%  
Total expenses6     1.07%       1.04%       1.01%       0.99%       0.99%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses     1.01%       0.99%       0.98%       0.96%       0.97%  
Portfolio turnover rate7     74%       80%       79%       93%       107%  

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

3. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

4. Includes the Fund’s share of the allocated expenses and/or net investment income from the master funds.

5. Less than 0.005%.

6. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

Year Ended December 31, 2017

     1.08  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

     1.05  

Year Ended December 31, 2015

     1.02  

Year Ended December 31, 2014

     1.00  

Year Ended December 31, 2013

     0.99  

7. The portfolio turnover rate excludes purchase and sale transactions of To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage-related securities as follows:

 

     Purchase Transactions      Sale Transactions  

 

 

    Year Ended December 31, 2017

     $2,271,944,419        $2,153,905,799  

    Year Ended December 31, 2016

     $1,798,210,272        $1,766,445,159  

    Year Ended December 31, 2015

     $1,225,140,927        $1,266,426,777  

    Year Ended December 31, 2014

     $1,348,552,640        $1,337,346,996  

    Year Ended December 31, 2013

     $4,294,357,677        $4,679,296,373  

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2017

 

 

 

1. Organization

Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund/VA (the “Fund”), a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, is a diversified open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as amended. The Fund’s main investment objective is to seek total return. The Fund’s investment adviser is OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”). The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI. Shares of the Fund are sold only to separate accounts of life insurance companies.

The Fund offers two classes of shares. Both classes are sold at their offering price, which is the net asset value per share, to separate investment accounts of participating insurance companies as an underlying investment for variable life insurance policies, variable annuity contracts or other investment products. The class of shares designated as Service shares is subject to a distribution and service plan. Both classes of shares have identical rights and voting privileges with respect to the Fund in general and exclusive voting rights on matters that affect that class alone. Earnings, net assets and net asset value per share may differ due to each class having its own expenses, such as transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees and shareholder communications, directly attributable to that class.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed in the Fund’s preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Security Valuation. All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.

Basis for Consolidation. The Fund has established a Cayman Islands exempted company, Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund/VA (Cayman) Ltd., which is wholly-owned and controlled by the Fund (the “Subsidiary”). The Fund and Subsidiary are both managed by the Manager. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary invests primarily in Regulation S securities. The Fund applies its investment restrictions and compliance policies and procedures, on a look-through basis, to the Subsidiary.

The financial statements have been consolidated and include accounts of the Fund and the Subsidiary. Accordingly, all inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated. At period end, the Fund owned 51,485 shares with net assets of $4,465,296 in the Subsidiary.

Other financial information at period end:

Total market value of investments

   $ 953,909  

Net assets

   $         4,465,296  

Net income (loss)

   $ (42,520)  

Net realized gain (loss)

   $ 20,225  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

   $ 42,830  

Foreign Currency Translation. The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Any foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:

(1) Value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange rates prevailing at Market Close as described in Note 3.

(2) Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

Although the net assets and the values are presented at the foreign exchange rates at Market Close, the Fund does not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments shown in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

For securities, which are subject to foreign withholding tax upon disposition, realized gains or losses on such securities are recorded net of foreign withholding tax.

Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding tax reclaims recorded on the Fund’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.

Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other than those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated on a daily basis to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a specific class are charged against the operations of that class.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. GAAP, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually or at other times as determined necessary by the Manager.

Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends, if any, and capital gains taxes on foreign investments, if any, have been provided for in accordance with

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

the Fund’s understanding of the applicable tax rules and regulations. Interest income, if any, is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Consolidated Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.

Return of Capital Estimates. Distributions received from the Fund’s investments in Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs), generally are comprised of income and return of capital. The Fund records investment income and return of capital based on estimates. Such estimates are based on historical information available from each MLP and other industry sources. These estimates may subsequently be revised based on information received from MLPs after their tax reporting periods are concluded.

Custodian Fees. “Custodian fees and expenses” in the Consolidated Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by the Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. The Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by positive cash balances maintained by the Fund, at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 2.00%. The “Reduction to custodian expenses” line item, if applicable, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings.

Security Transactions. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

Indemnifications. The Fund’s organizational documents provide current and former Trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income, including any net realized gain on investments not offset by capital loss carryforwards, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s tax return filings generally remains open for the three preceding fiscal reporting period ends. The Fund has analyzed its tax positions for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, including open tax years, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Fund’s financial statements.

Subchapter M requires, among other things, that at least 90% of the Fund’s gross income be derived from securities or derived with respect to its business of investing in securities (typically referred to as “qualifying income”). Income from commodity-linked derivatives may not be treated as “qualifying income” for purposes of the 90% gross income requirement. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has previously issued a number of private letter rulings which conclude that income derived from commodity index-linked notes and investments in a wholly-owned subsidiary will be “qualifying income.” As a result, the Fund will gain exposure to commodities through commodity-linked notes and its wholly-owned subsidiary.

The IRS has suspended the granting of private letter rulings pending further review. As a result, there can be no assurance that the IRS will not change its position with respect to commodity-linked notes and wholly-owned subsidiaries. In addition, future legislation and guidance from the Treasury and the IRS may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to gain exposure to commodities through commodity-linked notes and its wholly-owned subsidiary.

The Fund is required to include in income for federal income tax purposes all of the subsidiary’s net income and gains whether or not such income is distributed by the subsidiary. Net income and gains from the subsidiary are generally treated as ordinary income by the Fund, regardless of the character of the subsidiary’s underlying income. Net losses from the subsidiary do not pass through to the Fund for federal income tax purposes.

The tax components of capital shown in the following table represent distribution requirements the Fund must satisfy under the income tax regulations, losses the Fund may be able to offset against income and gains realized in future years and unrealized appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes.

 

Undistributed

Net Investment

Income

   Undistributed
Long-Term
Gain
     Accumulated
Loss
Carryforward1,2,3
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
Based on cost of
Securities and
Other Investments
for Federal Income
Tax Purposes
 
$72,639,573      $—        $162,638,535        $18,160,866  

1. At period end, the Fund had $162,638,535 of net capital loss carryforward available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, and thereby reduce future taxable gain distributions. Details of the capital loss carryforwards are included in the table below. Capital loss carryovers with no expiration, if any, must be utilized prior to those with expiration dates.

 

Expiring       

 

 
No expiration    $                 162,638,535  

2. During the reporting period, the Fund utilized $3,016,001 of capital loss carryforward to offset capital gains realized in that fiscal year.

3. During the previous reporting period, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforward.

 

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes. The character of dividends and distributions made during the fiscal year from net investment income or net realized gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax requirements, which may differ from the character of net investment income or net realized gains presented in those financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Also, due to timing of dividends and distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or net realized gain was recorded by the Fund.

Accordingly, the following amounts have been reclassified for the reporting period. Net assets of the Fund were unaffected by the reclassifications.

 

Increase

to Paid-in Capital

  

Increase

to Accumulated
Net Investment
Income

   

Increase

to Accumulated Net

Realized Loss

on Investments

 

 

 
$1,825      $6,467,133       $6,468,958  

The tax character of distributions paid during the reporting periods:

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2017
    Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

 

 
Distributions paid from:     
Ordinary income    $ 34,870,923     $ 81,976,486  

The aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes at period end are noted in the following table. The primary difference between book and tax appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments, if applicable, is attributable to the tax deferral of losses or tax realization of financial statement unrealized gain or loss.

 

Federal tax cost of securities

    $ 1,818,322,421  
Federal tax cost of other investments      61,096,061  
  

 

 

 

Total federal tax cost     $  1,879,418,482  
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation     $ 52,713,199  
Gross unrealized depreciation      (34,552,333
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation     $ 18,160,866  
  

 

 

 

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

 

3. Securities Valuation

The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is open for trading, except in the case of a scheduled early closing of the Exchange, in which case the Fund will calculate net asset value of the shares as of the scheduled early closing time of the Exchange.

The Fund’s Board has adopted procedures for the valuation of the Fund’s securities and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for valuation determinations under those procedures to the Manager. The Manager has established a Valuation Committee which is responsible for determining a fair valuation for any security for which market quotations are not readily available. The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Fund’s Board at least quarterly or more frequently, if necessary.

Valuation Methods and Inputs

Securities are valued primarily using unadjusted quoted market prices, when available, as supplied by third party pricing services or broker-dealers.

The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or the fair value of the types of securities described below:

Equity securities traded on a securities exchange (including exchange-traded derivatives other than futures and futures options) are valued based on the official closing price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the Manager, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. If the official closing price is unavailable, the security is valued at the last sale price on the principal exchange on which it is traded, or if no sales occurred, the security is valued at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Over-the-counter equity securities are valued at the last published sale price, or if no sales occurred, at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Events occurring after the close of trading on foreign exchanges may result in adjustments to the valuation of foreign securities to more accurately reflect their fair value as of the time when the Fund’s assets are valued.

Shares of a registered investment company that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that investment company’s net asset value per share.

Corporate and government debt securities (of U.S. or foreign issuers) and municipal debt securities, short-term notes, mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, and asset-backed securities are valued at the mean between the bid and asked prices utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers who may use matrix pricing methods to determine the evaluated prices. Pricing services generally price debt securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional “round lot” size, but some trades may occur in smaller, “odd lot” sizes,

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

sometimes at lower prices than institutional round lot trades. Standard inputs generally considered by third-party pricing vendors include reported trade data, broker-dealer price quotations, benchmark yields, issuer spreads on comparable securities, the credit quality, yield, maturity, as well as other appropriate factors.

Loans are valued at the mean between the bid and asked prices utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers. Standard inputs generally considered by third-party pricing vendors include information obtained from market participants regarding broker-dealer price quotations.

Structured securities, swaps, swaptions, and other over-the-counter derivatives are valued utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers. Standard inputs generally considered by third-party pricing vendors include market information relevant to the underlying reference asset such as the price of financial instruments, stock market indices, foreign currencies, interest rate spreads, commodities, credit spreads, credit event probabilities, index values, individual security values, forward interest rates, variable interest rates, volatility measures, and forward currency rates, or the occurrence of other specific events.

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued utilizing current and forward currency rates obtained from third party pricing services. When the settlement date of a contract is an interim date for which a quotation is not available, interpolated values are derived using the nearest dated forward currency rate.

Futures contracts and futures options traded on a commodities or futures exchange will be valued at the final settlement price or official closing price on the principal exchange as reported by such principal exchange at its trading session ending at, or most recently prior to, the time when the Fund’s assets are valued.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or when a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, are fair valued either (i) by a standardized fair valuation methodology applicable to the security type or the significant event as previously approved by the Valuation Committee and the Fund’s Board or (ii) as determined in good faith by the Manager’s Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee considers all relevant facts that are reasonably available, through either public information or information available to the Manager, when determining the fair value of a security. Those standardized fair valuation methodologies include, but are not limited to, valuing securities at the last sale price or initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be further adjusted for any discounts related to security-specific resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities nor can it be assured that the Fund can obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security.

To assess the continuing appropriateness of security valuations, the Manager regularly compares prior day prices and sale prices to the current day prices and challenges those prices exceeding certain tolerance levels with the third party pricing service or broker source. For those securities valued by fair valuations, whether through a standardized fair valuation methodology or a fair valuation determination, the Valuation Committee reviews and affirms the reasonableness of the valuations based on such methodologies and fair valuation determinations on a regular basis after considering all relevant information that is reasonably available.

Classifications

Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Various data inputs may be used in determining the value of each of the Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

1) Level 1-unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)

2) Level 2-inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)

3) Level 3-significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager’s own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability).

The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

The Fund classifies each of its investments in investment companies which are publicly offered as Level 1. Investment companies that are not publicly offered, if any, are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end based on valuation input level:

 

     Level 1—
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    

Level 2—

Other Significant
Observable Inputs

    

Level 3—

Significant
Unobservable

Inputs

     Value  

 

 

Assets Table

           

Investments, at Value:

           
Asset-Backed Securities    $                         —       $                     64,802,347       $                         —       $                     64,802,347   
Mortgage-Backed Obligations      —         397,963,737         51,559         398,015,296   
Foreign Government Obligations      —         140,031,551         —         140,031,551   

 

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3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

 

    

Level 1—

Unadjusted

Quoted Prices

   

Level 2—

Other Significant
Observable Inputs

   

Level 3—

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

     Value  

 

 
Corporate Loans    $ —      $ 1,991,677     $ —       $ 1,991,677  
Corporate Bonds and Notes      —        741,083,420       28,806        741,112,226  
Preferred Stocks                  11,920,249       —        —         11,920,249  
Common Stocks      3,391,254       39,045       78,263        3,508,562  
Rights, Warrants and Certificates      —        21,067       102,922        123,989  
Structured Securities      —        4,277,843       223,349        4,501,192  
Short-Term Notes      —        9,789,700       —         9,789,700  
Investment Companies      177,158,407       281,298,315       —         458,456,722  
Exchange-Traded Option Purchased      424,592       —        —         424,592  
Over-the-Counter Options Purchased      —        417,347       —         417,347  
Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaptions Purchased      —        455,538       —         455,538  
  

 

 

 
Total Investments, at Value      192,894,502       1,642,171,587       484,899        1,835,550,988  
Other Financial Instruments:          
Swaps, at value      —        500,788       —         500,788  
Centrally cleared swaps, at value      —        1,804,847       —         1,804,847  
Futures contracts      1,464,861       —        —         1,464,861  
Forward currency exchange contracts      —        2,402,595       —         2,402,595  
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $                 194,359,363     $                 1,646,879,817     $                     484,899      $             1,841,724,079  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities Table

         

Other Financial Instruments:

         
Swaps, at value    $ —      $ (458,111   $ —       $ (458,111
Centrally cleared swaps, at value      —        (1,269,632     —         (1,269,632
Futures contracts      (508,853     —        —         (508,853
Options written, at value      —        (542,436     —         (542,436
Forward currency exchange contracts      —        (3,587,515     —         (3,587,515
Swaptions written, at value      —        (27,917     —         (27,917
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

   $ (508,853   $ (5,885,611 ) $      —       $ (6,394,464
  

 

 

 

Forward currency exchange contracts and futures contracts, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.

 

 

4. Investments and Risks

Risks of Foreign Investing. The Fund may invest in foreign securities which are subject to special risks. Securities traded in foreign markets may be less liquid and more volatile than those traded in U.S. markets. 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 investments denominated in that foreign currency and in the value of any income or distributions the Fund may receive on those investments. 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. In addition, due to the inter-relationship of global economies and financial markets, changes in political and economic factors in one country or region could adversely affect conditions in another country or region. Investments in foreign securities may also expose the Fund to time-zone arbitrage risk. Foreign securities may trade on weekends or other days when the Fund does not price its shares. At times, the Fund may emphasize investments in a particular country or region and may be subject to greater risks from adverse events that occur in that country or region. Foreign securities and foreign currencies held in foreign banks and securities depositories may be subject to limited or no regulatory oversight.

Investments in Affiliated Funds. The Fund is permitted to invest in other mutual funds advised by the Manager (“Affiliated Funds”). Affiliated Funds are open-end management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Manager is the investment adviser of, and the Sub-Adviser provides investment and related advisory services to, the Affiliated Funds. When applicable, the Fund’s investments in Affiliated Funds are included in the Consolidated Statement of Investments. Shares of Affiliated Funds are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of the Affiliated Funds’ expenses, including their management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in the Affiliated Funds.

Each of the Affiliated Funds in which the Fund invests has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the Fund’s investments and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one Affiliated Fund than in another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that Affiliated Fund.

Investments in Money Market Instruments. The Fund is permitted to invest its free cash balances in money market instruments to provide liquidity or for defensive purposes. The Fund may invest in money market instruments by investing in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Government

 

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4. Investments and Risks (Continued)

Money Market Fund (“IGMMF”), which is an Affiliated Fund. IGMMF is regulated as a money market fund under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Fund may also invest in money market instruments directly or in other affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds.

Investment in Oppenheimer Master Funds. The Fund is permitted to invest in entities sponsored and/or advised by the Manager or an affiliate. Certain of these entities in which the Fund invests are mutual funds registered under the 1940 Act, as amended, that expect to be treated as partnerships for tax purposes, specifically Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC (“Master Loan”) and Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC (“Master Event-Linked Bond”) (the “Master Funds”). Each Master Fund has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the Fund’s investments and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one Master Fund than in another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that Master Fund.

The investment objective of Master Loan is to seek income. The investment objective of Master Event-Linked Bond is to seek total return. The Fund’s investments in the Master Funds are included in the Consolidated Statement of Investments. The Fund recognizes income and gain/(loss) on its investments in each Master Fund according to its allocated pro-rata share, based on its relative proportion of total outstanding Master Fund shares held, of the total net income earned and the net gain/(loss) realized on investments sold by the Master Funds. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of the Master Funds’ expenses, including their management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in the Master Funds. The Fund owns 16.7% of Master Loan and 14.0% of Master Event-Linked Bond at period end.

Structured Securities. The Fund invests in structured securities whose market values, interest rates and/or redemption prices are linked to the performance of underlying foreign currencies, interest rate spreads, stock market indices, prices of individual securities, commodities or other financial instruments or the occurrence of other specific events. The structured securities are often leveraged, increasing the volatility of each note’s market value relative to the change in the underlying linked financial element or event. Fluctuations in value of these securities are recorded as unrealized gains and losses in the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Operations. The Fund records a realized gain or loss when a structured security is sold or matures.

Loans. The Fund invests in loans made to U.S. and foreign borrowers that are corporations, partnerships or other business entities. The Fund will do so directly as an original lender or by assignment or indirectly through participation agreements or certain derivative instruments. While many of these loans will be collateralized, the Fund can also invest in uncollateralized loans. Loans are often issued in connection with recapitalizations, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and refinancing of borrowers. The loans often pay interest at rates that float above (or are adjusted periodically based on) a benchmark that reflects current interest rates although the Fund can also invest in loans with fixed interest rates.

When investing in loans, the Fund generally will have a contractual relationship only with the lender, not with the relevant borrower. As a result, the Fund generally will have the right to receive payments of principal, interest, and any fees to which it is entitled only from the lender selling the participation and only upon receipt by the lender of the payments from the relevant borrower. The Fund may not directly benefit from the collateral supporting the debt obligation in which it has purchased the participation. As a result, the Fund will assume the credit risk of both the borrower and the institution selling the participation to the Fund.

Securities on a When-Issued or Delayed Delivery Basis. The Fund may purchase securities on a “when-issued” basis, and may purchase or sell securities on a “delayed delivery” basis. “When-issued” or “delayed delivery” refers to securities whose terms and indenture are available and for which a market exists, but which are not available for immediate delivery. Delivery and payment for securities that have been purchased by the Fund on a when-issued basis normally takes place within six months and possibly as long as two years or more after the trade date. During this period, such securities do not earn interest, are subject to market fluctuation and may increase or decrease in value prior to their delivery. The purchase of securities on a when-issued basis may increase the volatility of the Fund’s net asset value to the extent the Fund executes such transactions while remaining substantially fully invested. When the Fund engages in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions, it relies on the buyer or seller, as the case may be, to complete the transaction. Their failure to do so may cause the Fund to lose the opportunity to obtain or dispose of the security at a price and yield it considers advantageous. The Fund may also sell securities that it purchased on a when-issued basis or forward commitment prior to settlement of the original purchase.

At period end, the Fund had purchased securities issued on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis and sold securities issued on a delayed delivery basis as follows:

 

     When-Issued or
Delayed Delivery
Basis Transactions
 

 

 
Purchased securities      $215,152,818  
Sold securities      5,653,450  

The Fund may enter into “forward roll” transactions with respect to mortgage-related securities. In this type of transaction, the Fund sells a mortgage-related security to a buyer and simultaneously agrees to repurchase a similar security (same type, coupon and maturity) at a later date at a set price. 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. The Fund records the incremental difference between the forward purchase and sale of each forward roll as realized gain (loss) on investments or as fee income in the case of such transactions that have an associated fee in lieu of a difference in the forward purchase and sale price.

 

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4. Investments and Risks (Continued)

Forward roll transactions may be deemed to entail embedded leverage since the Fund purchases mortgage-related securities with extended settlement dates rather than paying for the securities under a normal settlement cycle. This embedded leverage increases the Fund’s market value of investments relative to its net assets which can incrementally increase the volatility of the Fund’s performance. Forward roll transactions can be replicated over multiple settlement periods.

Risks of entering into forward roll transactions include the potential inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the agreement; the potential of the Fund to receive inferior securities at redelivery as compared to the securities sold to the counterparty; and counterparty credit risk.

At period end, the counterparty pledged $18,000 of collateral to the Fund for forward roll transactions.

Restricted Securities. At period end, investments in securities included issues that are restricted. A restricted security may have a contractual restriction on its resale and is valued under methods approved by the Board of Trustees as reflecting fair value. Securities that are restricted are marked with an applicable footnote on the Consolidated Statement of Investments. Restricted securities are reported on a schedule following the Consolidated Statement of Investments.

Equity Security Risk. Stocks and other equity securities fluctuate in price. The value of the Fund’s portfolio may be affected by changes in the equity markets generally. Equity markets may experience significant short-term volatility and may fall sharply at times. Different markets may behave differently from each other and U.S. equity markets may move in the opposite direction from one or more foreign stock markets. Adverse events in any part of the equity or fixed-income markets may have unexpected negative effects on other market segments.

The prices of individual equity securities 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 securities. 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.

Credit Risk. The Fund invests in high-yield, non-investment-grade bonds, which may be subject to a greater degree of credit risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer to meet interest or principal payments or both as they become due. The Fund may acquire securities that have missed an interest payment, and is not obligated to dispose of securities whose issuers or underlying obligors subsequently miss an interest and/or principal payment.

Information concerning securities not accruing interest at period end is as follows:

Cost

     $2,543,506  

Market Value

     $488,003  

Market Value as % of Net Assets

     0.03%  

Sovereign Debt Risk. The Fund invests in sovereign debt securities, which are subject to certain special risks. These risks include, but are not limited to, the risk that a governmental entity may delay or refuse, or otherwise be unable, to pay interest or repay the principal on its sovereign debt. There may also be no legal process for collecting sovereign debt that a government does not pay or bankruptcy proceedings through which all or part of such sovereign debt may be collected. In addition, a restructuring or default of sovereign debt may also cause additional impacts to the financial markets, such as downgrades to credit ratings, reduced liquidity and increased volatility, among others.

Shareholder Concentration. At period end, three shareholders each owned 20% or more of the Fund’s total outstanding shares.

Related parties may include, but are not limited to, the investment manager and its affiliates, affiliated broker dealers, fund of funds, and directors or employees. Related parties owned 21% of the Fund’s total outstanding shares at period end.

 

 

5. Market Risk Factors

The Fund’s investments in securities and/or financial derivatives may expose the Fund to various market risk factors:

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

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

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

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.

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

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

 

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5. Market Risk Factors (Continued)

while small increases or decreases in its price typically indicate lower volatility risk.

 

 

6. Use of Derivatives

The Fund’s investment objective not only permits the Fund to purchase investment securities, it also allows the Fund to enter into various types of derivatives contracts, including, but not limited to, futures contracts, forward currency exchange contracts, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, total return swaps, variance swaps and purchased and written options. In doing so, the Fund will employ strategies in differing combinations to permit it to increase, decrease, or change the level or types of exposure to market risk factors. These instruments may allow the Fund to pursue its objectives more quickly and efficiently than if it were to make direct purchases or sales of securities capable of effecting a similar response to market factors. Such contracts may be entered into through a bilateral over-the-counter (“OTC”) transaction, or through a securities or futures exchange and cleared through a clearinghouse.

Derivatives may have little or no initial cash investment relative to their market value exposure and therefore can produce significant gains or losses in excess of their cost due to changes in the market risk factors and the overall market. This use of embedded leverage allows the Fund to increase its market value exposure relative to its net assets and can substantially increase the volatility of the Fund’s performance. In instances where the Fund is using derivatives to decrease, or hedge, exposures to market risk factors for securities held by the Fund, there are also risks that those derivatives may not perform as expected resulting in losses for the combined or hedged positions. Some derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the Fund’s initial investment.

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

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

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

The Fund may enter into forward currency exchange contracts (“forward contracts”) for the purchase or sale of a foreign currency at a negotiated rate at a future date. Such contracts are traded in the OTC inter-bank currency dealer market.

Forward contracts are reported on a schedule following the Consolidated Statement of Investments. The unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reported in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a receivable (or payable) and in the Consolidated Statement of Operations within the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation). At contract close, the difference between the original cost of the contract and the value at the close date is recorded as a realized gain (loss) in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

The Fund may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts in order to decrease exposure to foreign exchange rate risk associated with either specific transactions or portfolio instruments or to increase exposure to foreign exchange rate risk.

During the reporting period, the Fund had daily average contract amounts on forward contracts to buy and sell of $352,585,839 and $341,315,541, respectively.

Additional associated risk to the Fund includes counterparty credit risk. Counterparty credit risk arises from the possibility that the counterparty to a forward contract will default and fail to perform its obligations to the Fund.

Futures Contracts

A futures contract is a commitment to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity, financial instrument or currency at a negotiated price on a stipulated future date. The Fund may buy and sell futures contracts and may also buy or write put or call options on these futures contracts. Futures contracts and options thereon are generally entered into on a regulated futures exchange and cleared through a clearinghouse associated with the exchange.

Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract value in an account registered in the futures commission merchant’s name. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are paid to or from the futures commission merchant each day equal to the daily changes in the contract value. Such payments are recorded as unrealized gains and losses. Should the Fund fail to make requested variation margin payments, the futures commission merchant can gain access to the initial margin to satisfy the Fund’s payment obligations.

Futures contracts are reported on a schedule following the Consolidated Statement of Investments. Securities held by a futures commission merchant to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts are noted in the Consolidated Statement of Investments. Cash held by a futures commission merchant to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts and the receivable and/or payable for the daily mark to market for the variation margin are noted in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The net change in unrealized appreciation and depreciation is reported in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Realized gains (losses) are reported in the Consolidated Statement of Operations at the closing or expiration of futures contracts.

The Fund may purchase and/or sell financial futures contracts and options on futures contracts to gain exposure to, or decrease exposure to interest rate risk, equity risk, foreign exchange rate risk, volatility risk, or commodity risk.

During the reporting period, the Fund had an ending monthly average market value of $241,628,401 and $91,902,278 on futures contracts purchased and sold, respectively.

 

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Additional associated risks of entering into futures contracts (and related options) include the possibility that there may be an illiquid market where the Fund is unable to liquidate the contract or enter into an offsetting position and, if used for hedging purposes, the risk that the price of the contract will correlate imperfectly with the prices of the Fund’s securities.

Option Activity

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

Options can be traded through an exchange or through a privately negotiated arrangement with a dealer in an OTC transaction. Options traded through an exchange are generally cleared through a clearinghouse (such as The Options Clearing Corporation). The difference between the premium received or paid, and market value of the option, is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. The net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation is reported in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. When an option is exercised, the cost of the security purchased or the proceeds of the security sale are adjusted by the amount of premium received or paid. Upon the expiration or closing of the option transaction, a gain or loss is reported in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Foreign Currency Options. The Fund may purchase or write call and put options on currencies to increase or decrease exposure to foreign exchange rate risk. A purchased call, or written put option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying financial instrument appreciates relative to the strike price. A purchased put, or written call option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying financial instrument depreciates relative to the strike price.

Interest Rate Options. The Fund may purchase or write call and put options on treasury and/or euro futures to increase or decrease exposure to interest rate risk. A purchased call or written put option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying financial instrument appreciates relative to the strike price. A purchased put or written call option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying financial instrument depreciates relative to the strike price.

Index/Security Options. The Fund may purchase or write call and put options on individual equity securities and/or equity indexes to increase or decrease exposure to equity risk. A purchased call or written put option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying financial instrument appreciates relative to the strike price. A purchased put or written call option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying financial instrument depreciates relative to the strike price.

During the reporting period, the Fund had an ending monthly average market value of $499,557 and $676,045 on purchased call options and purchased put options, respectively.

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

The risk in writing a call option is the market price of the underlying security increasing above the strike price and the option being exercised. The Fund must then purchase the underlying security at the higher market price and deliver it for the strike price or, if it owns the underlying security, deliver it at the strike price and forego any benefit from the increase in the price of the underlying security above the strike price. The risk in writing a put option is the market price of the underlying security decreasing below the strike price and the option being exercised. The Fund must then purchase the underlying security at the strike price when the market price of the underlying security is below the strike price. Alternatively, the Fund could also close out a written option position, in which case the risk is that the closing transaction will require a premium to be paid by the Fund that is greater than the premium the Fund received. When writing options, the Fund has the additional risk that there may be an illiquid market where the Fund is unable to close the contact. The risk in buying an option is that the Fund pays a premium for the option, and the option may be worth less than the premium paid or expire worthless.

During the reporting period, the Fund had an ending monthly average market value of $746,313 and $501,392 on written call options and written put options, respectively.

Additional associated risks to the Fund include counterparty credit risk and liquidity risk.

Swap Contracts

The Fund may enter into swap contract agreements with a counterparty to exchange a series of cash flows based on either specified reference rates, the price or volatility of asset or non-asset references, or the occurrence of a credit event, over a specified period. Swaps can be executed in a bi-lateral privately negotiated arrangement with a dealer in an OTC transaction (“OTC swaps”) or executed on a regulated market. Certain swaps, regardless of the venue of their execution, are required to be cleared through a clearinghouse (“centrally cleared swaps”). Swap contracts may include interest rate, equity, debt, index, total return, credit default, currency, and volatility swaps.

Swap contracts are reported on a schedule following the Consolidated Statement of Investments. The values of centrally cleared swap and OTC swap contracts are aggregated by positive and negative values and disclosed separately on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The unrealized appreciation (depreciation) related to the change in the valuation of the notional amount of the swap is combined with the accrued interest due to (owed by) the Fund, if any, at termination or settlement. The net change in this amount during the period is included on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The Fund also records any periodic payments received from (paid to) the counterparty, including at termination, under such contracts as realized gain (loss) on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Swap contract agreements are exposed to the market risk factor of the specific underlying reference rate or asset. Swap contracts are typically more attractively priced compared to similar investments in related cash securities because they isolate the risk to one market risk factor and eliminate the

 

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other market risk factors. Investments in cash securities (for instance bonds) have exposure to multiple risk factors (credit and interest rate risk). Because swaps have embedded leverage, they can expose the Fund to substantial risk in the isolated market risk factor.

Credit Default Swap Contracts. A credit default swap is a contract that enables an investor to buy or sell protection against a defined-issuer credit event, such as the issuer’s failure to make timely payments of interest or principal on a debt security, bankruptcy or restructuring. The Fund may enter into credit default swaps either by buying or selling protection on a corporate issuer, sovereign issuer, or a basket or index of issuers (the “reference asset”).

The buyer of protection pays a periodic fee to the seller of protection based on the notional amount of the swap contract. The seller of protection agrees to compensate the buyer of protection for future potential losses as a result of a credit event on the reference asset. The contract effectively transfers the credit event risk of the reference asset from the buyer of protection to the seller of protection.

The ongoing value of the contract will fluctuate throughout the term of the contract based primarily on the credit risk of the reference asset. If the credit quality of the reference asset improves relative to the credit quality at contract initiation, the buyer of protection may have an unrealized loss greater than the anticipated periodic fee owed. This unrealized loss would be the result of current credit protection being cheaper than the cost of credit protection at contract initiation. If the buyer elects to terminate the contract prior to its maturity, and there has been no credit event, this unrealized loss will become realized. If the contract is held to maturity, and there has been no credit event, the realized loss will be equal to the periodic fee paid over the life of the contract.

If there is a credit event, the buyer of protection can exercise its rights under the contract and receive a payment from the seller of protection equal to the notional amount of the swap less the market value of specified debt securities issued by the reference asset. Upon exercise of the contract the difference between such value and the notional amount is recorded as realized gain (loss) and is included on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

The Fund may purchase or sell credit protection through credit default swaps to increase or decrease exposure to the credit risk of individual issuers and/or indexes of issuers that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractive in the bond market.

The Fund has engaged in spread curve trades by simultaneously purchasing and selling protection through credit default swaps referenced to the same reference asset but with different maturities. Spread curve trades attempt to gain exposure to credit risk on a forward basis by realizing gains on the expected differences in spreads.

For the reporting period, the Fund had ending monthly average notional amounts of $40,375,769 and $36,750,369 on credit default swaps to buy protection and credit default swaps to sell protection, respectively.

Additional associated risks to the Fund include counterparty credit risk and liquidity risk.

Interest Rate Swap Contracts. An interest rate swap is an agreement between counterparties to exchange periodic payments based on interest rates. One cash flow stream will typically be a floating rate payment based upon a specified floating interest rate while the other is typically a fixed interest rate.

The Fund may enter into interest rate swaps in which it pays the fixed or floating interest rate in order to increase or decrease exposure to interest rate risk. Typically, if relative interest rates rise, floating payments under a swap agreement will be greater than the fixed payments.

For the reporting period, the Fund had ending monthly average notional amounts of $144,712,111 and $273,921,394 on interest rate swaps which pay a fixed rate and interest rate swaps which receive a fixed rate, respectively.

Additional associated risks to the Fund include counterparty credit risk and liquidity risk.

Total Return Swap Contracts. A total return swap is an agreement between counterparties to exchange periodic payments based on the value of asset or non-asset references. One cash flow is typically based on a non-asset reference (such as an interest rate) and the other on the total return of a reference asset (such as a security or a basket of securities or securities index). The total return of the reference asset typically includes appreciation or depreciation on the reference asset, plus any interest or dividend payments.

Total return swap contracts are exposed to the market risk factor of the specific underlying financial instrument or index. Total return swaps are less standard in structure than other types of swaps and can isolate and/or include multiple types of market risk factors including equity risk, credit risk, and interest rate risk.

The Fund may enter into total return swaps to increase or decrease exposure to the credit risk of various indexes or basket of securities. These credit risk related total return swaps require the Fund to pay to, or receive payments from, the counterparty based on the movement of credit spreads of the related indexes or securities.

For the reporting period, the Fund had ending monthly average notional amounts of $15,528,099 on total return swaps which are long the reference asset.

Additional associated risks to the Fund include counterparty credit risk and liquidity risk.

Swaption Transactions

The Fund may enter into a swaption contract which grants the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a swap transaction at preset terms detailed in the underlying agreement within a specified period of time. The purchaser pays a premium to the swaption writer who bears the risk of unfavorable changes in the preset terms on the underlying swap.

Purchased swaptions are reported as a component of investments in the Consolidated Statement of Investments and the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Written swaptions are reported on a schedule following the Consolidated Statement of Investments and their value is reported as a separate asset or liability line item in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on written swaptions is separately reported in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. When a swaption is exercised, the cost of the swap is adjusted

 

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by the amount of premium paid or received. Upon the expiration or closing of an unexercised swaption contract, a gain or loss is reported in the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the amount of the premium paid or received.

The Fund generally will incur a greater risk when it writes a swaption than when it purchases a swaption. When the Fund writes a swaption it will become obligated, upon exercise of the swaption, according to the terms of the underlying agreement. Swaption contracts written by the Fund do not give rise to counterparty credit risk prior to exercise as they obligate the Fund, not its counterparty, to perform. When the Fund purchases a swaption it only risks losing the amount of the premium it paid if the swaption expires unexercised. However, when the Fund exercises a purchased swaption there is a risk that the counterparty will fail to perform or otherwise default on its obligations under the swaption contract.

The Fund may purchase swaptions which give it the option to enter into an interest rate swap in which it pays a floating or fixed interest rate and receives a fixed or floating interest rate in order to increase or decrease exposure to interest rate risk. Purchasing the fixed portion of this swaption becomes more valuable as the reference interest rate decreases relative to the preset interest rate. Purchasing the floating portion of this swaption becomes more valuable as the reference interest rate increases relative to the preset interest rate.

The Fund may write swaptions which give it the obligation, if exercised by the purchaser, to enter into an interest rate swap in which it pays a fixed or floating interest rate and receives a floating or fixed interest rate in order to increase or decrease exposure to interest rate risk. A written swaption paying a fixed rate becomes more valuable as the reference interest rate increases relative to the preset interest rate. A written swaption paying a floating rate becomes more valuable as the reference interest rate decreases relative to the preset interest rate.

During the reporting period, the Fund had an ending monthly average market value of $1,369,686 and $1,100,582 on purchased and written swaptions, respectively.

Counterparty Credit Risk. Derivative positions are subject to the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. The Fund intends to enter into derivative transactions with counterparties that the Manager believes to be creditworthy at the time of the transaction.

The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives is generally limited to the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral held by the Fund. For OTC options purchased, the Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount of the premiums paid plus the positive change in market values net of any collateral held by the Fund should the counterparty fail to perform under the contracts. Options written by the Fund do not typically give rise to counterparty credit risk, as options written generally obligate the Fund and not the counterparty to perform.

To reduce counterparty risk with respect to OTC transactions, the Fund has entered into master netting arrangements, established within the Fund’s International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) master agreements, which allow the Fund to make (or to have an entitlement to receive) a single net payment in the event of default (close-out

netting) for outstanding payables and receivables with respect to certain OTC positions in swaps, options, swaptions, and forward currency exchange contracts for each individual counterparty. In addition, the Fund may require that certain counterparties post cash and/or securities in collateral accounts to cover their net payment obligations for those derivative contracts subject to ISDA master agreements. If the counterparty fails to perform under these contracts and agreements, the cash and/or securities will be made available to the Fund.

At period end, the Fund has required certain counterparties to post collateral of $536,155.

ISDA master agreements include credit related contingent features which allow counterparties to OTC derivatives to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event that, for example, the Fund’s net assets decline by a stated percentage or the Fund fails to meet the terms of its ISDA master agreements, which would cause the Fund to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on exchange-traded derivatives cleared through a clearinghouse and for centrally cleared swaps is generally considered lower than as compared to OTC derivatives. However, counterparty credit risk exists with respect to initial and variation margin deposited/paid by the Fund that is held in futures commission merchant, broker and/or clearinghouse accounts for such exchange-traded derivatives and for centrally cleared swaps.

With respect to centrally cleared swaps, such transactions will be submitted for clearing, and if cleared, will be held in accounts at futures commission merchants or brokers that are members of clearinghouses. While brokers, futures commission merchants and clearinghouses are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse for all its customers, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro-rata basis across all the broker’s, futures commission merchant’s or clearinghouse’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.

There is the risk that a broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse will decline to clear a transaction on the Fund’s behalf, and the Fund may be required to pay a termination fee to the executing broker with whom the Fund initially enters into the transaction. Clearinghouses may also be permitted to terminate centrally cleared swaps at any time. The Fund is also subject to the risk that the broker or futures commission merchant will improperly use the Fund’s assets deposited/paid as initial or variation margin to satisfy payment obligations of another customer. In the event of a default by another customer of the broker or futures commission merchant, the Fund might not receive its variation margin payments from the clearinghouse, due to the manner in which variation margin payments are aggregated for all customers of the broker/futures commission merchant.

Collateral and margin requirements differ by type of derivative. Margin requirements are established by the broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse for exchange-traded and cleared derivatives, including centrally cleared swaps. Brokers, futures commission merchants and clearinghouses can ask for margin in excess of the regulatory minimum, or increase the margin amount, in certain circumstances.

 

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Collateral terms are contract specific for OTC derivatives. For derivatives traded under an ISDA master agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark to market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by the Fund or the counterparty.

For financial reporting purposes, cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund, if any, is reported separately on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Fund, if any, is noted in the Consolidated Statement of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a party must exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold (e.g. $250,000) before a transfer has to be made. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance.

The following table presents by counterparty the Fund’s OTC derivative assets net of the related collateral pledged by the Fund at period end:

 

            Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Statement of Assets &
Liabilities
        
Counterparty    Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Statement of Assets &
Liabilities*
     Financial Instruments
Available for Offset
    

Financial Instruments

Collateral Received**

             Cash Collateral
Received**
                     Net Amount  

 

 
Bank of America NA      $ 643,612          $ (643,612)          $ –           $ –           $ –       
Barclays Bank plc      1,351,045            (1,351,045)            –             –             –       
BNP Paribas      60,477            (60,477)            –             –             –       
Citibank NA      348,995            (259,550)            –             –             89,445      
Deutsche Bank AG      79,991            (22,342)            –             –             57,649      
Goldman Sachs Bank USA      17,232            (3,823)            –             –             13,409      
Goldman Sachs International      109,378            –             –             –             109,378      
HSBC Bank USA, NA      267,488            (267,488)            –             –             –       
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA      473,574            (473,574)            –             –             –       
Toronto Dominion Bank      154,346            (140,013)            –             –             14,333      
UBS AG      270,130            –             (270,130)            –             –       
  

 

 

 
     $ 3,776,268          $ (3,221,924)          $ (270,130)          $  –           $                 284,214      
  

 

 

 

*OTC derivatives are reported gross on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Exchange traded options and margin related to centrally cleared swaps and futures are excluded from these reported amounts.

**Reported collateral posted for the benefit of the Fund within this table is limited to the net outstanding amount due from an individual counterparty. The collateral posted for the benefit of the Fund may exceed these amounts.

The following table presents by counterparty the Fund’s OTC derivative liabilities net of the related collateral pledged by the Fund at period end:

          Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Statement of Assets &
Liabilities
       
Counterparty   Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Statement of Assets &
Liabilities*
    Financial Instruments
Available for Offset
   

Financial Instruments

Collateral Pledged**

    Cash Collateral Pledged**                     Net Amount  

 

 
Bank of America NA     $ (701,764)         $ 643,612         $ –          $ –          $ (58,152)      
Barclays Bank plc     (1,591,937)           1,351,045           –            240,892           –       
BNP Paribas     (390,444)           60,477           –            329,967           –       
Citibank NA     (259,550)           259,550           –            –            –       
Deutsche Bank AG     (22,342)           22,342           –            –            –       
Goldman Sachs Bank USA     (3,823)           3,823           –            –            –       
HSBC Bank USA, NA     (272,899)           267,488           –            –            (5,411)      
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA     (1,025,283)           473,574           –            390,000           (161,709)      
Standard Chartered Bank     (207,924)           –            –            207,924           –       
Toronto Dominion Bank     (140,013)           140,013           –            –            –       
 

 

 

 
    $ (4,615,979)         $ 3,221,924         $ –          $ 1,168,783         $ (225,272)      
 

 

 

 

*OTC derivatives are reported gross on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Exchange traded options and margin related to centrally cleared swaps and futures are excluded from these reported amounts.

**Reported collateral pledged within this table is limited to the net outstanding amount due from the Fund. The securities pledged as collateral by the Fund as reported on the Consolidated Statements of Investments may exceed these amounts.

The following table presents the valuations of derivative instruments by risk exposure as reported within the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end:

   

Asset Derivatives

   

Liability Derivatives

 

Derivatives

Not Accounted

for as Hedging

Instruments

 

Consolidated

Statement of Assets

and Liabilities Location

  Value    

Consolidated

Statement of Assets

and Liabilities Location

  Value  

 

 

Credit contracts

  Swaps, at value   $   80,191     Swaps, at value   $   53,350  

 

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Asset Derivatives

   

Liability Derivatives

 

Derivatives

Not Accounted

for as Hedging

Instruments

 

Consolidated

Statement of Assets

and Liabilities Location

  Value    

Consolidated

Statement of Assets

and Liabilities Location

  Value    

 

 

Interest rate contracts

  Swaps, at value   $ 420,597       Swaps, at value   $ 404,761    

Credit contracts

  Centrally cleared swaps, at value     213,427       Centrally cleared swaps, at value     311,598    

Interest rate contracts

  Centrally cleared swaps, at value     1,591,420       Centrally cleared swaps, at value     958,034    

Interest rate contracts

  Variation margin receivable     281,132*       
  Unrealized appreciation on     Unrealized depreciation on  

Forward currency

  forward currency exchange     forward currency exchange  

exchange contracts

  contracts     2,402,595       contracts     3,587,515    

Forward currency

exchange contracts

      Options written, at value     542,436    

Interest rate contracts

      Swaptions written, at value     27,917    

Equity contracts

  Investments, at value     507,409**      

Forward currency

exchange contracts

  Investments, at value     334,530**      

Interest rate contracts

  Investments, at value     455,538**      
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $     6,286,839         $     5,885,611    
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

*Includes only the current day’s variation margin. Prior variation margin movements have been reflected in cash on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities upon receipt or payment.

**Amounts relate to purchased option contracts and purchased swaption contracts, if any.

The effect of derivative instruments on the Consolidated Statement of Operations is as follows:

    Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives        

 

 

Derivatives

Not Accounted

for as Hedging

Instruments

 

Investment
transactions

in unaffiliated
companies*

    Swaption
contracts
written
    Option
contracts
written
    Futures
contracts
    Forward
currency
exchange
contracts
   

Swap

contracts

    Total  

 

 
Credit contracts   $ —      $     $     $     $     $ (1,414,654)     $ (1,414,654)  
Equity contracts     (608,745)             441,241                   (39,257)       (206,761)  
Forward currency exchange contracts     (1,343,313)             2,623,403             3,878,041       —        5,158,131  
Interest rate contracts     (3,254,486)       2,568,884       (155,508)       2,890,384             (246,473)       1,802,801  
 

 

 

 

Total

  $     (5,206,544)     $     2,568,884     $     2,909,136     $     2,890,384     $     3,878,041     $     (1,700,384)     $     5,339,517  
 

 

 

 

*Includes purchased option contracts and purchased swaption contracts, if any.

 

    Amount of Change in Unrealized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives        

 

 

Derivatives

Not Accounted

for as Hedging

Instruments

 

Investment
transactions

in unaffiliated
companies*

    Option
contracts
written
    Swaption
contracts
written
    Futures
contracts
    Forward
currency
exchange
contracts
    Swap
contracts
    Total  

 

 
Credit contracts   $     $     $     $     $     $ 120,447     $ 120,447    
Equity contracts     (412,524)                                     (412,524)    

Forward currency

exchange contracts

    (39,370)       (347,704)                   (2,088,758)             (2,475,832)    
Interest rate contracts     (810,250)       —        458,019       1,389,721       —        739,063       1,776,553    
 

 

 

 

Total

  $     (1,262,144)     $     (347,704)     $     458,019     $     1,389,721     $     (2,088,758)     $     859,510     $     (991,356)    
 

 

 

 

 

*Includes purchased option contracts and purchased swaption contracts, if any.

 

 

7. Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest of each class. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

       Year Ended December 31, 2017        Year Ended December 31, 2016  
       Shares      Amount        Shares      Amount  

 

 

Non-Service Shares

               
Sold        4,936,516       $ 24,907,153           2,809,997       $ 13,876,130       
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested        1,828,381         9,178,475           4,307,664         20,719,866       
Redeemed        (11,338,330)        (57,398,685)          (14,033,568)        (69,191,900)       
    

 

 

 

Net decrease

       (4,573,433)      $ (23,313,057)          (6,915,907)      $ (34,595,904)     
    

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

 

7. Shares of Beneficial Interest (Continued)

 

     Year Ended December 31, 2017      Year Ended December 31, 2016  
     Shares     Amount      Shares     Amount  

 

 

Service Shares

         
Sold              12,450,513     $ 64,464,791        9,843,598     $ 49,602,452       
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested      4,979,157       25,692,448                12,375,075       61,256,620       
Redeemed      (28,206,027     (146,664,417)        (44,290,987     (223,215,650)     
  

 

 

 

Net decrease

     (10,776,357   $         (56,507,178)        (22,072,314   $         (112,356,578)     
  

 

 

 

 

 

8. Purchases and Sales of Securities

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term obligations and investments in IGMMF, for the reporting period were as follows:

     Purchases        Sales  

 

 
Investment securities    $ 1,181,187,746        $ 1,096,521,618  
U.S. government and government agency obligations      22,412,221          54,934,450  
To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage-related securities      2,271,944,419          2,153,905,799  

 

 

9. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:

Fee Schedule       

 

 

Up to $200 million

     0.75%  

Next $200 million

     0.72     

Next $200 million

     0.69     

Next $200 million

     0.66     

Next $200 million

     0.60     

Next $4 billion

     0.50     

Over $5 billion

     0.48     

The Manager also provides investment management related services to the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary pays the Manager a monthly management fee at an annual rate according to the above schedule. The Subsidiary also pays certain other expenses including custody and directors’ fees.

The Fund’s effective management fee for the reporting period was 0.61% of average annual net assets before any Subsidiary management fees or any applicable waivers.

Sub-Adviser Fees. The Manager has retained the Sub-Adviser to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund and the Subsidiary. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Manager pays the Sub-Adviser an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the investment management fee collected by the Manager from the Fund and the Subsidiary, which shall be calculated after any investment management fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Adviser is paid by the Manager, not by the Fund.

Transfer Agent Fees. OFI Global (the “Transfer Agent”) serves as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee based on annual net assets. Fees incurred and average net assets for each class with respect to these services are detailed in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Consolidated Financial Highlights, respectively.

Sub-Transfer Agent Fees. The Transfer Agent has retained Shareholder Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFI (the “Sub-Transfer Agent”), to provide the day-to-day transfer agent and shareholder servicing of the Fund. Under the Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement, the Transfer Agent pays the Sub-Transfer Agent an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the transfer agent fee collected by the Transfer Agent from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any applicable fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Transfer Agent is paid by the Transfer Agent, not by the Fund.

Trustees’ Compensation. The Fund’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) has adopted a compensation deferral plan for Independent Trustees that enables Trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Trustees under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustees. The Fund purchases shares of the funds selected for deferral by the Trustees in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of “Other” within the asset section of the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of Trustees’ fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the compensation deferral plan.

Distribution and Service Plan for Service Shares. The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for Service shares to pay OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the “Distributor”), for distribution related services, personal service and account maintenance for the Fund’s Service shares. Under the Plan, payments are made periodically at an annual rate of 0.25% of the daily net assets of

 

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9. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

Service shares of the Fund. The Distributor currently uses all of those fees to compensate sponsors of the insurance product that offers Fund shares, for providing personal service and maintenance of accounts of their variable contract owners that hold Service shares. These fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an on-going basis and increase operating expenses of the Service shares, which results in lower performance compared to the Fund’s shares that are not subject to a service fee. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plan are detailed in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. Prior to May 1, 2017, the Fund was subject to an expense limitation wherein the Fund’s expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, excluding any applicable dividend expense, taxes, interest and fees from borrowing, any subsidiary expenses, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, brokerage commissions, unusual and infrequent expenses and certain other Fund expenses; as percentages of daily net assets, would not exceed the annual rate of 0.75% for Non-Service shares and 1.00% for Service shares. Effective May 1, 2017, this expense limitation has been removed.

During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund as follows:

Non-Service shares

   $ 2,160  

Service shares

     6,665  

The Manager has contractually agreed to waive the management fee it receives from the Fund in an amount equal to the management fee it receives from the Subsidiary. During the reporting period, the Manager waived $33,447. This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investments in Affiliated Funds. During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $1,083,067 for these management fees. This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

 

 

10. Borrowings and Other Financing

Joint Credit Facility. A number of mutual funds managed by the Manager participate in a $1.875 billion revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions in connection with atypical redemption activity. Expenses and fees related to the Facility are paid by the participating funds and are disclosed separately or as other expenses on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The Fund did not utilize the Facility during the reporting period.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statement of assets and liabilities of Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund/VA, a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, (the “Fund”) and subsidiary, including the consolidated statement of investments, as of December 31, 2017, the related consolidated statement of operations for the year then ended, the consolidated statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the related consolidated notes (collectively, the “consolidated financial statements”) and the consolidated financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended. In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund and subsidiary as of December 31, 2017, the results of their consolidated operations for the year then ended, the changes in their consolidated net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the consolidated financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund and subsidiary in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and the transfer agent, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

KPMG LLP

We have not been able to determine the specific year that we began serving as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies, however we are aware that we have served as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies since at least 1969.

Denver, Colorado

February 16, 2018

 

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FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION Unaudited

 

 

In early 2018, if applicable, shareholders of record received information regarding all dividends and distributions paid to them by the Fund during calendar year 2017.

Dividends, if any, paid by the Fund during the reporting period which are not designated as capital gain distributions should be multiplied by the maximum amount allowable but not less than 0.70% to arrive at the amount eligible for the corporate dividend-received deduction.

The foregoing information is presented to assist shareholders in reporting distributions received from the Fund to the Internal Revenue Service. Because of the complexity of the federal regulations which may affect your individual tax return and the many variations in state and local tax regulations, we recommend that you consult your tax advisor for specific guidance.

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”) (“OFI Global” and “OFI” together, the “Managers”) and OFI Global has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI whereby OFI provides investment sub-advisory services to the Fund (collectively, the “Agreements”). Each year, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of the independent Trustees, is required to determine whether to approve the terms of the Agreements and the renewal thereof. The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that the Board request and evaluate, and that the Managers provide, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreements. The Board employs an independent consultant to prepare a report that provides information, including comparative information that the Board requests for that purpose. In addition to in-person meetings focused on this evaluation, the Board receives information throughout the year regarding Fund services, fees, expenses and performance.

The Managers and the independent consultant provided information to the Board on the following factors: (i) the nature, quality and extent of the Managers’ services, (ii) the comparative investment performance of the Fund and the Managers, (iii) the fees and expenses of the Fund, including comparative fee and expense information, (iv) the profitability of the Managers and their affiliates, including an analysis of the cost of providing services, (v) whether economies of scale are realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for Fund investors and (vi) other benefits to the Managers from their relationship with the Fund. The Board was aware that there are alternatives to retaining the Managers.

Outlined below is a summary of the principal information considered by the Board as well as the Board’s conclusions.

Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board considered information about the nature, quality and extent of the services provided to the Fund and information regarding the Managers’ key personnel who provide such services. The Managers’ duties include providing the Fund with the services of the portfolio managers and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team, who provide research, analysis and other advisory services in regard to the Fund’s investments; and securities trading services. OFI Global is responsible for oversight of third-party service providers; monitoring compliance with applicable Fund policies and procedures and adherence to the Fund’s investment restrictions; risk management; and oversight of the Sub-Adviser. OFI Global is also responsible for providing certain administrative services to the Fund. Those services include providing and supervising all administrative and clerical personnel who are necessary in order to provide effective corporate administration for the Fund; compiling and maintaining records with respect to the Fund’s operations; preparing and filing reports required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; preparing periodic reports regarding the operations of the Fund for its shareholders; preparing proxy materials for shareholder meetings; and preparing the registration statements required by federal and state securities laws for the sale of the Fund’s shares. OFI Global also provides the Fund with office space, facilities and equipment.

The Board also considered the quality of the services provided and the quality of the Managers’ resources that are available to the Fund. The Board took account of the fact that the Sub-Adviser has over fifty years of experience as an investment adviser and that its assets under management rank it among the top mutual fund managers in the United States. The Board evaluated the Managers’ advisory, administrative, accounting, legal, compliance and risk management services, among other services, and information the Board has received regarding the experience and professional qualifications of the Managers’ key personnel and the size and functions of their staff. In its evaluation of the quality of the portfolio management services provided, the Board considered the experience of Michael Mata, Krishna Memani, Ruta Ziverte and Chris Kelly, the portfolio managers for the Fund, and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team and analysts. The Board members also considered the totality of their experiences with the Managers as directors or trustees of the Fund and other funds advised by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the quality of services provided by affiliates of the Managers, which the Board members have become knowledgeable about through their experiences with the Managers and in connection with the review or renewal of the Fund’s service agreements or service providers. The Board concluded, in light of the Managers’ experience, reputation, personnel, operations and resources that the Fund benefits from the services provided under the Agreements.

Investment Performance of the Managers and the Fund. Throughout the year, the Managers provided information on the investment performance of the Fund, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, including comparative performance information. The Board also reviewed information, prepared by the Managers and by the independent consultant, comparing the Fund’s historical performance to relevant market indices and to the performance of other multisector bond category funds underlying variable insurance products. The Board considered that the Fund underperformed its category median during the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods. The Board considered several factors that contributed to the Fund’s underperformance, noting that, as a result of conversations with the Board and in an effort to address performance, two portfolio managers were recently added to the Fund’s investment team in January 2017. The Board further considered that the Adviser recently has made changes to the Fund’s outcome objectives and, corresponding to that, also changed the Fund’s benchmark. The Board also noted that the Fund’s performance improved in 2017 and that the Fund outperformed its benchmark index in the year-to-date period ended June 30, 2017. The Board concluded it was appropriate to permit the Fund’s performance to reflect these changes and additional investments on the part of the Adviser.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The Board reviewed the fees paid to the Adviser and the other expenses borne by the Fund. The Board noted that the Adviser, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser’s fee under the sub-advisory agreement. The independent consultant provided comparative data in regard to the fees and expenses of the Fund and other underlying variable insurance products. In reviewing the fees and expenses charged to the VA funds, the Board considered the Adviser’s assertion that, because there is much greater disparity in the fees and services that may be provided by a manager to a VA fund as opposed to a retail fund, when comparing the expenses of the various VA funds to those of retail funds, it is most appropriate to focus on total expenses (rather than on the management fees). Accordingly, while the Board reviewed and considered all expenses, it focused on total expenses. The Board considered that the Fund’s total expenses, net of waivers, were higher than its category median and its peer group median. The Board also considered that the Fund’s contractual management fee was lower than its peer group median and category median. The Board noted that Adviser has voluntarily agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the management fees incurred indirectly through the Fund’s investment in funds managed by the Adviser or its affiliates, which may not be amended or withdrawn until April 28, 2018, unless approved by the Board.

Economies of Scale and Profits Realized by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the Managers’ costs in serving as

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

the Fund’s investment adviser and sub-adviser, including the costs associated with the personnel and

systems necessary to manage the Fund, and information regarding the Managers’ profitability from their relationship with the Fund. The Board also considered that the Managers must be able to pay and retain experienced professional personnel at competitive rates to provide quality services to the Fund. The Board reviewed whether the

Managers may realize economies of scale in managing and supporting the Fund. The Board noted that the Fund currently has management fee breakpoints, which are intended to share with Fund shareholders economies of scale that may exist as the Fund’s assets grow.

Other Benefits to the Managers. In addition to considering the profits realized by the Managers, the Board considered information that was provided regarding the direct and indirect benefits the Managers receive as a result of their relationship with the Fund, including compensation paid to the Managers’ affiliates.

Conclusions. These factors were also considered by the independent Trustees meeting separately from the full Board, assisted by experienced counsel to the Fund and to the independent Trustees. Fund counsel and the independent Trustees’ counsel are independent of the Managers within the meaning and intent of the Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

Based on its review of the information it received and its evaluations described above, the Board, including a majority of the independent Trustees, decided to continue the Agreements through August 31, 2018. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any factor or factors as being more important than others, but considered all of the above information, and considered the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the management fees, in light of all the surrounding circumstances.

 

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PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES; UPDATES TO STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has adopted Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines under which the Fund votes proxies relating to securities (“portfolio proxies”) held by the Fund. A description of the Fund’s Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), (ii) on the Fund’s website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, 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 voting record is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), and (ii) in the Form N-PX filing on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first quarter and the third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q filings are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Those forms may 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 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited

 

 

Name, Position(s) Held with the Fund, Length of Service, Year of Birth    Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held; Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Currently Overseen
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES    The address of each 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.

Robert J. Malone,

Chairman of the Board of Trustees (since 2016), Trustee (since 2002)
Year of Birth: 1944

   Chairman - Colorado Market of MidFirst Bank (since January 2015); Chairman of the Board (2012-2016) and Director (August 2005-January 2016) of Jones International University (educational organization); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (2000-2016); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Steele Street Bank Trust (commercial banking) (August 2003-January 2015); Director of Opera Colorado Foundation (non-profit organization) (2008-2012); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (1986-2010); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2006-2010); 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 U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and gas exploration) (1997-February 2004); Chairman of the Board (1991-1994) and Trustee (1985-1994) of Regis University; and Chairman of the Board (1990-1991) and Member (1984-1999) of Young Presidents Organization. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Andrew J. Donohue,

Trustee (since 2017)
Year of Birth: 1950

   Of Counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP (since September 2017); Chief of Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (June 2015-February 2017); Managing Director and Investment Company General Counsel of Goldman Sachs (investment bank) (November 2012-May 2015); Partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP (law firm) (March 2011-October 2012); Director of the Division of Investment Management of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (May 2006-November 2010); Global General Counsel of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (investment firm) (May 2003-May 2006); General Counsel (October 1991-November 2001) and Executive Vice President (January 1993-November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (investment firm) (June 1991-November 2001). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Donohue has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2017, 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.

Jon S. Fossel,

Trustee (since 1990)
Year of Birth: 1942

   Chairman of the Board of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (2005-2015); Director of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (since March 2005); Chairman of the Board (2006-December 2011) and Director (June 2002-December 2011) of UNUMProvident (insurance company); Director of Northwestern Energy Corp. (public utility corporation) (November 2004-December 2009); 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 Sub-Adviser; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the following: Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (“OAC”) (parent holding company of the Sub-Adviser), Shareholders Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (until October 1995). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Richard F. Grabish,

Trustee (since 2012)
Year of Birth: 1948

   Formerly Senior Vice President and Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing (March 1997-December 2007), Director (March 1987-December 2007) and Manager of Private Client Services (June 1985-June 2005) of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. (broker/dealer and investment firm); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (March 2001-December 2007); President and Vice Chairman of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (April 1987-March 2001); President of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (June 2005-December 2007). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Grabish has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2001, 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.

Beverly L. Hamilton,

Trustee (since 2002)
Year of Birth: 1946

   Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (2000-2014); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (December 2005-June 2011); Director (1991-2016), Vice Chairman of the Board (2006- 2009) and Chairman of the Board (2010-2013) 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; 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Victoria J. Herget,

Trustee (since 2012)
Year of Birth: 1951

   Board Chair (2008-2015) and Director (2004-Present), United Educators (insurance company); Trustee (since 2000) and Chair (since 2010), Newberry Library (independent research library); Trustee, Mather LifeWays (senior living organization) (since 2001); Independent Director of the First American Funds (mutual fund family) (2003-2011); former Managing Director (1993-2001), Principal (1985-1993), Vice President (1978-1985) and Assistant Vice President (1973-1978) of Zurich Scudder Investments (investment adviser) (and its predecessor firms); Trustee (1992-2007), Chair of the Board of Trustees (1999-2007), Investment Committee Chair (1994-1999) and Investment Committee member (2007-2010) of Wellesley College; Trustee, BoardSource (non-profit organization) (2006-2009) and Chicago City Day School (K-8 School) (1994-2005). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Herget has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

F. William Marshall, Jr.,

Trustee (since 2000)
Year of Birth: 1942

   Trustee Emeritus of Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI) (private university) (since 2009); Trustee of MassMutual Select Funds (formerly MassMutual Institutional Funds) (investment company) (1996-2015), MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (1996-2015) and Mass Mutual Premier Funds (investment company) (January 2012-December 2015); President and Treasurer of the SIS Charitable Fund (private charitable fund) (January 1999-March 2011); 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Karen L. Stuckey,

Trustee (since 2012)
Year of Birth: 1953

   Member (since May 2015) of Desert Mountain Community Foundation Advisory Board (non-profit organization); Partner (1990-2012) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (professional services firm) (held various positions 1975-1990); Trustee (1992- 2006); member of Executive, Nominating and Audit Committees and Chair of Finance Committee (1992-2006), and Emeritus Trustee (since 2006) of Lehigh University; and member, Women’s Investment Management Forum (professional organization) since inception. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Stuckey has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.

James D. Vaughn,

Trustee (since 2012)
Year of Birth: 1945

   Retired; former managing partner (1994-2001) of Denver office of Deloitte & Touche LLP, (held various positions 1969- 1993); Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Schroder Funds (2003-2012); Board member and Chairman of Audit Committee of AMG National Trust Bank (since 2005); Trustee and Investment Committee member, University of South Dakota Foundation (since 1996); Board member, Audit Committee Member and past Board Chair, Junior Achievement (since 1993); former Board member, Mile High United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Economic Club of Colorado and Metro Denver Network. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Vaughn has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.
INTERESTED TRUSTEE AND OFFICER    Mr. Steinmetz is an “Interested Trustee” because he is affiliated with the Manager and the Sub-Adviser by virtue of his positions as Chairman and director of the Sub-Adviser and officer and director of the Manager. Both as a Trustee and as an officer, Mr. Steinmetz serves for an indefinite term, or until his resignation, retirement, death or removal. Mr. Steinmetz’s address is 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008.

Arthur P. Steinmetz,

Trustee (since 2015), President and
Principal Executive Officer (since 2014)
Year of Birth: 1958

   Chairman of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2015); CEO and Chairman of the Manager (since July 2014), President of the Manager (since May 2013), a Director of the Manager (since January 2013), Director of the Sub-Adviser (since July 2014), President, Management Director and CEO of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (the Sub-Adviser’s parent holding company) (since July 2014), and President and Director of OFI SteelPath, Inc. (since January 2013). Chief Investment Officer of the OppenheimerFunds advisory entities from (January 2013-December 2013); Executive Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-May 2013); Chief Investment Officer of the Sub-Adviser (October 2010-December 2012); Chief Investment Officer, Fixed-Income, of the Sub-Adviser (April 2009-October 2010); Executive Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 2009-December 2012); Director of Fixed Income of the Sub-Adviser (January 2009-April 2009); and a Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (March 1993-September 2009). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
OTHER OFFICERS OF THE FUND    The addresses of the Officers in the chart below are as follows: for Messrs. Mata, Memani, Kelly, Mss. Ziverte, Lo Bessette, Foxson and Picciotto, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008, for Mr. Petersen 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.

Michael Mata1 ,

Vice President (since 2014)
Year of Birth: 1963

   Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser and the Head of Multi-Sector Fixed Income (since July 2014). Portfolio manager with ING Investment Management and Head of Multi-Sector Fixed-Income (August 2004-December 2013), managing the Global Bond and Core Plus strategies and the macro and quantitative research teams, along with the emerging markets sovereign team. Senior Vice President and Senior Risk Manager at Putnam Investments (March 2000-August 2004) and a Vice President and Risk Manager for Fixed Income Trading at Lehman Brothers (September 1994-March 2000). A portfolio manager and an officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Krishna Memani,

Vice President (since 2009)
Year of Birth: 1960

   President of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2013); Executive Vice President of the Manager (since January 2014) and Chief Investment Officer of the OppenheimerFunds advisory entities (since January 2014). Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income of the Sub-Adviser (January 2013-December 2013); Head of the Investment Grade Fixed Income Team of the Sub-Adviser (March 2009-January 2014); Director of Fixed Income of the Sub-Adviser (October 2010-December 2012); Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (March 2009-December 2012) and Senior Vice President of OFI Global Institutional, Inc. (April 2009-December 2012). Managing Director and Head of the U.S. and European Credit Analyst Team at Deutsche Bank Securities (June 2006-January 2009). Chief Credit Strategist at Credit Suisse Securities (August 2002-March 2006). Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Putnam Investments (September 1998-June 2002). A portfolio manager and an officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Chris Kelly,

Vice President (since 2017)
Year of Birth: 1967

   Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2016); Portfolio Manager of the Sub-Adviser (since March 2015); Co-Head of the Global Debt Team (since March 2015); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (March 2015-January 2016). Deputy Head of Emerging Markets Fixed Income at BlackRock, Inc. (June 2012 - January 2015); Portfolio Manager and Deputy Chief Investment Officer of Emerging Markets at Fisher Francis Trees and Watts, a BNP Paribas Investment Partner (February 2008 - April 2012). A portfolio manager and an officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

1. Effective January 24, 2018, Michael Mata is no longer an officer of the Fund.

 

 

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Ruta Ziverte,

Vice President (since 2017)
Year of Birth: 1973

   Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager of the Sub-Adviser (July 2015). Prior to joining the Sub-Adviser, she was Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager at GE Asset Management (June 2009 to June 2015). A portfolio manager and an officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Cynthia Lo Bessette,

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (since 2016)
Year of Birth: 1969

   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Manager (since February 2016); Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the Manager (March 2015-February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of the Sub-Adviser and the Distributor (since February 2016); Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (since February 2016); General Counsel of OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Advisors, LLC and Index Management Solutions, LLC (since February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of OFI Global Institutional, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, OFI Global Trust Company, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc. and Trinity Investment Management Corporation (since February 2016); Corporate Counsel (February 2012-March 2015) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (April 2013-March 2015) of Jennison Associates LLC; Assistant General Counsel (April 2008-September 2009) and Deputy General Counsel (October 2009-February 2012) of Lord Abbett & Co. LLC. An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Jennifer Foxson,

Vice President and Chief Business Officer

(since 2014)
Year of Birth: 1969

   Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since June 2014); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (April 2006-June 2014); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (January 1998-March 2006); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 1991-December 1998). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Mary Ann Picciotto,

Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer (since 2014)
Year of Birth: 1973

   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager (since March 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of the Sub - Adviser, OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Global Trust Company, OFI Global Institutional, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments, Inc., Harborview Asset Management Corporation, Trinity Investment Management Corporation, and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2014); Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and certain of its various affiliated entities; Chief Compliance Officer of various Morgan Stanley Funds (May 2010-January 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (April 2007-January 2014). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Brian S. Petersen,

Treasurer and Principal Financial & Accounting Officer (since 2016)
Year of Birth: 1970

   Senior Vice President of the Manager (since January 2017); Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-January 2017); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (February 2007-December 2012); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (August 2002- 2007). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and Officers and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1.800.988.8287.

 

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OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL STRATEGIC INCOME FUND/VA

 

A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

Manager      OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser      OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Distributor      OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.
Transfer and Shareholder Servicing Agent      OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Transfer Agent      Shareholder Services, Inc.
     DBA OppenheimerFunds Services
Independent Registered
Public
Accounting
Firm
     KPMG LLP
Legal Counsel      Ropes & Gray LLP
     Before investing in any of the Oppenheimer funds, investors should carefully consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses contain this and other information about the funds, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor, visiting oppenheimerfunds.com or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.
     © 2018 OppenheimerFunds, Inc. All rights reserved. Oppenheimer funds are distributed by OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

 

 

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              December 31, 2017

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            ANNUAL REPORT

                Listing of Top Holdings

                Fund Performance Discussion

                Financial Statements


PORTFOLIO MANAGERS: Mark Hamilton, Ben Rockmuller, CFA, Dokyoung Lee, CFA and Alessio de Longis, CFA

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS FOR THE PERIODS ENDED 12/31/17

 

      Inception             Since
      Date          1-Year     Inception   

Non-Service Shares

     11/14/13        0.56   1.43% 

Service Shares

     11/14/13        0.19     1.19     
ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index               0.86     0.31     

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account. Returns for periods of less than one year are cumulative and not annualized. See Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses for more information on share classes and sales charges.

TOP HOLDINGS AND ALLOCATIONS

TOP TEN COMMON STOCK HOLDINGS

 

Alphabet, Inc., Cl. A

   0.8%     

Chubb Ltd.

   0.8     

M&T Bank Corp.

   0.7     

Apple, Inc.

   0.6     

Altria Group, Inc.

   0.6     

Lockheed Martin Corp.

   0.6     

Cisco Systems, Inc.

   0.6     

Enterprise Products Partners LP

   0.6     

Allstate Corp. (The)

   0.5     

Energy Transfer Partners LP

   0.5     

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on net assets. For more current Fund holdings, please visit oppenheimerfunds.com.

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

 

Common Stocks     43.7    
Short-Term Notes     22.6      
Event-Linked Bonds    

Multiple Event

    5.0    

Earthquake

    3.5    

Windstorm

    2.2    

Other

    0.7    

Pandemic

    0.1    

Longevity

    0.1    
Non-Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes     8.1      
Investment Companies    

Highland/iBoxx Senior Loan Exchange Traded Fund

    0.5    

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund

    4.2    

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust plc

         

SPDR Gold Trust Exchange Traded Fund

    1.0    
Corporate Loans     3.0      
Asset-Backed Securities     2.6      
Foreign Government Obligations     1.8      
Mortgage-Backed Obligations            

Non-Agency

    0.5    
Preferred Stocks     0.3      
Exchange-Traded Options Purchased     0.1      
Rights, Warrants and Certificates             
Over-the-Counter Options Purchased             
Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes             
Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaptions Purchased             

*Represents a value of less than 0.05%.

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on the total market value of investments.

 

 

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Fund Performance Discussion

The Fund’s Non-Service shares returned 0.56% during the reporting period. On a relative basis, the Fund underperformed the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index (the “Index”), which returned 0.86% during the same period.

FUND REVIEW

The primary detractors from the Fund’s performance versus the Index included its exposure to income alternatives, particularly master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) and event-linked bonds. Top performing areas included the Fund’s exposure to Alpha alternatives, Global Real Estate through real estate investment trusts (REITs), and its risk management overlays.

In income alternatives, event-linked bonds were impacted negatively as global insurance and reinsurance markets endured an extremely challenging environment amid an unprecedented number of large and impactful natural disaster events that occurred in late August through September. Losses from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, along with a major earthquake in Mexico have contributed to what is expected to be at least the third highest level for insured losses in the market’s history. Our MLP strategy seeks to invest in U.S. midstream MLPs that the investment team believes have attractive risk and reward characteristics. During the reporting period, midstream sector equities continued to be challenged by anemic capital flows and pervasively negative sentiment among market participants toward all things energy. Hurricane Harvey also hit Houston, Texas in August 2017. The hurricane produced an extraordinary amount of flooding, but little wind or storm surge related damage to midstream infrastructure, and thus only transitory disruptions with insignificant sustainable impact upon midstream operators. Offsetting the underperformance in these areas to a degree was the Fund’s exposure to leveraged loans, which performed positively during the reporting period. Credit assets were strong performers on a risk-adjusted basis this year.

Our exposure to Alpha alternatives produced positive results, driven by the Global Multi Strategies and Fundamental Alternatives strategies. Within Global Multi Strategies, which is our systematic alpha strategy, we had positive contribution from the Global Macro, Equity Market Neutral, Fixed Income Alternatives, and Volatility components. This positive performance was partially offset by the Event Driven strategy. Within the Fundamental Alternatives, which is our fundamental alpha strategy, we had positive performance from the Equity and Credit strategies. This positive performance was partially offset by the Global Macro strategy.

Our Currency Alpha Strategy detracted from performance. The strategy can be long and/or short currencies against the U.S. dollar and seeks opportunities regardless of dollar bull or bear market cycles. One of our key market views at the turn of the year was that the U.S. dollar, though already significantly overvalued, would continue to appreciate in light of a shifting U.S. policy landscape. A united Republican Congress and presidency had increased the odds of fiscal stimulus which, coupled with monetary tightening already underway, created the potential for meaningful fiscal and monetary policy divergence between the United States and other major developed countries. In our view, such a policy mix was likely to boost the greenback against other major currencies. In 2017, however, the U.S. dollar has fallen on a trade-weighted basis. This has been a headwind to our currency positioning and has been a detractor during the period. With a few setbacks to the current administration’s agenda and tax reform still an open question, we have reduced our U.S. dollar long position to neutral and continue to express relative relative-value views in high-yielding emerging market currencies such as the Colombian Peso, Chilean Peso, Indonesian Rupiah, and Indian rupee versus their developed-market peers. We have also added long exposure to Japanese yen as a means of balancing risk in this strategy.

The Fund’s exposure to Global Real Estate through real estate investment trusts (REITs) contributed positively to performance for this reporting period. After healthy year-to-date returns through the third quarter of 2016, global-listed securities declined sharply starting in the fourth quarter of 2016, as real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) were negatively impacted by rising interest rates around the world, and we decreased our exposure at that time. However, in early 2017, we increased our position again after interest rate volatility subsided and we witnessed positive momentum in the alternative. This worked in our benefit as Global Real Estate subsequently had positive performance.

The Fund’s risk management overlays were also a positive contributor to performance. Given appropriate market conditions, the Fund periodically utilizes risk management overlays in an attempt to control and manage volatility, hedge unwanted risks, and maximize risk-adjusted returns. With an underweight to real asset alternatives, the Fund was positioned somewhat conservatively versus its peers in terms of fund volatility and sensitivity to equities. To offset this risk, we increased equity market exposure and upside market potential through derivatives. This proved to be a constructive strategy during the period, as these upside hedges were a capital and cost effective way to participate in the equity market upswing. In particular, our emerging market equity exposure was a positive contributor as this market moved higher during the period.

 

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STRATEGY & OUTLOOK

The Fund comprises a flexible blend of alternative strategies and assets and is designed to be a turnkey alternative solution that improves the risk/reward tradeoff of a traditional balanced portfolio. We classify alternatives into three categories: Alpha alternatives, such as Global Multi Strategies, Fundamental Alternatives Strategies, and the Currency Alpha Strategy, rely less on the direction of major markets and economic factors to generate returns. Income alternatives (e.g., MLPs, loans, and event-linked bonds) provide exposure to relatively stable income producing assets with less interest rate sensitivity than traditional fixed income allocations. Real asset alternatives, like Global Real Estate and Commodities, could help guard against inflation over the long-term. We combine these strategies and assets to provide a core, alternative exposure that can potentially offset some of the risk from equity drawdowns, rising interest rates and inflationary shocks.

As we look ahead, we see an accelerating growth picture abroad as a potential tailwind to risky assets in the near term. In terms of our asset allocation overlays, we have a relative value preference for European and Emerging equities versus the US equity market, where we see the greatest opportunity in growth and cheaper valuations. We do see some headwinds in credit markets with non-financial corporate leverage nearing previous cyclical peaks and tight spread levels. Given the advanced stage of the credit cycle; we have carry or yield like return expectations for credit. As always, we continue to closely monitor the developments in financial conditions as well as the political and policy landscape to assess risks to the macro outlook and financial markets. While the macro backdrop is positive, valuation in some asset classes are stretched and we believe that diversifying risk, controlling volatility and managing the downside will be a winning strategy going forward. Because the Fund comprises a number of different alternative assets and strategies, with diversifying properties as well as the potential to generate attractive total returns, we believe it can play a particularly valuable role in investors’ portfolios.

Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The Fund’s prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information about the Fund, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.

Total returns include changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions in a hypothetical investment for the periods shown, but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund.

The Fund’s investment strategy and focus can change over time. The mention of specific fund holdings does not constitute a recommendation by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. or its affiliates.

Shares of Oppenheimer funds are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not guaranteed by any bank, are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency, and involve investment risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested.

Comparing the Fund’s Performance to the Market. The graphs that follow show the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in each share class of the Fund held until December 31, 2017. Performance is measured over a ten-fiscal-year period for both Classes. Performance information does not reflect charges that apply to separate accounts investing in the Fund. If these charges were taken into account, performance would be lower. The graphs assume that all dividends and capital gains distributions were reinvested in additional shares.

The Fund’s performance is compared to the performance of the ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index. The ICE Bank of America (BofA) Merrill Lynch 3-month U.S. Treasury Bill Index is an index of short-term U.S. Government securities with a remaining term to final maturity of less than three months. The Index is unmanaged and cannot be purchased directly by investors. While index comparisons may be useful to provide a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, it must be noted that the Fund’s investments are not limited to the investments comprising the Index. Index performance includes reinvestment of income, but does not reflect transaction costs, fees, expenses or taxes. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only as a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, and does not predict or depict performance of the Fund. The Fund’s performance reflects the effects of the Fund’s business and operating expenses.

 

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COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Returns of Non-Service Shares of the Fund at 12/31/17

1-Year     0.56%                                         Since Inception (11/14/13)  1.43%

 

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Returns of Service Shares of the Fund at 12/31/17

1-Year     0.19%                             Since Inception (11/14/13)  1.19%

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account.

 

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Fund Expenses

Fund Expenses. As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service fees; and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire 6-month period ended December 31, 2017.

Actual Expenses. The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section for the class of shares you hold, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expense that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600.00 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.60), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During 6 Months Ended December 31, 2017” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes.

The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio for each class of shares, and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year for each class before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example for the class of shares you hold with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any charges associated with the separate accounts that offer this Fund. Therefore, the “hypothetical” lines of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these separate account charges were included your costs would have been higher.

 

     Beginning           Ending           Expenses       
     Account           Account                         Paid During       
     Value           Value           6 Months Ended       
Actual    July 1, 2017                December 31, 2017    December 31, 2017
Non-Service shares      $         1,000.00             $ 999.00             $ 6.72       
Service shares      1,000.00             996.90             7.98       
Hypothetical                  
(5% return before expenses)                                          
Non-Service shares      1,000.00             1,018.50             6.79       
Service shares      1,000.00             1,017.24             8.07       

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for that class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). Those annualized expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated funds, based on the 6-month period ended December 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

Class    Expense Ratios      

Non-Service shares

   1.33%       

Service shares

   1.58          

The expense ratios reflect voluntary and/or contractual waivers and/or reimbursements of expenses by the Fund’s Manager. Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time, as indicated in the Fund’s prospectus. The “Financial Highlights” tables in the Fund’s financial statements, included in this report, also show the gross expense ratios, without such waivers or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, if applicable.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS December 31, 2017

 

     Shares     Value  
Common Stocks—42.9%                
Consumer Discretionary—2.5%          
Auto Components—0.1%          
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.1     1,044     $             17,779  
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.     435       15,377  
Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc.1     147       18,008  
Dana, Inc.     1,265       40,493  
Dorman Products, Inc.1     324       19,809  
Fox Factory Holding Corp.1     387       15,035  
Gentherm, Inc.1     323       10,255  
GKN plc     12,934       55,537  
Horizon Global Corp.1     272       3,814  
LCI Industries     223       28,990  
Modine Manufacturing Co.1     564       11,393  
Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.1     200       4,998  
Shiloh Industries, Inc.1     307       2,517  
Standard Motor Products, Inc.     206       9,252  
Stoneridge, Inc.1     342       7,818  
Superior Industries International, Inc.     220       3,267  
Tenneco, Inc.     482       28,216  
Tower International, Inc.     236       7,210  
Valeo SA     1,454       108,355  
VOXX International Corp., Cl. A1     227       1,271  
             

 

409,394

 

 

 

Automobiles—0.0%          
Ford Motor Co.     4,317       53,919  
General Motors Co.     1,196       49,024  
Winnebago Industries, Inc.     268       14,901  
             

 

117,844

 

 

 

Distributors—0.0%          
Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.     449       14,179  
Weyco Group, Inc.     93       2,764  
             

 

16,943

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services—0.1%          
Adtalem Global Education, Inc.1     516       21,698  
American Public Education, Inc.1     115       2,881  
Ascent Capital Group, Inc., Cl. A1     109       1,252  
Bridgepoint Education, Inc., Cl. A1     293       2,432  
Cambium Learning Group, Inc.1     588       3,340  
Capella Education Co.     136       10,526  
Career Education Corp.1     526       6,354  
Carriage Services, Inc., Cl. A     154       3,959  
Chegg, Inc.1     1,044       17,038  
Collectors Universe, Inc.     72       2,062  
Grand Canyon Education, Inc.1     553       49,510  
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.1     1,185       11,021  
K12, Inc.1     494       7,855  
Laureate Education, Inc., Cl. A1     1,739       23,581  
Liberty Tax, Inc.     172       1,892  
Regis Corp.1     413       6,344  
Rentokil Initial plc     14,386       61,548  
Sotheby’s1     500       25,800  
Strayer Education, Inc.     100       8,958  
Weight Watchers International, Inc.1     623       27,586  
             

 

295,637

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—0.9%          
Accor SA     3,776       194,637  
Belmond Ltd., Cl. A1     1,027       12,581  
Biglari Holdings, Inc.1     20       8,288  
BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.     174       6,334  
Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.     28,026       598,075  
Bojangles’, Inc.1     319       3,764  
Boyd Gaming Corp.     977       34,244  
Brinker International, Inc.     374       14,526  
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.1     4,296       671,680  
Caesars Entertainment Corp.1     8,395       106,197  
     Shares     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)          
Carnival plc     745     $             48,984  
Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.1     285       3,463  
Century Casinos, Inc.1     272       2,483  
Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (The)     398       19,176  
Churchill Downs, Inc.     129       30,018  
Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.1     145       4,067  
Compass Group plc     2,171       46,943  
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.1     354       19,530  
Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, Inc.1     191       2,913  
Del Taco Restaurants, Inc.1     378       4,581  
Denny’s Corp.1     600       7,944  
DineEquity, Inc.     177       8,979  
Drive Shack, Inc.1     374       2,068  
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.1     399       3,950  
Eldorado Resorts, Inc.1     611       20,255  
Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.1     223       4,237  
Fogo de Chao, Inc.1     254       2,946  
Golden Entertainment, Inc.1     164       5,355  
Habit Restaurants, Inc. (The), Cl. A1     253       2,416  
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.     4,163       332,457  
ILG, Inc.     1,598       45,511  
InterContinental Hotels Group plc     849       54,002  
International Speedway Corp., Cl. A     503       20,045  
J Alexander’s Holdings, Inc.1     185       1,795  
Jack in the Box, Inc.     359       35,221  
La Quinta Holdings, Inc.1     1,418       26,176  
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc.1     447       4,376  
Marcus Corp. (The)     247       6,755  
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.     246       33,262  
McDonald’s Corp.     657       113,083  
Merlin Entertainments plc2     8,828       43,155  
Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.1     159       7,126  
Nathan’s Famous, Inc.     34       2,567  
Paddy Power Betfair plc     606       72,180  
Papa John’s International, Inc.     389       21,827  
Penn National Gaming, Inc.1     780       24,437  
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.1     455       14,892  
Planet Fitness, Inc., Cl. A1     668       23,133  
Potbelly Corp.1     15,109       185,841  
RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.     77       2,154  
Red Lion Hotels Corp.1     217       2,137  
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.1     160       9,024  
Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Cl. A     519       17,511  
Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.     280       6,062  
Scientific Games Corp., Cl. A1     767       39,347  
Shake Shack, Inc., Cl. A1     229       9,893  
Sodexo SA     1,446       194,149  
Sonic Corp.     4,514       124,045  
Speedway Motorsports, Inc.     517       9,756  
Starbucks Corp.     1,011       58,062  
Texas Roadhouse, Inc., Cl. A     659       34,716  
TUI AG     2,606       53,958  
Whitbread plc     967       52,224  
Wingstop, Inc.     238       9,277  
Zoe’s Kitchen, Inc.1     142       2,374  
             

 

3,583,164

 

 

 

Household Durables—0.1%          
AV Homes, Inc.1     193       3,213  
Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc.     103       3,873  
Beazer Homes USA, Inc.1     315       6,051  
Berkeley Group Holdings plc     1,274       72,142  
Cavco Industries, Inc.1     88       13,429  
Century Communities, Inc.1     235       7,309  
CSS Industries, Inc.     95       2,644  
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.     263       7,522  
Flexsteel Industries, Inc.     93       4,351  
Green Brick Partners, Inc.1     431       4,870  
 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Shares     Value  
Household Durables (Continued)          
Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co., Cl. A     176     $             4,521  
Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co., Cl. B     61       1,567  
Helen of Troy Ltd.1     268       25,822  
Hooker Furniture Corp.     134       5,688  
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Cl. A1     1,186       3,973  
Installed Building Products, Inc.1     273       20,734  
iRobot Corp.1     258       19,789  
KB Home     716       22,876  
La-Z-Boy, Inc.     369       11,513  
LGI Homes, Inc.1     177       13,280  
Libbey, Inc.     210       1,579  
Lifetime Brands, Inc.     186       3,069  
M/I Homes, Inc.1     240       8,256  
MDC Holdings, Inc.     548       17,470  
Meritage Homes Corp.1     338       17,306  
New Home Co., Inc. (The)1     257       3,220  
PICO Holdings, Inc.     316       4,045  
Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Cl. A1     882       21,583  
Taylor Wimpey plc     19,157       53,366  
TopBuild Corp.1     327       24,767  
TRI Pointe Group, Inc.1     1,390       24,909  
Universal Electronics, Inc.1     153       7,229  
William Lyon Homes, Cl. A1     280       8,142  
ZAGG, Inc.1     203       3,745  
             

 

453,853

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail—0.0%          
1-800-Flowers.com, Inc., Cl. A1     562       6,013  
Amazon.com, Inc.1     44       51,457  
FTD Cos., Inc.1     418       3,005  
Gaia, Inc., Cl. A1     137       1,699  
Groupon, Inc., Cl. A1     4,466       22,777  
HSN, Inc.     460       18,561  
Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Cl. A1     821       7,738  
Nutrisystem, Inc.     280       14,728  
PetMed Express, Inc.     175       7,962  
Priceline Group, Inc. (The)1     24       41,706  
Shutterfly, Inc.1     300       14,925  
             

 

190,571

 

 

 

Leisure Products—0.0%          
Acushnet Holdings Corp.     655       13,807  
American Outdoor Brands Corp.1     522       6,702  
Callaway Golf Co.     890       12,398  
Clarus Corp.1     270       2,120  
Escalade, Inc.     124       1,525  
Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Cl. A     125       7,761  
Malibu Boats, Inc., Cl. A1     192       5,708  
Marine Products Corp.     315       4,013  
MCBC Holdings, Inc.1     221       4,911  
Nautilus, Inc.1     288       3,845  
Vista Outdoor, Inc.1     695       10,126  
             

 

72,916

 

 

 

Media—0.9%          
Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., Cl. A     227       3,042  
Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., Cl. A1     1,274       5,924  
Charter Communications, Inc., Cl. A1     190       63,832  
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., Cl. A     2,786       12,816  
Comcast Corp., Cl. A     1,494       59,835  
Daily Journal Corp.1     13       2,993  
DISH Network Corp., Cl. A1     19,203       916,943  
Emerald Expositions Events, Inc.     712       14,482  
Entercom Communications Corp., Cl. A     367       3,964  
Entravision Communications Corp., Cl. A     814       5,820  

 

     Shares     Value  
Media (Continued)          
Eros International plc1     547     $             5,279  
EW Scripps Co. (The), Cl. A1     892       13,942  
Gannett Co., Inc.     803       9,307  
Global Eagle Entertainment, Inc.1     720       1,649  
Gray Television, Inc.1     743       12,445  
Hemisphere Media Group, Inc., Cl. A1     428       4,943  
IMAX Corp.1     585       13,543  
Informa plc     7,327       71,275  
ITV plc     25,760       57,352  
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Braves, Cl. A1     486       10,716  
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Braves, Cl. C1     488       10,843  
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.1     14,300       608,751  
Loral Space & Communications, Inc.1     296       13,039  
MDC Partners, Inc., Cl. A1     529       5,158  
Media General, Inc.1,3,4     1,099       66  
Meredith Corp.     329       21,730  
MSG Networks, Inc., Cl. A1     692       14,013  
National CineMedia, Inc.     767       5,262  
New Media Investment Group, Inc.     463       7,769  
New York Times Co. (The), Cl. A     1,560       28,860  
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Cl. A     405       31,671  
Publicis Groupe SA     3,155       214,340  
Reading International, Inc., Cl. A1     273       4,559  
Regal Entertainment Group, Cl. A     28,319       651,620  
RELX plc     2,679       62,763  
Saga Communications, Inc., Cl. A     54       2,184  
Salem Media Group, Inc., Cl. A     426       1,917  
Scholastic Corp.     298       11,953  
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Cl. A     896       33,914  
Sky plc1     25,654       349,819  
Time Warner, Inc.     1,352       123,667  
Time, Inc.     588       10,849  
Townsquare Media, Inc., Cl. A1     296       2,273  
tronc, Inc.1     265       4,661  
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Cl. A     1,498       51,726  
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Cl. B     1,544       52,681  
Walt Disney Co. (The)     730       78,482  
WideOpenWest, Inc.1     1,075       11,363  
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Cl. A     680       20,794  
WPP plc     3,083       55,872  
             

 

3,782,701

 

 

 

Multiline Retail—0.1%          
Big Lots, Inc.     347       19,484  
Marks & Spencer Group plc     17,866       75,771  
Next plc     1,985       121,539  
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.1     546       29,074  
Target Corp.     895       58,399  
             

 

304,267

 

 

 

Specialty Retail—0.2%          
Aaron’s, Inc.     653       26,022  
Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Cl. A     499       8,698  
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.     1,356       25,493  
America’s Car-Mart, Inc.1     63       2,813  
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.1     184       11,776  
Ascena Retail Group, Inc.1     2,362       5,551  
At Home Group, Inc.1     424       12,885  
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.1     397       3,271  
Barnes & Noble, Inc.     698       4,677  
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.1     140       2,325  
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.1     143       1,316  
Caleres, Inc.     341       11,417  
Camping World Holdings, Inc., Cl. A     259       11,585  
Cato Corp. (The), Cl. A     193       3,073  
Chico’s FAS, Inc.     1,096       9,667  
 

 

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     Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail (Continued)          
Children’s Place, Inc. (The)     135     $             19,622  
Citi Trends, Inc.     110       2,911  
Container Store Group, Inc. (The)1     288       1,365  
DSW, Inc., Cl. A     680       14,559  
Express, Inc.1     518       5,258  
Finish Line, Inc. (The), Cl. A     327       4,751  
Five Below, Inc.1     467       30,971  
Francesca’s Holdings Corp.1     303       2,215  
Genesco, Inc.1     149       4,842  
Group 1 Automotive, Inc.     191       13,555  
Guess?, Inc.     774       13,065  
Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.     198       4,485  
Hibbett Sports, Inc.1     126       2,570  
Home Depot, Inc. (The)     487       92,301  
Kingfisher plc     12,476       56,875  
Kirkland’s, Inc.1     136       1,627  
Lithia Motors, Inc., Cl. A     228       25,899  
Lowe’s Cos., Inc.     584       54,277  
Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc.1     293       9,197  
MarineMax, Inc.1     200       3,780  
Monro, Inc.     303       17,256  
Office Depot, Inc.     4,632       16,397  
Party City Holdco, Inc.1     909       12,681  
Pier 1 Imports, Inc.     675       2,794  
Shoe Carnival, Inc.     113       3,023  
Sleep Number Corp.1     348       13,081  
Sonic Automotive, Inc., Cl. A     382       7,048  
Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc.1     328       2,168  
Tailored Brands, Inc.     427       9,321  
Tesco plc     24,495       69,172  
Tile Shop Holdings, Inc.     508       4,877  
Tilly’s, Inc., Cl. A     197       2,908  
Vitamin Shoppe, Inc.1     278       1,223  
Winmark Corp.     46       5,952  
Zumiez, Inc.1     194       4,040  
             

 

676,635

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—0.1%          
Burberry Group plc     1,865       45,088  
Columbia Sportswear Co.     587       42,194  
Crocs, Inc.1     627       7,925  
Culp, Inc.     116       3,886  
Deckers Outdoor Corp.1     277       22,229  
Delta Apparel, Inc.1     71       1,434  
Fossil Group, Inc.1     511       3,971  
G-III Apparel Group Ltd.1     379       13,981  
Iconix Brand Group, Inc.1     472       609  
Kering     375       176,784  
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE     524       153,925  
Movado Group, Inc.     205       6,601  
NIKE, Inc., Cl. B     944       59,047  
Oxford Industries, Inc.     149       11,203  
Perry Ellis International, Inc.1     142       3,556  
Sequential Brands Group, Inc.1     878       1,563  
Steven Madden Ltd.1     510       23,817  
Superior Uniform Group, Inc.     167       4,461  
Unifi, Inc.1     232       8,322  
Vera Bradley, Inc.1     277       3,374  
Wolverine World Wide, Inc.     853       27,194  
             

 

621,164

 

 

 

Consumer Staples—2.5%          
Beverages—0.5%          
Boston Beer Co., Inc. (The), Cl. A1     110       21,021  
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated     92       19,804  
Coca-Cola Co. (The)     29,475       1,352,313  
Coca-Cola HBC AG1     2,266       73,706  
Craft Brew Alliance, Inc.1     171       3,283  
Diageo plc     1,669       61,083  

 

     Shares     Value  
Beverages (Continued)          
MGP Ingredients, Inc.     145     $             11,148  
National Beverage Corp.     396       38,586  
PepsiCo, Inc.     906       108,647  
Pernod Ricard SA     1,602       253,582  
Primo Water Corp.1     238       2,992  
             

 

1,946,165

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing—0.2%          
Andersons, Inc. (The)     311       9,688  
Carrefour SA     12,015       260,020  
Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The)1     248       5,084  
Costco Wholesale Corp.     382       71,098  
CVS Health Corp.     741       53,722  
Ingles Markets, Inc., Cl. A     157       5,432  
J Sainsbury plc     20,936       68,158  
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.1     133       1,188  
Performance Food Group Co.1     1,176       38,926  
PriceSmart, Inc.     282       24,280  
Smart & Final Stores, Inc.1     454       3,882  
SpartanNash Co.     339       9,044  
SUPERVALU, Inc.1     321       6,934  
United Natural Foods, Inc.1     387       19,067  
Village Super Market, Inc., Cl. A     127       2,912  
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.     879       63,833  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.     1,128       111,390  
Weis Markets, Inc.     240       9,934  
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc     16,833       49,958  
             

 

814,550

 

 

 

Food Products—0.5%          
Admiral Group plc     3,087       83,247  
Alico, Inc.     80       2,360  
Associated British Foods plc     1,917       72,877  
Bob Evans Farms, Inc.     8,634       680,532  
Calavo Growers, Inc.     160       13,504  
Danone SA     2,143       179,664  
Darling Ingredients, Inc.1     1,585       28,736  
Dean Foods Co.     753       8,705  
Farmer Brothers Co.1     158       5,080  
Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.     430       20,498  
Freshpet, Inc.1     270       5,116  
Hostess Brands, Inc., Cl. A1     776       11,493  
J&J Snack Foods Corp.     156       23,685  
John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.     104       6,578  
Kraft Heinz Co. (The)     854       66,407  
Lancaster Colony Corp.     244       31,527  
Landec Corp.1     276       3,478  
Lifeway Foods, Inc.1     150       1,200  
Limoneira Co.     126       2,822  
Mondelez International, Inc., Cl. A     1,352       57,866  
Sanderson Farms, Inc.     190       26,368  
Seneca Foods Corp., Cl. A1     97       2,983  
Snyder’s-Lance, Inc.     13,874       694,810  
Unilever plc     1,203       66,646  
             

 

2,096,182

 

 

 

Household Products—0.1%          
Central Garden & Pet Co.1     472       18,370  
Central Garden & Pet Co., Cl. A1     604       22,777  
Colgate-Palmolive Co.     1,491       112,496  
HRG Group, Inc.1     1,775       30,086  
Oil-Dri Corp. of America     77       3,195  
Procter & Gamble Co. (The)     1,095       100,609  
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc     545       50,908  
WD-40 Co.     123       14,514  
             

 

352,955

 

 

 

Personal Products—0.2%          
Inter Parfums, Inc.     309       13,426  
 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Shares     Value  
Personal Products (Continued)          
L’Oreal SA     872     $             193,174  
Medifast, Inc.     103       7,191  
Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.     138       1,594  
Peugeot SA     5,256       106,768  
Revlon, Inc., Cl. A1     29,589       645,040  
USANA Health Sciences, Inc.1     208       15,402  
             

 

982,595

 

 

 

Tobacco—1.0%                
Altria Group, Inc.     32,524       2,322,539  
British American Tobacco plc     774       52,238  
Imperial Brands plc     1,730       73,931  
Philip Morris International, Inc.     16,605       1,754,318  
Turning Point Brands, Inc.     182       3,846  
Universal Corp.     256       13,440  
Vector Group Ltd.     1,182       26,453  
             

 

4,246,765

 

 

 

Energy—7.9%          
Energy Equipment & Services—0.6%          
Archrock, Inc.     849       8,914  
Basic Energy Services, Inc.1     14,278       335,105  
Bristow Group, Inc.     217       2,923  
C&J Energy Services, Inc.1     546       18,275  
Dril-Quip, Inc.1     315       15,026  
Ensco plc, Cl. A     2,887       17,062  
Era Group, Inc.1     197       2,118  
Exterran Corp.1     460       14,462  
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.1     927       14,415  
Frank’s International NV     2,240       14,896  
Geospace Technologies Corp.1     131       1,699  
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.     146       1,960  
Halliburton Co.     11,142       544,510  
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.1     1,434       10,812  
Independence Contract Drilling, Inc.1     328       1,305  
Keane Group, Inc.1     1,093       20,778  
Mammoth Energy Services, Inc.1     441       8,657  
Matrix Service Co.1     209       3,720  
McDermott International, Inc.1     2,451       16,128  
Nabors Industries Ltd.     286       1,953  
Natural Gas Services Group, Inc.1     171       4,480  
NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc.1     539       7,945  
Newpark Resources, Inc.1     803       6,906  
Noble Corp. plc1     2,308       10,432  
Oil States International, Inc.1     468       13,244  
Parker Drilling Co.1     1,409       1,409  
Pearson plc     7,171       71,080  
PHI, Inc.1     175       2,025  
Pioneer Energy Services Corp.1     666       2,031  
ProPetro Holding Corp.1     638       12,862  
RigNet, Inc.1     241       3,603  
Rowan Cos. plc, Cl. A1     1,165       18,244  
Schlumberger Ltd.     11,290       760,833  
SEACOR Holdings, Inc.1     167       7,719  
SEACOR Marine Holdings, Inc.1     193       2,258  
Select Energy Services, Inc., Cl. A1     645       11,765  
Smart Sand, Inc.1     345       2,988  
Superior Energy Services, Inc.1     1,324       12,750  
TechnipFMC plc     7,493       231,447  
TETRA Technologies, Inc.1     775       3,309  
Unit Corp.1     438       9,636  
US Silica Holdings, Inc.     707       23,020  
Vantage Drilling International1     447       87,165  
Willbros Group, Inc.1     1,387       1,970  
             

 

2,363,839

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—7.3%                
Abraxas Petroleum Corp.1     1,616       3,975  
Adams Resources & Energy, Inc.     36       1,566  
Antero Midstream GP LP     27,441       541,137  
     Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)          
Arch Coal, Inc., Cl. A     333     $             31,022  
Ardmore Shipping Corp.1     332       2,656  
Bill Barrett Corp.1     609       3,124  
Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.1     304       8,387  
BP plc     10,231       72,154  
Buckeye Partners LP5     28,490       1,411,679  
Callon Petroleum Co.1     1,919       23,316  
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.     14,432       515,740  
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.1     706       15,024  
Chevron Corp.     8,890       1,112,939  
Clean Energy Fuels Corp.1     1,493       3,031  
Cloud Peak Energy, Inc.1     730       3,249  
ConocoPhillips     17,563       964,033  
Contango Oil & Gas Co.1     395       1,860  
Delek US Holdings, Inc.     605       21,139  
Denbury Resources, Inc.1     2,676       5,914  
DHT Holdings, Inc.     1,372       4,925  
Dorian LPG Ltd.1     554       4,554  
Earthstone Energy, Inc., Cl. A1     188       1,998  
Eclipse Resources Corp.1     2,226       5,342  
Energy Transfer Equity LP5     105,785       1,825,849  
Energy Transfer Partners LP5     121,949       2,185,326  
Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc.1     536       3,077  
Enterprise Products Partners LP5     85,320       2,261,833  
EOG Resources, Inc.     8,372       903,423  
EQT Corp.     10,329       587,927  
EQT Midstream Partners LP5     8,895       650,225  
Evolution Petroleum Corp.     426       2,918  
Exxon Mobil Corp.     856       71,596  
GasLog Ltd.     732       16,287  
Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.1     344       4,582  
Gener8 Maritime, Inc.1     796       5,270  
Genesis Energy LP5     15,545       347,431  
Green Plains, Inc.     425       7,161  
Halcon Resources Corp.1     8,820       66,767  
Hallador Energy Co.     223       1,358  
International Seaways, Inc.1     326       6,018  
Jagged Peak Energy, Inc.1     1,844       29,098  
Kinder Morgan, Inc.     2,380       43,007  
Magellan Midstream Partners LP5     21,415       1,519,180  
Matador Resources Co.1     883       27,488  
Midstates Petroleum Co., Inc.1     218       3,614  
MPLX LP5     47,287       1,677,270  
NACCO Industries, Inc., Cl. A     62       2,334  
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp.     1,328       1,474  
Newfield Exploration Co.1     10,570       333,272  
Noble Energy, Inc.6     22,617       659,059  
Oasis Petroleum, Inc.1     2,075       17,451  
Obsidian Energy Ltd.1     164,912       204,491  
Occidental Petroleum Corp.     14,408       1,061,293  
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., Cl. A1     576       1,578  
Pacific Ethanol, Inc.1     444       2,020  
Panhandle Oil & Gas, Inc., Cl. A     172       3,535  
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.1     438       8,445  
PDC Energy, Inc.1     691       35,614  
Peabody Energy Corp.1     902       35,512  
Penn Virginia Corp.1     15,448       604,171  
Phillips 66 Partners LP5     11,400       596,790  
Plains All American Pipeline LP5     23,930       493,915  
Plains GP Holdings LP, Cl. A     24,200       531,190  
Renault SA     1,685       169,356  
Renewable Energy Group, Inc.1     392       4,626  
Resolute Energy Corp.1     214       6,735  
REX American Resources Corp.1     60       4,967  
Rice Midstream Partners LP5     28,725       616,726  
Ring Energy, Inc.1     463       6,436  
Royal Dutch Shell plc, Cl. A     2,567       85,935  
Royal Dutch Shell plc, Cl. B     2,456       82,833  
 

 

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     Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (Continued)                
Safe Bulkers, Inc.1     1,076     $             3,475  
SandRidge Energy, Inc.1     1,470       30,973  
Scorpio Bulkers, Inc.     794       5,876  
Scorpio Tankers, Inc.     3,056       9,321  
SemGroup Corp., Cl. A     808       24,402  
Ship Finance International Ltd.     851       13,191  
SRC Energy, Inc.1     2,071       17,666  
Stone Energy Corp.1     220       7,075  
Tallgrass Energy GP LP, Cl. A     44,477       1,144,838  
Tallgrass Energy Partners LP5     4,600       210,910  
Targa Resources Corp.6     34,122       1,652,187  
TC PipeLines LP5     26,895       1,428,125  
Teekay Tankers Ltd., Cl. A     1,458       2,041  
TOTAL SA7     4,014       221,474  
TOTAL SA, Sponsored ADR7     15,090       834,175  
Ultra Petroleum Corp.1     1,539       13,943  
Valero Energy Corp.     6,781       623,242  
W&T Offshore, Inc.1     1,300       4,303  
Western Gas Partners LP5     7,835       376,785  
Westmoreland Coal Co.1     268       324  
WildHorse Resource Development Corp.1     755       13,900  
Williams Cos., Inc. (The)     17,570       535,709  
Williams Partners LP5     27,417       1,063,231  
             

 

30,812,393

 

 

 

Financials—10.4%                
Capital Markets—0.7%                
3i Group plc     5,281       65,096  
Arlington Asset Investment Corp., Cl. A     258       3,039  
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Cl. A     412       16,274  
Associated Capital Group, Inc., Cl. A     240       8,184  
AXA SA     5,284       156,610  
B. Riley Financial, Inc.     232       4,199  
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)     792       42,657  
BlackRock, Inc., Cl. A     86       44,179  
Cohen & Steers, Inc.     409       19,342  
Cowen, Inc., Cl. A1     296       4,040  
Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.     42       8,680  
Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.1     336       6,549  
Evercore, Inc., Cl. A     337       30,330  
Financial Engines, Inc.     774       23,452  
GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc.     417       4,170  
GAMCO Investors, Inc., Cl. A     273       8,094  
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)     4,063       1,035,090  
Hamilton Lane, Inc., Cl. A     146       5,167  
Houlihan Lokey, Inc., Cl. A     588       26,713  
INTL. FCStone, Inc.1     216       9,186  
Investment Technology Group, Inc.     408       7,854  
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services, Inc.     1,648       5,208  
Medley Management, Inc., Cl. A     41       266  
Moelis & Co., Cl. A     281       13,628  
Morgan Stanley     746       39,143  
OM Asset Management plc     1,247       20,887  
Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., Cl. A     129       3,457  
Piper Jaffray Cos.     114       9,833  
PJT Partners, Inc., Cl. A     160       7,296  
Pzena Investment Management, Inc., Cl. A     223       2,379  
Raymond James Financial, Inc.     5,430       484,899  
Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.1     220       2,464  
Schroders plc     1,235       58,418  
Silvercrest Asset Management Group, Inc., Cl. A     106       1,701  
State Street Corp.     7,710       752,573  
Stifel Financial Corp.     611       36,391  
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.     66       7,593  
     Shares     Value  
Capital Markets (Continued)                
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Cl. A     727     $               16,241  
Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.     103       6,820  
WisdomTree Investments, Inc.     1,250       15,688  
     

 

3,013,790

 

 

 

Commercial Banks—1.5%                
1st Source Corp.     245       12,115  
Access National Corp.     191       5,317  
ACNB Corp.     82       2,423  
Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.1     123       4,631  
American National Bankshares, Inc.     100       3,830  
Ameris Bancorp     340       16,388  
Arrow Financial Corp.     126       4,278  
Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc.1     233       4,101  
Banc of California, Inc.     446       9,210  
BancFirst Corp.     290       14,833  
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA, Cl. E     332       8,931  
Bancorp, Inc. (The)1     592       5,849  
BancorpSouth Bank     813       25,569  
Bank of America Corp.     1,368       40,383  
Bank of Commerce Holdings     153       1,759  
Bank of Marin Bancorp     56       3,808  
Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd. (The)     634       23,008  
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.     97       3,331  
Banner Corp.     404       22,268  
Bar Harbor Bankshares     155       4,187  
Barclays plc     24,947       68,021  
BCB Bancorp, Inc.     137       1,986  
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.     380       13,908  
Blue Hills Bancorp, Inc.     259       5,206  
BNP Paribas SA     1,530       114,098  
Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.     774       11,958  
Bridge Bancorp, Inc.     184       6,440  
Brookline Bancorp, Inc.     900       14,130  
Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.     160       7,072  
Byline Bancorp, Inc.1     336       7,718  
C&F Financial Corp.     32       1,856  
Cadence BanCorp, Cl. A1     1,018       27,608  
Camden National Corp.     139       5,856  
Capital City Bank Group, Inc.     202       4,634  
Capstar Financial Holdings, Inc.1     99       2,056  
Carolina Financial Corp.     146       5,424  
Cathay General Bancorp     737       31,079  
CenterState Bank Corp.     558       14,357  
Central Pacific Financial Corp.     356       10,619  
Central Valley Community Bancorp     147       2,966  
Century Bancorp, Inc., Cl. A     55       4,304  
Chemical Financial Corp.     629       33,633  
Chemung Financial Corp.     43       2,068  
Citigroup, Inc.     640       47,622  
Citizens & Northern Corp.     110       2,640  
City Holding Co.     146       9,851  
Civista Bancshares, Inc.     96       2,112  
CNB Financial Corp.     146       3,831  
CoBiz Financial, Inc.     382       7,636  
Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc.     119       3,276  
Columbia Banking System, Inc.     522       22,676  
Community Bank System, Inc.     478       25,692  
Community Bankers Trust Corp.1     208       1,695  
Community Financial Corp. (The)     44       1,685  
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.     162       7,630  
ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.     300       7,725  
County Bancorp, Inc.     65       1,934  
Credit Agricole SA     7,809       129,003  
Customers Bancorp, Inc.1     294       7,641  
CVB Financial Corp.     1,012       23,843  
DNB Financial Corp.     39       1,314  
Eagle Bancorp, Inc.1     326       18,875  
 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

      Shares      Value  
Commercial Banks (Continued)                  
Enterprise Bancorp, Inc.      106      $             3,609  
Enterprise Financial Services Corp.      210        9,481  
Equity Bancshares, Inc., Cl. A1      114        4,037  
Evans Bancorp, Inc.      44        1,844  
Farmers Capital Bank Corp.      93        3,581  
Farmers National Banc Corp.      322        4,750  
FB Financial Corp.1      278        11,673  
FCB Financial Holdings, Inc., Cl. A1      366        18,593  
Fidelity Southern Corp.      252        5,494  
Financial Institutions, Inc.      189        5,878  
First BanCorp (Puerto Rico)1      2,116        10,792  
First Bancorp (Southern Pines NC)      227        8,015  
First Bancorp, Inc. (Maine)      103        2,805  
First Busey Corp.      543        16,257  
First Business Financial Services, Inc.      79        1,747  
First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Cl. A      139        56,017  
First Commonwealth Financial Corp.      890        12,745  
First Community Bancshares, Inc.      206        5,918  
First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc. (Farmington CT)      193        5,047  
First Financial Bancorp      566        14,914  
First Financial Bankshares, Inc.      599        26,985  
First Financial Corp.      147        6,666  
First Financial Northwest, Inc.      129        2,001  
First Foundation, Inc.1      323        5,988  
First Horizon National Corp.      591        11,814  
First Internet Bancorp      75        2,861  
First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Cl. A      529        21,186  
First Merchants Corp.      588        24,731  
First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.      114        4,394  
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.      899        21,585  
First Northwest Bancorp1      137        2,233  
First of Long Island Corp. (The)      242        6,897  
Flushing Financial Corp.      289        7,948  
FNB Bancorp      67        2,445  
Franklin Financial Network, Inc.1      123        4,194  
Fulton Financial Corp.      1,588        28,425  
German American Bancorp, Inc.      208        7,349  
Glacier Bancorp, Inc.      700        27,573  
Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.      170        8,781  
Great Western Bancorp, Inc.      547        21,771  
Green Bancorp, Inc.1      347        7,044  
Guaranty Bancorp      339        9,373  
Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.      98        3,004  
Hancock Holding Co.      982        48,609  
Hanmi Financial Corp.      383        11,624  
HarborOne Bancorp, Inc.1      311        5,959  
Heartland Financial USA, Inc.      276        14,807  
Heritage Commerce Corp.      453        6,940  
Heritage Financial Corp.      265        8,162  
Hilltop Holdings, Inc.      1,108        28,066  
Home BancShares, Inc.      1,553        36,107  
HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.1      225        5,794  
Hope Bancorp, Inc.      1,262        23,032  
Horizon Bancorp      285        7,923  
Howard Bancorp, Inc.1      88        1,936  
HSBC Holdings plc      6,511        67,148  
IBERIABANK Corp.      623        48,283  
Independent Bank Corp.      261        5,833  
Independent Bank Corp. (Rockland MA)      258        18,021  
Independent Bank Group, Inc.      240        16,224  
International Bancshares Corp.      793        31,482  
Investors Bancorp, Inc.      2,793        38,767  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.      541        57,855  
Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.      441        8,489  
Lakeland Financial Corp.      226        10,959  
LCNB Corp.      119        2,434  
LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc.      433        18,277  
      Shares      Value  
Commercial Banks (Continued)                  
Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.      347      $               8,276  
Lloyds Banking Group plc      105,575        96,675  
M&T Bank Corp.6      15,725        2,688,818  
Macatawa Bank Corp.      317        3,170  
MainSource Financial Group, Inc.      297        10,784  
MB Financial, Inc.      784        34,904  
MBT Financial Corp.      270        2,862  
Mercantile Bank Corp.      196        6,933  
Midland States Bancorp, Inc.      176        5,716  
MidSouth Bancorp, Inc.      150        1,988  
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.      112        3,755  
MutualFirst Financial, Inc.      92        3,547  
National Bank Holdings Corp., Cl. A      245        7,945  
National Commerce Corp.1      138        5,555  
NBT Bancorp, Inc.      405        14,904  
Nicolet Bankshares, Inc.1      91        4,981  
Northeast Bancorp      88        2,037  
Northrim BanCorp, Inc.      56        1,896  
OFG Bancorp      378        3,553  
Ohio Valley Banc Corp.      40        1,616  
Old Line Bancshares, Inc.      118        3,474  
Old National Bancorp      1,279        22,319  
Old Second Bancorp, Inc.      286        3,904  
Opus Bank1      317        8,654  
Orrstown Financial Services, Inc.      103        2,601  
Pacific Mercantile Bancorp1      214        1,873  
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.1      388        15,520  
Paragon Commercial Corp.1      67        3,565  
Park National Corp.      141        14,664  
Parke Bancorp, Inc.      75        1,541  
Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp.      170        5,953  
Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc.      43        2,003  
Peoples Bancorp, Inc.      218        7,111  
People’s Utah Bancorp      217        6,575  
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      3,430        494,915  
Preferred Bank (Los Angeles CA)      136        7,994  
Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc.      135        2,711  
QCR Holdings, Inc.      169        7,242  
RBB Bancorp      192        5,255  
Renasant Corp.      449        18,360  
Republic Bancorp, Inc., Cl. A      233        8,859  
Republic First Bancorp, Inc.1      528        4,462  
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc1      28,425        106,021  
S&T Bancorp, Inc.      324        12,898  
Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.      233        9,092  
Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida1      505        12,731  
ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.      490        20,335  
Shore Bancshares, Inc.      146        2,438  
Sierra Bancorp      160        4,250  
Simmons First National Corp., Cl. A      304        17,358  
SmartFinancial, Inc.1      82        1,779  
Societe Generale SA      1,894        97,650  
South State Corp.      339        29,544  
Southern First Bancshares, Inc.1      62        2,558  
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.      217        3,479  
Southside Bancshares, Inc.      273        9,195  
Standard Chartered plc1      6,201        65,255  
State Bank Financial Corp.      351        10,474  
Sterling Bancorp      1,270        31,242  
Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.      204        7,691  
Summit Financial Group, Inc.      118        3,106  
Sun Bancorp, Inc.      179        4,350  
Sunshine Bancorp, Inc.1      74        1,698  
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.1      447        39,738  
Tompkins Financial Corp.      141        11,470  
Towne Bank (Portsmouth VA)      593        18,235  
TriCo Bancshares      276        10,449  
 

 

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     Shares     Value  
Commercial Banks (Continued)                
TriState Capital Holdings, Inc.1     254     $               5,842  
Triumph Bancorp, Inc.1     184       5,796  
Trustmark Corp.     622       19,817  
Two River Bancorp     85       1,541  
UMB Financial Corp.     462       33,227  
Umpqua Holdings Corp.     1,929       40,123  
Union Bankshares Corp.     379       13,708  
United Bankshares, Inc.     951       33,047  
United Community Banks, Inc.     854       24,032  
United Security Bancshares (Fresno CA)     153       1,683  
Unity Bancorp, Inc.     95       1,876  
Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania     263       7,377  
US Bancorp     938       50,258  
Valley National Bancorp     2,417       27,119  
Veritex Holdings, Inc.1     203       5,601  
Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.     159       8,467  
WashingtonFirst Bankshares, Inc.     163       5,584  
Wells Fargo & Co.     893       54,178  
WesBanco, Inc.     400       16,260  
West Bancorporation, Inc.     181       4,552  
Westamerica Bancorporation     235       13,994  
Wintrust Financial Corp.     512       42,173  
Xenith Bankshares, Inc.1     200       6,766  
     

 

6,446,600

 

 

 

Consumer Finance—0.1%                
American Express Co.     622       61,771  
Capital One Financial Corp.     485       48,296  
Elevate Credit, Inc.1     413       3,110  
Encore Capital Group, Inc.1     247       10,399  
Enova International, Inc.1     318       4,834  
EZCORP, Inc., Cl. A1     438       5,344  
FirstCash, Inc.     425       28,666  
Green Dot Corp., Cl. A1     439       26,454  
LendingClub Corp.1     5,112       21,112  
Nelnet, Inc., Cl. A     423       23,172  
PRA Group, Inc.1     343       11,388  
Regional Management Corp.1     14,607       384,310  
World Acceptance Corp.1     88       7,103  
             

 

635,959

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services—0.0%                
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Cl. B1     285       56,493  
Cannae Holdings, Inc.1     3,031       51,618  
Marlin Business Services Corp.     140       3,136  
NewStar Financial, Inc.1,3,4     409       199  
On Deck Capital, Inc.1     649       3,725  
Tiptree, Inc.     280       1,666  
             

 

116,837

 

 

 

Insurance—1.6%                
Allstate Corp. (The)     20,738       2,171,476  
Ambac Financial Group, Inc.1     463       7,399  
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.     783       24,062  
American International Group, Inc.     931       55,469  
AMERISAFE, Inc.     180       11,088  
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.     2,417       24,339  
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.     388       23,920  
Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc.1     145       2,980  
Aviva plc     10,654       72,810  
Baldwin & Lyons, Inc., Cl. B     173       4,143  
Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd.     90       1,085  
Chubb Ltd.     21,475       3,138,142  
CNO Financial Group, Inc.     1,510       37,282  
Crawford & Co., Cl. B     621       5,974  
Direct Line Insurance Group plc     11,359       58,538  
Donegal Group, Inc., Cl. A     317       5,484  
eHealth, Inc.1     195       3,387  
EMC Insurance Group, Inc.     248       7,115  
     Shares     Value  
Insurance (Continued)                
Employers Holdings, Inc.     385     $             17,094  
Enstar Group Ltd.1     189       37,942  
FBL Financial Group, Inc., Cl. A     242       16,855  
Federated National Holding Co.     140       2,320  
Genworth Financial, Inc., Cl. A1     5,943       18,483  
Global Indemnity Ltd.1     161       6,765  
Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., Cl. A1     352       7,075  
Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.1     230       2,399  
HCI Group, Inc.     107       3,199  
Health Insurance Innovations, Inc., Cl. A1     4,621       115,294  
Horace Mann Educators Corp.     465       20,506  
Independence Holding Co.     129       3,541  
Infinity Property & Casualty Corp.     117       12,402  
Investors Title Co.     17       3,372  
James River Group Holdings Ltd.     293       11,723  
Kemper Corp.     452       31,143  
Kingstone Cos., Inc.     84       1,579  
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.     194       8,730  
Legal & General Group plc     19,648       72,324  
Maiden Holdings Ltd.     1,017       6,712  
MetLife, Inc.     837       42,319  
National General Holdings Corp.     964       18,933  
National Western Life Group, Inc., Cl. A     34       11,255  
Navigators Group, Inc. (The)     405       19,723  
NI Holdings, Inc.1     215       3,651  
Old Mutual plc     14,374       44,953  
Primerica, Inc.     357       36,253  
Prudential plc     1,817       46,715  
RLI Corp.     413       25,053  
RSA Insurance Group plc     7,682       65,460  
Safety Insurance Group, Inc.     144       11,578  
Selective Insurance Group, Inc.     538       31,581  
St James’s Place plc     3,567       58,961  
Standard Life Aberdeen plc     6,617       38,983  
State Auto Financial Corp.     367       10,687  
Stewart Information Services Corp.     273       11,548  
Third Point Reinsurance Ltd.1     965       14,137  
United Fire Group, Inc.     291       13,264  
United Insurance Holdings Corp.     382       6,589  
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.     295       8,068  
WMIH Corp.1     1,937       1,645  
             

 

6,575,507

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—4.6%  
Acadia Realty Trust     9,016       246,678  
AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc.     265       5,038  
Agree Realty Corp.     5,555       285,749  
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.     725       20,111  
Alexander’s, Inc.     61       24,147  
Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust     5,052       169,123  
Altisource Residential Corp.     493       5,847  
American Assets Trust, Inc.     10,385       397,122  
American Tower Corp.     1,110       158,364  
Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp.     1,187       6,457  
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.     967       17,841  
Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp.     336       4,334  
Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.     393       6,103  
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.     390       10,031  
Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust     53,000       107,756  
Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc.     411       3,999  
Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.     1,283       8,635  
Ashtead Group plc     2,213       59,060  
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.     1,770       315,786  
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Cl. A     42,855       1,379,074  
Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc., Cl. A     229       2,315  
 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Shares     Value  
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (Continued)          
Boston Properties, Inc.     3,580     $           465,507  
British Land Co. plc (The)     7,887       73,585  
Camden Property Trust     3,470       319,448  
Capstead Mortgage Corp.     885       7,655  
CareTrust REIT, Inc.     741       12,419  
CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc., Cl. A     460       6,040  
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.     2,255       12,763  
Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.     759       4,615  
Chatham Lodging Trust     362       8,239  
Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp.     120       2,159  
Chesapeake Lodging Trust     5,061       137,102  
City Office REIT, Inc.     364       4,736  
Clipper Realty, Inc.     182       1,818  
Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.     172       4,833  
CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc.     116       4,431  
Cousins Properties, Inc.     26,258       242,887  
Crown Castle International Corp.     1,490       165,405  
CYS Investments, Inc.     1,451       11,652  
Derwent London plc     1,780       74,912  
Dexus     25,600       194,415  
DiamondRock Hospitality Co.     1,840       20,774  
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.     4,230       481,797  
Duke Realty Corp.     14,470       393,729  
Dynex Capital, Inc.     474       3,323  
Easterly Government Properties, Inc.     394       8,408  
EastGroup Properties, Inc.     314       27,751  
Education Realty Trust, Inc.     684       23,885  
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT     131       1,577  
Equinix, Inc.     460       208,481  
Essex Property Trust, Inc.     1,570       378,951  
Farmland Partners, Inc.     288       2,500  
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.     1,387       43,649  
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.     706       18,144  
Franklin Street Properties Corp.     932       10,010  
Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.     4,120       152,440  
Gecina SA     1,010       186,347  
GEO Group, Inc. (The)     7,804       184,174  
Getty Realty Corp.     373       10,131  
Gladstone Commercial Corp.     257       5,412  
Global Medical REIT, Inc.     182       1,492  
Global Net Lease, Inc.     636       13,089  
Goodman Group     56,800       372,331  
Government Properties Income Trust     914       16,946  
Gramercy Property Trust     1,584       42,229  
Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.     423       7,504  
Great Ajax Corp.     171       2,363  
Green REIT plc     93,771       174,940  
Hammerson plc     23,523       173,629  
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.     495       11,910  
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.     5,433       174,508  
Hersha Hospitality Trust, Cl. A     397       6,908  
Hispania Activos Inmobiliarios SOCIMI SA     6,232       117,255  
ICADE     2,040       200,506  
Independence Realty Trust, Inc.     20,522       207,067  
InfraREIT, Inc.     567       10,535  
Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.     1,030       18,365  
Investa Office Fund     44,300       157,153  
Investors Real Estate Trust     1,102       6,259  
Invincible Investment Corp.     257       109,237  
Invitation Homes, Inc.     24,353       574,000  
iStar, Inc.1     657       7,424  
Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp.     59       108,154  
Jernigan Capital, Inc.     134       2,547  
Keppel REIT     191,000       180,229  
Kilroy Realty Corp.     6,670       497,916  
Kimco Realty Corp.     12,680       230,142  
     Shares     Value  
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (Continued)  
Kite Realty Group Trust     769     $             15,072  
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.     501       10,025  
Ladder Capital Corp., Cl. A     1,034       14,093  
Land Securities Group plc     24,332       329,994  
LaSalle Hotel Properties     1,063       29,838  
LaSalle Logiport REIT     165       168,852  
Lexington Realty Trust     2,840       27,406  
Link REIT     27,500       254,831  
LondonMetric Property plc     40,080       100,589  
LTC Properties, Inc.     380       16,549  
Mack-Cali Realty Corp.     876       18,887  
MedEquities Realty Trust, Inc.     402       4,510  
Medical Properties Trust, Inc.     9,230       127,189  
Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp.     880       15,664  
MTGE Investment Corp.     545       10,083  
National Health Investors, Inc.     384       28,946  
National Storage Affiliates Trust     390       10,631  
New Senior Investment Group, Inc.     848       6,411  
New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.     998       6,158  
NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.     169       4,722  
NIPPON REIT Investment Corp.     72       206,633  
NorthStar Realty Europe Corp.     626       8,407  
One Liberty Properties, Inc.     200       5,184  
Owens Realty Mortgage, Inc.     136       2,177  
Paramount Group, Inc.     11,080       175,618  
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.     4,340       124,775  
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust     604       22,451  
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust     580       6,896  
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust     640       10,285  
Physicians Realty Trust     24,030       432,300  
Potlatch Corp.     386       19,261  
Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., Cl. A     315       6,379  
Prologis, Inc.     12,790       825,083  
PS Business Parks, Inc.     332       41,530  
Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust     53,173       286,381  
QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Cl. A     496       26,863  
Quality Care Properties, Inc.1     1,233       17,028  
RAIT Financial Trust     1,386       520  
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust     658       9,692  
Realty Income Corp.     2,300       131,146  
Redwood Trust, Inc.     764       11,322  
Regency Centers Corp.     7,742       535,592  
Resource Capital Corp.     305       2,858  
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.     954       19,032  
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.     896       26,127  
RLJ Lodging Trust     1,654       36,338  
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.     456       31,473  
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.     1,723       32,341  
Saul Centers, Inc.     254       15,685  
Scentre Group     41,600       135,758  
Segro plc     8,016       63,489  
Select Income REIT     1,051       26,412  
Simon Property Group, Inc.     4,699       807,006  
STAG Industrial, Inc.     857       23,422  
Starwood Property Trust, Inc.     28,840       615,734  
STORE Capital Corp.     5,470       142,439  
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.     1,033       15,733  
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.     2,083       34,432  
Sutherland Asset Management Corp.     300       4,545  
Terreno Realty Corp.     650       22,789  
Tier REIT, Inc.     440       8,972  
TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc.     757       14,421  
UMH Properties, Inc.     319       4,753  
Unibail-Rodamco SE     2,921       735,878  
Universal Health Realty Income Trust     127       9,539  
 

 

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      Shares     Value  
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (Continued)          
Urban Edge Properties      989     $             25,210  
Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Cl. A      428       9,305  
Ventas, Inc.      2,870       172,229  
Vicinity Centres      110,100       233,926  
Washington Prime Group, Inc.      1,937       13,791  
Washington Real Estate Investment Trust      740       23,029  
Welltower, Inc.      7,340       468,072  
Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corp.      398       3,960  
Weyerhaeuser Co.      5,940       209,444  
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.      36,137       360,647  
Whitestone REIT, Cl. B      330       4,755  
Worldpay Group plc2      18,311       104,943  
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.      1,000       21,590  
              

 

19,160,362

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development—1.7%          
Ayala Land, Inc.      116,500       103,844  
Barratt Developments plc      5,562       48,607  
Carmila SA      3,850       107,236  
Castellum AB      10,424       175,781  
Central Pattana PCL      39,500       103,176  
China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.      112,000       360,479  
China Vanke Co. Ltd., Cl. H      76,999       306,614  
Ciputra Development Tbk PT      403,900       35,272  
City Developments Ltd.      40,000       371,990  
CK Asset Holdings Ltd.      49,000       428,304  
Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co.      50       3,175  
Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd.      127,000       241,312  
Deutsche Wohnen SE      2,543       110,877  
Fabege AB      8,926       189,729  
FRP Holdings, Inc.1      92       4,071  
Griffin Industrial Realty, Inc.      48       1,762  
HFF, Inc., Cl. A      355       17,267  
Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.      16,000       112,510  
Hulic Co. Ltd.      21,200       237,318  
Inmobiliaria Colonial SA      19,466       193,041  
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.      1,098       19,050  
Marcus & Millichap, Inc.1      321       10,468  
Maui Land & Pineapple Co., Inc.1      177       3,062  
Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd.      15,100       262,368  
Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.      25,000       560,449  
New World Development Co. Ltd.      113,000       169,779  
Persimmon plc      1,195       44,130  
RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Cl. A      209       10,137  
RMR Group, Inc. (The), Cl. A      133       7,887  
Safety Income & Growth, Inc.      169       2,974  
SM Prime Holdings, Inc.      126,000       94,646  
St Joe Co. (The)1      596       10,758  
StorageVault Canada, Inc.      70,058       146,581  
Stratus Properties, Inc.      73       2,168  
Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd.      13,000       426,695  
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.      26,000       433,104  
Tejon Ranch Co.1      171       3,550  
Trinity Place Holdings, Inc.1      304       2,113  
Unite Group plc (The)      23,400       254,193  
Vonovia SE      18,351       908,377  
Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The)      31,000       107,196  
Wharf Real Estate Investment Co. Ltd.1      45,000       299,507  
              

 

6,931,557

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance—0.2%                 
Bank Mutual Corp.      554       5,900  
BankFinancial Corp.      212       3,252  
Bear State Financial, Inc.      358       3,662  
Beneficial Bancorp, Inc.      698       11,482  
BofI Holding, Inc.1      586       17,521  
      Shares     Value  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (Continued)          
BSB Bancorp, Inc.1      87     $               2,545  
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.      1,283       17,205  
Charter Financial Corp.      191       3,350  
Clifton Bancorp, Inc.      205       3,506  
Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.      354       7,416  
Entegra Financial Corp.1      57       1,667  
ESSA Bancorp, Inc.      111       1,739  
Essent Group Ltd.1      897       38,948  
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Cl. C      100       7,824  
First Defiance Financial Corp.      124       6,444  
Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.1      532       19,908  
Hingham Institution for Savings      17       3,519  
Home Bancorp, Inc.      91       3,933  
HomeStreet, Inc.1      8,050       233,048  
Kearny Financial Corp.      785       11,343  
LendingTree, Inc.1      101       34,386  
Meridian Bancorp, Inc.      475       9,785  
Meta Financial Group, Inc.      85       7,875  
MGIC Investment Corp.1      3,431       48,411  
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.1      997       18,445  
NMI Holdings, Inc., Cl. A1      484       8,228  
Northfield Bancorp, Inc.      445       7,601  
Northwest Bancshares, Inc.      967       16,178  
OceanFirst Financial Corp.      308       8,085  
Ocwen Financial Corp.1      1,355       4,241  
Oritani Financial Corp.      430       7,052  
PCSB Financial Corp.1      163       3,105  
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., Cl. A1      197       4,403  
PHH Corp.1      358       3,687  
Provident Bancorp, Inc.1      91       2,407  
Provident Financial Holdings, Inc.      72       1,325  
Provident Financial Services, Inc.      626       16,883  
Prudential Bancorp, Inc.      84       1,478  
Radian Group, Inc.      2,085       42,972  
Riverview Bancorp, Inc.      264       2,289  
SI Financial Group, Inc.      148       2,176  
Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc.      96       3,609  
Territorial Bancorp, Inc.      119       3,674  
Timberland Bancorp, Inc.      74       1,965  
TrustCo Bank Corp. (New York)      893       8,216  
United Community Financial Corp.      572       5,222  
United Financial Bancorp, Inc.      609       10,743  
Walker & Dunlop, Inc.1      316       15,010  
Washington Federal, Inc.      825       28,256  
Waterstone Financial, Inc.      365       6,223  
Western New England Bancorp, Inc.      288       3,139  
WSFS Financial Corp.      292       13,972  
              

 

755,253

 

 

 

Health Care—4.9%                 
Biotechnology—0.7%                 
AbbVie, Inc.      572       55,318  
Abeona Therapeutics, Inc.1      402       6,372  
Acceleron Pharma, Inc.1      449       19,056  
Achaogen, Inc.1      426       4,575  
Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      1,681       4,841  
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.1      579       12,420  
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      143       4,846  
Aduro Biotech, Inc.1      610       4,575  
Agenus, Inc.1      879       2,866  
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.1      365       13,804  
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.1      522       7,762  
Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.1      656       7,511  
AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      377       4,995  
Amgen, Inc.      190       33,041  
Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.1      1,603       23,067  
Anavex Life Sciences Corp.1      443       1,426  
Ardelyx, Inc.1      362       2,389  
 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

      Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (Continued)                 
Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      336     $             11,414  
Array BioPharma, Inc.1      1,725       22,080  
Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.1      285       5,159  
Audentes Therapeutics, Inc.1      259       8,094  
Avexis, Inc.1      334       36,964  
Axovant Sciences Ltd.1      968       5,101  
Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      296       2,489  
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      825       4,051  
Biogen, Inc.1      103       32,813  
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. Ltd.1      442       11,925  
BioSpecifics Technologies Corp.1      69       2,990  
BioTime, Inc.1      982       2,111  
Bluebird Bio, Inc.1      349       62,157  
Blueprint Medicines Corp.1      328       24,735  
Calithera Biosciences, Inc.1      515       4,300  
Cascadian Therapeutics, Inc.1      516       1,909  
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      537       2,100  
Celgene Corp.1      230       24,003  
Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.1      1,017       2,888  
Chelsea Therapeutics, Inc.1,3,4      10,531        
ChemoCentryx, Inc.1      467       2,779  
Chimerix, Inc.1      491       2,273  
Clovis Oncology, Inc.1      556       37,808  
Coherus Biosciences, Inc.1      689       6,063  
Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      163       4,217  
Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      240       2,486  
Curis, Inc.1      3,084       2,159  
Cytokinetics, Inc.1      809       6,593  
CytomX Therapeutics, Inc.1      339       7,156  
Dyax Corp.1,3,4      10,770       108  
Dynavax Technologies Corp.1      631       11,800  
Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      129       6,891  
Edge Therapeutics, Inc.1      314       2,942  
Editas Medicine, Inc.1      340       10,448  
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.1      366       17,008  
Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      181       10,621  
Epizyme, Inc.1      912       11,446  
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.1      184       12,115  
Exact Sciences Corp.1      1,047       55,009  
Fate Therapeutics, Inc.1      425       2,597  
FibroGen, Inc.1      911       43,181  
Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.1      452       9,908  
Foundation Medicine, Inc.1      290       19,778  
G1 Therapeutics, Inc.1      309       6,131  
Genocea Biosciences, Inc.1      258       299  
Genomic Health, Inc.1      356       12,175  
Geron Corp.1      1,704       3,067  
Gilead Sciences, Inc.      696       49,861  
Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.1      414       16,291  
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.1      1,279       25,913  
Heron Therapeutics, Inc.1      450       8,145  
Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      1,000       2,110  
Ignyta, Inc.1      24,862       663,815  
Immune Design Corp.1      293       1,143  
ImmunoGen, Inc.1      999       6,404  
Immunomedics, Inc.1      1,420       22,947  
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      1,086       4,485  
Insmed, Inc.1      628       19,581  
Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.1      472       9,072  
Invitae Corp.1      459       4,168  
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.1      585       4,680  
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cl. A1      1,262       18,917  
Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.1      271       3,455  
Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc.1      407       3,907  
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.1      1,526       7,096  
Kindred Biosciences, Inc.1      260       2,457  
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co.1      216       6,951  
      Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (Continued)                 
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      997     $               9,850  
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      220       30,125  
Loxo Oncology, Inc.1      318       26,769  
MacroGenics, Inc.1      357       6,783  
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      117       10,739  
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc.      128       1,312  
Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.1      184       3,023  
Minerva Neurosciences, Inc.1      401       2,426  
Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      739       10,309  
Myriad Genetics, Inc.1      648       22,256  
Natera, Inc.1      574       5,160  
Novavax, Inc.1      2,353       2,918  
Otonomy, Inc.1      160       888  
PDL BioPharma, Inc.1      1,486       4,072  
Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      346       2,612  
Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      601       29,257  
Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      712       4,236  
Prothena Corp. plc1      454       17,020  
PTC Therapeutics, Inc.1      461       7,689  
Puma Biotechnology, Inc.1      425       42,011  
Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      197       1,675  
Recro Pharma, Inc.1      162       1,499  
REGENXBIO, Inc.1      314       10,441  
Repligen Corp.1      433       15,709  
Retrophin, Inc.1      410       8,639  
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      1,250       4,850  
Sage Therapeutics, Inc.1      243       40,025  
Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.1      609       9,988  
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.1      541       30,101  
Selecta Biosciences, Inc.1      417       4,091  
Seres Therapeutics, Inc.1      367       3,721  
Shire plc7      1,106       57,366  
Shire plc, ADR7      6,050       938,476  
Spark Therapeutics, Inc.1      386       19,848  
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      890       16,866  
Stemline Therapeutics, Inc.1      212       3,307  
Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      270       2,365  
Syros Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      288       2,802  
TG Therapeutics, Inc.1      634       5,199  
Trevena, Inc.1      528       845  
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.1      367       17,021  
Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      612       9,302  
VBI Vaccines, Inc.1      250       1,068  
Veracyte, Inc.1      523       3,415  
Versartis, Inc.1      313       689  
Voyager Therapeutics, Inc.1      358       5,943  
vTv Therapeutics, Inc., Cl. A1      138       829  
Xencor, Inc.1      405       8,878  
              

 

3,129,016

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies—0.9%                 
Abaxis, Inc.      213       10,548  
Abbott Laboratories      9,310       531,322  
Accuray, Inc.1      731       3,143  
Analogic Corp.      114       9,548  
AngioDynamics, Inc.1      346       5,754  
Anika Therapeutics, Inc.1      138       7,440  
Antares Pharma, Inc.1      1,457       2,899  
AtriCure, Inc.1      378       6,895  
Atrion Corp.      17       10,720  
AxoGen, Inc.1      243       6,877  
Cantel Medical Corp.      364       37,445  
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.1      400       9,476  
Cerus Corp.1      785       2,653  
ConforMIS, Inc.1      476       1,133  
CONMED Corp.      258       13,150  
CryoLife, Inc.1      303       5,802  
Cutera, Inc.1      126       5,714  
 

 

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      Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (Continued)          
Danaher Corp.      799     $             74,163  
Endologix, Inc.1      762       4,077  
Entellus Medical, Inc.1      27,632       673,945  
Essilor International Cie Generale d’Optique SA      1,410       194,432  
Exactech, Inc.1      175       8,654  
FONAR Corp.1      78       1,899  
GenMark Diagnostics, Inc.1      866       3,611  
Glaukos Corp.1      431       11,055  
Globus Medical, Inc., Cl. A1      765       31,442  
Haemonetics Corp.1      410       23,813  
Halyard Health, Inc.1      385       17,779  
Heska Corp.1      78       6,256  
ICU Medical, Inc.1      170       36,720  
Inogen, Inc.1      152       18,100  
Insulet Corp.1      451       31,119  
Integer Holdings Corp.1      301       13,635  
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.1      714       34,172  
Invacare Corp.      275       4,634  
iRhythm Technologies, Inc.1      200       11,210  
K2M Group Holdings, Inc.1      411       7,398  
Lantheus Holdings, Inc.1      315       6,442  
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.      177       5,636  
Masimo Corp.1      483       40,958  
Medtronic plc      14,059       1,135,264  
Meridian Bioscience, Inc.      397       5,558  
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.1      536       23,155  
Natus Medical, Inc.1      332       12,682  
Neogen Corp.1      346       28,445  
Nevro Corp.1      328       22,645  
NuVasive, Inc.1      474       27,724  
NxStage Medical, Inc.1      22,555       546,508  
OraSure Technologies, Inc.1      685       12,919  
Orthofix International NV1      220       12,034  
Oxford Immunotec Global plc1      215       3,004  
Penumbra, Inc.1      307       28,889  
Quidel Corp.1      347       15,042  
RTI Surgical, Inc.1      688       2,821  
Smith & Nephew plc      2,917       50,474  
STAAR Surgical Co.1      298       4,619  
Surmodics, Inc.1      144       4,032  
Tactile Systems Technology, Inc.1      161       4,666  
Utah Medical Products, Inc.      42       3,419  
Varex Imaging Corp.1      330       13,256  
Viveve Medical, Inc.1      200       994  
Wright Medical Group NV1      1,072       23,798  
              

 

3,913,617

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services—1.6%                 
AAC Holdings, Inc.1      197       1,773  
Aceto Corp.      275       2,841  
Addus HomeCare Corp.1      153       5,325  
Almost Family, Inc.1      98       5,424  
Amedisys, Inc.1      286       15,075  
American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc.1      248       4,315  
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.1      395       19,454  
BioScrip, Inc.1      1,166       3,393  
BioTelemetry, Inc.1      307       9,179  
Capital Senior Living Corp.1      236       3,184  
Chemed Corp.      137       33,294  
Cigna Corp.      7,670       1,557,700  
Civitas Solutions, Inc.1      339       5,797  
Community Health Systems, Inc.1      1,407       5,994  
ConvaTec Group plc2      16,795       46,415  
CorVel Corp.1      249       13,172  
Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.1      338       4,313  
Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc.1      765       15,354  
Ensign Group, Inc. (The)      460       10,212  
      Shares     Value  
Health Care Providers & Services (Continued)          
Genesis Healthcare, Inc., Cl. A1      1,270     $                 969  
HCA Healthcare, Inc.1      7,385       648,698  
HealthEquity, Inc.1      554       25,850  
HealthSouth Corp.      860       42,493  
Kindred Healthcare, Inc.      70,989       688,593  
LHC Group, Inc.1      171       10,474  
Magellan Health, Inc.1      230       22,207  
Mediclinic International plc      5,826       50,865  
MEDNAX, Inc.1      5,935       317,166  
Molina Healthcare, Inc.1      468       35,886  
National HealthCare Corp.      179       10,908  
National Research Corp., Cl. A      442       16,487  
NMC Health plc      1,699       66,171  
Novocure Ltd.1      949       19,170  
Owens & Minor, Inc.      744       14,047  
PetIQ, Inc., Cl. A1      136       2,970  
Premier, Inc., Cl. A1      19,570       571,248  
Providence Service Corp. (The)1      151       8,960  
R1 RCM, Inc.1      969       4,273  
RadNet, Inc.1      469       4,737  
Select Medical Holdings Corp.1      1,375       24,269  
Surgery Partners, Inc.1      454       5,493  
Teladoc, Inc.1      480       16,728  
Tivity Health, Inc.1      471       17,215  
Triple-S Management Corp., Cl. B1      191       4,746  
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.6      9,576       2,111,125  
US Physical Therapy, Inc.      111       8,014  
              

 

6,511,976

 

 

 

Health Care Technology—0.0%                 
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.1      1,612       23,455  
Castlight Health, Inc., Cl. B1      1,245       4,669  
Cotiviti Holdings, Inc.1      941       30,310  
Evolent Health, Inc., Cl. A1      894       10,996  
HealthStream, Inc.1      311       7,203  
HMS Holdings Corp.1      926       15,696  
Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Cl. A1      1,455       21,825  
Medidata Solutions, Inc.1      625       39,606  
Omnicell, Inc.1      341       16,538  
Quality Systems, Inc.1      588       7,985  
Simulations Plus, Inc.      171       2,753  
Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc.1      141       3,955  
Vocera Communications, Inc.1      266       8,038  
              

 

193,029

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services—0.1%                 
Cambrex Corp.1      275       13,200  
CHC Group LLC1      697       6,273  
Enzo Biochem, Inc.1      570       4,646  
Fluidigm Corp.1      356       2,097  
INC Research Holdings, Inc., Cl. A1      1,472       64,179  
Luminex Corp.      410       8,077  
Medpace Holdings, Inc.1      398       14,431  
NanoString Technologies, Inc.1      312       2,331  
NeoGenomics, Inc.1      714       6,326  
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.1      1,459       3,852  
PRA Health Sciences, Inc.1      764       69,577  
              

 

194,989

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals—1.6%                 
Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.1      310       7,645  
Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      331       19,777  
Allergan plc6      3,318       542,758  
Ambit Biosciences Corp.1,3,4      10,347       6,208  
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      401       7,715  
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      90       5,801  
Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.1      394       2,072  
Assembly Biosciences, Inc.1      97       4,389  
AstraZeneca plc      996       68,349  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      7,855       481,354  
 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

      Shares     Value  
Pharmaceuticals (Continued)                 
Catalent, Inc.1      1,734     $             71,233  
Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.1      1,185       21,401  
Corium International, Inc.1      292       2,806  
Depomed, Inc.1      421       3,389  
Dermira, Inc.1      412       11,458  
Durata Therapeutics1,3,4      6,530        
Durect Corp.1      1,068       984  
Eli Lilly & Co.      783       66,132  
GlaxoSmithKline plc      3,259       57,645  
Horizon Pharma plc1      1,463       21,360  
Impax Laboratories, Inc.1      765       12,737  
Innoviva, Inc.1      954       13,537  
Intersect ENT, Inc.1      270       8,748  
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc., Cl. A1      413       5,980  
Johnson & Johnson      558       77,964  
Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      193       3,569  
Medicines Co. (The)1      683       18,673  
Melinta Therapeutics, Inc.1      67       1,059  
Merck & Co., Inc.      18,399       1,035,312  
Mylan NV1      19,280       815,737  
MyoKardia, Inc.1      354       14,903  
Nektar Therapeutics, Cl. A1      663       39,594  
Novartis AG, Sponsored ADR      13,530       1,135,979  
Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      266       12,143  
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      300       5,370  
Pfizer, Inc.      2,201       79,720  
Phibro Animal Health Corp., Cl. A      413       13,836  
Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.1      521       23,138  
Revance Therapeutics, Inc.1      274       9,796  
Roche Holding AG      4,251       1,075,262  
Sanofi      2,309       198,813  
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cl. A1      36,896       662,283  
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      534       21,280  
Teligent, Inc.1      714       2,592  
Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1      454       2,860  
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.1,4      10        
Theravance Biopharma, Inc.1      519       14,475  
Zogenix, Inc.1      243       9,732  
              

 

6,717,568

 

 

 

Industrials—5.3%                 
Aerospace & Defense—2.2%                 
AAR Corp.      395       15,520  
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.1      665       20,748  
Aerovironment, Inc.1      253       14,208  
Airbus SE      1,401       139,127  
Astronics Corp.1      220       9,123  
Axon Enterprise, Inc.1      462       12,243  
BAE Systems plc      8,245       63,414  
Boeing Co. (The)      269       79,331  
Cubic Corp.      226       13,323  
Curtiss-Wright Corp.      398       48,496  
Ducommun, Inc.1      126       3,585  
Engility Holdings, Inc.1      402       11,405  
Esterline Technologies Corp.1      490       36,603  
General Dynamics Corp.      328       66,732  
KeyW Holding Corp. (The)1      648       3,804  
KLX, Inc.1      476       32,487  
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.1      1,129       11,956  
L3 Technologies, Inc.      5,750       1,137,637  
Lockheed Martin Corp.      7,089       2,275,923  
Mercury Systems, Inc.1      428       21,978  
Moog, Inc., Cl. A1      455       39,517  
National Presto Industries, Inc.      79       7,857  
Northrop Grumman Corp.      5,520       1,694,143  
Orbital ATK, Inc.      4,848       637,512  
Raytheon Co.      8,913       1,674,307  
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc1      3,969       45,171  
      Shares     Value  
Aerospace & Defense (Continued)                 
Safran SA      1,328     $           136,558  
Sparton Corp.1      27,946       644,435  
Triumph Group, Inc.      472       12,838  
United Technologies Corp.      562       71,694  
Vectrus, Inc.1      128       3,949  
Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc.1      1,151       8,517  
              

 

8,994,141

 

 

 

Air Freight & Couriers—0.1%                 
Air Transport Services Group, Inc.1      559       12,935  
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.1      254       14,897  
Echo Global Logistics, Inc.1      229       6,412  
FedEx Corp.      1,775       442,934  
Forward Air Corp.      364       20,908  
Hub Group, Inc., Cl. A1      377       18,059  
Radiant Logistics, Inc.1      472       2,171  
United Parcel Service, Inc., Cl. B      474       56,477  
              

 

574,793

 

 

 

Airlines—0.1%                 
Allegiant Travel Co., Cl. A      137       21,201  
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.      386       15,382  
International Consolidated Airlines Group SA      6,007       52,686  
SkyWest, Inc.      444       23,576  
United Continental Holdings, Inc.1      5,500       370,700  
              

 

483,545

 

 

 

Building Products—0.1%                 
AAON, Inc.      477       17,506  
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.      433       10,327  
American Woodmark Corp.1      150       19,537  
Apogee Enterprises, Inc.      259       11,844  
Armstrong Flooring, Inc.1      206       3,486  
Builders FirstSource, Inc.1      944       20,570  
Continental Building Products, Inc.1      440       12,386  
CSW Industrials, Inc.1      198       9,098  
Gibraltar Industries, Inc.1      303       9,999  
Griffon Corp.      431       8,771  
Insteel Industries, Inc.      167       4,729  
JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.1      1,210       47,638  
Masonite International Corp.1      316       23,431  
NCI Building Systems, Inc.1      826       15,942  
Patrick Industries, Inc.1      219       15,210  
PGT Innovations, Inc.1      522       8,796  
Ply Gem Holdings, Inc.1      793       14,670  
Quanex Building Products Corp.      330       7,722  
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.      416       23,883  
Trex Co., Inc.1      259       28,073  
Universal Forest Products, Inc.      557       20,954  
              

 

334,572

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies—0.8%                 
ABM Industries, Inc.      518       19,539  
ACCO Brands Corp.1      1,001       12,212  
Advanced Disposal Services, Inc.1      894       21,402  
ARC Document Solutions, Inc.1      907       2,313  
Brady Corp., Cl. A      612       23,195  
Brink’s Co. (The)      450       35,415  
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Cl. A1      444       10,221  
CECO Environmental Corp.      530       2,719  
CompX International, Inc.      130       1,729  
Covanta Holding Corp.      1,313       22,190  
Deluxe Corp.      446       34,271  
Ennis, Inc.      228       4,731  
Essendant, Inc.      366       3,393  
G4S plc      14,262       51,270  
Healthcare Services Group, Inc.      706       37,220  
Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.1      285       6,199  
Herman Miller, Inc.      532       21,307  
 

 

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     Shares     Value  
Commercial Services & Supplies (Continued)  
HNI Corp.     402     $             15,505  
Hudson Technologies, Inc.1     410       2,489  
InnerWorkings, Inc.1     513       5,145  
Interface, Inc., Cl. A     521       13,103  
Johnson Controls International plc6     21,200       807,932  
Kimball International, Inc., Cl. B     473       8,831  
Knoll, Inc.     455       10,483  
LSC Communications, Inc.     322       4,878  
Matthews International Corp., Cl. A     338       17,846  
McGrath RentCorp     274       12,873  
Mobile Mini, Inc.     387       13,351  
MSA Safety, Inc.     429       33,256  
Multi-Color Corp.     175       13,099  
NL Industries, Inc.1     391       5,572  
Quad/Graphics, Inc.     496       11,210  
Republic Services, Inc., Cl. A6     26,230       1,773,410  
RR Donnelley & Sons Co.     649       6,036  
SP Plus Corp.1     271       10,054  
Steelcase, Inc., Cl. A     1,051       15,975  
Team, Inc.1     253       3,770  
Tetra Tech, Inc.     521       25,086  
UniFirst Corp.     176       29,022  
US Ecology, Inc.     191       9,741  
Viad Corp.     251       13,905  
VSE Corp.     105       5,085  
             

 

3,176,983

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering—0.3%  
Aegion Corp., Cl. A1     261       6,637  
Ameresco, Inc., Cl. A1     390       3,354  
Argan, Inc.     171       7,695  
Cie de Saint-Gobain     2,097       115,410  
Comfort Systems USA, Inc.     467       20,385  
Dycom Industries, Inc.1     240       26,743  
EMCOR Group, Inc.     715       58,451  
Granite Construction, Inc.     8,362       530,402  
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.1     595       3,213  
HC2 Holdings, Inc.1     405       2,410  
IES Holdings, Inc.1     214       3,692  
KBR, Inc.     1,388       27,524  
Layne Christensen Co.1     192       2,410  
MasTec, Inc.1     761       37,251  
MYR Group, Inc.1     140       5,002  
Northwest Pipe Co.1     91       1,742  
NV5 Global, Inc.1     107       5,794  
Orion Group Holdings, Inc.1     247       1,934  
Primoris Services Corp.     634       17,238  
Sterling Construction Co., Inc.1     266       4,330  
Tutor Perini Corp.1     527       13,359  
Vinci SA     1,543       157,428  
             

 

1,052,404

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment—0.3%                
Allied Motion Technologies, Inc.     103       3,408  
Atkore International Group, Inc.1     701       15,036  
AZZ, Inc.     244       12,468  
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.1     17,391       98,781  
Emerson Electric Co.     674       46,971  
Encore Wire Corp.     246       11,968  
EnerSys     516       35,929  
Generac Holdings, Inc.1     623       30,851  
General Cable Corp.     21,856       646,938  
Legrand SA     2,096       161,145  
LSI Industries, Inc.     310       2,133  
Powell Industries, Inc.     112       3,209  
Preformed Line Products Co.     41       2,913  
Schneider Electric SE     1,371       116,276  
Severn Trent plc     2,599       75,833  
Sunrun, Inc.1     1,035       6,107  
     Shares     Value  
Electrical Equipment (Continued)  
Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.1     284     $               6,722  
TPI Composites, Inc.1     426       8,716  
Vicor Corp.1     356       7,440  
             

 

1,292,844

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates—0.8%                
3M Co.     300       70,611  
DCC plc     571       57,535  
General Electric Co.6     67,312       1,174,595  
Honeywell International, Inc.6     13,356       2,048,276  
Raven Industries, Inc.     298       10,236  
Smiths Group plc     3,157       63,156  
             

 

3,424,409

 

 

 

Machinery—0.2%                
Actuant Corp., Cl. A     546       13,814  
Alamo Group, Inc.     126       14,222  
Albany International Corp., Cl. A     284       17,452  
Altra Industrial Motion Corp.     349       17,590  
American Railcar Industries, Inc.     177       7,370  
Astec Industries, Inc.     205       11,992  
Barnes Group, Inc.     498       31,508  
Blue Bird Corp.1     238       4,736  
Briggs & Stratton Corp.     410       10,402  
Caterpillar, Inc.     445       70,123  
Chart Industries, Inc.1     260       12,184  
CIRCOR International, Inc.     142       6,913  
Columbus McKinnon Corp.     278       11,114  
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.1     199       2,127  
DMC Global, Inc.     151       3,783  
Douglas Dynamics, Inc.     220       8,316  
Eastern Co. (The)     59       1,543  
Energy Recovery, Inc.1     348       3,045  
EnPro Industries, Inc.     252       23,565  
ESCO Technologies, Inc.     217       13,074  
Federal Signal Corp.     727       14,605  
Franklin Electric Co., Inc.     433       19,875  
FreightCar America, Inc.     131       2,237  
Gencor Industries, Inc.1     177       2,929  
Global Brass & Copper Holdings, Inc.     270       8,937  
Gorman-Rupp Co. (The)     240       7,490  
Graham Corp.     116       2,428  
Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (The)     282       15,031  
Hardinge, Inc.     153       2,665  
Harsco Corp.1     1,155       21,541  
Hillenbrand, Inc.     519       23,199  
Hurco Cos., Inc.     81       3,418  
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.     144       12,263  
John Bean Technologies Corp.     267       29,584  
Kadant, Inc.     116       11,646  
Kennametal, Inc.     718       34,758  
LB Foster Co., Cl. A1     106       2,878  
Lindsay Corp.     99       8,732  
Lydall, Inc.1     221       11,216  
Manitowoc Co., Inc. (The)1     316       12,431  
Meritor, Inc.1     873       20,481  
Milacron Holdings Corp.1     862       16,499  
Miller Industries, Inc.     141       3,638  
Mueller Industries, Inc.     522       18,494  
Mueller Water Products, Inc., Cl. A     1,849       23,168  
Navistar International Corp.1     966       41,422  
NN, Inc.     276       7,618  
Omega Flex, Inc.     95       6,784  
Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.     120       5,514  
Proto Labs, Inc.1     229       23,587  
RBC Bearings, Inc.1     213       26,923  
REV Group, Inc.     571       18,575  
Rexnord Corp.1     1,007       26,202  
Spartan Motors, Inc.     336       5,292  
 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Shares     Value  
Machinery (Continued)                
SPX Corp.1     370     $             11,614  
SPX FLOW, Inc.1     369       17,546  
Standex International Corp.     150       15,277  
Sun Hydraulics Corp.     243       15,720  
Tennant Co.     178       12,932  
Titan International, Inc.     460       5,925  
TriMas Corp.1     572       15,301  
Twin Discount, Inc.1     83       2,205  
Wabash National Corp.     623       13,519  
Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Cl. A     293       22,253  
Woodward, Inc.     744       56,946  
             

 

966,171

 

 

 

Marine—0.0%                
Costamare, Inc.     1,094       6,312  
Matson, Inc.     375       11,190  
             

 

17,502

 

 

 

Professional Services—0.1%                
Barrett Business Services, Inc.     63       4,063  
BG Staffing, Inc.     89       1,419  
CBIZ, Inc.1     769       11,881  
CRA International, Inc.     71       3,191  
Experian plc     2,611       57,383  
Exponent, Inc.     308       21,899  
Forrester Research, Inc.     205       9,061  
Franklin Covey Co.1     125       2,594  
FTI Consulting, Inc.1     357       15,337  
GP Strategies Corp.1     259       6,009  
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.     228       5,597  
Hill International, Inc.1     457       2,491  
Huron Consulting Group, Inc.1     187       7,564  
ICF International, Inc.1     226       11,865  
Insperity, Inc.     410       23,513  
Intertek Group plc     618       43,290  
Kelly Services, Inc., Cl. A     328       8,945  
Kforce, Inc.     262       6,615  
Korn/Ferry International     666       27,559  
Mistras Group, Inc.1     245       5,750  
Navigant Consulting, Inc.1     394       7,648  
On Assignment, Inc.1     471       30,271  
Pendrell Corp.     2       1,170  
Resources Connection, Inc.     278       4,295  
RPX Corp.     596       8,010  
TriNet Group, Inc.1     511       22,658  
TrueBlue, Inc.1     480       13,200  
WageWorks, Inc.1     373       23,126  
Willdan Group, Inc.1     98       2,346  
             

 

388,750

 

 

 

Road & Rail—0.2%                
ArcBest Corp.     209       7,472  
Avis Budget Group, Inc.1     840       36,859  
Covenant Transportation Group, Inc., Cl. A1     172       4,942  
Daseke, Inc.1     459       6,559  
Heartland Express, Inc.     736       17,178  
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.1     1,044       23,072  
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc., Cl. A     1,635       71,482  
Marten Transport Ltd.     503       10,211  
Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc.1     373       2,876  
Saia, Inc.1     238       16,839  
Schneider National, Inc., Cl. B     1,672       47,752  
Union Pacific Corp.     3,548       475,787  
Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc.     321       7,624  
Werner Enterprises, Inc.     639       24,697  
     Shares     Value  
Road & Rail (Continued)                
YRC Worldwide, Inc.1     339     $               4,875  
             

 

758,225

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors—0.1%  
Aircastle Ltd.     912       21,332  
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.     366       24,925  
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.1     554       35,323  
BMC Stock Holdings, Inc.1     588       14,876  
Bunzl plc     2,055       57,462  
CAI International, Inc.1     254       7,193  
DXP Enterprises, Inc.1     190       5,618  
Ferguson plc     695       49,729  
Foundation Building Materials, Inc.1     359       5,310  
GATX Corp.     341       21,197  
GMS, Inc.1     456       17,164  
H&E Equipment Services, Inc.     299       12,154  
Herc Holdings, Inc.1     219       13,712  
Huttig Building Products, Inc.1     241       1,603  
Kaman Corp.     247       14,533  
Lawson Products, Inc.1     82       2,029  
MRC Global, Inc.1     977       16,531  
Nexeo Solutions, Inc.1     788       7,171  
NOW, Inc.1     1,238       13,655  
Rush Enterprises, Inc., Cl. A1     506       25,710  
Rush Enterprises, Inc., Cl. B1     502       24,201  
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.1     320       24,544  
Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.1     458       9,847  
Titan Machinery, Inc.1     163       3,451  
Triton International Ltd.1     992       37,150  
Veritiv Corp.1     175       5,058  
Willis Lease Finance Corp.1     58       1,448  
             

 

472,926

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure—0.0%  

easyJet plc

 

   

 

4,378

 

 

 

   

 

86,539

 

 

 

Information Technology—4.9%  
Communications Equipment—0.8%  
ADTRAN, Inc.     415       8,030  
Aerohive Networks, Inc.1     372       2,169  
CalAmp Corp.1     335       7,179  
Calix, Inc.1     397       2,362  
Ciena Corp.1     1,321       27,649  
Cisco Systems, Inc.     57,131       2,188,117  
Clearfield, Inc.1     123       1,507  
CommScope Holding Co., Inc.1     22,040       833,773  
Comtech Telecommunications Corp.     222       4,911  
Digi International, Inc.1     329       3,142  
EMCORE Corp.1     269       1,735  
Extreme Networks, Inc.1     1,002       12,545  
Finisar Corp.1     1,268       25,804  
Harmonic, Inc.1     681       2,860  
Infinera Corp.1     1,634       10,343  
InterDigital, Inc.     317       24,140  
KVH Industries, Inc.1     173       1,791  
Lumentum Holdings, Inc.1     686       33,545  
NETGEAR, Inc.1     270       15,862  
NetScout Systems, Inc.1     754       22,959  
Oclaro, Inc.1     1,856       12,509  
Plantronics, Inc.     271       13,653  
Quantenna Communications, Inc.1     421       5,136  
Ribbon Communications, Inc.1     475       3,672  
ViaSat, Inc.1     483       36,153  
Viavi Solutions, Inc.1     2,138       18,686  
             

 

3,320,232

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments, & Components—0.2%  
Anixter International, Inc.1     306       23,256  
AVX Corp.     1,654       28,614  
Badger Meter, Inc.     260       12,428  
 

 

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     Shares     Value  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments, & Components (Continued)  
Bel Fuse, Inc., Cl. B     134     $             3,373  
Belden, Inc.     377       29,093  
Benchmark Electronics, Inc.1     479       13,939  
Control4 Corp.1     212       6,309  
CTS Corp.     311       8,008  
Daktronics, Inc.     449       4,099  
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.1     241       5,165  
ePlus, Inc.1     158       11,882  
Fabrinet1     414       11,882  
FARO Technologies, Inc.1     157       7,379  
Fitbit, Inc., Cl. A1     2,003       11,437  
II-VI, Inc.1     561       26,339  
Insight Enterprises, Inc.1     504       19,298  
Iteris, Inc.1     335       2,335  
Itron, Inc.1     444       30,281  
KEMET Corp.1     888       13,373  
Kimball Electronics, Inc.1     345       6,296  
Knowles Corp.1     888       13,018  
Littelfuse, Inc.     221       43,718  
LivaNova plc1     387       30,929  
Maxwell Technologies, Inc.1     304       1,751  
Mesa Laboratories, Inc.     42       5,221  
Methode Electronics, Inc.     347       13,915  
MTS Systems Corp.     157       8,431  
Napco Security Technologies, Inc.1     181       1,584  
Novanta, Inc.1     415       20,750  
OSI Systems, Inc.1     183       11,781  
Park Electrochemical Corp.     189       3,714  
PC Connection, Inc.     250       6,552  
PCM, Inc.1     159       1,574  
Plexus Corp.1     311       18,884  
Radisys Corp.1     655       658  
Rogers Corp.1     163       26,393  
Sanmina Corp.1     653       21,549  
ScanSource, Inc.1     287       10,275  
SYNNEX Corp.     478       64,984  
Systemax, Inc.     328       10,913  
Tech Data Corp.1     346       33,898  
TTM Technologies, Inc.1     931       14,589  
VeriFone Systems, Inc.1     1,169       20,703  
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.     1,385       28,739  
Vishay Precision Group, Inc.1     112       2,817  
             

 

692,126

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services—1.1%                
2U, Inc.1     490       31,610  
Actua Corp.1     398       6,209  
Akamai Technologies, Inc.1     4,199       273,103  
Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.1     508       19,177  
Alphabet, Inc., Cl. A1,6     3,101       3,266,593  
Alphabet, Inc., Cl. C1     57       59,645  
Alteryx, Inc., Cl. A1     507       12,812  
Amber Road, Inc.1     337       2,474  
Appfolio, Inc., Cl. A1     342       14,193  
Apptio, Inc., Cl. A1     415       9,761  
Bazaarvoice, Inc.1     929       5,063  
Benefitfocus, Inc.1     299       8,073  
Blucora, Inc.1     461       10,188  
Box, Inc., Cl. A1     1,345       28,406  
Brightcove, Inc.1     354       2,513  
Carbonite, Inc.1     250       6,275  
Care.com, Inc.1     230       4,149  
Cars.com, Inc.1     666       19,208  
ChannelAdvisor Corp.1     423       3,807  
Cimpress NV1     263       31,529  
CommerceHub, Inc., Cl. A1     401       8,818  
CommerceHub, Inc., Cl. C1     525       10,810  
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.1     567       20,032  

 

     Shares     Value  
Internet Software & Services (Continued)  
Coupa Software, Inc.1     497     $               15,516  
DHI Group, Inc.1     729       1,385  
Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.1     1,146       9,626  
Envestnet, Inc.1     455       22,682  
Etsy, Inc.1     1,163       23,783  
Facebook, Inc., Cl. A1     261       46,056  
Five9, Inc.1     542       13,485  
GrubHub, Inc.1     740       53,132  
GTT Communications, Inc.1     371       17,419  
Hortonworks, Inc.1     571       11,483  
Instructure, Inc.1     282       9,334  
Internap Corp.1     203       3,189  
j2 Global, Inc.     443       33,238  
Leaf Group Ltd.1     168       1,663  
Limelight Networks, Inc.1     1,362       6,007  
Liquidity Services, Inc.1     295       1,431  
LivePerson, Inc.1     878       10,097  
London Stock Exchange Group plc     1,171       59,957  
Meet Group, Inc. (The)1     907       2,558  
MINDBODY, Inc., Cl. A1     434       13,215  
MuleSoft, Inc., Cl. A1     1,248       29,029  
New Relic, Inc.1     475       27,441  
NIC, Inc.     642       10,657  
Nutanix, Inc., Cl. A1     1,272       44,876  
Okta, Inc., Cl. A1     895       22,921  
Q2 Holdings, Inc.1     401       14,777  
QuinStreet, Inc.1     464       3,888  
Quotient Technology, Inc.1     1,154       13,560  
Reis, Inc.     91       1,879  
Shutterstock, Inc.1     301       12,952  
SPS Commerce, Inc.1     205       9,961  
Stamps.com, Inc.1     219       41,172  
TechTarget, Inc.1     300       4,176  
Trade Desk, Inc. (The), Cl. A1     521       23,825  
TrueCar, Inc.1     1,255       14,056  
Twilio, Inc., Cl. A1     1,054       24,874  
Web.com Group, Inc.1     483       10,529  
XO Group, Inc.1     324       5,981  
Yelp, Inc., Cl. A1     821       34,449  
             

 

4,560,707

 

 

 

IT Services—0.2%                
Accenture plc, Cl. A     350       53,582  
Acxiom Corp.1     691       19,044  
Atos SE     972       141,485  
Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc., Cl. A1     497       17,718  
CACI International, Inc., Cl. A1     327       43,278  
Capgemini SE     1,163       137,632  
Cardtronics plc, Cl. A1     529       9,797  
Cass Information Systems, Inc.     110       6,403  
Convergys Corp.     912       21,432  
CSG Systems International, Inc.     378       16,564  
EPAM Systems, Inc.1     448       48,129  
Everi Holdings, Inc.1     832       6,273  
EVERTEC, Inc.     739       10,087  
ExlService Holdings, Inc.1     419       25,287  
Hackett Group, Inc. (The)     330       5,184  
Information Services Group, Inc.1     477       1,989  
International Business Machines Corp.     586       89,904  
ManTech International Corp., Cl. A     433       21,732  
Mastercard, Inc., Cl. A     313       47,376  
MAXIMUS, Inc.     593       42,447  
MoneyGram International, Inc.1     653       8,607  
PayPal Holdings, Inc.1     558       41,080  
Perficient, Inc.1     410       7,819  
Presidio, Inc.1     831       15,930  
Science Applications International Corp.     412       31,547  
 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Shares     Value  
IT Services (Continued)                
ServiceSource International, Inc.1     1,035     $             3,198  
StarTek, Inc.1     186       1,854  
Sykes Enterprises, Inc.1     475       14,939  
Syntel, Inc.1     715       16,438  
TeleTech Holdings, Inc.     446       17,951  
Travelport Worldwide Ltd.     1,779       23,252  
Unisys Corp.1     540       4,401  
Virtusa Corp.1     228       10,050  
Visa, Inc., Cl. A     581       66,246  
             

 

1,028,655

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—1.3%  
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.1     546       36,844  
Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.1     307       5,023  
Ambarella, Inc.1     327       19,211  
Amkor Technology, Inc.1     2,477       24,894  
Axcelis Technologies, Inc.1     306       8,782  
AXT, Inc.1     355       3,089  
Brooks Automation, Inc.     913       21,775  
Cabot Microelectronics Corp.     310       29,165  
CEVA, Inc.1     211       9,738  
Cirrus Logic, Inc.1     611       31,686  
Cohu, Inc.     390       8,561  
Cree, Inc.1     932       34,614  
CyberOptics Corp.1     60       900  
Diodes, Inc.1     545       15,625  
DSP Group, Inc.1     279       3,488  
Entegris, Inc.     1,865       56,789  
FormFactor, Inc.1     988       15,462  
GSI Technology, Inc.1     173       1,377  
Hanergy Thin Film Power Group Ltd.1,4     161,121       2  
Ichor Holdings Ltd.1     265       6,519  
Inphi Corp.1     401       14,677  
Integrated Device Technology, Inc.1     1,300       38,649  
Intel Corp.     1,259       58,115  
IXYS Corp.1     406       9,724  
Kopin Corp.1     745       2,384  
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.1     1,497       8,653  
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.1     763       24,828  
MaxLinear, Inc., Cl. A1     587       15,509  
Mellanox Technologies Ltd.1     5,740       371,378  
MKS Instruments, Inc.     592       55,944  
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.     404       45,393  
Nanometrics, Inc.1     350       8,722  
NVE Corp.     47       4,042  
NXP Semiconductors NV1     6,540       765,769  
PDF Solutions, Inc.1     244       3,831  
Photronics, Inc.1     652       5,558  
Pixelworks, Inc.1     315       1,994  
Power Integrations, Inc.     288       21,182  
QUALCOMM, Inc.6     12,554       803,707  
Rambus, Inc.1     1,033       14,689  
Rudolph Technologies, Inc.1     439       10,492  
Semtech Corp.1     757       25,889  
Sigma Designs, Inc.1     93,790       651,841  
Silicon Laboratories, Inc.1     420       37,086  
STMicroelectronics NV     5,312       115,361  
Synaptics, Inc.1     314       12,541  
Texas Instruments, Inc.     449       46,894  
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.1     387       8,936  
Veeco Instruments, Inc.1     511       7,588  
Xcerra Corp.1     659       6,452  
Xilinx, Inc.6     26,405       1,780,225  
Xperi Corp.     556       13,566  
             

 

5,325,163

 

 

 

Software—0.6%                
8x8, Inc.1     824       11,618  
     Shares     Value  
Software (Continued)                
A10 Networks, Inc.1     785     $             6,060  
ACI Worldwide, Inc.1     1,179       26,728  
Agilysys, Inc.1     285       3,500  
American Software, Inc., Cl. A     349       4,059  
Aspen Technology, Inc.1     664       43,957  
Barracuda Networks, Inc.1     424       11,660  
Blackbaud, Inc.     468       44,221  
Blackline, Inc.1     485       15,908  
Bottomline Technologies de, Inc.1     351       12,173  
BroadSoft, Inc.1     12,245       672,250  
Callidus Software, Inc.1     539       15,442  
CommVault Systems, Inc.1     418       21,945  
Ebix, Inc.     262       20,763  
Ellie Mae, Inc.1     333       29,770  
Everbridge, Inc.1     268       7,965  
Fair Isaac Corp.     341       52,241  
Glu Mobile, Inc.1     1,322       4,812  
HubSpot, Inc.1     378       33,415  
Imperva, Inc.1     333       13,220  
Majesco1     387       2,078  
Micro Focus International plc     2,516       85,388  
Microsoft Corp.     645       55,173  
MicroStrategy, Inc., Cl. A1     135       17,726  
Mitek Systems, Inc.1     316       2,828  
MobileIron, Inc.1     898       3,502  
Model N, Inc.1     249       3,922  
Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc.     362       8,724  
Oracle Corp.     1,281       60,566  
Paycom Software, Inc.1     552       44,342  
Paylocity Holding Corp.1     567       26,740  
Pegasystems, Inc.     851       40,125  
Progress Software Corp.     7,250       308,633  
Proofpoint, Inc.1     435       38,632  
PROS Holdings, Inc.1     272       7,194  
QAD, Inc., Cl. A     276       10,723  
Qualys, Inc.1     322       19,111  
Rapid7, Inc.1     397       7,408  
RealNetworks, Inc.1     399       1,365  
RealPage, Inc.1     751       33,269  
RingCentral, Inc., Cl. A1     655       31,702  
Rosetta Stone, Inc.1     232       2,893  
Rubicon Project, Inc. (The)1     932       1,743  
Sage Group plc (The)     6,089       65,432  
Silver Spring Networks, Inc.1     41,125       667,870  
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.1     366       3,272  
Telenav, Inc.1     634       3,487  
TiVo Corp.     1,177       18,361  
Varonis Systems, Inc.1     294       14,274  
VASCO Data Security International, Inc.1     497       6,908  
Verint Systems, Inc.1     750       31,388  
Workiva, Inc., Cl. A1     408       8,731  
Zendesk, Inc.1     883       29,881  
Zix Corp.1     740       3,241  
             

 

2,718,339

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—0.7%          
Apple, Inc.     15,852       2,682,634  
Avid Technology, Inc.1     257       1,385  
Cray, Inc.1     347       8,398  
Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.     719       11,756  
Eastman Kodak Co.1     654       2,027  
Electronics for Imaging, Inc.1     441       13,023  
Immersion Corp.1     17,584       124,143  
Intevac, Inc.1     300       2,055  
Pure Storage, Inc., Cl. A1     1,776       28,167  
Quantum Corp.1     30,270       170,420  
Stratasys Ltd.1     521       10,399  
Super Micro Computer, Inc.1     416       8,705  
 

 

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     Shares     Value  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (Continued)  
USA Technologies, Inc.1     347     $               3,383  
             

 

3,066,495

 

 

 

Materials—2.2%                
Chemicals—1.0%                
A. Schulman, Inc.     6,823       254,157  
AdvanSix, Inc.1     400       16,828  
AgroFresh Solutions, Inc.1     462       3,419  
Air Liquide SA     1,085       136,462  
American Vanguard Corp.     319       6,268  
Balchem Corp.     293       23,616  
Calgon Carbon Corp.     30,982       659,917  
Celanese Corp., Cl. A6     14,620       1,565,510  
Chase Corp.     107       12,893  
Codexis, Inc.1     408       3,407  
Core Molding Technologies, Inc.     79       1,714  
Croda International plc     1,399       83,538  
DowDuPont, Inc.     502       35,752  
Ferro Corp.1     961       22,670  
Flotek Industries, Inc.1     560       2,610  
FutureFuel Corp.     419       5,904  
GCP Applied Technologies, Inc.1     606       19,331  
H.B. Fuller Co.     479       25,804  
Hawkins, Inc.     129       4,541  
Ingevity Corp.1     460       32,416  
Innophos Holdings, Inc.     252       11,776  
Innospec, Inc.     255       18,003  
Intrepid Potash, Inc.1     1,266       6,026  
Johnson Matthey plc     2,025       83,726  
KMG Chemicals, Inc.     147       9,714  
Koppers Holdings, Inc.1     246       12,521  
Kraton Corp.1     397       19,123  
Kronos Worldwide, Inc.     1,034       26,646  
LSB Industries, Inc.1     225       1,971  
Minerals Technologies, Inc.     332       22,858  
Monsanto Co.     1,176       137,333  
OMNOVA Solutions, Inc.1     566       5,660  
PolyOne Corp.     983       42,760  
Quaker Chemical Corp.     119       17,944  
Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc.     313       6,401  
Sensient Technologies Corp.     520       38,038  
Solvay SA     1,004       139,425  
Stepan Co.     264       20,848  
Trecora Resources1     223       3,011  
Tredegar Corp.     395       7,584  
Trinseo SA     513       37,244  
Valhi, Inc.     2,069       12,766  
Westlake Chemical Partners LP5     19,812       494,309  
             

 

4,092,444

 

 

 

Construction Materials—0.1%          
Caesarstone Ltd.1     369       8,118  
CRH plc     1,013       36,307  
LafargeHolcim Ltd.1     3,057       172,192  
Summit Materials, Inc., Cl. A1     1,062       33,389  
United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.     72       5,551  
US Concrete, Inc.1     152       12,715  
             

 

268,272

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging—0.6%          
Greif, Inc., Cl. A     567       34,349  
Greif, Inc., Cl. B     562       38,975  
Myers Industries, Inc.     290       5,655  
Packaging Corp. of America     10,580       1,275,419  
Sonoco Products Co.6     23,870       1,268,452  
UFP Technologies, Inc.1     99       2,752  
             

 

2,625,602

 

 

 

Metals & Mining—0.4%                
AK Steel Holding Corp.1     2,809       15,899  

 

     Shares     Value  
Metals & Mining (Continued)          
Allegheny Technologies, Inc.1     1,140     $             27,520  
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.     135       1,674  
Anglo American plc     2,286       47,778  
Antofagasta plc     2,555       34,640  
ArcelorMittal1     4,130       133,751  
BHP Billiton plc     2,559       52,379  
Carpenter Technology Corp.     446       22,742  
Century Aluminum Co.1     873       17,146  
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin     1,267       181,491  
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.1     2,512       18,112  
Coeur Mining, Inc.1     1,711       12,832  
Commercial Metals Co.     1,076       22,940  
Compass Minerals International, Inc.     301       21,747  
Fresnillo plc     2,683       51,800  
Glencore plc1     8,020       42,196  
Gold Resource Corp.     491       2,160  
Hargreaves Lansdown plc     3,142       76,430  
Haynes International, Inc.     132       4,231  
Hecla Mining Co.     4,767       18,925  
Kaiser Aluminum Corp.     164       17,523  
Klondex Mines Ltd.1     2,002       5,225  
Materion Corp.     199       9,671  
Olympic Steel, Inc.     127       2,729  
Randgold Resources Ltd.     1,588       157,539  
Rio Tinto plc     789       41,641  
Ryerson Holding Corp.1     335       3,484  
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Cl. A     258       8,643  
Steel Dynamics, Inc.     14,760       636,599  
SunCoke Energy, Inc.1     593       7,110  
TimkenSteel Corp.1     390       5,924  
Warrior Met Coal, Inc.     592       14,889  
Worthington Industries, Inc.     643       28,331  
             

 

1,745,701

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products—0.1%          
Boise Cascade Co.     336       13,406  
Clearwater Paper Corp.1     151       6,855  
Deltic Timber Corp.     116       10,620  
KapStone Paper & Packaging Corp.     927       21,034  
Louisiana-Pacific Corp.1     1,350       35,451  
Mondi plc     2,146       55,949  
Neenah Paper, Inc.     199       18,039  
PH Glatfelter Co.     416       8,919  
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.     349       15,831  
Smurfit Kappa Group plc     1,641       55,633  
Verso Corp., Cl. A1     200       3,514  
             

 

245,251

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services—0.9%          
Diversified Telecommunication Services—0.9%  
AT&T, Inc.6     23,842       926,977  
ATN International, Inc.     138       7,626  
Babcock International Group plc     7,187       68,123  
BCE, Inc.     28,885       1,386,769  
BT Group plc, Cl. A     18,147       66,444  
Cincinnati Bell, Inc.1     351       7,318  
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.     500       22,650  
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.     909       11,081  
General Communication, Inc., Cl. A1     350       13,657  
Hawaiian Telcom Holdco, Inc.1     135       4,166  
IDT Corp., Cl. B1     198       2,099  
Intelsat SA1     1,373       4,654  
Iridium Communications, Inc.1     901       10,632  
Ooma, Inc.1     166       1,984  
Orange SA     12,893       223,731  
ORBCOMM, Inc.1     737       7,503  
 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Shares     Value  
Diversified Telecommunication Services (Continued)  
Straight Path Communications, Inc., Cl. B1     120     $             21,815  
Verizon Communications, Inc.     17,298       915,583  
Vivendi SA     4,564       122,726  
Vonage Holdings Corp.1     1,727       17,563  
Windstream Holdings, Inc.     1,238       2,290  
             

 

3,845,391

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services—0.0%  
Boingo Wireless, Inc.1     365       8,212  
NII Holdings, Inc.1     605       257  
Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.     462       15,616  
Spok Holdings, Inc.     183       2,864  
Vodafone Group plc     16,884       53,338  
             

 

80,287

 

 

 

Utilities—1.4%                
Electric Utilities—0.6%                
ALLETE, Inc.     470       34,949  
Bouygues SA     2,711       140,833  
Duke Energy Corp.     2,789       234,583  
Edison International     15,535       982,433  
El Paso Electric Co.     363       20,092  
Exelon Corp.     3,885       153,108  
Genie Energy Ltd., Cl. B     311       1,356  
IDACORP, Inc.     573       52,349  
MGE Energy, Inc.     328       20,697  
NextEra Energy, Inc.     964       150,567  
Otter Tail Corp.     356       15,824  
PG&E Corp.     8,390       376,124  
PNM Resources, Inc.     719       29,084  
Portland General Electric Co.     1,045       47,631  
Southern Co. (The)     2,334       112,242  
SSE plc     5,894       105,000  
             

 

2,476,872

 

 

 

Gas Utilities—0.1%                
Chesapeake Utilities Corp.     146       11,468  
New Jersey Resources Corp.     817       32,843  
Northwest Natural Gas Co.     261       15,569  
ONE Gas, Inc.     619       45,348  
South Jersey Industries, Inc.     755       23,579  
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.     558       44,908  
Spire, Inc.     439       32,991  
WGL Holdings, Inc.     491       42,147  
             

 

248,853

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers—0.2%  
Atlantic Power Corp.1     1,368       3,215  
Calpine Corp.1     43,104       652,163  
Dynegy, Inc.1     1,276       15,121  
NRG Energy, Inc.     171       4,877  
NRG Yield, Inc., Cl. A     917       17,285  
NRG Yield, Inc., Cl. C     918       17,350  
Ormat Technologies, Inc.     474       30,317  
Pattern Energy Group, Inc., Cl. A     857       18,417  
TerraForm Power, Inc., Cl. A     973       11,637  
             

 

770,382

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities—0.5%                
Avista Corp.     12,776       657,836  
Black Hills Corp.     566       34,022  
Centrica plc     28,720       53,177  
CMS Energy Corp.     16,080       760,584  
Engie SA     10,217       175,543  
National Grid plc     7,068       83,028  
NorthWestern Corp.     546       32,596  
Unitil Corp.     171       7,801  
Veolia Environnement SA     12,974       331,017  
      2,135,604  
     Shares     Value  
Water Utilities—0.0%                
American States Water Co.     323     $         18,705  
AquaVenture Holdings Ltd.1     199       3,088  
Artesian Resources Corp., Cl. A     83       3,200  
California Water Service Group     419       19,002  
Connecticut Water Service, Inc.     112       6,430  
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.     132       1,663  
Middlesex Water Co.     146       5,827  
Pure Cycle Corp.1     246       2,054  
SJW Group     169       10,787  
United Utilities Group plc     6,768       75,750  
York Water Co. (The)     115       3,899  
      150,405  

Total Common Stocks (Cost $153,089,270)

 

 

   

 

179,857,178

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks—0.3%                
Kinesis 2017 Sidecar, Preferred1     49,261       240,517  
M&T Bank Corp., 6.375% Cum., Series A, Non-Vtg.     340       348,500  
M&T Bank Corp., 6.375% Cum., Series C, Non-Vtg.     475       486,875  
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $1,294,384)       1,075,892  
     Units         
Rights, Warrants and Certificates—0.0%          
Halcon Resources Corp. Wts., Strike Price $14.04, Exp. 9/9/201     2,038       1,447  
Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd. Rts., Strike Price 1SGD, Exp. 12/31/491,4     231       2  
SandRidge Energy, Inc. Wts., Strike Price $41.34, Exp. 10/4/221     977       1,759  
SandRidge Energy, Inc. Wts., Strike Price $42.03, Exp. 10/4/221     411       616  
Total Rights, Warrants and Certificates (Cost $70,284)       3,824  

 

    

Principal

Amount

      
Asset-Backed Securities—2.5%            
Bear Stearns Structured Products Trust,  
Series 2007-EMX1, Cl. A2, 2.852%    
[US0001M+130], 3/25/372,10      $      1,600,000           1,619,529  

GSAMP Trust, Series 2005-HE4, Cl. M3,

2.332% [US0001M+78], 7/25/4510

  1,400,000     1,393,320  
Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I, Inc.    

Trust, Series 2006-NC1, Cl. M1,

1.932% [US0001M+38], 12/25/3510

  1,780,000     1,742,304  
New Century Home Equity Loan    
Trust, Series 2005-1, Cl. M2, 2.272%    
[US0001M+72], 3/25/3510   397,953     378,409  

Raspro Trust, Series 2005-1A, Cl. G,

2.025% [LIBOR03M+40], 3/23/242,10

  1,396,674     1,381,069  
SG Mortgage Securities Trust,    
Series 2005-OPT1, Cl. M2, 2.002%    
[US0001M+45], 10/25/3510   4,250,000     4,116,496  
Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost    
$9,622,612)      

 

10,631,127

 

 

 

Mortgage-Backed Obligation—0.5%  
RAMP Trust, Series 2005-RS6, Cl.    

M4, 2.527% [US0001M+97.5],

6/25/3510(Cost $2,079,986)

 

 

2,300,000

 

   

 

2,306,933

 

 

 

Foreign Government Obligations—1.8%  
Federative Republic of Brazil, 6.193%  
Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/1814   BRL    9,700,000     2,878,401  
 

 

24      OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL MULTI-ALTERNATIVES FUND/VA


          Principal
Amount
    Value  
Foreign Government Obligations (Continued)  
Republic of Singapore, 0.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/18   SGD     6,300,000     $         4,700,183  

Total Foreign Government Obligations (Cost $7,519,500)

 

     

 

7,578,584

 

 

 

Non-Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes—7.9%  
Altice US Finance I Corp., 5.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 5/15/262         350,000       357,437  
American Express Co., 7.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/19/18         500,000       505,382  
Arconic, Inc., 5.40% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/21         450,000       479,137  
Ardagh Packaging Finance plc/Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc., 7.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/242     350,000       382,375  
Bancolombia SA, 5.125% Unsec. Sub. Nts., 9/11/22     195,000       204,266  
Bank of America Corp., 6.25% [US0003M+370.5] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds10,11         1,149,000       1,271,139  
BAT International Finance plc, 1.85% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/182     500,000       499,616  
BMC Software Finance, Inc., 8.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/212         450,000       455,062  
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/232         450,000       460,125  
Cemex Finance LLC, 6.00% Sr. Sec. Nts., 4/1/242         350,000       371,000  
Cenovus Energy, Inc., 6.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/39     450,000       545,267  
Centene Corp., 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/21         450,000       463,500  
Cequel Communications Holdings I LLC/Cequel Capital Corp., 6.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/202         315,000       320,512  
Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital, 4.908% Sr. Sec. Nts., 7/23/25         450,000       479,061  
Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC, 5.875% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/31/25         350,000       379,969  
Citgo Holding, Inc., 10.75% Sr. Sec. Nts., 2/15/202         350,000       377,125  
Citigroup, Inc., 5.875% [US0003M+405.9] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds10,11         1,783,000       1,852,091  
CNX Resources Corp., 5.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/22         450,000       461,812  
CommScope Technologies LLC, 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/252     450,000       480,375  
Continental Resources, Inc., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 9/15/22     450,000       458,437  
Crown Castle International Corp., 5.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/23         450,000       493,206  
Daimler Finance North America LLC, 2.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/3/182         500,000       500,100  

DaVita, Inc.:

5.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/24

      550,000       556,531  
5.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/22         200,000       205,875  
Dollar Tree, Inc., 5.75% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/1/23         450,000       472,219  
Duke Energy Corp., 6.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/18         500,000       509,767  
FirstEnergy Corp., 7.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/31         450,000       608,141  
FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd., 9.75% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/1/222       450,000       499,050  
      Principal
Amount
     Value  
Non-Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes (Continued)  
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 2.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/18    $ 450,000      $           449,662  
Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital SA, 9.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/23/192      300,000        324,176  
Goldman Sachs Capital II, 4.00% [US0003M+76.75] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds10,11      8,000        7,092  
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 5.70% [US0003M+388.4] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds, Series L10,11      1,400,000        1,445,290  
HBOS plc, 6.75% Sub. Nts., 5/21/182      450,000        457,672  
HCA, Inc., 6.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 2/15/20      450,000        478,125  
Hexagon Reinsurance DAC, 6.50% [EUR003M+650] Unsec. Nts., 1/19/222,10      250,000        300,112  
HUB International Ltd., 7.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/212      450,000        469,125  
Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/20      450,000        463,072  
Itau Unibanco Holding SA (Cayman Islands), 5.125% Sub. Nts., 5/13/232      300,000        307,800  
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.10% [US0003M+333] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds10,11      1,181,000        1,299,159  
Lukoil International Finance BV: 4.563% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 4/24/232      500,000        520,498  
6.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/9/202      2,074,000        2,240,905  
MGM Resorts International, 7.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/22      450,000        514,125  
MMC Energy, Inc., 8.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/15/203,4,9      100,000         
Momentive Performance Materials, Inc., 3.88% Sr. Sec. Nts., 10/24/21      450,000        471,375  
Nielsen Finance LLC/Nielsen Finance Co., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/222      450,000        464,063  
Offshore Group Investment Ltd., 7.50% 1st Lien Nts., 11/1/193,4,9      250,000         
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc./Ortho- Clinical Diagnostics SA, 6.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/222      400,000        404,000  
Post Holdings, Inc., 5.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/262      450,000        443,813  
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Group Issuer Luxembourg SA, 5.75% Sr. Sec. Nts., 10/15/20      339,188        344,700  
Rio Oil Finance Trust, 9.25% Sr. Sec. Nts., 7/6/242      247,944        269,019  
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.625% Sr. Sec. Nts., 2/1/21      400,000        429,070  
Samson Investment Co., 9.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/203,4,9      300,000        17,850  
SandRidge Energy, Inc., 7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/15/213,4,9      500,000        50  
Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/15/242      450,000        477,000  
Solera LLC/Solera Finance, Inc., 10.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/242      450,000        508,491  
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/23      450,000        470,250  
TransDigm, Inc., 6.50% Sr. Sub. Nts., 7/15/24      450,000        462,375  
Univision Communications, Inc., 5.125% Sr. Sec. Nts., 2/15/252      450,000        439,875  
Vantage Drilling International, 10.00% Sec. Nts., 12/31/20      407,000        400,895  
 

 

25      OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL MULTI-ALTERNATIVES FUND/VA


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value  
Non-Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes (Continued)  
VTR Finance BV, 6.875% Sr. Sec. Nts., 1/15/242       $ 400,000     $         423,000  
Wells Fargo & Co., 5.90% [US0003M+311] Jr. Sub. Perpetual Bonds, Series S10,11     1,205,000       1,290,495  
Western Digital Corp., 10.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/24     450,000       522,563  
Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., 5.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/252     450,000       464,625  
Zayo Group LLC/Zayo Capital, Inc., 6.00% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/23     450,000       470,948  
ZF North America Capital, Inc., 4.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/29/252     164,000       174,250  
Ziggo Secured Finance BV, 5.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 1/15/272     350,000       350,438  

Total Non-Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $32,217,630)

 

     

 

33,224,535

 

 

 

Convertible Corporate Bond and Note—0.0%  

CHC Group LLC/CHC Finance Ltd., 10.78% Cv. Sec. Nts., 10/1/2014(Cost $27,294)

 

   

 

35,887

 

 

 

   

 

48,268

 

 

 

Corporate Loans—2.9%  
Axalta Coating Systems US Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 3.693% [LIBOR4+200], 6/1/2410,12     2,314,221       2,326,452  
Delos Finance Sarl, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 3.693% [LIBOR4+200], 10/6/2310,12     2,310,000       2,330,420  
Hilton Wordwide Finance LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 3.432% [LIBOR12+200], 10/25/2310,12     2,194,472       2,207,771  
Hilton Wordwide Finance LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 3.552% [LIBOR12+200], 10/25/2310     109,724       110,389  
Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.642% [LIBOR12+325], 10/25/2010     763,107       625,275  
TransDigm, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.319% [LIBOR12+275], 5/14/2210,12     2,311,542       2,320,869  
Vistra Operations Co. LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.08% [LIBOR12+275], 12/14/2310,12     2,299,194       2,318,289  

Total Corporate Loans (Cost $12,313,306)

 

     

 

12,239,465

 

 

 

Event-Linked Bonds—11.4%  
Earthquake—3.5%                
Acorn Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 4.546% [US0006M+329], 7/17/182,10     750,000       756,262  
Azzurro Re I Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 2.15% [EUR003M+215], 1/16/192,10     EUR    800,000       963,648  
Bosphorus Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 4.761% [US0006M+325], 8/17/1810,13     500,000       505,875  
Buffalo Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:    
4.641% [US0006M+325], 4/7/202,10     750,000       744,562  
8.141% [US0006M+675], 4/7/202,10     250,000       246,775  
Golden State Re II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.591% [T-BILL 3MO+220], 1/8/192,10     1,000,000       1,006,150  
     Principal
Amount
    Value 
Earthquake (Continued)
Kilimanjaro Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 5.144% [T-BILL 3MO+375], 11/25/192,10   $         250,000     $        252,112 

 

Kizuna Re II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:    
3.638% [T-BILL 3MO+225], 4/6/182,10     950,000     951,662 
3.888% [T-BILL 3MO+250], 4/6/182,10     750,000     750,937 

 

Merna Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:    
3.383% [T-BILL 3MO+200], 4/9/182,10     250,000     249,812 
3.383% [T-BILL 3MO+200], 4/8/2010,13     750,000     750,413 
3.633% [T-BILL 3MO+225], 4/8/192,10     500,000     501,175 

 

Nakama Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:    
3.329% [US0006M+220], 10/13/212,10     650,000     661,538 
3.508% [T-BILL 3MO+212.5], 1/16/192,10     750,000     752,287 
3.633% [T-BILL 3MO+225], 4/13/182,10     250,000     251,137 
3.883% [T-BILL 3MO+250], 4/13/182,10     500,000     500,375 
4.258% [T-BILL 3MO+287.5], 1/16/2010,13     750,000     757,612 
4.258% [T-BILL 3MO+287.5], 1/14/212,10     250,000     251,888 
4.379% [US0006M+325], 10/13/212,10     500,000     509,125 
4.633% [T-BILL 3MO+325], 1/14/2110,13     250,000     256,488 

 

Panda Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.,

5.433% [T-BILL 3MO+405], 7/9/182,10

    500,000     507,325 

 

Torrey Pines Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:    
4.323% [US0006M+300], 6/9/202,10     375,000     375,544 
5.073% [US0006M+375], 6/9/202,10     250,000     251,238 
7.573% [US0006M+625], 6/9/202,10     500,000     504,725 

 

Ursa Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:    
4.00% [MM+400], 12/10/19-12/10/202,10     500,000     498,288 
5.00% [MM+500], 9/21/1810,13     250,000     248,463 
5.25% [MM+525], 12/10/202,10     250,000     250,750 
6.00% [MM+600], 5/27/202,10     250,000     251,613 
   

 

   

14,507,779 

 

 

Longevity—0.1%

 

Vita Capital VI Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.647% [US0006M+290], 1/8/212,10     250,000     257,187 
Multiple Event—4.9%
Atlas IX Capital DAC Catastrophe Linked Nts.:    
4.525% [US0003M+325], 1/17/192,10     750,000     760,912 
9.36% [US0003M+783], 1/7/192,10     250,000     175,450 
Blue Halo Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:    
9.633% [T-BILL 3MO+825], 7/26/192,10     250,000     238,225 
15.383% [T-BILL 3MO+1400], 6/21/192,10     500,000     426,200 
Bonanza Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:    
5.254% [US0006M+375], 12/31/192,10     250,000     236,337 
6.504% [US0006M+500], 12/31/192,10     250,000     233,487 
Caelus Re IV Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 6.876% [T-BILL 3MO+549], 3/6/202,10     500,000     518,775 
Caelus Re V Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:    
4.636% [T-BILL 3MO+325], 6/5/202,10     750,000     740,437 
5.886% [T-BILL 3MO+450], 6/5/202,10     250,000     238,700 
10.636% [T-BILL 3MO+925], 6/5/202,10     500,000     46,550 
Citrus Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 7.076% [US0006M+600], 3/18/202,10     250,000     237,975 
Cranberry Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:    
3.335% [US0006M+200], 7/13/202,10     250,000     251,112 
5.283% [T-BILL 3MO+390], 7/6/182,10     500,000     506,025 
East Lane Re VI Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:    
4.033% [T-BILL 3MO+265], 3/14/182,10     500,000     501,625 
4.773% [T-BILL 3MO+339], 3/13/202,10     500,000     503,675 
 

 

26      OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL MULTI-ALTERNATIVES FUND/VA


          Principal
Amount
    Value  
Multiple Event (Continued)  
Eden Re II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 0.00%, 3/22/2113,14       $               500,000     $               450,000  
Fortius Re II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 4.803% [US0006M+375], 7/7/212,10         750,000       759,413  
Galilei Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:      
5.625% [US0006M+450], 1/8/202,10       500,000       506,875  
5.645% [US0006M+450], 1/8/212,10       500,000       508,225  
6.395% [US0006M+525], 1/8/212,10       250,000       250,875  
14.375% [US0006M+1,325], 1/8/202,10         250,000       234,350  
Galileo Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:      
14.631% [T-BILL 3MO+1,324], 1/8/192,10       500,000       458,600  
18.705% [US0003M+1,750], 11/6/202,10         250,000       248,925  
Kilimanjaro II Re Ltd. Catastrophe      
Linked Nts., 11.544%      
[US0006M+1000], 4/20/212,10         250,000       226,850  
Kilimanjaro Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:      
5.894% [T-BILL 3MO+450], 4/30/182,10       250,000       246,100  
6.144% [T-BILL 3MO+475], 4/30/182,10       250,000       251,687  
8.144% [T-BILL 3MO+675], 12/6/192,10       250,000       251,262  
10.644% [T-BILL 3MO+925], 12/6/192,10         250,000       244,175  
Lion II RE DAC Catastrophe Linked Nts.,      
3.00% [EUR003M+300], 7/15/212,10   EUR     750,000       900,472  
Loma Reinsurance Bermuda Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:      
13.706% [T-BILL 3MO+1,232], 1/8/182,10       200,000       125,620  
18.676% [T-BILL 3MO+1,729], 1/8/182,10         500,000       42,550  
Long Point Re III Ltd. Catastrophe      
Linked Nts., 3.50% [MM+350], 5/23/182,10         250,000       251,737  
MetroCat Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked      
Nts., 5.083% [T-BILL 3MO+370], 5/8/202,10         500,000       503,575  
PennUnion Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked      
Nts., 5.883% [T-BILL 3MO+450], 12/7/182,10         500,000       503,325  
Residential Reinsurance 2013 Ltd.,      
4.383% [T-BILL 3MO+300], 3/6/182,10         250,000       116,250  
Residential Reinsurance 2014 Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:      
4.943% [T-BILL 3MO+356], 6/6/182,10       500,000       500,275  
16.363% [T-BILL 3MO+1,498], 6/6/182,10         750,000       318,975  
Residential Reinsurance 2015 Ltd.      
Catastrophe Linked Nts., 12.353%      
[T-BILL 3MO+1097], 6/6/192,10         500,000       352,200  
Residential Reinsurance 2016 Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:      
4.633% [T-BILL 3MO+325], 6/6/202,10       750,000       749,213  
5.313% [T-BILL 3MO+393], 12/6/202,10       250,000       250,713  
12.933% [T-BILL 3MO+1,155], 6/6/202,10         750,000       394,050  
Residential Reinsurance 2017 Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:      
4.383% [T-BILL 3MO+300], 6/6/212,10       375,000       371,606  
17.761%, 6/6/182,14       250,000       65,150  
22.802%, 12/6/182,14         250,000       199,413  
Riverfront Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:      
5.883% [T-BILL 3MO+450], 1/15/212,10       750,000       747,188  
7.633% [T-BILL 3MO+625], 1/15/212,10         250,000       248,100  
Sanders Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:      
4.343% [T-BILL 3MO+296], 5/25/182,10       250,000       250,763  
4.514% [US0006M+300], 12/6/212,10       500,000       500,625  
4.633% [T-BILL 3MO+325], 5/25/182,10       250,000       251,038  
4.704% [US0006M+325], 6/5/202,10       750,000       749,813  
          Principal
Amount
    Value  
Multiple Event (Continued)  
Spectrum Capital Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:      
4.861% [US0006M+350], 6/8/212,10     $               250,000     $               250,988  
7.111% [US0006M+575], 6/8/212,10         250,000       243,925  
Tailwind Re Ltd. 2017-1 Catastrophe      
Linked Nts., 12.383% [T-BILL 3MO+1100], 1/8/222,10         250,000       250,381  
Tradewynd Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:      
5.40% [MM+540], 1/8/182,10       500,000       501,275  
7.43% [MM+743], 1/8/182,10         500,000       501,275  
Tramline Re II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked      
Nts., 9.633% [T-BILL 3MO+825], 1/4/192,10       400,000       400,660  
                 

 

20,793,977

 

 

 

Other—0.7%                    
Benu Capital Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:      
2.55% [EUR003M+255], 1/8/202,10   EUR     250,000       303,172  
3.35% [EUR003M+335], 1/8/2010,13   EUR     500,000       610,124  
Horse Capital I DAC Catastrophe Linked      
Nts., 12.00% [EUR003M+1200], 6/15/202,10   EUR     500,000       603,480  
Vitality Re V Ltd. Catastrophe Linked      
Nts., 3.883% [T-BILL 3MO+250], 1/7/192,10         250,000       251,637  
Vitality Re VI Ltd. Catastrophe Linked      
Nts., 3.483% [T-BILL 3MO+210], 1/8/182,10         250,000       250,687  
Vitality Re VII Ltd. Catastrophe Linked      
Nts., 4.033% [T-BILL 3MO+265], 1/7/202,10         250,000       254,013  
Vitality Re VIII Ltd. Catastrophe Linked      
Nts., 3.383% [T-BILL 3MO+200], 1/8/212,10       500,000       502,575  
                 

 

2,775,688

 

 

 

Pandemic—0.1%  
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development Catastrophe Linked Nts.:  
7.957% [US0006M-40+690], 7/15/202,10       250,000       251,700  
12.557% [US0006M-40+1,150], 7/15/202,10       125,000       125,575  
                 

 

377,275

 

 

 

Windstorm—2.1%  
Akibare Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked      
Nts., 3.689% [US0006M+234], 4/7/202,10         500,000       507,275  
Alamo Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:      
5.133% [T-BILL 3MO+375], 6/8/202,10       500,000       506,375  
5.783% [T-BILL 3MO+440], 6/7/192,10       500,000       509,425  
6.193% [T-BILL 3MO+481], 6/7/182,10         500,000       503,925  
Aozora Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:      
3.219% [US0006M+200], 4/7/212,10       250,000       251,312  
3.549% [US0006M+220], 4/7/202,10         500,000       503,975  
Calypso Capital II Ltd. Catastrophe      
Linked Nts., 3.66% [EUR003M+366], 1/8/182,10   EUR     500,000       599,970  
Casablanca Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:      
6.508% [US0006M+525], 6/4/2010,13       250,000       250,175  
17.258% [US0006M+1600], 6/4/204,10,13         250,000       181,625  
Citrus Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:      
7.50% [T-BILL 3MO+774], 2/25/192,10       500,000       480,900  
11.523% [T-BILL 3MO+1,014], 4/9/182,10       250,000       203,825  
12.413% [T-BILL 3MO+1,103], 2/25/192,10         500,000       371,400  
Everglades Re II Ltd. Catastrophe      
Linked Nts., 6.383% [T-BILL 3MO+500], 5/8/202,10       250,000       244,262  
 

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

           

Principal

Amount

    Value  
Windstorm (Continued)                        
First Coast Re 2016 Ltd. Catastrophe  
Linked Nts., 5.304% [T-BILL 3MO+391], 6/7/192,10           $             250,000   $             249,387  
First Coast Re 2017-1 Ltd. Catastrophe  
Linked Nts., 5.644% [T-BILL 3MO+425], 6/7/212,10             250,000       243,313  
Integrity Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked  
Nts., 5.573% [US0006M+425], 6/10/202,10             500,000       499,125  
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development Catastrophe Linked Nts.:  
6.972% [US0006M+590], 12/20/192,10       375,000       377,700  
10.372% [US0006M+930], 12/20/192,10             250,000       249,831  
Manatee Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked  
Nts., 1.899% [T-BILL 3MO+50], 3/10/1910,13             500,000       13,000  
Pelican IV Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked  
Nts., 3.534% [US0006M+225], 5/5/202,10             750,000       755,588  
Queen Street X Re Ltd. Catastrophe  
Linked Nts., 7.133% [T-BILL 3MO+575], 6/8/182,10             750,000       750,263  
Queen Street XI Re DAC Catastrophe  
Linked Nts., 7.533% [T-BILL 3MO+615], 6/7/192,10             250,000       251,738  
Queen Street XII Re Designated Activity Co. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 6.872%      
[US0006M+525], 4/8/202,10       500,000       504,375  
        9,008,764  
Total Event-Linked Bonds (Cost $50,607,287)         47,720,670  
Short-Term Notes—22.2%  
Canada—0.2%      
Bell Canada, 1.516%, 1/17/1815,16     USD       500,000       499,539  
Telus Corp., 1.526%, 2/1/182,16     USD       500,000       499,175  
                     

 

998,714

 

 

 

Italy—3.4%      
Eni Finance USA, Inc., 1.967%, 10/5/1815,16     USD       500,000       491,965  
Italian Republic Bills:      
0.00%, 1/31/1814     EUR       2,100,000       2,520,587  
0.00%, 2/14/1814     EUR       9,500,000       11,405,380  
                     

 

14,417,932

 

 

 

Japan—3.7%      
Hitachi Capital America Corp., 2.102%, 1/11/1815,16     USD       500,000       499,693  
Japan Treasury Bills, 0.00%, 3/12/1814     JPY       1,673,000,000       14,852,083  
        15,351,776  
           

Principal

Amount

    Value  
Portugal—1.2%  
Portuguese Republic Treasury Bills, 0.00%, 3/16/1814     EUR       4,030,000     $             4,839,486  
Singapore—0.7%  
Republic of Singapore Bills, 1.227%, 2/19/1814     SGD       4,220,000       3,148,774  
Sweden—3.9%      
Assa Abloy Financial Services AB, 2.071%, 1/4/182,15,16     USD       500,000       499,914  
Kingdom of Sweden Treasury Bills, 0.00%, 1/17/1814     SEK       130,000,000       15,853,547  
                     

 

16,353,461

 

 

 

United Kingdom—0.4%      
Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services plc, 1.496%, 1/16/1815,16     USD       500,000       499,627  
Vodafone Group plc, 1.727%, 9/13/1816     USD       500,000       492,654  
WPP CP LLC, 1.766%, 1/24/182,15,16     USD       500,000       499,374  
                     

 

1,491,655

 

 

 

United States—8.7%      
Amphenol Corp., 2.001%, 1/4/1816     USD       500,000       499,861  
CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., 1.536%, 1/18/182,15,16     USD       500,000       499,523  
Church & Dwight Co., Inc., 1.463%, 1/2/182,15,16     USD       500,000       499,908  
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 1.663%, 4/10/1815,16     USD       500,000       497,342  
Glencore Funding LLC, 1.617%, 1/23/1815,16     USD       500,000       499,363  
Magna International, Inc., 1.901%, 1/3/182,15,16     USD       500,000       499,947  
NetApp, Inc., 1.881%, 1/4/182,15,16     USD       500,000       499,861  
Puget Sound Energy, Inc., 1.524%, 1/8/1816     USD       500,000       499,766  
Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 1.671%, 7/23/1816     USD       500,000       495,047  
United States Treasury Bills, 1.185%, 3/1/1814,17     USD       31,435,000       31,370,807  
United Technologies Corp., 1.951%, 1/11/182,15,16     USD       500,000       499,693  
        36,361,118  
Total Short-Term Notes (Cost $92,553,634)         92,962,916  
            Shares         
Investment Companies—5.6%                        
Highland/iBoxx Senior Loan Exchange Traded Fund             111,516       2,028,476  
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 1.22%8,18,19             17,082,111       17,082,111  
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust plc             7,591       46,009  
SPDR Gold Trust Exchange Traded Fund1,19       34,231       4,232,663  
Total Investment Companies (Cost $23,189,150)         23,389,259  
 

 

                    Exercise Price     

Expiration

Date

           Contracts     

Notional

Amount

(000’s)

         
Exchange-Traded Options Purchased—0.1%                                                         
S&P 500 Index Call1             USD      2,750.000        3/16/18      USD      118        USD 31,549        136,054  
S&P 500 Index Call1       USD      2,640.000        2/16/18      USD      14        USD 3,743        90,062  
Total Exchange-Traded Options Purchased (Cost $238,546)                                    226,116  
      Counterparty            Exercise Price     

Expiration

Date

           Contracts     

Notional

Amount

(000’s)

         
Over-the-Counter Option Purchased—0.0%                                                         
CNH Currency Put1(Cost $69,274)      GSCO-OT      CNH      6.787        11/15/18      CNH      22,200,000        CNH 762,760        31,724  

 

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     Counterparty     Pay / Receive
Floating Rate
    Floating Rate     Fixed Rate    

Expiration

Date

    Notional Amount (000’s)     Value
Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaptions Purchased—0.0%                                      
Interest Rate Swap maturing         Three-Month USD            
1/28/30 Call1     GSCOI       Receive       BBA LIBOR       2.974%       1/24/20       USD       8,550     $            143,230  
Interest Rate Swap maturing         Three-Month USD            
11/24/30 Call1     BAC       Receive       BBA LIBOR       2.595       11/20/20       USD       1,000     35,847  
Interest Rate Swap maturing        
Six-Month JPY
BBA
 
 
         
7/25/28 Call1     GSCOI       Receive       LIBOR       1.050       7/23/18       JPY       630,000     2,107  
Total Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaptions Purchased (Cost $529,388)                                    

181,184  

 

Total Investments, at Value (Cost $385,421,545)                                               98.1%     411,477,675  
Net Other Assets (Liabilities)                 1.9     7,800,092  
             

 

 

Net Assets                         100.0%     $        419,277,767  
             

 

 

Footnotes to Consolidated Statement of Investments

1. Non-income producing security.

2. Represents securities sold under Rule 144A, which are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities have been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. These securities amount to $64,631,040 or 15.41% of the Fund’s net assets at period end.

3. Security received as the result of issuer reorganization.

4. The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 3 of the accompanying Consolidated Notes.

5. Security is a Master Limited Partnership.

6. All or portion of the security position is held in segregated accounts and pledged to cover margin requirements with respect to securities sold short. The aggregate market value of such securities is $10,700,858. See Note 10 of the accompanying Consolidated Notes.

7. The Fund holds securities which have been issued by the same entity and that trade on separate exchanges.

8. Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, at or during the reporting period, by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment adviser. Transactions during the reporting period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:

     Shares
December 31, 2016
   

Gross

Additions

    Gross
Reductions
    Shares
December 31, 2017
 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E     57,727,699       400,218,708       440,864,296       17,082,111  
     Value     Income     Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E   $                     17,082,111     $                     249,601     $                     —     $                     —  

9. This security is not accruing income because the issuer has missed an interest payment on it and/or is not anticipated to make future interest and or principal payments. The rate shown is the contractual interest rate. See Note 4 of the accompanying Consolidated Notes.

10. Represents the current interest rate for a variable or increasing rate security, determined as [Referenced Rate + Basis-point spread].

11. This bond has no contractual maturity date, is not redeemable and contractually pays an indefinite stream of interest.

12. All or a portion of the security position is when-issued or delayed delivery to be delivered and settled after period end. See Note 4 of the accompanying Consolidated Notes.

13. Restricted security. The aggregate value of restricted securities at period end was $4,023,775, which represents 0.96% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 4 of the accompanying Consolidated Notes. Information concerning restricted securities is as follows:

 

Security   

Acquisition

Dates

     Cost      Value      Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Benu Capital Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.35% [EUR003M+335], 1/8/20      4/21/15-6/30/15      $ 547,686      $ 610,124      $ 62,438  
Bosphorus Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 4.761% [US0006M+325], 8/17/18      8/11/15        500,000        505,875        5,875  
Casablanca Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 6.508%, 6/4/20      5/26/17        250,000        250,175        175  
Casablanca Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 17.258%, 6/4/20      5/26/17        250,000        181,625        (68,375
Eden Re II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 0.00%, 3/22/21      12/13/16        500,000        450,000        (50,000
Manatee Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 1.899%, 3/10/19      3/2/16        500,000        13,000        (487,000
Merna Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.383% [T-BILL 3MO+200], 4/8/20      3/22/17-10/5/17        751,025        750,413        (612
Nakama Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 4.258% [T-BILL 3MO+287.5], 1/16/20      12/12/14-5/11/17        755,017        757,612        2,595  
Nakama Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 4.633% [T-BILL 3MO+325], 1/14/21      12/14/15        250,000        256,488        6,488  
Ursa Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 5.00% [MM+500], 9/21/18      12/16/15        249,700        248,463        (1,237
      $                     4,553,428      $                     4,023,775      $                     (529,653
           

14. Zero coupon bond reflects effective yield on the original acquisition date.

15. Security issued in an exempt transaction without registration under the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities amount to $6,485,749 or 1.55% of the Fund’s net assets, and have been determined to be liquid pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board of Trustees.

16. Current yield as of period end.

17. All or a portion of the security position is held in segregated accounts and pledged to cover margin requirements under certain derivative contracts. The aggregate market value of such securities is $1,512,904. See Note 5 of the accompanying Consolidated Notes.

18. Rate shown is the 7-day yield at period end.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

Footnotes to Consolidated Statement of Investments (Continued)

 

19. All or a portion of this security is owned by the subsidiary. See Note 2 of the accompanying Consolidated Notes.

Distribution of investments representing geographic holdings, as a percentage of total investments at value, is as follows:

Geographic Holdings (Unaudited)   Value                 Percent       
United States   $ 267,339,500       65.0  
Japan     23,587,514       5.7    
Sweden     16,718,971       4.1    
Bermuda     15,992,851       3.9    
Italy     14,417,932       3.5    
United Kingdom     9,251,292       2.3    
France     8,711,134       2.1    
Singapore     8,508,932       2.1    
Supranational     5,084,655       1.2    
Portugal     4,839,486       1.2    
Cayman Islands     4,836,210       1.2    
Canada     4,286,739       1.1    
Ireland     4,198,523       1.0    
Netherlands     3,576,124       0.9    
Brazil     3,455,220       0.8    
Russia     3,085,578       0.8    
Switzerland     2,614,696       0.6    
Hong Kong     1,805,231       0.4    
Germany     1,747,562       0.4    
Australia     1,645,013       0.4    
Mexico     998,531       0.3    
Eurozone     963,648       0.2    
China     908,408       0.2    
Turkey     505,875       0.1    
Chile     457,640       0.1    
Israel     379,496       0.1    
Spain     310,295       0.1    
Colombia     204,266       0.1    
Philippines     198,490       0.1    
Jersey, Channel Islands     157,539       0.0    
Belgium     139,425       0.0    
Luxembourg     133,751       0.0    
Thailand     115,058       0.0    
South Africa     106,814       0.0    
United Arab Emirates     66,171       0.0    
Indonesia     35,272       0.0    
China Offshore     31,724       0.0    
Puerto Rico     20,879       0.0    
Norway     13,191       0.0    
Monaco     12,796       0.0    
Panama     8,931       0.0    
Greece     6,312       0.0      
Total   $           411,477,675       100.0  
     

 

     Shares Sold Short     Value
Securities Sold Short—(9.9)%            
Common Stock Securities Sold Short—(9.9)%    
AGCO Corp.     (15,110   $            (1,079,307) 
Air Lease Corp., Cl. A     (13,855   (666,287) 
Aircastle Ltd.     (26,860   (628,255) 
Aker Solutions ASA1     (74,869   (420,410) 
Ally Financial, Inc.     (55,950   (1,631,502) 
Boeing Co. (The)     (1,822   (537,326) 
Camden Property Trust     (3,580   (329,575) 
Caterpillar, Inc.     (6,170   (972,269) 
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.     (19,420   (974,301) 
Cie Financiere Richemont SA     (13,775   (1,247,229) 
CNH Industrial NV     (41,200   (552,080) 
Colgate-Palmolive Co.     (22,050   (1,663,673) 
Corning, Inc.     (42,120   (1,347,419) 
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.     (10,280   (1,170,892) 
Equity Residential     (18,020   (1,149,135) 
Fastenal Co.     (13,050   (713,705) 
Franklin Resources, Inc.     (28,510   (1,235,338) 
General Mills, Inc.     (27,360   (1,622,174) 

 

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Securities Sold Short—(Continued)                 
Common Stock Securities Sold Short (Continued)                 
GlaxoSmithKline plc, Sponsored ADR      (8,590   $             (304,687
HP, Inc.      (63,660     (1,337,497
Intel Corp.      (35,120     (1,621,139
International Business Machines Corp.      (9,070     (1,391,519
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.      (10,390     (1,547,383
Kirby Corp.1      (9,330     (623,244
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV      (80,003     (1,755,891
Neste OYJ      (10,238     (655,181
Novo Nordisk AS, Sponsored ADR      (16,840     (903,803
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust      (136,650     (1,624,769
Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      (17,340     (1,593,199
ResMed, Inc.      (11,370     (962,925
Rio Tinto plc, Sponsored ADR      (13,210     (699,205
RLJ Lodging Trust      (18,240     (400,733
Rowan Cos. plc, Cl. A1      (22,980     (359,867
Sanofi, ADR      (12,230     (525,890
SAP SE, Sponsored ADR      (10,920     (1,226,971
Southern Copper Corp.      (25,010     (1,186,725
Subsea 7 SA      (26,625     (398,914
Transocean Ltd.1      (38,674     (413,038
W.W. Grainger, Inc.      (3,035     (717,019
Wacker Chemie AG      (4,490     (873,433
Western Union Co. (The)      (83,100     (1,579,731
William Demant Holding AS1      (29,630     (824,831
    

 

 

 

Total Securities Sold Short (Proceeds $37,169,462)      $ (41,468,471
    

 

 

 

 

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts as of December 31, 2017  
Counterparty    Settlement Month(s)      Currency Purchased (000’s)      Currency Sold (000’s)     

Unrealized

            Appreciation

    

Unrealized

            Depreciation

 
BAC      01/2018      BRL      6,840      USD      2,093      $ —       $ 31,301   
BAC      03/2018      CLP      3,909,000      USD      5,972        376,064         —   
BAC      03/2018      COP      24,982,000      USD      8,238        78,070         —   
BAC      03/2018      MYR      24,195      USD      5,943        5,601         —   
BAC      01/2018      USD      2,068      BRL      6,840        5,672         —   
BAC      03/2018      USD      1,524      CAD      1,960        —         36,480   
BAC      03/2018      USD      4,707      EUR      4,030        —         149,633   
BAC      03/2018      USD      1,648      JPY      186,400        —         12,676   
BAC      03/2018      USD      2,461      THB      80,000        1,626         —   
BOA      01/2018      BRL      6,930      USD      2,146        —         56,469   
BOA      03/2018      CAD      1,670      USD      1,317        12,874         —   
BOA      03/2018      IDR      73,802,000      USD      5,394        32,500         —   
BOA      03/2018      INR      329,000      USD      5,039        78,247         —   
BOA      03/2018      KRW      746,000      USD      681        18,475         —   
BOA      01/2018      SEK      130,000      USD      16,067        —         205,546   
BOA      03/2018      TRY      2,560      USD      642        18,183         —   
BOA      03/2018      TWD      32,000      USD      1,072        15,869         —   
BOA      03/2018      USD      1,717      AUD      2,275        —         57,999   
BOA      01/2018      USD      2,095      BRL      6,930        5,747         —   
BOA      03/2018      USD      5,748      ILS      20,130        —         54,748   
BOA      03/2018      USD      919      KRW                      1,007,000        —         24,939   
BOA      03/2018      USD      10,286      NZD      14,982        —         321,570   
CITNA-B      01/2018      BRL      11,260      USD      3,419        —         24,875   
CITNA-B      03/2018      NZD      4,485      USD      3,085        90,111         —   
CITNA-B      03/2018      SEK      10,930      USD      1,319        19,215         —   
CITNA-B      03/2018      USD      3,054      AUD      4,060        —         113,742   
CITNA-B      01/2018      USD      3,391      BRL      11,260        10,851         14,344   
CITNA-B      11/2018      USD      1,513      CNH      10,270        —         35,267   
CITNA-B      03/2018      USD      1,618      EUR      1,365        —         27,358   
CITNA-B      03/2018      USD      15,042      JPY      1,673,000        143,273         —   
DEU      03/2018      EUR      1,372      USD      1,629        24,619         —   
DEU      03/2018      JPY      150,000      USD      1,343        —         6,362   
DEU      03/2018      USD      10,550      EUR      8,885        —         159,398   
DEU      03/2018      USD      1,322      HUF      349,000        —         30,410   
DEU      01/2018 - 03/2018      USD      16,697      SEK      135,400        189,915         15,413   
GSCO-OT      01/2018      BRL      9,700      USD      2,938        —         13,373   
GSCO-OT      03/2018      HUF      172,000      USD      648        18,877         —   
GSCO-OT      01/2018 - 04/2018      USD      5,841      BRL      19,400        20,850         —   

 

31      OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL MULTI-ALTERNATIVES FUND/VA


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts (Continued)
Counterparty    Settlement Month(s)          Currency Purchased (000’s)              Currency Sold (000’s)    

Unrealized

            Appreciation

    Unrealized
Depreciation
GSCO-OT      03/2018      USD      2,082      COP      6,294,000       $ —      $                       13,415 
GSCO-OT      01/2018      USD      2,507      EUR      2,100       —      16,644 
GSCO-OT      03/2018      USD      1,312      JPY      148,000       —      6,680 
GSCO-OT      03/2018      USD      638      NOK      5,270       —      5,277 
GSCO-OT      01/2018      USD      15,999      SEK      130,000       137,048      — 
HSBC      03/2018      AUD      1,675      USD      1,293       13,357      — 
HSBC      01/2018      BRL      9,700      USD      2,932       —      8,044 
HSBC      03/2018      CHF      1,960      USD      1,997       25,775      — 
HSBC      03/2018      CZK      100      USD      5       66      — 
HSBC      03/2018      EUR      1,125      USD      1,344       11,922      — 
HSBC      03/2018      GBP      485      USD      652       4,601      — 
HSBC      03/2018      JPY      836,000      USD      7,495       —      46,557 
HSBC      03/2018      USD      4,473      AUD      5,905       —      133,762 
HSBC      01/2018      USD      3,040      BRL      9,700       115,273      — 
HSBC      03/2018      USD      6,539      CAD      8,275       —      50,138 
HSBC      03/2018      USD      13,696      GBP      10,190       —      96,672 
JPM      03/2018      EUR      3,540      USD      4,205       62,471      — 
JPM      03/2018      PLN      17,970      USD      5,028       135,673      — 
JPM      03/2018      USD      8,020      CHF      7,875       —      106,405 
JPM      03/2018      USD      4,104      CNH      27,380       —      82,056 
JPM      02/2018      USD      11,076      EUR      9,500       —      351,524 
JPM      03/2018      USD      1,280      MXN      24,700       40,445      — 
JPM      02/2018 - 04/2018      USD      7,765      SGD      10,520       —      109,957 
JPM      03/2018      USD      2,153      ZAR      29,640       —      215,783 
JPM      03/2018      ZAR      9,080      USD      660       66,103      — 
TDB      01/2018 - 02/2018      BRL      15,770      USD      4,764       —      17,812 
TDB      03/2018      MXN      91,100      USD      4,747       —      176,763 
TDB      03/2018      NZD      1,845      USD      1,291       14,883      — 
TDB      01/2018 - 02/2018      USD      3,370      BRL      11,140       14,104      — 
Total Unrealized Appreciation and Depreciation       $ 1,808,360      $                  2,829,392 
                    

 

Futures Contracts as of December 31, 2017
Description    Buy/Sell          Expiration Date     

            Number of

Contracts

            

        Notional

Amount

(000’s)

    Value    

Unrealized

Appreciation/

(Depreciation)

CAC 40 10 Index      Sell        1/19/18        104        EUR        6,741     $             6,626,675       $            114,672  
CBOE Volatility Index*      Sell        1/17/18        102        USD        1,215       1,170,450     44,763  
Coffee*      Sell        3/19/18        14        USD        657       662,550     (5,817) 
Cotton No. 2*      Buy        3/07/18        18        USD        660       707,670     47,657  
Euro-BONO      Sell        3/08/18        10        EUR        1,746       1,728,864     17,164  
Euro-BTP      Sell        3/08/18        20        EUR        3,349       3,266,952     82,527  
Euro-BUND      Buy        3/08/18        33        EUR        6,455       6,401,728     (53,095) 
Euro-OAT      Sell        3/08/18        9        EUR        1,697       1,675,734     21,587  
FTSE 100 Index      Sell        3/16/18        67        GBP        6,710       6,909,338     (199,549) 
Gas Oil*      Buy        1/31/18        9        USD        669       678,812     9,693  
Gold (100 oz.) *      Buy        2/26/18        7        USD        925       916,510     (8,941) 
Lead*      Sell        1/15/18        11        USD        693       682,756     10,209  
Lean Hogs*      Buy        2/14/18        24        USD        674       689,040     15,222  
Live Cattle*      Buy        2/28/18        13        USD        644       632,060     (12,274) 
Low Sulphur Gas Oil*      Buy        1/11/18        12        USD        681       720,300     39,279  
MSCI Emerging Market Index      Buy        3/16/18        161        USD        9,029       9,367,785     338,649  
Natural Gas*      Sell        1/29/18        21        USD        647       620,130     27,039  
Nikkei 225 Index      Buy        3/08/18        23        JPY        4,621       4,643,887     22,487  
Russell 2000 Mini Index      Sell        3/16/18        300        USD        22,882       23,047,500     (165,468) 
S&P 500 E-Mini Index      Buy        3/16/18        256        USD        34,014       34,252,800     238,375  
S&P/TSX 60 Index      Buy        3/15/18        14        CAD        2,127       2,132,633     5,991  
SPI 200 Index      Buy        3/15/18        18        AUD        2,113       2,113,697     324  
Stoxx Europe 600 Index      Buy        3/16/18        636        EUR        14,774       14,750,812     (23,006) 
Sugar #11 World*      Sell        2/28/18        39        USD        643       662,189     (18,900) 
United States Treasury Long Bonds      Buy        3/20/18        43        USD        6,565       6,579,000     13,889  
United States Treasury Nts., 10 yr.      Sell        3/20/18        48        USD        5,994       5,954,250     39,295  
United States Treasury Nts., 5 yr.      Sell        3/29/18        75        USD        8,760       8,712,305     47,484  
WTI Crude Oil*      Buy        1/22/18        19        USD        1,076       1,147,980     71,958  
Zinc*      Sell        1/15/18        8        USD        640       667,000     (27,026) 
                     $            694,188  
                    

*All or a portion of this security is owned by the subsidiary. See Note 2 of the accompanying Consolidated Notes.

 

32      OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL MULTI-ALTERNATIVES FUND/VA


Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps at December 31, 2017                                          
Reference Asset          Buy/Sell
Protection
    Fixed Rate     Maturity Date            Notional Amount
(000’s)
    Premiums
Received/(Paid)
  Value  

Unrealized

Appreciation/

(Depreciation)

CDX.HY.27             Buy       5.000%       12/20/21       USD       11,243     $ 772,301     $ (969,584   $ (197,283
CDX.HY.27             Buy       5.000       12/20/21       USD       8,698       705,145       (750,092     (44,947
CDX.HY.27             Buy       5.000       12/20/21       USD       188       12,354       (16,227     (3,873
CDX.HY.28             Buy       5.000       6/20/22       USD       2,030       141,749       (177,372     (35,623
CDX.IG.28             Sell       1.000       6/20/22       USD       5,655       (102,346     127,896       25,550  
CDX.IG.28             Sell       1.000       6/20/22       USD       300       (5,377     6,785       1,408  
iTraxx.Main.27             Buy       1.000       6/20/22       EUR       5,040       107,520       (172,866     (65,346

Neiman Marcus Group LLC (The)

 

    Buy       5.000       12/20/20       USD       715       41,431       145,873       187,304  
             

 

 

 

Total Cleared Credit Default Swaps

 

              $         1,672,777     $         (1,805,587 )    $         (132,810 ) 
             

 

 

 

                 
Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps at December 31, 2017                                  
Reference Asset   Counterparty     Buy/Sell
Protection
    Fixed Rate     Maturity Date            Notional Amount
(000’s)
    Premiums
Received/(Paid)
  Value   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
CDX.NA.HY.21     CITNA-B       Buy       5.000%       12/20/18       USD       1,125     $ (34,531   $ (54,906   $ (89,437
CDX.NA.HY.21     CITNA-B       Sell       5.000       12/20/18       USD       253       141,398       (32,119     109,279  
CDX.NA.HY.21     GSCOI       Sell       5.000       12/20/18       USD       74       40,610       (9,422     31,188  
CDX.NA.HY.25     GSCOI       Buy       5.000       12/20/20       USD       1,125       (194,688     (100,730     (295,418
CDX.NA.HY.25     GSCOI       Sell       5.000       12/20/20       USD       318       211,133       (109,800     101,333  
Federation of Malaysia     BNP       Buy       1.000       12/20/20       USD       1,700       (110,691     (33,385     (144,076
Federation of Malaysia     BNP       Buy       1.000       6/20/21       USD       775       (22,856     (15,810     (38,666
Federation of Malaysia     MOS-A       Buy       1.000       12/20/20       USD       1,700       (85,394     (33,386     (118,780
             

 

 

 

Total Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps           $ (55,019 )    $ (389,558 )    $ (444,577 ) 
             

 

 

 

The table that follows shows the undiscounted maximum potential payment by the Fund related to selling credit protection in credit default swaps:

 

Type of Reference Asset on which the Fund Sold

Protection

  

Total Maximum

Potential Payments

for Selling Credit

Protection

(Undiscounted)

             Amount Recoverable*     

        Reference Asset Rating

Range**(Unaudited)

Investment Grade Corporate Debt Indexes      $5,955,000         $            —       BBB  
Non-Investment Grade Corporate Debt Indexes      645,743         2,250,000       BB  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    
Total      $6,600,743         $2,250,000      
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

* Amounts recoverable includes potential payments from related purchased protection for instances where the Fund is the seller of protection. In addition, the Fund has no recourse provisions under the credit derivatives and holds no collateral which can offset or reduce potential payments under a triggering event.

** The period end reference asset security ratings, as rated by any rating organization, are included in the equivalent Standard & Poor’s rating category. The reference asset rating represents the likelihood of a potential credit event on the reference asset which would result in a related payment by the Fund.

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps at December 31, 2017                                      
Counterparty   Pay/Receive
Floating Rate
    Floating Rate   Fixed Rate     Maturity Date           

Notional

Amount

(000’s)

   

Premiums

Received / (Paid)

    Value     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
    Six-Month JPY BBA              
BAC     Receive     LIBOR     0.468%       11/12/25       JPY       23,000     $                     —       $ (4,633   $          (4,633)
    Three-Month SEK              
BAC     Pay     STIBOR SIDE     1.418       11/12/25       SEK       1,840       —         8,646     8,646 
    Three-Month SEK              
BAC     Pay     STIBOR SIDE     1.501       12/9/25       SEK       5,120       —         26,937     26,937 
    Six-Month GBP BBA              
BAC     Receive     LIBOR     1.196       3/1/27       GBP       7,435       —         7,884     7,884 
    Six-Month GBP BBA              
BAC     Receive     LIBOR     1.353       12/4/27       GBP       7,200       —         (80,711   (80,711)
    Three-Month SEK              
BAC     Pay     STIBOR SIDE     1.102       12/6/27       SEK       84,735       —         (75,852   (75,852)
    Three-Month SEK              
BAC     Pay     STIBOR SIDE     1.278       10/5/27       SEK       5,735       —         9,597     9,597 
    Three-Month SEK              
BAC     Pay     STIBOR SIDE     1.365       8/10/25       SEK       4,580       —         22,132     22,132 
    Three-Month SEK              
BAC     Pay     STIBOR SIDE     1.630       7/3/25       SEK       27,305       7,919         208,793     216,712 
    Three-Month SEK              
BAC     Pay     STIBOR SIDE     0.628       7/8/26       SEK       2,340       —         (8,448   (8,448)
    Six-Month JPY BBA              
BOA     Receive     LIBOR     0.208       12/8/26       JPY       49,000       —         550     550 
    Six-Month JPY BBA              
CITNA-B     Receive     LIBOR     0.251       1/6/27       JPY       386,000       —         (11,662   (11,662)

 

33      OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL MULTI-ALTERNATIVES FUND/VA


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps (Continued)                                                 
Counterparty   Pay/Receive
Floating Rate
   Floating Rate    Fixed Rate    Maturity Date           

Notional

Amount

(000’s)

    Premiums
Received / (Paid)
  Value  

Unrealized

Appreciation/

(Depreciation)

     Six-Month DKK                
GSCOI   Pay    CIBOR2 DKNA13    0.975%      12/6/27       DKK       123,560     $      $             (96,644   $ (96,644
     Three-Month SEK                
GSCOI   Pay    STIBOR SIDE    1.118      1/9/27       SEK       26,100             44,180       44,180  
     Six-Month JPY BBA                
JPM   Receive    LIBOR    0.593      7/10/25       JPY       483,000             (145,741     (145,741
     Six-Month JPY BBA                
JPM   Receive    LIBOR    0.566      8/6/25       JPY       13,000             (3,648     (3,648
     Six-Month JPY BBA                
JPM   Receive    LIBOR    0.100      6/6/26       JPY       35,000             2,739       2,739  
     Six-Month JPY BBA                
JPM   Receive    LIBOR    0.299      12/6/27       JPY       1,097,000             (40,586     (40,586
     Six-Month JPY BBA                
JPM   Receive    LIBOR    0.461      12/9/25       JPY       28,000             (5,407     (5,407
     Six-Month JPY BBA                
JPM   Receive    LIBOR    0.295      11/6/27       JPY       77,000             (2,996     (2,996
     Three-Month SEK                
JPM   Pay    STIBOR SIDE    1.136      3/3/27       SEK       3,895             5,874       5,874  
     Three-Month SEK                
JPM   Pay    STIBOR SIDE    1.070      6/7/26       SEK       3,550             4,510       4,510  
     Six-Month JPY BBA                
JPM   Receive    LIBOR    0.595      8/11/25       JPY       29,000             (8,717     (8,717
                

 

 

 

Total of Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

             $                 7,919     $ (143,203   $         (135,284
                

 

 

 

 

Over-the-Counter Total Return Swaps at December 31, 2017                                           
Reference Asset   Counterparty   Pay/Receive Total
Return*
   Floating Rate      Maturity Date           

Notional

Amount

(000’s)

    Value  

Unrealized

Appreciation/

(Depreciation)

       One-Month HKD HIBOR             

0998.HK-China Citic Bank Corp.

       HKAB minus 50 basis             
Ltd., ORD H   GSCOI   Pay    points        5/24/18       HKD       2,801      $             (12,775   $             (12,775
       One-Month HKD HIBOR             

1988.HK-China Ninsheng Banking

       HKAB minus 50 basis             
Corp. Ltd., ORD H   GSCOI   Pay    points        5/24/18       HKD       2,885       (17,407     (17,407
       One-Month HKD HIBOR             

3328.HK-Bank of

       HKAB minus 50 basis             
Communications Co. Ltd., ORD H   GSCOI   Pay    points        5/24/18       HKD       3,403       (22,371     (22,371
       One-Month HKD HIBOR             

3968.HK-China Merchants Bank,

       HKAB minus 50 basis             
ORD H   GSCOI   Pay    points        5/24/18       HKD       3,791       (189,793     (189,793
       One-Month HKD HIBOR             

6818.HK-China Everbright Bank,

       HKAB minus 50 basis             
ORD H   GSCOI   Pay    points        5/24/18       HKD       1,478       (7,908     (7,908
       One-Month USD BBA             
       LIBOR plus 30 basis             
JPCMOLNG Custom Basketa   JPM   Receive    points        1/8/19       USD       4,914       134,530       134,530  
       One-Month HKD HIBOR             
       HKAB minus 85 basis             
JPCMOSHR Custom Basketb   JPM   Pay    points        1/8/19       USD       4,913       (113,538     (113,538
       One-Month USD BBA             
       LIBOR minus 35 basis             
OEX Index   GSCOI   Pay    points        4/9/18       USD       6,872       (101,692     (101,692
       One-Month USD BBA             

SPDR Blackston/GSO Senior Loan

       LIBOR plus 50 basis             

Exchange Traded Fund

  GSCOI   Receive    points        11/29/18       USD       60,537       (60,941     (60,941
                 

 

 

 

Total Over-the-Counter Total Return Swaps

                 $ (391,895 )    $ (391,895 ) 
                 

 

 

 

* Fund will pay or receive the total return of the reference asset depending on whether the return is positive or negative. For contracts where the Fund has elected to receive the total return of the reference asset if positive, it will be responsible for paying the floating rate and the total return of the reference asset if negative. If the Fund has elected to pay the total return of the reference asset if positive, it will receive the floating rate and the total return of the reference asset if negative.

 

                            
Custom baskets of securities: The following are the components and weights of the underlying basket of securities  
Description    Shares      Value      % of Basket  
JPCMOLNGa:         

Activision Blizzar, Inc.

     3,872                                                 $135,337                                                 2.69%  

Allstate Corp.

     2,353        136,003        2.69  

Altria Group, Inc.

     3,562        140,408        2.78  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     1,480        138,450        2.75  

Anthem, Inc.

     1,029        127,808        2.53  

 

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Custom baskets of securities: The following are the components and weights of the underlying basket of securities (Continued)
Description    Shares      Value      % of Basket
JPCMOLNGa: (Continued)         

At&T, Inc.

     6,640        $142,506      2.82%

Best Buy Co., Inc.

     4,053        153,185      3.04

Boeing Co. (The)

     873        142,116      2.81

Centene Corp.

     2,366        131,753      2.61

Constellation Brands, Inc., Cl. A

     1,110        140,050      2.77

Corning, Inc.

     7,459        131,715      2.61

CVS Health Corp.

     3,154        126,223      2.50

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     4,565        141,113      2.80

Eastman Chemical Co.

     2,616        133,775      2.65

Eaton Corp. plc

     3,106        135,464      2.68

ebay, Inc.

     6,968        145,161      2.88

Estee Lauder Cos., Cl. A

     1,935        135,908      2.69

Gap, Inc. (The)

     7,477        140,576      2.78

General Motors Co.

     5,607        126,867      2.51

LyondelBbasell Industries, Cl. A

     2,308        140,550      2.78

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     3,857        140,476      2.78

McKesson Corp.

     1,636        140,834      2.80

Mettler-Toledo International

     384        131,319      2.60

Micron Technology, Inc.

     5,699        129,357      2.56

Morgan Stanley

     4,681        135,578      2.69

Nextera Energy, Inc.

     1,529        131,826      2.61

NRG Energy, Inc.

     8,738        137,370      2.72

PayPal Holdings, Inc.

     3,190        129,636      2.57

Progressive Corp.

     4,542        141,205      2.80

PulteGroup, Inc.

     7,078        129,910      2.57

Robert Half International, Inc.

     4,236        129,868      2.57

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

     1,950        128,393      2.54

Scripps Networks Interactive, Cl. A

     2,952        139,127      2.76

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     1,424        133,385      2.64

United Rentals, Inc.

     1,515        143,765      2.85

Valero Energy Corp.

     2,821        143,122      2.83

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     1,674        138,478      2.74
                              130,439                                 $5,048,617                               100.00%
JPCMOSHRb:         

Acuity Brands, Inc.

     1,409        $136,886      2.73%

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

     2,392        131,628      2.62

Akamai Technologies

     4,331        155,491      3.11

Allergan plc

     1,390        125,511      2.50

American International Group

     4,029        132,505      2.64

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

     2,848        144,349      2.87

Arconic, Inc.

     9,816        147,651      2.94

CenturyLink, Inc.

     16,558        152,454      3.04

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     6,448        151,411      3.02

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

     2,788        137,106      2.73

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

     59,357        129,749      2.58

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.

     794        126,677      2.52

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

     3,232        133,750      2.66

Coty, Inc., Cl. A

     14,021        153,939      3.07

Dentsply Sirona, Inc.

     3,605        130,998      2.61

Envision Healthcare Corp.

     7,566        144,336      2.87

FirstEnergy Corp.

     7,076        119,599      2.38

Fluor Corp.

     4,990        142,268      2.83

Ford Motor Co.

     19,295        133,028      2.65

Gartner, Inc.

     1,998        135,821      2.70

General Electric Co.

     13,209        127,233      2.53

Hess Corp.

     5,265        137,960      2.75

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

     17,318        137,274      2.73

JM Smucker Co. (The)

     2,071        142,029      2.83

Kellogg Co.

     3,651        137,003      2.73

Mattel, Inc.

     13,238        112,387      2.24

Mosaic Co. (The)

     9,946        140,877      2.81

Nasdaq, Inc.

     3,051        129,392      2.58

News Corp., Cl. B

     14,731        134,982      2.69

Perrigo Co. plc

     2,770        133,270      2.65

Qualcomm, Inc.

     3,642        128,704      2.56

Scana Corp.

     5,596        122,879      2.45

Schwab (Charles) Corp.

     4,951        140,391      2.80

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

 
Custom baskets of securities: The following are the components and weights of the underlying basket of securities (Continued)
Description                                             Shares                                 Value                                 % of Basket
JPCMOSHRb: (Continued)         

Stericycle, Inc.

   3,643    $136,722    2.72%

Symantec Corp.

   8,339    129,163    2.57

TripAdvisor, Inc.

   6,978    132,734    2.64

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

   3,321    133,125    2.65
   295,663    $5,021,282    100.00%

 

Over-the-Counter Volatility Swaps at December 31, 2017      
                                            Unrealized
                  Pay/Receive                                 Appreciation/
Reference Asset   Counterparty     Volatility*         Strike Price             Maturity Date                  Notional Amount                 Value         (Depreciation)
AUD/CHF spot exchange rate     CITNA-B       Pay       $  6.300       1/16/18      AUD     (8,500   $ 929     $                    929  
AUD/CHF spot exchange rate     BOA       Pay       6.625       1/16/18     AUD     (8,500     2,984     2,984  
CAD/CHF spot exchange rate     BOA       Receive       7.050       1/29/18     CAD     8,200       (1,239   (1,239) 
CAD/CHF spot exchange rate     GSCO-OT       Receive       7.650       1/29/18     CAD     8,100       (5,800   (5,800) 
CAD/JPY spot exchange rate     CITNA-B       Receive       8.700       1/9/18     CAD     8,200       (21,136   (21,136) 
CHF/NOK spot exchange rate     CITNA-B       Receive       8.750       1/18/18     CHF     6,300       (7,176   (7,176) 
CHF/SEK spot exchange rate     BOA       Pay       7.750       1/12/18     CHF     (6,400     919     919  
EUR/CAD spot exchange rate     BOA       Receive       6.700       1/11/18     EUR     5,400       (3,693   (3,693) 
EUR/CAD spot exchange rate     BOA       Receive       6.900       1/8/18     EUR     5,400       (6,868   (6,868) 
EUR/CHF spot exchange rate     GSCO-OT       Pay       5.050       1/22/18     EUR     (5,400     3,823     3,823 
EUR/CHF spot exchange rate     BOA       Pay       4.700       1/22/18     EUR     (5,400     518     518  
EUR/CHF spot exchange rate     CITNA-B       Pay       4.700       1/29/18     EUR     (5,400     (4,535   (4,535) 
EUR/CHF spot exchange rate     CITNA-B       Pay       4.600       1/31/18     EUR     (5,400     (5,507   (5,507) 
EUR/CHF spot exchange rate     GSCO-OT       Pay       5.425       2/5/18     EUR     (5,300     (1,272   (1,272) 
EUR/CHF spot exchange rate     DEU       Pay       5.100       1/16/18     EUR     (5,400     4,341     4,341  
EUR/CHF spot exchange rate     GSCO-OT       Pay       4.750       1/22/18     EUR     (5,400     65     65  
GBP/CAD spot exchange rate     CITNA-B       Receive       8.600       1/5/18     GBP     4,700       (13,009   (13,009) 
GBP/CAD spot exchange rate     GSCO-OT       Receive       8.650       1/8/18     GBP     4,800       (12,054   (12,054) 
GBP/NZD spot exchange rate     BOA       Receive       9.850       1/4/18     GBP     4,700       2,729     2,729  
GBP/NZD spot exchange rate     JPM       Receive       9.000       1/19/18     GBP     4,800       (14,387   (14,387) 
Total Over-the-Counter Volatility Swaps             $ (80,368   $              (80,368) 
                       

* Fund will pay or receive the volatility of the reference asset depending on whether the realized volatility of the reference asset exceeds or is less than the strike price. For contracts where the Fund has elected to receive the volatility of the reference asset, it will receive a net payment of the difference between the realized volatility and the strike price multiplied by the notional amount if the realized volatility exceeds the strike price; the Fund will make a net payment of the absolute value of the difference of the realized volatility and the strike price multiplied by the notional amount if the realized volatility is less than the strike price. For contracts where the Fund has elected to pay the volatility of the reference asset, it will make a net payment of the difference between the realized volatility and the strike price multiplied by the notional amount if the realized volatility exceeds the strike price; the Fund will receive a net payment of the absolute value of the difference of the realized and the strike price multiplied by the notional amount if the realized volatility is less than the strike price.

 

Glossary:   
Counterparty Abbreviations   
BAC    Barclays Bank plc
BNP    BNP Paribas
BOA    Bank of America NA
CITNA-B    Citibank NA
DEU    Deutsche Bank AG
GSCOI    Goldman Sachs International
GSCO-OT    Goldman Sachs Bank USA
HSBC    HSBC Bank USA NA
JPM    JPMorgan Chase Bank NA
MOS-A    Morgan Stanley
TDB    Toronto Dominion Bank

 

Currency abbreviations indicate amounts reporting in currencies

AUD    Australian Dollar
BRL    Brazilian Real
CAD    Canadian Dollar
CHF    Swiss Franc
CLP    Chilean Peso
CNH    Offshore Chinese Renminbi
COP    Colombian Peso
CZK    Czech Koruna
DKK    Danish Krone
EUR    Euro
GBP    British Pound Sterling
HKD    Hong Kong Dollar
HUF    Hungarian Forint
IDR    Indonesian Rupiah
ILS    Israeli Shekel

 

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Currency abbreviations indicate amounts reporting in currencies (Continued)
INR    Indian Rupee
JPY    Japanese Yen
KRW    South Korean Won
MXN    Mexican Nuevo Peso
MYR    Malaysian Ringgit
NOK    Norwegian Krone
NZD    New Zealand Dollar
PLN    Polish Zloty
SEK    Swedish Krona
SGD    Singapore Dollar
THB    Thailand Baht
TRY    New Turkish Lira
TWD    New Taiwan Dollar
ZAR    South African Rand

 

Definitions

  
BBA LIBOR    British Bankers’ Association London - Interbank Offered Rate
BONO    Spanish Government Bonds
BTP    Italian Treasury Bonds
BUND    German Federal Obligation
CAC    French Options Market
CDX.HY.27    Markit CDX High Yield Index
CDX.HY.28    Markit CDX High Yield Index
CDX.IG.28    Markit CDX Investment Grade Index
CDX.NA.HY.21    Markit CDX North American High Yield
CDX.NA.HY.25    Markit CDX North American High Yield
CIBOR2    Two banking days preceding reset date of Copenhagen Interbank Offered Rate
DKNA13    Reuters 12 - Month CIBOR
EUR003M    EURIBOR 3 Month ACT/360
FTSE 100    United Kingdom 100 most highly capitalized companies on the London Stock Exchange
HIBOR    Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate
HKAB    Hong Kong Association of Banks
ICE LIBOR    Intercontinental Exchange London Interbank Offered Rate
itraxx.main.27    Credit Default Swap Trading Index for a Specific Basket of Securities
LIBOR03M    ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month
LIBOR12    London Interbank Offered Rate-Monthly
LIBOR4    London Interbank Offered Rate-Quarterly
MM    Money Market Reference Rate
MSCI    Morgan Stanley Capital International
NIKKEI 225    225 top-rated Japanese Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
OAT    French Government Bonds
OEX    S&P 100 Index
S&P    Standard & Poor’s
STIBOR SIDE    Stockholm Interbank Offered Rate
T-BILL 3MO    US Treasury Bill 3 Month
TSX 60    60 largest companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange
US0001M    ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month
US0003M    ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month
US0006M    ICE LIBOR USD 6 Month

 

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES December 31, 2017

 

 

Assets

   
Investments, at value—see accompanying consolidated statement of investments:  
Unaffiliated companies (cost $368,339,434)     $            394,395,564  
Affiliated companies (cost $17,082,111)   17,082,111  
 

 

    411,477,675  
Cash   316,013  
Cash used for collateral on futures   4,906,000  
Cash used for collateral on OTC derivatives   272,000  
Cash used for collateral on centrally cleared swaps   3,860,001  
Deposits with broker for securities sold short   38,416,826  
Deposits with broker for foreign securities sold short (cost $5,567,029)   5,795,984  
Unrealized appreciation on forward currency exchange contracts   1,808,360  
Swaps, at value   150,838  
Centrally cleared swaps, at value (net premiums paid $58,373)   622,396  
Receivables and other assets:  
Investments sold (including $4,673,441 sold on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis)   4,753,598  
Interest and dividends   1,347,467  
Variation margin receivable   346,721  
Shares of beneficial interest sold   1,336  
Other   40,621  
 

 

Total assets

 

 

474,115,836  

 

 

Liabilities

   
Securities sold short, at value (proceeds $37,169,462)—see accompanying consolidated statement of investments   41,468,471  
Unrealized depreciation on forward currency exchange contracts   2,829,392  
Swaps, at value (net premiums paid $55,019)   1,012,659  
Centrally cleared swaps, at value (premiums received $1,739,069)   2,571,186  
Payables and other liabilities:  
Investments purchased (including $6,016,863 purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis)   6,360,166  
Variation margin payable   312,906  
Dividends on short sales   30,613  
Trustees’ compensation   8,727  
Foreign capital gains tax   5,175  
Shareholder communications   3,568  
Distribution and service plan fees   740  
Shares of beneficial interest redeemed   116  
Other   234,350  
 

 

Total liabilities

 

 

54,838,069  

 

 

Net Assets

    $            419,277,767  
 

 

 

 

Composition of Net Assets

   
Par value of shares of beneficial interest     $                      42,621  
Additional paid-in capital   431,921,721  
Accumulated net investment loss   (32,366) 
Accumulated net realized loss on investments and foreign currency transactions   (33,041,174) 
Net unrealized appreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies   20,386,965  
Net Assets     $            419,277,767  
 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value Per Share

   
Non-Service Shares:  
Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $415,811,372 and 42,267,700 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)   $9.84  
Service Shares:  
Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $3,466,395 and 353,209 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)   $9.81  

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

 

Investment Income

    
Interest (net of foreign withholding taxes of $2,598)      $            6,290,040  
Dividends:   
Unaffiliated companies (net of foreign withholding taxes of $94,041)    3,617,251  
Affiliated companies    249,601  
Other income    156,542  
  

 

Total investment income    10,313,434  
  
Expenses     
Management fees    4,226,165  
Distribution and service plan fees — Service shares    7,651  
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:   
Non-Service shares    408,210  
Service shares    3,062  
Shareholder communications:   
Non-Service shares    12,827  
Service shares    98  
Dividends on short sales    465,730  
Custodian fees and expenses    133,592  
Trustees’ compensation    31,606  
Borrowing fees    11,188  
Other    274,727  
  

 

Total expenses    5,574,856  
Less reduction to custodian expenses    (836) 
Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses    (149,076) 
  

 

Net expenses

 

  

5,424,944  

 

Net Investment Income    4,888,490  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)   
Net realized gain (loss) on:   
Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies    789,102  
Option contracts written    2,006,900  
Futures contracts    (3,157,374) 
Foreign currency transactions    166,016  
Forward currency exchange contracts    (4,191,909) 
Short Positions    (7,054,954) 
Swap contracts    (1,182,880) 
  

 

Net realized loss    (12,625,099) 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:   
Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies (net of foreign capital gains tax of $5,175)    16,180,991  
Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies    329,688  
Forward currency exchange contracts    (4,306,116) 
Futures contracts    966,849  
Option contracts written    (44,280) 
Short positions    (1,887,016) 
Swap contracts    (1,520,839) 
  

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

  

9,719,277  

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations      $            1,982,668  
  

 

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

    

Year Ended

December 31, 2017

  

Year Ended

December 31, 2016

Operations         
Net investment income   $              4,888,490      $                4,569,279  
Net realized loss   (12,625,099)     (15,226,380) 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation   9,719,277      25,813,743  
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations  

1,982,668  

 

  

15,156,642  

 

Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders         
Dividends from net investment income:     
Non-Service shares   (3,921,732)     (5,549,952) 
Service shares   (24,086)     (29,481) 
 

(3,945,818) 

 

  

(5,579,433) 

 

Beneficial Interest Transactions         
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:     
Non-Service shares   17,307,626      (15,372,890) 
Service shares   940,121      657,532  
 

18,247,747  

 

  

(14,715,358) 

 

Net Assets         
Total increase (decrease)   16,284,597      (5,138,149) 
Beginning of period   402,993,170      408,131,319  
End of period (including accumulated net investment loss of $32,366 and $1,020,555, respectively)   $            419,277,767      $            402,993,170  
   

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

Non-Service Shares  

Year Ended

December 31,

2017

   

Year Ended

December 31,

2016

   

Year Ended

December 31,

20151

   

Year Ended

December 31,

20141

   

Period Ended

December 31,

20132

 
Per Share Operating Data          
Net asset value, beginning of period     $9.88       $9.66       $10.04       $9.92       $10.00  
Income (loss) from investment operations:          
Net investment income (loss)3     0.12       0.11       0.11       0.08       (0.02)  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     (0.06)       0.25       (0.46)       0.52       (0.05)  
Total from investment operations     0.06       0.36       (0.35)       0.60       (0.07)  
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:          
Dividends from net investment income     (0.10)       (0.14)       (0.03)       (0.25)       (0.01)  
Distributions from net realized gain     0.00       0.00       0.00       (0.21)       0.00  
Tax return of capital distribution     0.00       0.00       0.00       (0.02)       0.00  
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders     (0.10)       (0.14)       (0.03)       (0.48)       (0.01)  
Net asset value, end of period     $9.84       $9.88       $9.66       $10.04       $9.92  
                                       
         
Total Return, at Net Asset Value4     0.56%       3.71%       (3.45)%       6.02%       (0.69)%  
         
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                        
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)     $415,811       $400,449       $406,286       $262,573       $9,917  
Average net assets (in thousands)     $408,282       $408,810       $363,975       $161,988       $9,827  
Ratios to average net assets:5          
Net investment income (loss)     1.19%       1.11%       1.11%       0.77%6       (1.85)%6  
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below     1.24%       1.23%       1.24%       1.33%       7.16%  
Dividends and/or interest expense on securities sold short     0.11%       0.22%       0.17%       0.08%       0.00%  
Borrowing expenses on securities sold short     0.00%       0.02%       0.05%       0.02%       0.00%  
Interest and fees from borrowings     0.00%7       0.00%7       0.00%7       0.00%       0.00%  
Total expenses8     1.35%       1.47%       1.46%       1.43%6       7.16%6  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses     1.32%       1.43%       1.41%       1.31%6       3.33%6  
Portfolio turnover rate     129%       93%       67%       147%       11%  

1. Net investment income per share, net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share and the net investment income ratio include an adjustment for a prior period reclassification for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2015. Please see Note 11 of the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

2. For the period from November 14, 2013 (inception of offering) to December 31, 2013.

3. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

4. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

5. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

6. Includes the Fund’s share of the allocated expenses and/or net investment income from the master funds.

7. Less than 0.005%.

8. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

  Year Ended December 31, 2017      1.36  
  Year Ended December 31, 2016      1.48  
  Year Ended December 31, 2015      1.47  
  Year Ended December 31, 2014      1.45  
  Period Ended December 31, 2013      7.18  

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

 

 

Service Shares    Year Ended
December 31,
2017
   Year Ended
December 31,
2016
   Year Ended
December 31,
20151
   Year Ended
December 31,
20141
   Period Ended
December 31,
20132
Per Share Operating Data               
Net asset value, beginning of period    $9.87    $9.65    $10.03    $9.92    $10.00
Income (loss) from investment operations:               
Net investment income (loss)3    0.09    0.08    0.08    0.08    (0.03)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)    (0.07)    0.26    (0.45)    0.50    (0.04)
Total from investment operations    0.02    0.34    (0.37)    0.58    (0.07)
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:               
Dividends from net investment income    (0.08)    (0.12)    (0.01)    (0.25)    (0.01)
Distributions from net realized gain    0.00    0.00    0.00    (0.21)    0.00
Tax return of capital distribution    0.00    0.00    0.00    (0.01)    0.00
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders    (0.08)    (0.12)    (0.01)    (0.47)    (0.01)
Net asset value, end of period    $9.81    $9.87    $9.65    $10.03    $9.92
                        
              
Total Return, at Net Asset Value4    0.19%    3.49%    (3.68)%    5.90%    (0.72)%
              
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)    $3,467    $2,544    $1,845    $1,332    $10
Average net assets (in thousands)    $3,063    $2,054    $1,695    $335    $10
Ratios to average net assets:5               
Net investment income (loss)    0.92%    0.85%    0.85%    0.78%6    (2.12)%6
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below    1.49%    1.48%    1.48%    1.68%    7.43%
Dividends and/or interest expense on securities sold short    0.11%    0.22%    0.17%    0.08%    0.00%
Borrowing expenses on securities sold short    0.00%    0.02%    0.05%    0.02%    0.00%
Interest and fees from borrowings    0.00%7    0.00%7    0.00%7    0.00%    0.00%
Total expenses8    1.60%    1.72%    1.70%    1.78%6    7.43%6
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses    1.57%    1.68%    1.65%    1.67%6    3.50%6
Portfolio turnover rate    129%    93%    67%    147%    11%

1. Net investment income per share, net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share and the net investment income ratio include an adjustment for a prior period reclassification for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2015. Please see Note 11 of the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

2. For the period from November 14, 2013 (inception of offering) to December 31, 2013.

3. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

4. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

5. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

6. Includes the Fund’s share of the allocated expenses and/or net investment income from the master funds.

7. Less than 0.005%.

8. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

  Year Ended December 31, 2017      1.61  
  Year Ended December 31, 2016      1.73  
  Year Ended December 31, 2015      1.71  
  Year Ended December 31, 2014      1.80  
  Period Ended December 31, 2013      7.45  

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2017

 

 

1. Organization

Oppenheimer Global Multi-Alternatives Fund/VA (the “Fund”) is a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, a diversified open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as amended. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek total return. The Fund’s investment adviser is OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”). The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI. The Sub-Adviser has entered into sub-sub-advisory agreements with Barings LLC and OFI SteelPath, Inc. (collectively, the “Sub-Sub-Advisers”). Shares of the Fund are sold only to separate accounts of life insurance companies.

The Fund offers two classes of shares. Both classes are sold at their offering price, which is the net asset value per share, to separate investment accounts of participating insurance companies as an underlying investment for variable life insurance policies, variable annuity contracts or other investment products. The class of shares designated as Service shares is subject to a distribution and service plan. Both classes of shares have identical rights and voting privileges with respect to the Fund in general and exclusive voting rights on matters that affect that class alone. Earnings, net assets and net asset value per share may differ due to each class having its own expenses, such as transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees and shareholder communications, directly attributable to that class.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed in the Fund’s preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Security Valuation. All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.

Basis for Consolidation. The Fund has established a Cayman Islands exempted company, Oppenheimer Global Multi-Alternatives Fund/VA (Cayman) Ltd., which is wholly-owned and controlled by the Fund (the “Subsidiary”). The Fund and Subsidiary are both managed by the Manager. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary invests primarily in commodity-linked derivatives (including commodity futures, financial futures, options and swap contracts) and certain fixed-income securities and other investments that may serve as margin or collateral for its derivatives positions. The Fund applies its investment restrictions and compliance policies and procedures, on a look-through basis, to the Subsidiary.    

The financial statements have been consolidated and include accounts of the Fund and the Subsidiary. Accordingly, all inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated. At period end, the Fund owned 21,023 shares with net assets of $11,767,262 in the Subsidiary.

Other financial information at period end:

 

Total market value of investments    $             10,734,020  
Net assets    $ 11,767,262  
Net income (loss)    $ (98,024)  
Net realized gain (loss)    $ 323,162  
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation    $ 718,651  

Foreign Currency Translation. The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Any foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:

(1) Value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange rates prevailing at Market Close as described in Note 3.

(2) Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

Although the net assets and the values are presented at the foreign exchange rates at Market Close, the Fund does not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments shown in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

For securities, which are subject to foreign withholding tax upon disposition, realized gains or losses on such securities are recorded net of foreign withholding tax.

Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding tax reclaims recorded on the Fund’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.

Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other than those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated on a daily basis to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a specific class are charged against the operations of that class.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. GAAP, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually or at other times as determined necessary by the Manager.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends, if any, and capital gains taxes on foreign investments, if any, have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable tax rules and regulations. Interest income, if any, is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Consolidated Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.

Return of Capital Estimates. Distributions received from the Fund’s investments in Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and Real Estate Investments Trusts (REITs), generally are comprised of income and return of capital. The Fund records investment income and return of capital based on estimates. Such estimates are based on historical information available from each MLP, REIT and other industry sources. These estimates may subsequently be revised based on information received from MLPs and REITs after their tax reporting periods are concluded.

Custodian Fees. “Custodian fees and expenses” in the Consolidated Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by the Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. The Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by positive cash balances maintained by the Fund, at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 2.00%. The “Reduction to custodian expenses” line item, if applicable, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings.

Security Transactions. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

Indemnifications. The Fund’s organizational documents provide current and former Trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income, including any net realized gain on investments not offset by capital loss carryforwards, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required, however, during the reporting period, the Fund paid federal excise tax of $19,555. The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s tax return filings generally remains open for the three preceding fiscal reporting period ends. The Fund has analyzed its tax positions for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, including open tax years, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Fund’s financial statements.

Subchapter M requires, among other things, that at least 90% of the Fund’s gross income be derived from securities or derived with respect to its business of investing in securities (typically referred to as “qualifying income”). Income from commodity-linked derivatives may not be treated as “qualifying income” for purposes of the 90% gross income requirement. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has previously issued a number of private letter rulings which conclude that income derived from commodity index-linked notes and investments in a wholly-owned subsidiary will be “qualifying income.” As a result, the Fund will gain exposure to commodities through commodity-linked notes and its wholly-owned subsidiary.

The IRS has suspended the granting of private letter rulings pending further review. As a result, there can be no assurance that the IRS will not change its position with respect to commodity-linked notes and wholly-owned subsidiaries. In addition, future legislation and guidance from the Treasury and the IRS may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to gain exposure to commodities through commodity-linked notes and its wholly-owned subsidiary.

The Fund is required to include in income for federal income tax purposes all of the subsidiary’s net income and gains whether or not such income is distributed by the subsidiary. Net income and gains from the subsidiary are generally treated as ordinary income by the Fund, regardless of the character of the subsidiary’s underlying income. Net losses from the subsidiary do not pass through to the Fund for federal income tax purposes.

The tax components of capital shown in the following table represent distribution requirements the Fund must satisfy under the income tax regulations, losses the Fund may be able to offset against income and gains realized in future years and unrealized appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes.

 

Undistributed

Net Investment

Income

  

Undistributed

Long-Term

Gain

    

Accumulated

Loss

Carryforward1,2,3,4

    

Net Unrealized

Appreciation

Based on cost of

Securities and

Other Investments

for Federal Income

Tax Purposes

 
$—      $—        $20,924,253        $11,122,140  

1. At period end, the Fund had $20,101,917 of net capital loss carryforward available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, and thereby reduce future taxable gain distributions. Details of the capital loss carryforwards are included in the table below. Capital loss carryovers with no expiration, if any, must be utilized prior to those with expiration dates.

 

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

Expiring        
No expiration    $                     20,101,917  

2. The Fund had $822,336 of post-October foreign currency losses which were deferred.

3. During the reporting period, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforward.

4. During the previous reporting period, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforward.

Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes. The character of dividends and distributions made during the fiscal year from net investment income or net realized gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax requirements, which may differ from the character of net investment income or net realized gains presented in those financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Also, due to timing of dividends and distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or net realized gain was recorded by the Fund.

Accordingly, the following amounts have been reclassified for the reporting period. Net assets of the Fund were unaffected by the reclassifications.

Reduction

to Paid-in Capital

  

Reduction

to Accumulated

Net Investment

Loss

    

Increase

to Accumulated Net

Realized Loss

on Investments

 
$21,266      $45,517        $24,251  

The tax character of distributions paid during the reporting periods:

     

Year Ended

December 31, 2017

    

Year Ended

December 31, 2016

 
Distributions paid from:      
Ordinary income    $ 3,945,818      $ 5,579,433  

The aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes at period end are noted in the following table. The primary difference between book and tax appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments, if applicable, is attributable to the tax deferral of losses or tax realization of financial statement unrealized gain or loss.

 

Federal tax cost of securities     $ 395,617,220   
Federal tax cost of other investments      (11,505,127
  

 

 

 

Total federal tax cost     $       384,112,093  
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation     $ 28,867,591  
Gross unrealized depreciation      (17,745,451
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation     $ 11,122,140  
  

 

 

 

Certain foreign countries impose a tax on capital gains which is accrued by the Fund based on unrealized appreciation, if any, on affected securities. The tax is paid when the gain is realized.

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

 

3. Securities Valuation

The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is open for trading, except in the case of a scheduled early closing of the Exchange, in which case the Fund will calculate net asset value of the shares as of the scheduled early closing time of the Exchange.

The Fund’s Board has adopted procedures for the valuation of the Fund’s securities and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for valuation determinations under those procedures to the Manager. The Manager has established a Valuation Committee which is responsible for determining a fair valuation for any security for which market quotations are not readily available. The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Fund’s Board at least quarterly or more frequently, if necessary.

Valuation Methods and Inputs

Securities are valued primarily using unadjusted quoted market prices, when available, as supplied by third party pricing services or broker-dealers.

The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or the fair value of the types of securities described below:

Equity securities traded on a securities exchange (including exchange-traded derivatives other than futures and futures options) are valued based on the official closing price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the Manager, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

 

are valued. If the official closing price is unavailable, the security is valued at the last sale price on the principal exchange on which it is traded, or if no sales occurred, the security is valued at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Over-the-counter equity securities are valued at the last published sale price, or if no sales occurred, at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Events occurring after the close of trading on foreign exchanges may result in adjustments to the valuation of foreign securities to more accurately reflect their fair value as of the time when the Fund’s assets are valued.

Shares of a registered investment company that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that investment company’s net asset value per share.

Corporate and government debt securities (of U.S. or foreign issuers) and municipal debt securities, short-term notes, mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, and asset-backed securities are valued at the mean between the bid and asked prices utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers who may use matrix pricing methods to determine the evaluated prices. Pricing services generally price debt securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional “round lot” size, but some trades may occur in smaller, “odd lot” sizes, sometimes at lower prices than institutional round lot trades. Standard inputs generally considered by third-party pricing vendors include reported trade data, broker-dealer price quotations, benchmark yields, issuer spreads on comparable securities, the credit quality, yield, maturity, as well as other appropriate factors.

Event-linked bonds, are valued at the mean between the bid and asked prices utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers. Standard inputs generally considered by third-party pricing vendors include reported trade data and broker-dealer price quotations.

Loans are valued at the mean between the bid and asked prices utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers. Standard inputs generally considered by third-party pricing vendors include information obtained from market participants regarding broker-dealer price quotations.

Structured securities, swaps, swaptions, and other over-the-counter derivatives are valued utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers. Standard inputs generally considered by third-party pricing vendors include market information relevant to the underlying reference asset such as the price of financial instruments, stock market indices, foreign currencies, interest rate spreads, commodities, credit spreads, credit event probabilities, index values, individual security values, forward interest rates, variable interest rates, volatility measures, and forward currency rates, or the occurrence of other specific events.

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued utilizing current and forward currency rates obtained from third party pricing services. When the settlement date of a contract is an interim date for which a quotation is not available, interpolated values are derived using the nearest dated forward currency rate.

Futures contracts and futures options traded on a commodities or futures exchange will be valued at the final settlement price or official closing price on the principal exchange as reported by such principal exchange at its trading session ending at, or most recently prior to, the time when the Fund’s assets are valued.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or when a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, are fair valued either (i) by a standardized fair valuation methodology applicable to the security type or the significant event as previously approved by the Valuation Committee and the Fund’s Board or (ii) as determined in good faith by the Manager’s Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee considers all relevant facts that are reasonably available, through either public information or information available to the Manager, when determining the fair value of a security. Those standardized fair valuation methodologies include, but are not limited to, valuing securities at the last sale price or initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be further adjusted for any discounts related to security-specific resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities nor can it be assured that the Fund can obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security.

To assess the continuing appropriateness of security valuations, the Manager regularly compares prior day prices and sale prices to the current day prices and challenges those prices exceeding certain tolerance levels with the third party pricing service or broker source. For those securities valued by fair valuations, whether through a standardized fair valuation methodology or a fair valuation determination, the Valuation Committee reviews and affirms the reasonableness of the valuations based on such methodologies and fair valuation determinations on a regular basis after considering all relevant information that is reasonably available.

Classifications

Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation.

Various data inputs may be used in determining the value of each of the Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

1) Level 1-unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)

2) Level 2-inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)

3) Level 3-significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager’s own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability).

The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

The Fund classifies each of its investments in investment companies which are publicly offered as Level 1. Investment companies that are not publicly

 

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3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

 

offered, if any, are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund’s Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end based on valuation input level:

 

            

 

Level 1—

Unadjusted

Quoted Prices

   

Level 2—

Other Significant

Observable Inputs

   

Level 3—

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

    Value  
Assets Table        
Investments, at Value:        
Common Stocks        

Consumer Discretionary

  $                     7,901,701     $                     2,623,322     $                             66      $                     10,525,089  

Consumer Staples

    8,793,252       1,645,960             10,439,212  

Energy

    32,154,788       1,021,444             33,176,232  

Financials

    30,841,991       12,793,675       199       43,635,865  

Health Care

    18,781,814       1,872,065       6,316       20,660,195  

Industrials

    20,494,392       1,529,412             22,023,804  

Information Technology

    20,106,460       605,255       2       20,711,717  

Materials

    7,450,342       1,526,928             8,977,270  

Telecommunication Services

    3,391,316       534,362             3,925,678  

Utilities

    4,817,768       964,348             5,782,116  
Preferred Stocks           1,075,892             1,075,892  
Rights, Warrants and Certificates     3,822             2       3,824  
Asset-Backed Securities           10,631,127             10,631,127  
Mortgage-Backed Obligation           2,306,933             2,306,933  
Foreign Government Obligations           7,578,584             7,578,584  
Non-Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes           33,206,635       17,900       33,224,535  
Convertible Corporate Bond and Note           48,268             48,268  
Corporate Loans           12,239,465             12,239,465  
Event-Linked Bonds           47,539,045       181,625       47,720,670  
Short-Term Notes           92,962,916             92,962,916  
Investment Companies     23,343,250       46,009             23,389,259  
Exchange-Traded Options Purchased     226,116                   226,116  
Over-the-Counter Option Purchased           31,724             31,724  
Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaptions Purchased           181,184             181,184  
Total Investments, at Value     178,307,012       232,964,553       206,110       411,477,675  
Other Financial Instruments:        
Swaps, at value           150,838             150,838  
Centrally cleared swaps, at value           622,396             622,396  
Futures contracts     1,208,264                   1,208,264  
Forward currency exchange contracts           1,808,360             1,808,360  
Total Assets   $ 179,515,276     $ 235,546,147     $ 206,110      $ 415,267,533  
Liabilities Table        
Other Financial Instruments:        
Common Stock Securities Sold Short   $ (35,292,582   $ (6,175,889   $      $ (41,468,471
Other Financial Instruments:        
Swaps, at value           (1,012,659           (1,012,659
Centrally cleared swaps, at value           (2,571,186           (2,571,186
Futures contracts     (514,076                 (514,076
Forward currency exchange contracts           (2,829,392           (2,829,392
Total Liabilities   $ (35,806,658   $ (12,589,126   $      $ (48,395,784 )  

Forward currency exchange contracts and futures contracts, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.

The table below shows the transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the beginning of the reporting period.

 

 

    Transfers into Level 1     Transfers out of Level 1       Transfers into Level 2           Transfers out of
Level 2
      Transfers into Level 3       Transfers out of Level 3  
Assets Table            
Investments, at Value:            
Asset-Backed Securities   $ –       $     $ 1,923,696   $ –       $ –       $ (1,923,696 )* 
Preferred Stocks     –         (482,758 )**      482,758 **      –         –          

 

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3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

 

 

Assets Table (Continued)            
Rights, Warrants and Certificates   $                         1,665 ***    $                             (2 )****    $                     –       $                       (1,665 )***    $                             2 ****    $                             –  
Total Assets   $ 1,665     $ (482,760   $ 2,406,454     $ (1,665   $ 2     $ (1,923,696 )   

* Transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 due to the availability of market data for this security.

** Transfers from Level 1 to Level 2 are a result of a change in pricing methodology to the use of a valuation determined based on observable market information other than quoted prices from an active market due to a lack of available unadjusted quoted prices.

*** Transfers from Level 2 to Level 1 are a result of the availability of quoted prices from an active market which were not available and have become available.

**** Transferred from Level 1 to Level 3 because of the lack of observable market data.

 

 

4. Investments and Risks

Risks of Foreign Investing. The Fund may invest in foreign securities which are subject to special risks. Securities traded in foreign markets may be less liquid and more volatile than those traded in U.S. markets. 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 investments denominated in that foreign currency and in the value of any income or distributions the Fund may receive on those investments. 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. In addition, due to the inter-relationship of global economies and financial markets, changes in political and economic factors in one country or region could adversely affect conditions in another country or region. Investments in foreign securities may also expose the Fund to time-zone arbitrage risk. Foreign securities may trade on weekends or other days when the Fund does not price its shares. At times, the Fund may emphasize investments in a particular country or region and may be subject to greater risks from adverse events that occur in that country or region. Foreign securities and foreign currencies held in foreign banks and securities depositories may be subject to limited or no regulatory oversight.

Investments in Affiliated Funds. The Fund is permitted to invest in other mutual funds advised by the Manager (“Affiliated Funds”). Affiliated Funds are open-end management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Manager is the investment adviser of, and the Sub-Adviser provides investment and related advisory services to, the Affiliated Funds. When applicable, the Fund’s investments in Affiliated Funds are included in the Consolidated Statement of Investments. Shares of Affiliated Funds are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of the Affiliated Funds’ expenses, including their management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in the Affiliated Funds.

Each of the Affiliated Funds in which the Fund invests has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the Fund’s investments and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one Affiliated Fund than in another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that Affiliated Fund.

Investments in Money Market Instruments. The Fund is permitted to invest its free cash balances in money market instruments to provide liquidity or for defensive purposes. The Fund may invest in money market instruments by investing in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund (“IGMMF”), which is an Affiliated Fund. IGMMF is regulated as a money market fund under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Fund may also invest in money market instruments directly or in other affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds.

Master Limited Partnerships (“MLPs”). MLPs issue common units that represent an equity ownership interest in a partnership and provide limited voting rights. MLP common units are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and are freely tradable on securities exchanges such as the NYSE and the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”), or in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. An MLP consists of one or more general partners, who conduct the business, and one or more limited partners, who contribute capital. MLP common unit holders have a limited role in the partnership’s operations and management. 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.

Event-Linked Bonds. The Fund 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. If the trigger event occurs prior to maturity, the Fund may lose all or a portion of its principal in addition to interest otherwise due from the security. Event-linked bonds may expose the Fund to certain other risks, including issuer default, adverse regulatory or jurisdictional interpretations, liquidity risk and adverse tax consequences. The Fund records the net change in market value of event-linked bonds on the Consolidated Statement of Operations as a change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments. The Fund records a realized gain or loss on the Consolidated Statement of Operations upon the sale or maturity of such securities.

Loans. The Fund invests in loans made to U.S. and foreign borrowers that are corporations, partnerships or other business entities. The Fund will do

 

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so directly as an original lender or by assignment or indirectly through participation agreements or certain derivative instruments. While many of these loans will be collateralized, the Fund can also invest in uncollateralized loans. Loans are often issued in connection with recapitalizations, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and refinancing of borrowers. The loans often pay interest at rates that float above (or are adjusted periodically based on) a benchmark that reflects current interest rates although the Fund can also invest in loans with fixed interest rates.

When investing in loans, the Fund generally will have a contractual relationship only with the lender, not with the relevant borrower. As a result, the Fund generally will have the right to receive payments of principal, interest, and any fees to which it is entitled only from the lender selling the participation and only upon receipt by the lender of the payments from the relevant borrower. The Fund may not directly benefit from the collateral supporting the debt obligation in which it has purchased the participation. As a result, the Fund will assume the credit risk of both the borrower and the institution selling the participation to the Fund.

Securities on a When-Issued or Delayed Delivery Basis. The Fund may purchase securities on a “when-issued” basis, and may purchase or sell securities on a “delayed delivery” basis. “When-issued” or “delayed delivery” refers to securities whose terms and indenture are available and for which a market exists, but which are not available for immediate delivery. Delivery and payment for securities that have been purchased by the Fund on a when-issued basis normally takes place within six months and possibly as long as two years or more after the trade date. During this period, such securities do not earn interest, are subject to market fluctuation and may increase or decrease in value prior to their delivery. The purchase of securities on a when-issued basis may increase the volatility of the Fund’s net asset value to the extent the Fund executes such transactions while remaining substantially fully invested. When the Fund engages in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions, it relies on the buyer or seller, as the case may be, to complete the transaction. Their failure to do so may cause the Fund to lose the opportunity to obtain or dispose of the security at a price and yield it considers advantageous. The Fund may also sell securities that it purchased on a when-issued basis or forward commitment prior to settlement of the original purchase.

At period end, the Fund had purchased securities issued on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis and sold securities issued on a delayed delivery basis as follows:

 

    

When-Issued or Delayed

Delivery Basis

Transactions

 
Purchased securities     $6,016,863  
Sold securities     4,673,441  

Restricted Securities. At period end, investments in securities included issues that are restricted. A restricted security may have a contractual restriction on its resale and is valued under methods approved by the Board of Trustees as reflecting fair value. Securities that are restricted are marked with an applicable footnote on the Consolidated Statement of Investments. Restricted securities are reported on a schedule following the Consolidated Statement of Investments.

Equity Security Risk. Stocks and other equity securities fluctuate in price. The value of the Fund’s portfolio may be affected by changes in the equity markets generally. Equity markets may experience significant short-term volatility and may fall sharply at times. Different markets may behave differently from each other and U.S. equity markets may move in the opposite direction from one or more foreign stock markets. Adverse events in any part of the equity or fixed-income markets may have unexpected negative effects on other market segments.

The prices of individual equity securities 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 securities. 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.

Credit Risk. The Fund invests in high-yield, non-investment-grade bonds, which may be subject to a greater degree of credit risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer to meet interest or principal payments or both as they become due. The Fund may acquire securities that have missed an interest payment, and is not obligated to dispose of securities whose issuers or underlying obligors subsequently miss an interest and/or principal payment.

Information concerning securities not accruing interest at period end is as follows:

 

Cost    $ 5,761  
Market Value    $ 17,900  
Market Value as % of Net Assets      Less than 0.005%  

Sovereign Debt Risk. The Fund invests in sovereign debt securities, which are subject to certain special risks. These risks include, but are not limited to, the risk that a governmental entity may delay or refuse, or otherwise be unable, to pay interest or repay the principal on its sovereign debt. There may also be no legal process for collecting sovereign debt that a government does not pay or bankruptcy proceedings through which all or part of such sovereign debt may be collected. In addition, a restructuring or default of sovereign debt may also cause additional impacts to the financial markets, such as downgrades to credit ratings, reduced liquidity and increased volatility, among others.

 

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4. Investments and Risks (Continued)

 

Shareholder Concentration. At period end, one shareholder owned 20% or more of the Fund’s total outstanding shares.

The shareholder is a related party of the Fund. Related parties may include, but are not limited to, the investment manager and its affiliates, affiliated broker dealers, fund of funds, and directors or employees. The related party owned 96% of the Fund’s total outstanding shares at period end.

 

 

5. Market Risk Factors

The Fund’s investments in securities and/or financial derivatives may expose the Fund to various market risk factors:

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

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

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

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.

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

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

 

 

6. Use of Derivatives

The Fund’s investment objective not only permits the Fund to purchase investment securities, it also allows the Fund to enter into various types of derivatives contracts, including, but not limited to, futures contracts, forward currency exchange contracts, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, total return swaps, variance swaps and purchased and written options. In doing so, the Fund will employ strategies in differing combinations to permit it to increase, decrease, or change the level or types of exposure to market risk factors. These instruments may allow the Fund to pursue its objectives more quickly and efficiently than if it were to make direct purchases or sales of securities capable of effecting a similar response to market factors. Such contracts may be entered into through a bilateral over-the-counter (“OTC”) transaction, or through a securities or futures exchange and cleared through a clearinghouse.

Derivatives may have little or no initial cash investment relative to their market value exposure and therefore can produce significant gains or losses in excess of their cost due to changes in the market risk factors and the overall market. This use of embedded leverage allows the Fund to increase its market value exposure relative to its net assets and can substantially increase the volatility of the Fund’s performance. In instances where the Fund is using derivatives to decrease, or hedge, exposures to market risk factors for securities held by the Fund, there are also risks that those derivatives may not perform as expected resulting in losses for the combined or hedged positions. Some derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the Fund’s initial investment.

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

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

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

The Fund may enter into forward currency exchange contracts (“forward contracts”) for the purchase or sale of a foreign currency at a negotiated rate at a future date. Such contracts are traded in the OTC inter-bank currency dealer market.

Forward contracts are reported on a schedule following the Consolidated Statement of Investments. The unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reported in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a receivable (or payable) and in the Consolidated Statement of Operations within the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation). At contract close, the difference between the original cost of the contract and the value at the close date is recorded as a realized gain (loss) in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

The Fund may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts in order to decrease exposure to foreign exchange rate risk associated with either specific transactions or portfolio instruments or to increase exposure to foreign exchange rate risk.

During the reporting period, the Fund had daily average contract amounts on forward contracts to buy and sell of $133,949,196 and $205,194,968, respectively.

 

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Additional associated risk to the Fund includes counterparty credit risk. Counterparty credit risk arises from the possibility that the counterparty to a forward contract will default and fail to perform its obligations to the Fund.

Futures Contracts

A futures contract is a commitment to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity, financial instrument or currency at a negotiated price on a stipulated future date. The Fund may buy and sell futures contracts and may also buy or write put or call options on these futures contracts. Futures contracts and options thereon are generally entered into on a regulated futures exchange and cleared through a clearinghouse associated with the exchange.

Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract value in an account registered in the futures commission merchant’s name. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are paid to or from the futures commission merchant each day equal to the daily changes in the contract value. Such payments are recorded as unrealized gains and losses. Should the Fund fail to make requested variation margin payments, the futures commission merchant can gain access to the initial margin to satisfy the Fund’s payment obligations.

Futures contracts are reported on a schedule following the Consolidated Statement of Investments. Securities held by a futures commission merchant to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts are noted in the Consolidated Statement of Investments. Cash held by a futures commission merchant to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts and the receivable and/or payable for the daily mark to market for the variation margin are noted in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The net change in unrealized appreciation and depreciation is reported in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Realized gains (losses) are reported in the Consolidated Statement of Operations at the closing or expiration of futures contracts.

The Fund may purchase and/or sell financial futures contracts and options on futures contracts to gain exposure to, or decrease exposure to interest rate risk, equity risk, foreign exchange rate risk, volatility risk, or commodity risk.

During the reporting period, the Fund had an ending monthly average market value of $59,230,511 and $92,698,031 on futures contracts purchased and sold, respectively.

Additional associated risks of entering into futures contracts (and related options) include the possibility that there may be an illiquid market where the Fund is unable to liquidate the contract or enter into an offsetting position and, if used for hedging purposes, the risk that the price of the contract will correlate imperfectly with the prices of the Fund’s securities.

Option Activity

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

Options can be traded through an exchange or through a privately negotiated arrangement with a dealer in an OTC transaction. Options traded through an exchange are generally cleared through a clearinghouse (such as The Options Clearing Corporation). The difference between the premium received or paid, and market value of the option, is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. The net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation is reported in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. When an option is exercised, the cost of the security purchased or the proceeds of the security sale are adjusted by the amount of premium received or paid. Upon the expiration or closing of the option transaction, a gain or loss is reported in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Foreign Currency Options. The Fund may purchase or write call and put options on currencies to increase or decrease exposure to foreign exchange rate risk. A purchased call, or written put option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying financial instrument appreciates relative to the strike price. A purchased put, or written call option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying financial instrument depreciates relative to the strike price.

Index/Security Options. The Fund may purchase or write call and put options on individual equity securities and/or equity indexes to increase or decrease exposure to equity risk. A purchased call or written put option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying financial instrument appreciates relative to the strike price. A purchased put or written call option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying financial instrument depreciates relative to the strike price.

During the reporting period, the Fund had an ending monthly average market value of $159,378 and $478,567 on purchased call options and purchased put options, respectively.

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

The risk in writing a call option is the market price of the underlying security increasing above the strike price and the option being exercised. The Fund must then purchase the underlying security at the higher market price and deliver it for the strike price or, if it owns the underlying security, deliver it at the strike price and forego any benefit from the increase in the price of the underlying security above the strike price. The risk in writing a put option is the market price of the underlying security decreasing below the strike price and the option being exercised. The Fund must then purchase the underlying security at the strike price when the market price of the underlying security is below the strike price. Alternatively, the Fund could also close out a written option position, in which case the risk is that the closing transaction will require a premium to be paid by the Fund that is greater than the premium the Fund received. When writing options, the Fund has the additional risk that there may be an illiquid market where the Fund is unable to close the contact. The risk in buying an option is that the Fund pays a premium for the option, and the option may be worth less than the premium paid or expire worthless.

 

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6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

 

During the reporting period, the Fund had an ending monthly average market value of $549,192 and $228,127 on written call options and written put options, respectively.

Additional associated risks to the Fund include counterparty credit risk and liquidity risk.

At period end, the Fund had no written options outstanding.

Swap Contracts

The Fund may enter into swap contract agreements with a counterparty to exchange a series of cash flows based on either specified reference rates, the price or volatility of asset or non-asset references, or the occurrence of a credit event, over a specified period. Swaps can be executed in a bi-lateral privately negotiated arrangement with a dealer in an OTC transaction (“OTC swaps”) or executed on a regulated market. Certain swaps, regardless of the venue of their execution, are required to be cleared through a clearinghouse (“centrally cleared swaps”). Swap contracts may include interest rate, equity, debt, index, total return, credit default, currency, and volatility swaps.

Swap contracts are reported on a schedule following the Consolidated Statement of Investments. The values of centrally cleared swap and OTC swap contracts are aggregated by positive and negative values and disclosed separately on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The unrealized appreciation (depreciation) related to the change in the valuation of the notional amount of the swap is combined with the accrued interest due to (owed by) the Fund, if any, at termination or settlement. The net change in this amount during the period is included on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The Fund also records any periodic payments received from (paid to) the counterparty, including at termination, under such contracts as realized gain (loss) on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Swap contract agreements are exposed to the market risk factor of the specific underlying reference rate or asset. Swap contracts are typically more attractively priced compared to similar investments in related cash securities because they isolate the risk to one market risk factor and eliminate the other market risk factors. Investments in cash securities (for instance bonds) have exposure to multiple risk factors (credit and interest rate risk). Because swaps have embedded leverage, they can expose the Fund to substantial risk in the isolated market risk factor.

Credit Default Swap Contracts. A credit default swap is a contract that enables an investor to buy or sell protection against a defined-issuer credit event, such as the issuer’s failure to make timely payments of interest or principal on a debt security, bankruptcy or restructuring. The Fund may enter into credit default swaps either by buying or selling protection on a corporate issuer, sovereign issuer, or a basket or index of issuers (the “reference asset”).

The buyer of protection pays a periodic fee to the seller of protection based on the notional amount of the swap contract. The seller of protection agrees to compensate the buyer of protection for future potential losses as a result of a credit event on the reference asset. The contract effectively transfers the credit event risk of the reference asset from the buyer of protection to the seller of protection.

The ongoing value of the contract will fluctuate throughout the term of the contract based primarily on the credit risk of the reference asset. If the credit quality of the reference asset improves relative to the credit quality at contract initiation, the buyer of protection may have an unrealized loss greater than the anticipated periodic fee owed. This unrealized loss would be the result of current credit protection being cheaper than the cost of credit protection at contract initiation. If the buyer elects to terminate the contract prior to its maturity, and there has been no credit event, this unrealized loss will become realized. If the contract is held to maturity, and there has been no credit event, the realized loss will be equal to the periodic fee paid over the life of the contract.

If there is a credit event, the buyer of protection can exercise its rights under the contract and receive a payment from the seller of protection equal to the notional amount of the swap less the market value of specified debt securities issued by the reference asset. Upon exercise of the contract the difference between such value and the notional amount is recorded as realized gain (loss) and is included on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

The Fund may purchase or sell credit protection through credit default swaps to increase or decrease exposure to the credit risk of individual issuers and/or indexes of issuers that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractive in the bond market.

The Fund has engaged in spread curve trades by simultaneously purchasing and selling protection through credit default swaps referenced to the same reference asset but with different maturities. Spread curve trades attempt to gain exposure to credit risk on a forward basis by realizing gains on the expected differences in spreads.

For the reporting period, the Fund had ending monthly average notional amounts of $39,367,277 and $7,300,606 on credit default swaps to buy protection and credit default swaps to sell protection, respectively.

Additional associated risks to the Fund include counterparty credit risk and liquidity risk.

Interest Rate Swap Contracts. An interest rate swap is an agreement between counterparties to exchange periodic payments based on interest rates. One cash flow stream will typically be a floating rate payment based upon a specified floating interest rate while the other is typically a fixed interest rate.

The Fund may enter into interest rate swaps in which it pays the fixed or floating interest rate in order to increase or decrease exposure to interest rate risk. Typically, if relative interest rates rise, floating payments under a swap agreement will be greater than the fixed payments.

For the reporting period, the Fund had ending monthly average notional amounts of $20,497,509 and $20,540,780 on interest rate swaps which pay a fixed rate and interest rate swaps which receive a fixed rate, respectively.

Additional associated risks to the Fund include counterparty credit risk and liquidity risk.

Total Return Swap Contracts. A total return swap is an agreement between counterparties to exchange periodic payments based on the value of asset or non-asset references. One cash flow is typically based on a non-asset reference (such as an interest rate) and the other on the total return of a reference asset (such as a security or a basket of securities or securities index). The total return of the reference asset typically includes appreciation

 

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or depreciation on the reference asset, plus any interest or dividend payments.

Total return swap contracts are exposed to the market risk factor of the specific underlying financial instrument or index. Total return swaps are less standard in structure than other types of swaps and can isolate and/or include multiple types of market risk factors including equity risk, credit risk, and interest rate risk.

The Fund may enter into total return swaps on various equity securities or indexes to increase or decrease exposure to equity risk. These equity risk related total return swaps require the Fund to pay or receive a floating reference interest rate, and an amount equal to the opposite price movement of securities or an index (expressed as a percentage) multiplied by the notional amount of the contract. Equity leg payments equal to the positive price movement of the same securities or index (expressed as a percentage) multiplied by the notional amount of the contract and, in some cases, dividends paid on the securities. Reference leg payments equal a floating reference interest rate and an amount equal to the negative price movement of the same securities or index (expressed as a percentage) multiplied by the notional amount of the contract.

The Fund may enter into total return swaps to increase or decrease exposure to the credit risk of various indexes or basket of securities. These credit risk related total return swaps require the Fund to pay to, or receive payments from, the counterparty based on the movement of credit spreads of the related indexes or securities.

For the reporting period, the Fund had ending monthly average notional amounts of $83,222,985 and $14,004,365 on total return swaps which are long the reference asset and total return swaps which are short the reference asset, respectively.

Additional associated risks to the Fund include counterparty credit risk and liquidity risk.

Volatility Swap Contracts. A volatility swap is an agreement between counterparties to exchange periodic payments based on the measured volatility of a reference security, index, currency or other reference investment over a specified time frame. One cash flow is typically based on the realized volatility of the reference investment as measured by changes in its price or level over the specified time period while the other cash flow is based on a specified rate representing expected volatility for the reference investment at the time the swap is executed, or the measured volatility of a different reference investment over the specified time period. The appreciation or depreciation on a volatility swap will typically depend on the magnitude of the reference investment’s volatility, or size of the movements in its price, over the specified time period, rather than general directional increases or decreases in its price.

Volatility swaps are less standard in structure than other types of swaps and provide pure, or isolated, exposure to volatility risk of the specific underlying reference investment. Volatility swaps are typically used to speculate on future volatility levels, to trade the spread between realized and expected volatility, or to decrease the volatility exposure of investments held by the Fund.

The Fund may enter into volatility/variance swaps to increase or decrease exposure to the volatility risk of various reference investments. These types of volatility swaps require the Fund to either pay the measured volatility, or price variance or the fixed rate payment then receive a fixed rate payment or the measured volatility or price variance. If the measured volatility of the related reference investment increases over the period, the measured volatility payment will depreciate in value. Conversely, if the measured volatility of the related reference investment decreases over the period, the fixed rate swap payment will appreciate in value.

For the reporting period, the Fund had ending monthly average notional amounts of $67,608 and $37,924 on volatility swaps which pay measured volatility/variance and volatility swaps which receive measured volatility/variance, respectively.

Additional associated risks to the Fund include counterparty credit risk and liquidity risk.

Swaption Transactions

The Fund may enter into a swaption contract which grants the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a swap transaction at preset terms detailed in the underlying agreement within a specified period of time. The purchaser pays a premium to the swaption writer who bears the risk of unfavorable changes in the preset terms on the underlying swap.

Purchased swaptions are reported as a component of investments in the Consolidated Statement of Investments and the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Written swaptions are reported on a schedule following the Consolidated Statement of Investments and their value is reported as a separate asset or liability line item in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on written swaptions is separately reported in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. When a swaption is exercised, the cost of the swap is adjusted by the amount of premium paid or received. Upon the expiration or closing of an unexercised swaption contract, a gain or loss is reported in the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the amount of the premium paid or received.

The Fund generally will incur a greater risk when it writes a swaption than when it purchases a swaption. When the Fund writes a swaption it will become obligated, upon exercise of the swaption, according to the terms of the underlying agreement. Swaption contracts written by the Fund do not give rise to counterparty credit risk prior to exercise as they obligate the Fund, not its counterparty, to perform. When the Fund purchases a swaption it only risks losing the amount of the premium it paid if the swaption expires unexercised. However, when the Fund exercises a purchased swaption there is a risk that the counterparty will fail to perform or otherwise default on its obligations under the swaption contract.

The Fund may purchase swaptions which give it the option to enter into an interest rate swap in which it pays a floating or fixed interest rate and receives a fixed or floating interest rate in order to increase or decrease exposure to interest rate risk. Purchasing the fixed portion of this swaption becomes more valuable as the reference interest rate decreases relative to the preset interest rate. Purchasing the floating portion of this swaption becomes more valuable as the reference interest rate increases relative to the preset interest rate.

During the reporting period, the Fund had an ending monthly average market value of $268,782 on purchased swaptions.

At period end, the Fund had no written swaption contracts outstanding.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

 

Counterparty Credit Risk. Derivative positions are subject to the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. The Fund intends to enter into derivative transactions with counterparties that the Manager believes to be creditworthy at the time of the transaction.

The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives is generally limited to the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral held by the Fund. For OTC options purchased, the Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount of the premiums paid plus the positive change in market values net of any collateral held by the Fund should the counterparty fail to perform under the contracts. Options written by the Fund do not typically give rise to counterparty credit risk, as options written generally obligate the Fund and not the counterparty to perform.

To reduce counterparty risk with respect to OTC transactions, the Fund has entered into master netting arrangements, established within the Fund’s International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) master agreements, which allow the Fund to make (or to have an entitlement to receive) a single net payment in the event of default (close-out netting) for outstanding payables and receivables with respect to certain OTC positions in swaps, options, swaptions, and forward currency exchange contracts for each individual counterparty. In addition, the Fund may require that certain counterparties post cash and/or securities in collateral accounts to cover their net payment obligations for those derivative contracts subject to ISDA master agreements. If the counterparty fails to perform under these contracts and agreements, the cash and/or securities will be made available to the Fund.

At period end, the Fund has required certain counterparties to post collateral of $919,218.

ISDA master agreements include credit related contingent features which allow counterparties to OTC derivatives to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event that, for example, the Fund’s net assets decline by a stated percentage or the Fund fails to meet the terms of its ISDA master agreements, which would cause the Fund to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on exchange-traded derivatives cleared through a clearinghouse and for centrally cleared swaps is generally considered lower than as compared to OTC derivatives. However, counterparty credit risk exists with respect to initial and variation margin deposited/paid by the Fund that is held in futures commission merchant, broker and/or clearinghouse accounts for such exchange-traded derivatives and for centrally cleared swaps.

With respect to centrally cleared swaps, such transactions will be submitted for clearing, and if cleared, will be held in accounts at futures commission merchants or brokers that are members of clearinghouses. While brokers, futures commission merchants and clearinghouses are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse for all its customers, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro-rata basis across all the broker’s, futures commission merchant’s or clearinghouse’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.

There is the risk that a broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse will decline to clear a transaction on the Fund’s behalf, and the Fund may be required to pay a termination fee to the executing broker with whom the Fund initially enters into the transaction. Clearinghouses may also be permitted to terminate centrally cleared swaps at any time. The Fund is also subject to the risk that the broker or futures commission merchant will improperly use the Fund’s assets deposited/paid as initial or variation margin to satisfy payment obligations of another customer. In the event of a default by another customer of the broker or futures commission merchant, the Fund might not receive its variation margin payments from the clearinghouse, due to the manner in which variation margin payments are aggregated for all customers of the broker/futures commission merchant.

Collateral and margin requirements differ by type of derivative. Margin requirements are established by the broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse for exchange-traded and cleared derivatives, including centrally cleared swaps. Brokers, futures commission merchants and clearinghouses can ask for margin in excess of the regulatory minimum, or increase the margin amount, in certain circumstances.

Collateral terms are contract specific for OTC derivatives. For derivatives traded under an ISDA master agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark to market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by the Fund or the counterparty.

For financial reporting purposes, cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund, if any, is reported separately on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Fund, if any, is noted in the Consolidated Statement of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a party must exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold (e.g. $250,000) before a transfer has to be made. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance.

The following table presents by counterparty the Fund’s OTC derivative assets net of the related collateral pledged by the Fund at period end:

         

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Statement of Assets &

Liabilities

       
Counterparty   Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Statement of Assets &
Liabilities*
        Financial Instruments
Available for Offset
        Financial Instruments
    Collateral Received**
    Cash Collateral
Received**
                    Net Amount  
Bank of America NA   $ 189,045           $ (189,045 )          $ –            $ –           $ –        
Barclays Bank plc     502,880             (230,090 )            (272,790)             –             –        
Citibank NA     264,379             (264,379 )            –              –             –        

 

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6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

 

       

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Statement of Assets &

Liabilities

   
Counterparty   Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Statement of Assets &
Liabilities*
  Financial Instruments
Available for Offset
  Financial Instruments
Collateral Received**
  Cash Collateral
Received**
  Net Amount
Deutsche Bank AG   $ 218,875      $ (211,583)      $      $             (7,292)      $                             –    
Goldman Sachs Bank USA     212,387       (74,515)             (137,872)        
Goldman Sachs International     145,337       (145,337)                    
HSBC Bank USA NA     170,994       (170,994)                    
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA     439,222       (439,222)                    
Toronto Dominion Bank     28,987       (28,987)                    
  $ 2,172,106     $ (1,754,152)     $ (272,790)     $             (145,164)     $                             –  
                                       

*OTC derivatives are reported gross on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Exchange traded options and margin related to centrally cleared swaps and futures are excluded from these reported amounts.

**Reported collateral posted for the benefit of the Fund within this table is limited to the net outstanding amount due from an individual counterparty. The collateral posted for the benefit of the Fund may exceed these amounts.

The following table presents by counterparty the Fund’s OTC derivative liabilities net of the related collateral pledged by the Fund at period end:

        Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Statement of Assets &
Liabilities
   
Counterparty   Gross Amounts Not Offset
in the Consolidated
Statement of Assets &
Liabilities*
        Financial Instruments  
Available for Offset    
    Financial Instruments  
Collateral Pledged**
  Cash Collateral Pledged**   Net Amount
Bank of America NA   $ (733,071)      $ 189,045      $ 544,026      $      $    
Barclays Bank plc     (230,090)       230,090                    
BNP Paribas     (49,195)                   11,000       (38,195)  
Citibank NA     (353,974)       264,379                   (89,595)  
Deutsche Bank AG     (211,583)       211,583                    
Goldman Sachs Bank USA     (74,515)       74,515                    
Goldman Sachs International     (632,839)       145,337       311,363       176,139        
HSBC Bank USA, NA     (335,173)       170,994                   (164,179)  
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA     (993,650)       439,222       287,412             (267,016)  
Morgan Stanley     (33,386)                         (33,386)  
Toronto Dominion Bank     (194,575)       28,987                   (165,588)  
  $ (3,842,051)     $ 1,754,152     $ 1,142,801     $ 187,139     $         (757,959)  
                                       

*OTC derivatives are reported gross on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Exchange traded options and margin related to centrally cleared swaps and futures are excluded from these reported amounts.

**Reported collateral pledged within this table is limited to the net outstanding amount due from the Fund. The securities pledged as collateral by the Fund as reported on the Consolidated Statements of Investments may exceed these amounts.

The following table presents the valuations of derivative instruments by risk exposure as reported within the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end:

 

   

Asset Derivatives

   

Liability Derivatives

 

Derivatives

Not Accounted

for as Hedging

Instruments

  Consolidated
Statement of Assets
and Liabilities Location
  Value     Consolidated
Statement of Assets
and Liabilities Location
  Value  
Credit contracts       Swaps, at value   $                 389,558  
Equity contracts   Swaps, at value   $             134,530     Swaps, at value     526,425  
Volatility contracts   Swaps, at value     16,308     Swaps, at value     96,676  
Credit contracts   Centrally cleared swaps, at value     280,554     Centrally cleared swaps, at value     2,086,141  
Interest rate contracts   Centrally cleared swaps, at value     341,842     Centrally cleared swaps, at value     485,045  
Commodity contracts   Variation margin receivable     26,004   Variation margin payable     63,352
Equity contracts   Variation margin receivable     274,718   Variation margin payable     202,919
Interest rate contracts   Variation margin receivable     45,999   Variation margin payable     21,135
Volatility contracts       Variation margin payable     25,500
Forward currency exchange contracts   Unrealized appreciation on forward currency exchange contracts     1,808,360     Unrealized depreciation on forward currency exchange contracts     2,829,392  
Equity contracts   Investments, at value     226,116 **     
Forward currency exchange contracts   Investments, at value     31,724 **     

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

 

    

Asset Derivatives

    

Liability Derivatives

 

Derivatives

Not Accounted

for as Hedging

Instruments

   Consolidated
Statement of Assets
and Liabilities Location
   Value      Consolidated
Statement of Assets
and Liabilities Location
   Value   
Interest rate contracts Investments, at value    $ 181,184**        
     

 

 

       

 

 

 
Total       $       3,367,339          $       6,726,143   
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

*Includes only the current day’s variation margin. Prior variation margin movements have been reflected in cash on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities upon receipt or payment.

**Amounts relate to purchased option contracts and purchased swaption contracts, if any.

The effect of derivative instruments on the Consolidated Statement of Operations is as follows:

 

Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives

Derivatives Not Accounted for as

Hedging Instruments

 

Investment

transactions

  in unaffiliated

companies*

   

Option

      contracts

written

   

Futures

      contracts

   

Forward

currency

exchange

      contracts

    Swap contracts               Total
Commodity contracts   $     $     $ 415,415     $     $     $          415,415 
Credit contracts                             (2,248,678   (2,248,678)
Equity contracts     795,789             (1,263,488           401,289     (66,410)
Forward currency exchange contracts     (1,999,882     2,006,900             (4,191,909         (4,184,891)
Interest rate contracts     (7,865           (2,313,062           847,134     (1,473,793)
Volatility contracts                 3,761             (182,625   (178,864)
Total   $ (1,211,958   $ 2,006,900     $ (3,157,374   $ (4,191,909   $ (1,182,880   $     (7,737,221)
                                           

*Includes purchased option contracts and purchased swaption contracts, if any.

 

Amount of Change in Unrealized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives

Derivatives Not Accounted for as

Hedging Instruments

 

Investment

transactions

  in unaffiliated

companies*

   

Option

      contracts

written

   

Futures

      contracts

   

Forward

currency

exchange

      contracts

    Swap contracts     Total
Commodity contracts   $     $     $ 193,284     $     $     $          193,284 
Credit contracts                             1,014,652     1,014,652 
Equity contracts     27,721             767,197             (1,956,173   (1,161,255)
Forward currency exchange contracts     (452,357     (44,280           (4,306,116         (4,802,753)
Interest rate contracts     (213,016           36,656             (552,683   (729,043)
Volatility contracts                 (30,288           (26,635   (56,923)
Total   $ (637,652   $ (44,280   $ 966,849     $ (4,306,116   $ (1,520,839   $     (5,542,038)
                                           

*Includes purchased option contracts and purchased swaption contracts, if any.

 

 

7. Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest of each class. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

     Year Ended December 31, 2017     Year Ended December 31, 2016  
      Shares                             Amount     Shares                             Amount  
Non-Service Shares         
Sold                1,734,875         $             17,157,352                   133,545         $             1,338,377  
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested      397,645       3,921,732       560,049       5,544,486  
Redeemed      (380,193     (3,771,458     (2,232,493     (22,255,753
Net increase (decrease)      1,752,327         $ 17,307,626       (1,538,899       $ (15,372,890
                                
                                  
Service Shares         
Sold      151,036         $ 1,490,635       103,428         $ 1,019,688  
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested      2,437       24,086       2,972       29,364  
Redeemed      (58,070     (574,600     (39,783     (391,520 )     
Net increase      95,403         $ 940,121       66,617         $ 657,532  
                                

 

 

8. Purchases and Sales of Securities

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term obligations and investments in IGMMF, for the reporting period were as follows:

 

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8. Purchases and Sales of Securities (Continued)

 

      Purchases        Sales  
Investment securities    $ 372,996,971        $ 333,032,179  

 

 

9. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:

 

    Fee Schedule           
  Up to $500 million                    1.00%        
  Next $500 million    0.95   
  Next $4 billion    0.90   
  Over $5 billion    0.88   

The Manager also provides investment management related services to the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary pays the Manager a monthly management fee at an annual rate according to the above schedule. The Subsidiary also pays certain other expenses including custody and directors’ fees.

The Fund’s effective management fee for the reporting period was 1.00% of average annual net assets before any Subsidiary management fees or any applicable waivers.

Sub-Adviser Fees. The Manager has retained the Sub-Adviser to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund and the Subsidiary. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Manager pays the Sub-Adviser an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the investment management fee collected by the Manager from the Fund and the Subsidiary, which shall be calculated after any investment management fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Adviser is paid by the Manager, not by the Fund.

Sub-Sub-Adviser Fees. The Sub-Adviser retains the Sub-Sub-Advisers to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Under the Sub-Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Sub-Adviser pays the Sub-Sub-Advisers an annual fee in monthly installments, based on the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee paid to the Sub-Sub-Advisers under the Sub-Sub-Advisory agreement is paid by the Sub-Adviser, not by the Fund.

Transfer Agent Fees. OFI Global (the “Transfer Agent”) serves as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee based on annual net assets. Fees incurred and average net assets for each class with respect to these services are detailed in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Consolidated Financial Highlights, respectively.

Sub-Transfer Agent Fees. The Transfer Agent has retained Shareholder Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFI (the “Sub-Transfer Agent”), to provide the day-to-day transfer agent and shareholder servicing of the Fund. Under the Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement, the Transfer Agent pays the Sub-Transfer Agent an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the transfer agent fee collected by the Transfer Agent from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any applicable fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Transfer Agent is paid by the Transfer Agent, not by the Fund.

Trustees’ Compensation. The Fund’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) has adopted a compensation deferral plan for Independent Trustees that enables Trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Trustees under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustees. The Fund purchases shares of the funds selected for deferral by the Trustees in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of “Other” within the asset section of the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of Trustees’ fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the compensation deferral plan.

Distribution and Service Plan for Service Shares. The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for Service shares to pay OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the “Distributor”), for distribution related services, personal service and account maintenance for the Fund’s Service shares. Under the Plan, payments are made periodically at an annual rate of 0.25% of the daily net assets of Service shares of the Fund. The Distributor currently uses all of those fees to compensate sponsors of the insurance product that offers Fund shares, for providing personal service and maintenance of accounts of their variable contract owners that hold Service shares. These fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an on-going basis and increase operating expenses of the Service shares, which results in lower performance compared to the Fund’s shares that are not subject to a service fee. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plan are detailed in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to limit the Fund’s “Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses” (excluding any applicable dividends tied to short sales expense, taxes, interest and fees from borrowing, any subsidiary expenses, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, brokerage commissions, unusual and infrequent expenses and certain other Fund expenses) so that, as percentages of average daily net assets, those expenses will not exceed the annual rate of 1.20% for Non-Service shares and 1.45% for Service shares as calculated on the daily net assets of the Fund.

During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund as follows:

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

9. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

 

  Non-Service shares    $ 5,672     
  Service shares      37     

This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

The Manager has contractually agreed to waive the management fee it receives from the Fund in an amount equal to the management fee it receives from the Subsidiary. During the reporting period, the Manager waived $113,408. This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in IGMMF. During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $29,959 for IGMMF management fees. This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

 

 

10. Borrowings and Other Financing

Securities Sold Short. The Fund sells securities that it does not own, and it will therefore be obligated to purchase such securities at a future date. Upon entering into a short position, the Fund is required to segregate cash or securities at its custodian which are pledged for the benefit of the lending broker and/or to deposit and pledge cash directly at the lending broker, with a value equal to a certain percentage, exceeding 100%, of the value of the securities that it sold short. Cash that has been segregated and pledged for this purpose will be disclosed on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities; securities that have been segregated and pledged for this purpose are disclosed as such in the Consolidated Statement of Investments. The aggregate market value of such cash and securities at period end is $54,913,668. The value of the open short position is recorded as a liability, and the Fund records an unrealized gain or loss to the extent of the difference between the proceeds received and the change in value of the open short position. The Fund records a realized gain or loss when the short position is closed out. By entering into short sales, the Fund bears the risk of an unlimited loss, since the price of the security sold short could theoretically increase without limit. Purchasing securities previously sold short to close out a short position can itself cause the price of the securities to rise further, thereby increasing the loss. Further, there is no assurance that a security the Fund needs to buy to cover a short position will be available for purchase at a reasonable price. Until the security is replaced, the Fund is required to pay the lender any dividend or interest earned. Dividend expense on short sales is treated as an expense in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Joint Credit Facility. A number of mutual funds managed by the Manager participate in a $1.875 billion revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions in connection with atypical redemption activity. Expenses and fees related to the Facility are paid by the participating funds and are disclosed separately or as other expenses on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The Fund did not utilize the Facility during the reporting period.

 

 

11. Prior Period Reclassification

An adjustment to reflect a prior period reclassification between net investment income and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and/or net realized gain (loss) on investments during the years ending December 31, 2014 and 2015 has been made to properly reflect income distributions received by the Fund from two of its investments.

The following adjustments are reflected in the respective fiscal years per the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets and the Consolidated Financial Highlights:

 

      2014      2015  
Net investment income (loss)      $3,699                            $696,112  
Net realized gain (loss)      360        3,812  
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation      (4,059)        (699,924)  

The cumulative impact of these adjustments are also reflected in the respective component of net assets on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and liabilities and had no impact on total net assets or net asset values per share of the Fund.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statement of assets and liabilities of Oppenheimer Global Multi-Alternatives Fund/VA, a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, (the “Fund”) and subsidiary, including the consolidated statement of investments, as of December 31, 2017, the related consolidated statement of operations for the year then ended, the consolidated statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the related consolidated notes (collectively, the “consolidated financial statements”) and the consolidated financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five year period then ended. In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund and subsidiary as of December 31, 2017, the results of their consolidated operations for the year then ended, the changes in their consolidated net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the consolidated financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund and subsidiary in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and the transfer agent, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

KPMG LLP

We have not been able to determine the specific year that we began serving as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies, however we are aware that we have served as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies since at least 1969.

Denver, Colorado

February 16, 2018

 

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FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION Unaudited

 

 

In early 2018, if applicable, shareholders of record received information regarding all dividends and distributions paid to them by the Fund during calendar year 2017.

None of the dividends paid by the Fund during the reporting period are eligible for the corporate dividend-received deduction.

The foregoing information is presented to assist shareholders in reporting distributions received from the Fund to the Internal Revenue Service. Because of the complexity of the federal regulations which may affect your individual tax return and the many variations in state and local tax regulations, we recommend that you consult your tax advisor for specific guidance.

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY, SUB-ADVISORY AND SUB-SUB ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”). OFI Global has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI whereby OFI provides investment sub-advisory services to the Fund, and OFI has entered into sub-sub-advisory agreements with Barings, LLC (“Barings”) and OFI SteelPath, Inc. (“OFI SteelPath”), whereby OFI SteelPath and Barings provide investment sub-sub-advisory services to the Fund (collectively, all the investment advisory agreements are referred to as the “Agreements”, “OFI Global” and “OFI” are referred to as the “Managers” and “OFI SteelPath” and “Barings” are referred to as the “Sub-Sub Advisers”). Each year, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of the independent Trustees, is required to determine whether to approve the terms of the Agreements and the renewal thereof. The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that the Board request and evaluate, and that the Managers and Sub-Sub Advisers provide, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreements. The Board employs an independent consultant to prepare a report that provides information, including comparative information that the Board requests for that purpose. In addition to in-person meetings focused on this evaluation, the Board receives information throughout the year regarding Fund services, fees, expenses and performance.

The Managers and Sub-Sub Advisers and the independent consultant provided information to the Board on the following factors: (i) the nature, quality and extent of the Managers’ and Sub-Sub Advisers’ services, (ii) the comparative investment performance of the Fund and the Managers and Sub-Sub Advisers, (iii) the fees and expenses of the Fund, including comparative fee and expense information, (iv) the profitability of the Managers, Sub-Sub Advisers and their affiliates, including an analysis of the cost of providing services, (v) whether economies of scale are realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for Fund investors and (vi) other benefits to the Managers and Sub-Sub Advisers from their relationship with the Fund. The Board was aware that there are alternatives to retaining the Managers and Sub-Sub Advisers.

Outlined below is a summary of the principal information considered by the Board as well as the Board’s conclusions.

Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board considered information about the nature, quality and extent of the services provided to the Fund and information regarding the Managers’ and the Sub-Sub Advisers’ key personnel who provide such services. The Sub-Sub Advisers duties include providing the Fund with the services of the portfolio managers and the Sub-Sub-Advisers’ investment team, who provide research, analysis and other advisory services in regard to the Fund’s investments. OFI, among other duties, provides full portfolio management and investment advice, oversight of the Sub-Sub Advisers, securities trading, and clearance and settlement support services to the Funds, which, among other things, involve the management of large pools of cash and require expertise in analyzing and selecting investments and instruments. OFI Global is responsible for oversight of other third-party service providers; monitoring compliance with applicable Fund policies and procedures and adherence to the Fund’s investment restrictions; risk management; and oversight of the Sub-Adviser. OFI Global is also responsible for providing certain administrative services to the Fund. Those services include providing and supervising all administrative and clerical personnel who are necessary in order to provide effective corporate administration for the Fund; compiling and maintaining records with respect to the Fund’s operations; preparing and filing reports required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; preparing periodic reports regarding the operations of the Fund for its shareholders; preparing proxy materials for shareholder meetings; and preparing the registration statements required by federal and state securities laws for the sale of the Fund’s shares. OFI Global also provides the Fund with office space, facilities and equipment.

The Board also considered the quality of the services provided and the quality of the Managers’ and Sub-Sub Advisers’ resources that are available to the Fund. The Board took account of the fact that the Sub-Adviser has over fifty years of experience as an investment adviser and that its assets under management rank it among the top mutual fund managers in the United States. The Board evaluated the Managers’ advisory, administrative, accounting, legal, compliance and risk management services, among other services, and information the Board has received regarding the experience and professional qualifications of the Managers’ key personnel and the size and functions of their staff. In its evaluation of the quality of the portfolio management services provided, the Board considered the experience of Mark Hamilton, Benjamin Rockmuller, Dokyoung Lee and Alessio de Longis, the portfolio managers for the Fund, and the Sub-Sub-Advisers’ investment team and analysts. The Board members also considered the totality of their experiences with the Managers and Sub-Sub Advisers as directors or trustees of the Fund and other funds advised by the Managers and Sub- Sub Advisers. The Board considered information regarding the quality of services provided by affiliates of the Managers, which the Board members have become knowledgeable about through their experiences with the Managers and in connection with the review or renewal of the Fund’s service agreements or service providers. The Board concluded, in light of the Managers’ and Sub-Sub Advisers’ experience, reputation, personnel, operations and resources that the Fund benefits from the services provided under the Agreements.

Investment Performance of the Managers, Sub-Sub Advisers and the Fund. Throughout the year, the Managers provided information on the investment performance of the Fund, the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the Sub-Sub-Advisers, including comparative performance information. The Board also reviewed information, prepared by the Managers and by the independent consultant, comparing the Fund’s historical performance to relevant market indices and to the performance of other multi-alternative funds. The Board considered that the Fund outperformed its category median for the one- and three-year periods. The Board also considered that the Fund was launched on November 14, 2013, and therefore has a relatively short performance record.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The Board reviewed the fees paid to the Managers and the other expenses borne by the Fund. The Board noted that the Adviser, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser’s fee under the sub-advisory agreement, and the Sub-Adviser pays the Sub-Sub-Advisers’ fees under the sub-sub-advisory agreements. The independent consultant provided comparative data in regard to the fees and expenses of the Fund and other multi-alternative funds. In reviewing the fees and expenses charged to the Fund, the Board considered the Adviser’s assertion that, because there is much greater disparity in the fees and services that may be provided by a manager to a VA fund as opposed to a retail fund, when comparing the expenses of the Fund to those of retail funds, it is most appropriate to focus on total expenses (rather than on the management fees). Accordingly, while the Board reviewed and considered all expenses, it focused on total expenses. The Board considered that the Fund’s contractual management fees and total expenses were lower than their respective peer group medians and category medians. The Board further considered that the Adviser has contractually 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 1.20% for Non-Service Shares and 1.45% for Service Shares. This waiver and/or reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY, SUB-ADVISORY AND SUB-SUB ADVISORY

AGREEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

Economies of Scale and Profits Realized by the Managers and the Sub-Sub Advisers. The Board considered information regarding the Managers’ and Sub-Sub Advisers’ costs in serving as the Fund’s investment adviser, sub-adviser and sub-sub-advisers, including the costs associated with the personnel and systems necessary to manage the Fund, and information regarding the Managers’ and Sub-Sub Advisers’ profitability from their relationship with the Fund. The Board also considered that the Managers and Sub-Sub Advisers must be able to pay and retain experienced professional personnel at competitive rates to provide quality services to the Fund. The Board reviewed whether the Managers and Sub-Sub Advisers may realize economies of scale in managing and supporting the Fund. The Board noted that the Fund currently has management fee breakpoints, which are intended to share with Fund shareholders economies of scale that may exist as the Fund’s assets grow.

Other Benefits to the Managers and Sub-Sub Advisers. In addition to considering the profits realized by the Managers and Sub-Sub Advisers, the Board considered information that was provided regarding the direct and indirect benefits the Managers and Sub-Sub Advisers receive as a result of their relationship with the Fund, including compensation paid to the Managers’ affiliates and research provided to the Adviser in connection with permissible brokerage arrangements (soft dollar arrangements).

Conclusions. These factors were also considered by the independent Trustees meeting separately from the full Board, assisted by experienced counsel to the Fund and to the independent Trustees. Fund counsel and the independent Trustees’ counsel are independent of the Managers and Sub-Sub Advisers within the meaning and intent of the Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

Based on its review of the information it received and its evaluations described above, the Board, including a majority of the independent Trustees, decided to continue the Agreements through August 31, 2018. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any factor or factors as being more important than others, but considered all of the above information, and considered the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the management fees, in light of all the surrounding circumstances.

 

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PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES; UPDATES TO STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has adopted Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines under which the Fund votes proxies relating to securities (“portfolio proxies”) held by the Fund. A description of the Fund’s Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), (ii) on the Fund’s website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, 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 voting record is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), and (ii) in the Form N-PX filing on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first quarter and the third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q filings are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Those forms may 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 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited

 

 

Name, Position(s) Held with the Fund, Length of Service, Year of Birth    Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held; Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Currently Overseen
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES    The address of each 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.

Robert J. Malone,

Chairman of the Board of Trustees (since 2016),

Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1944

   Chairman - Colorado Market of MidFirst Bank (since January 2015); Chairman of the Board (2012-2016) and Director (August 2005-January 2016) of Jones International University (educational organization); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (2000-2016); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Steele Street Bank Trust (commercial banking) (August 2003-January 2015); Director of Opera Colorado Foundation (non-profit organization) (2008-2012); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (1986-2010); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2006-2010); 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 U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and gas exploration) (1997-February 2004); Chairman of the Board (1991-1994) and Trustee (1985-1994) of Regis University; and Chairman of the Board (1990-1991) and Member (1984-1999) of Young Presidents Organization. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Andrew J. Donohue,

Trustee (since 2017)

Year of Birth: 1950

   Of Counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP (since September 2017); Chief of Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (June 2015-February 2017); Managing Director and Investment Company General Counsel of Goldman Sachs (investment bank) (November 2012-May 2015); Partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP (law firm) (March 2011-October 2012); Director of the Division of Investment Management of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (May 2006-November 2010); Global General Counsel of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (investment firm) (May 2003-May 2006); General Counsel (October 1991-November 2001) and Executive Vice President (January 1993-November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (investment firm) (June 1991-November 2001). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Donohue has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2017, 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.

Jon S. Fossel,

Trustee (since 1990)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Chairman of the Board of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (2005-2015); Director of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (since March 2005); Chairman of the Board (2006-December 2011) and Director (June 2002-December 2011) of UNUMProvident (insurance company); Director of Northwestern Energy Corp. (public utility corporation) (November 2004-December 2009); 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 Sub-Adviser; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the following: Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (“OAC”) (parent holding company of the Sub-Adviser), Shareholders Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (until October 1995). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Richard F. Grabish,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1948

   Formerly Senior Vice President and Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing (March 1997-December 2007), Director (March 1987-December 2007) and Manager of Private Client Services (June 1985-June 2005) of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. (broker/dealer and investment firm); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (March 2001-December 2007); President and Vice Chairman of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (April 1987-March 2001); President of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (June 2005-December 2007). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Grabish has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2001, 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.

Beverly L. Hamilton,

Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1946

   Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (2000-2014); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (December 2005-June 2011); Director (1991-2016), Vice Chairman of the Board (2006- 2009) and Chairman of the Board (2010-2013) 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; 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Victoria J. Herget,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth:1951

   Board Chair (2008-2015) and Director (2004-Present), United Educators (insurance company); Trustee (since 2000) and Chair (since 2010), Newberry Library (independent research library); Trustee, Mather LifeWays (senior living organization) (since 2001); Independent Director of the First American Funds (mutual fund family) (2003-2011); former Managing Director (1993-2001), Principal (1985-1993), Vice President (1978-1985) and Assistant Vice President (1973-1978) of Zurich Scudder Investments (investment adviser) (and its predecessor firms); Trustee (1992-2007), Chair of the Board of Trustees (1999-2007), Investment Committee Chair (1994-1999) and Investment Committee member (2007-2010) of Wellesley College; Trustee, BoardSource (non-profit organization) (2006-2009) and Chicago City Day School (K-8 School) (1994-2005). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Herget has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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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F. William Marshall, Jr.,

Trustee (since 2000)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Trustee Emeritus of Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI) (private university) (since 2009); Trustee of MassMutual Select Funds (formerly MassMutual Institutional Funds) (investment company) (1996-2015), MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (1996-2015) and Mass Mutual Premier Funds (investment company) (January 2012-December 2015); President and Treasurer of the SIS Charitable Fund (private charitable fund) (January 1999-March 2011); 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Karen L. Stuckey,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1953

   Member (since May 2015) of Desert Mountain Community Foundation Advisory Board (non-profit organization); Partner (1990-2012) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (professional services firm) (held various positions 1975-1990); Trustee (1992- 2006); member of Executive, Nominating and Audit Committees and Chair of Finance Committee (1992-2006), and Emeritus Trustee (since 2006) of Lehigh University; and member, Women’s Investment Management Forum (professional organization) since inception. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Stuckey has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.

James D. Vaughn,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth:1945

   Retired; former managing partner (1994-2001) of Denver office of Deloitte & Touche LLP, (held various positions 1969- 1993); Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Schroder Funds (2003-2012); Board member and Chairman of Audit Committee of AMG National Trust Bank (since 2005); Trustee and Investment Committee member, University of South Dakota Foundation (since 1996); Board member, Audit Committee Member and past Board Chair, Junior Achievement (since 1993); former Board member, Mile High United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Economic Club of Colorado and Metro Denver Network. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Vaughn has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.
INTERESTED TRUSTEE AND OFFICER    Mr. Steinmetz is an “Interested Trustee” because he is affiliated with the Manager and the Sub-Adviser by virtue of his positions as Chairman and director of the Sub-Adviser and officer and director of the Manager. Both as a Trustee and as an officer, Mr. Steinmetz serves for an indefinite term, or until his resignation, retirement, death or removal. Mr. Steinmetz’s address is 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008.

Arthur P. Steinmetz,

Trustee (since 2015), President and

Principal Executive Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1958

   Chairman of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2015); CEO and Chairman of the Manager (since July 2014), President of the Manager (since May 2013), a Director of the Manager (since January 2013), Director of the Sub-Adviser (since July 2014), President, Management Director and CEO of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (the Sub-Adviser’s parent holding company) (since July 2014), and President and Director of OFI SteelPath, Inc. (since January 2013). Chief Investment Officer of the OppenheimerFunds advisory entities from (January 2013-December 2013); Executive Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-May 2013); Chief Investment Officer of the Sub-Adviser (October 2010-December 2012); Chief Investment Officer, Fixed- Income, of the Sub-Adviser (April 2009-October 2010); Executive Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 2009-December 2012); Director of Fixed Income of the Sub-Adviser (January 2009-April 2009); and a Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (March 1993-September 2009). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
OTHER OFFICERS OF THE FUND    The addresses of the Officers in the chart below are as follows: for Messrs. Hamilton, Lee, Rockmuller, de Longis, Mss. Lo Bessette, Foxson and Picciotto, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008, for Mr. Petersen, 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.

Mark Hamilton,

Vice President (since 2013)

Year of Birth: 1965

   Chief Investment Officer, Asset Allocation of the Sub-Adviser (since April 2013) and a Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since April 2013). Mr. Hamilton served at AllianceBernstein L.P. (from 1994-2013), as an Investment Director of Dynamic Asset Allocation (from 2010-2013), Head of North American Blend Team (from 2009-2010), and Senior Portfolio Manager of Blend Strategies (from 2006-2010). A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Dokyoung Lee,

Vice President (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1965

   Director of Research, Global Multi-Asset Group (since October 2013) and a Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since October 2013). Mr. Lee served at Alliance Bernstein L.P. (1994-2013): Director of Research for Strategic Asset Allocation (2011-2013), Director of Research for Blend Strategies (2008-2011), Head of Asia Pacific Blend Strategies (2005-2008), Head of Quantitative Research and Senior Portfolio Manager for Japan Value Equities (2001-2005), Portfolio Manager for Emerging Markets Value Equities (1997-2001), and Quantitative Analyst for US Value Equities (1994-1997). A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Benjamin H. Rockmuller,

Vice President (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1979

   Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since September 2010); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (January 2010-August 2010); Portfolio Manager of the Sub-Adviser (since July 2010); Senior Analyst of the Sub-Adviser for the Global Debt Team (January 2010-July 2010); Intermediate Analyst of the Sub-Adviser for the Global Debt Team (January 2007-January 2010); Junior Analyst of the Sub-Adviser for the Global Debt Team (April 2004-January 2007) and Junior Analyst of the Sub-Adviser for the High Yield Team (June 2003-April 2004). A portfolio manager and an officer in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Alessio de Longis,

Vice President (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1978

   Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since June 2010); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (May 2009-June 2010); Senior Research Analyst of the Sub-Adviser (January 2008-June 2010); Intermediate Research Analyst of the Sub-Adviser (January 2006-January 2008) Junior Analyst of the Sub-Adviser (February 2004-January 2006). A portfolio manager and an officer in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited / Continued

 

Cynthia Lo Bessette,

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Manager (since February 2016); Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the Manager (March 2015-February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of the Sub-Adviser and the Distributor (since February 2016); Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (since February 2016); General Counsel of OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Advisors, LLC and Index Management Solutions, LLC (since February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of OFI Global Institutional, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, OFI Global Trust Company, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc. and Trinity Investment Management Corporation (since February 2016); Corporate Counsel (February 2012-March 2015) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (April 2013-March 2015) of Jennison Associates LLC; Assistant General Counsel (April 2008-September 2009) and Deputy General Counsel (October 2009-February 2012) of Lord Abbett & Co. LLC. An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Jennifer Foxson,

Vice President and Chief Business

Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since June 2014); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (April 2006-June 2014); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (January 1998-March 2006); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 1991-December 1998). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Mary Ann Picciotto,

Chief Compliance Officer and Chief

Anti-Money Laundering Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1973

   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager (since March 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of the Sub- Adviser, OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Global Trust Company, OFI Global Institutional, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments, Inc., Harborview Asset Management Corporation, Trinity Investment Management Corporation, and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2014); Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and certain of its various affiliated entities; Chief Compliance Officer of various Morgan Stanley Funds (May 2010-January 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (April 2007-January 2014). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Brian S. Petersen,

Treasurer and Principal Financial &

Accounting Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1970

   Senior Vice President of the Manager (since January 2017); Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-January 2017); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (February 2007-December 2012); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (August 2002- 2007). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and Officers and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1.800.988.8287.

 

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  December 31, 2017

   
        

 

Oppenheimer

 
 

  International Growth Fund/VA

 

 Annual Report  

 

 

 A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

 
     
 

 ANNUAL REPORT

 
 

 Listing of Top Holdings

 
 

 Fund Performance Discussion

 
 

 Financial Statements

 


PORTFOLIO MANAGERS: George R. Evans, CFA, and Robert B. Dunphy, CFA

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS FOR THE PERIODS ENDED 12/31/17

 

       Inception
   Date
        1-Year       5-Year     10-Year  

Non-Service Shares

      5/13/92       26.29     8.35     4.50

Service Shares

      3/19/01        26.44       8.16       4.21  

MSCI AC World ex-U.S. Index

            27.19       6.80       1.84  

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account.

TOP HOLDINGS AND ALLOCATIONS

 

TOP TEN COMMON STOCK HOLDINGS    

 

Infineon Technologies AG

   2.6%      

SAP SE

   2.0          

Temenos Group AG

   2.0          

Valeo SA

   1.8          

Keyence Corp.

   1.8          

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

   1.8          

Continental AG

   1.8          

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

   1.7          

Nidec Corp.

   1.7          

Hero MotoCorp Ltd.

   1.6          

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on net assets. For more current Fund holdings, please visit oppenheimerfunds.com.

REGIONAL ALLOCATION

 

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Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of December 31, 2017, and are based on the total market value of investments.

 

 

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Fund Performance Discussion

It has been a very good year for the Fund in absolute terms: the Fund’s Non-Service shares rose 26.29% over the one-year reporting period ended December 31, 2017. In relative terms, the Fund slipped from out to underperformance in the final few days of the year when markets surged sharply. For the one-year ended December 31, 2017, the MSCI AC World ex-U.S. Index (the “Index”) rose 27.19%.

This was obviously disappointing to us, if not surprising, given the stability of our low beta portfolio. However we have always focused on long-term value creation for the portfolio, rather than market timing, and have performed well relative to the Index over the medium and long term.

We seek to hold stocks over the long term and allow the wealth they can create for us to compound over time. The entry price we pay is the key component to the magnitude of returns. Therefore, we focus rigorously on valuation, ignore market timing, and eschew tactical trading.

With our long-term approach, we will not always outperform. This year, for instance, we lagged the Index due partly to our relatively low direct investment exposure to emerging market companies, particularly those in China. However, our portfolio earns roughly a quarter of its revenues in emerging markets through the global companies we own that do business there. While we do not benefit from the cyclical fund flows into emerging markets that we see every five to seven years – and that we saw this year – we do benefit from the growth of those economies.

During the one-year period, on a sector basis, the Fund outperformed the Index within the Health Care, Industrials and Financials sectors, due mainly to stock selection. The Fund’s underperformance stemmed from weaker relative stock selection in the Consumer Discretionary, Telecommunication Services, and Consumer Staples sectors.

With regard to countries, we remind investors that we are fundamental, bottom-up investors who view the world as one marketplace. Our geographic exposure is purely the result of our stock selection and does not reflect any views regarding the general economy of any country. During this reporting period, we outperformed the Index mainly in Switzerland on the strength of our stocks’ performance. An underweight position and stock selection in Japan along with an overweight position and stock selection in France also contributed positively to relative performance. Our portfolio underperformed the Index the most in China due mainly to our underweight position in that market. The Fund also underperformed in the UK due to an overweight position and stock selection, and in South Korea due to our lack of exposure there.

MARKET OVERVIEW

During the reporting period, world equity markets rose strongly. Europe began outperforming in early 2017 and continued to do so as growth expectations improved. Electoral surprises also continued over the course of the year. The French handed a presidential victory to Emmanuel Macron, a pro-Europe centrist, along with a landslide vote for his new political party in the national legislative elections. In the UK, Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly emerged victorious, albeit under a coalition government, and the Conservative Party failed to enlarge its majority. Taken together, these events improved the outlook for European cooperation and a softer “Brexit.”

TOP INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS

Top contributors to performance this period included Infineon Technologies AG, Temenos Group AG and Dollarama Inc.

Infineon Technologies AG, a German semiconductor company, supplies the automotive industry. We added it to the portfolio in late 2014 as part of our investment theme focused on the evolution of the car. The accelerating pace of that evolution is increasing demand for Infineon’s chips. The company is performing well and the share price appreciated in response.

Temenos Group AG is an enterprise software company focused on the banking industry. Modern regulatory requirements and the replacement of legacy IT systems are providing a tailwind for the company. In 2017, the company struck several groundbreaking deals with large banks. Results have exceeded consensus and its shares rose strongly over the course of the year.

Dollarama is a discount retailer based in Canada. In our opinion, it has headroom for substantial growth over the coming five years. During the year, Dollarama reported strong sales results and continued to execute well against its expansion plan. The stock price reacted favorably.

 

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TOP INDIVIDUAL DETRACTORS

Top detractors from performance included Aryzta AG, Technicolor SA and SES SA.

Aryzta AG is a Swiss-based provider of par-baked goods to casual and fast food restaurants. During 2015, Aryzta acquired Picard, a French frozen food retailer, which deviated from its core business. In our opinion, Aryzta’s management has demonstrated that they do not have the retail channel experience necessary to produce the returns that we require from their acquisition. We exited our position during the reporting period.

Technicolor SA is a French company that has long been a leader in imaging technology. We view the company as a play on the trend toward ever more and more immersive video. The stock price fell after the company revised its FY 2016 Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization (“EBITDA”) guidance downward primarily due to weaker shipments in the Connected Home segment. We remain positive on the long term outlook of the company.

SES is one of the three leaders in the world’s oligopolistic satellite operator market. Roughly two thirds of SES’ revenue comes from video transmission. Fears over the potential deterioration of the television broadcast market in Europe, which are overdone in our opinion, have weighed upon the stock.

STRATEGY & OUTLOOK

We have seen a reversal of the leadership of the S&P 500 Index to the European markets after years of waiting - in fact, after the longest U.S. market leadership period in the last 50 years. History suggests that after such a reversal, new market leadership persists for an average of four years.

Outside of Europe, we are encouraged by the sea change in behavior of Japanese corporates. We are finding an increasing number of Japanese companies who are paying more than lip service to the rational allocation of capital and good treatment of shareholders. Rather than inserting a token page in a presentation book, they are implementing key performance measures and employee incentives to improve capital returns. For the first time since we have been managing this portfolio, we see a growing opportunity set of companies in Japan in which to invest.

As mentioned earlier, we derive roughly a quarter of the portfolio’s earnings from emerging markets and we benefit from the growth of those economies. In our opinion, the outlook for that growth over the coming year is good.

During 2017, the ability of most active managers to beat the performance of market indices was again demonstrated. We remain firm believers in active portfolio management and will continue to practice the same long-term investment discipline that we have since the inception of this portfolio.

Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The Fund’s prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information about the Fund, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.

Total returns include changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions in a hypothetical investment for the periods shown, but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund.

The Fund’s investment strategy and focus can change over time. The mention of specific fund holdings does not constitute a recommendation by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. or its affiliates.

Shares of Oppenheimer funds are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not guaranteed by any bank, are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency, and involve investment risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested.

 

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Comparing the Fund’s Performance to the Market. The graphs that follow show the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in each share class of the Fund held until December 31, 2017. Performance is measured over a ten-fiscal-year period for both Classes. Performance information does not reflect charges that apply to separate accounts investing in the Fund. If these charges were taken into account, performance would be lower. The graphs assume that all dividends and capital gains distributions were reinvested in additional shares.

The Fund’s performance is compared to the performance of the MSCI AC World ex-U.S. Index. The MSCI AC World ex-U.S. Index is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed and emerging markets and excludes the U.S. The Index is unmanaged and cannot be purchased directly by investors. The Index is unmanaged and cannot be purchased directly by investors. While index comparisons may be useful to provide a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, it must be noted that the Fund’s investments are not limited to the investments comprising the Index. Index performance includes reinvestment of income, but does not reflect transaction costs, fees, expenses or taxes. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only as a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, and does not predict or depict performance of the Fund. The Fund’s performance reflects the effects of the Fund’s business and operating expenses.

 

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

 

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Average Annual Total Returns of Non-Service Shares of the Fund at 12/31/17

1-Year     26.29%         5-Year     8.35%         10-Year     4.50%

 

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

 

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Average Annual Total Returns of Service Shares of the Fund at 12/31/17

1-Year     26.44%            5-Year     8.16%     10-Year    4.21%

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, call us at 1.800.988.8287. The Fund’s total returns should not be expected to be the same as the returns of other funds, whether or not both funds have the same portfolio managers and/or similar names. The Fund’s total returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions but do not include the charges associated with the separate account products that offer this Fund. Such performance would have been lower if such charges were taken into account.

 

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Fund Expenses

Fund Expenses. As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service fees; and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire 6-month period ended December 31, 2017.

Actual Expenses. The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section for the class of shares you hold, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expense that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600.00 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.60), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During 6 Months Ended December 31, 2017” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes.

The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio for each class of shares, and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year for each class before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example for the class of shares you hold with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any charges associated with the separate accounts that offer this Fund. Therefore, the “hypothetical” lines of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these separate account charges were included your costs would have been higher.

 

Actual   

Beginning

Account

Value

July 1, 2017

    

Ending

Account

Value

December 31, 2017

    

Expenses

Paid During

6 Months Ended
December 31, 2017

 

Non-Service shares

      $      1,000.00                     $      1,097.50                     $             5.30                            

Service shares

     1,000.00                    1,093.10                    6.61                           
Hypothetical                            
(5% return before expenses)                            

Non-Service shares

     1,000.00                    1,020.16                    5.10                           

Service shares

     1,000.00                    1,018.90                    6.38                           

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for that class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). Those annualized expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated funds, based on the 6-month period ended December 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

Class    Expense Ratios          

Non-Service shares

     1.00%              

Service shares

     1.25                 

The expense ratios reflect voluntary and/or contractual waivers and/or reimbursements of expenses by the Fund’s Manager. Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time, as indicated in the Fund’s prospectus. The “Financial Highlights” tables in the Fund’s financial statements, included in this report, also show the gross expense ratios, without such waivers or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, if applicable.

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS December 31, 2017

 

     Shares      Value 

 

Common Stocks—98.2%

     

 

Consumer Discretionary—23.8%

 

  

 

Auto Components—5.0%

 

  

 

Continental AG

     39,631      $        10,699,387 

 

Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     122,900      8,641,953 

 

Valeo SA

     145,793      10,864,782 
     

30,206,122 

 

 

Automobiles—3.7%

 

  

 

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     57,538      5,976,622 

 

Hero MotoCorp Ltd.

     161,201      9,555,906 

 

Subaru Corp.

     204,200      6,465,144 
     

21,997,672 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services—0.4%

 

  

 

Dignity plc

    

 

103,507

 

 

 

  

2,538,291 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—3.1%

 

  

 

Carnival Corp.

     138,680      9,204,192 

 

Domino’s Pizza Group plc

     1,072,904      5,004,816 

 

Whitbread plc

     78,046      4,214,935 
     

18,423,943 

 

 

Household Durables—1.2%

 

  

 

SEB SA

    

 

39,200

 

 

 

  

7,262,938 

 

 

Media—2.5%

 

  

 

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE

     193,633      6,666,901 

 

SES SA, Cl. A, FDR

     384,570      5,992,711 

 

Technicolor SA

     728,530      2,498,799 
     

15,158,411 

 

 

Multiline Retail—1.5%

 

  

 

Dollarama, Inc.

    

 

70,332

 

 

 

  

8,787,303 

 

 

Specialty Retail—1.7%

 

  

 

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

     145,158      5,048,825 

 

Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd.

     36,800      5,247,172 
     

10,295,997 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—4.7%

 

  

 

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     71,311      6,456,705 

 

Hermes International

     12,806      6,854,966 

 

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE      27,690      8,133,939 

 

Pandora AS

     60,393      6,572,544 
     

28,018,154 

 

 

Consumer Staples—11.5%

 

  

 

Beverages—2.4%

 

  

 

Heineken NV

     75,358      7,854,898

 

Pernod Ricard SA

     41,760      6,610,222
     

14,465,120

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing—3.0%

 

  

 

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., Cl. B      118,884      6,203,343 

 

CP ALL PCL

     2,777,100      6,556,231 

 

SPAR Group Ltd. (The)

     317,064      5,208,757 
     

17,968,331 

 

 

Food Products—3.4%

 

  

 

Barry Callebaut AG1

     3,909      8,143,827 

 

Saputo, Inc.

     212,966      7,654,577 

 

Unilever plc

     85,402      4,731,232 
     

20,529,636 

 

 

Household Products—1.7%

 

  

 

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

    

 

111,074

 

 

 

  

10,375,314 

 

 

Tobacco—1.0%

 

  

 

Swedish Match AB

    

 

142,314

 

 

 

  

5,601,595 

 

 

Energy—1.2%

 

  

 

Energy Equipment & Services—0.6%     

 

TechnipFMC plc

    

 

108,702

 

 

 

  

3,357,637 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—0.6%

 

  

 

Koninklijke Vopak NV

     83,184      3,648,815 
     Shares      Value 

 

Financials—6.2%

 

  

 

Capital Markets—2.1%

 

  

 

NEX Group plc

     500,356      $        4,096,315 

 

TP ICAP plc

     665,291      4,765,031 

 

UBS Group AG1

     205,468      3,775,312 
     

12,636,658 

 

 

Commercial Banks—1.3%

 

  

 

ICICI Bank Ltd., Sponsored ADR

    

 

803,443

 

 

 

  

7,817,500 

 

 

Consumer Finance—0.7%

 

  

 

Prosegur Cash SA2

    

 

1,305,641

 

 

 

  

4,188,759 

 

 

Insurance—1.1%

 

  

 

Prudential plc

    

 

250,724

 

 

 

  

6,446,153 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development—1.0%

 

  

 

Scout24 AG2

    

 

144,572

 

 

 

  

5,904,672 

 

 

Health Care—10.5%

 

  

 

Biotechnology—2.6%

 

  

 

CSL Ltd.

     65,300      7,187,013 

 

Grifols SA

     286,116      8,366,280 
     

15,553,293 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies—2.8%

 

  

 

Essilor International Cie Generale d’Optique SA      46,733      6,444,261 

 

Sonova Holding AG

     32,317      5,045,691 

 

William Demant Holding AS1

     191,486      5,330,537 
     

16,820,489 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services—1.4%

 

  

 

Lonza Group AG1

    

 

32,130

 

 

 

  

8,679,414 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals—3.7%

 

  

 

Bayer AG

     59,722      7,427,930 

 

Novo Nordisk AS, Cl. B

     168,105      9,034,834 

 

Roche Holding AG

     22,510      5,693,752 
     

22,156,516 

 

 

Industrials—16.1%

 

  

 

Aerospace & Defense—1.0%

 

  

 

Airbus SE

    

 

62,110

 

 

 

  

6,167,878 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies—2.2%

 

  

 

Edenred

     204,814      5,933,571 

 

Prosegur Cia de Seguridad SA

     893,706      7,019,999 
     

12,953,570 

 

 

Construction & Engineering—0.7%

 

  

 

Boskalis Westminster

    

 

110,876

 

 

 

  

4,179,232 

 

 

Electrical Equipment—2.8%

 

  

 

Legrand SA

     86,540      6,653,373 

 

Nidec Corp.

     73,800      10,359,570 
     

17,012,943 

 

 

Machinery—4.6%

 

  

 

Aalberts Industries NV

     148,849      7,557,741 

 

Atlas Copco AB, Cl. A

     175,234      7,547,281 

 

Kubota Corp.

     367,000      7,186,487 

 

VAT Group AG1,2

     16,857      2,493,568 

 

Weir Group plc (The)

     88,287      2,521,222 
     

27,306,299 

 

 

Professional Services—1.0%

 

  

 

Intertek Group plc

     85,600      5,996,161 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors—3.8%

 

  

 

Brenntag AG

     94,214      5,943,148 

 

Bunzl plc

     253,565      7,090,153 

 

Ferguson plc

     49,100      3,513,235 

 

Travis Perkins plc

     306,132      6,472,864 
     

23,019,400 

 

 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Shares      Value   

 

 
Information Technology—21.6%     

 

 
Communications Equipment—1.1%     

 

 

Nokia OYJ

    

 

1,352,985

 

 

 

   $

 

        6,319,573 

 

 

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments, & Components—4.7%

 

 

 

Hitachi Ltd.

     945,000        7,351,243   

 

 

Hoya Corp.

     118,193        5,905,856   

 

 

Keyence Corp.

     19,212        10,727,321   

 

 

Spectris plc

     134,195        4,486,168   
       

 

28,470,588 

 

 

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services—2.1%

 

  

 

 

Baidu, Inc., Sponsored ADR1

     29,530        6,916,221   

 

 

United Internet AG

     79,532        5,470,430   
       

 

12,386,651 

 

 

 

 

 

IT Services—2.5%

 

  

 

 

Amadeus IT Group SA

     85,977        6,188,342   

 

 

Atos SE

     59,240        8,623,027   
       

 

14,811,369 

 

 

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—6.2%

 

 

 

ams AG1

     49,248        4,462,649   

 

 

ASML Holding NV

     47,240        8,195,576   

 

 

Infineon Technologies AG

     559,048        15,268,885   

 

 

STMicroelectronics NV

     426,790        9,268,651   
       

 

37,195,761 

 

 

 

 

 

Software—5.0%

 

  

 

 

Dassault Systemes SE

     55,547        5,899,451   

 

 

SAP SE

     111,109        12,458,642   

 

 

Temenos Group AG

     93,003        11,901,929   
        30,260,022   
     Shares        Value 

 

Materials—4.5%

 

  

 

Chemicals—2.7%

 

  

 

Essentra plc

     477,362        $        3,411,010 

 

Novozymes AS, Cl. B

     115,420        6,593,746 

 

Sika AG

     787        6,238,387 
     

16,243,143 

 

 

Construction Materials—0.6%

 

  

 

James Hardie Industries plc

    

 

204,000  

 

 

 

  

3,591,159 

 

 

Containers & Packaging—1.2%

 

  

 

CCL Industries, Inc., Cl. B

    

 

154,779  

 

 

 

  

7,151,602 

 

 

Telecommunication Services—2.8%

 

  

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services—2.8%

 

  

 

Iliad SA

     25,710        6,161,011 

 

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     227,900        10,723,963 
      16,884,974 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $358,939,205)     

588,789,058 

 

 

Preferred Stock—0.0%

 

  

 

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., 6% Cum. Non-Cv. (Cost $12,272)

 

    

 

599,541  

 

 

 

  

93,931 

 

 

Investment Company—0.3%

 

  

 

Oppenheimer Institutional Government

Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 1.22%3,4

(Cost $1,843,768)

     1,843,768        1,843,768 

 

Total Investments, at Value (Cost $360,795,245)      98.5%       590,726,757 

 

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     1.5       8,732,019 
  

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0%      $    599,458,776 
  

 

 

 

Footnotes to Statement of Investments

1. Non-income producing security.

2. Represents securities sold under Rule 144A, which are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities have been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. These securities amount to $12,586,999 or 2.10% of the Fund’s net assets at period end.

3. Rate shown is the 7-day yield at period end.

4. Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, at or during the reporting period, by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment adviser. Transactions during the reporting period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:

 

    

Shares

December 31, 2016

    

Gross

Additions

     Gross
Reductions
     Shares
December 31, 2017
 

 

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E      9,483,349          102,687,457          110,327,038          1,843,768    
     Value         Income      Realized Gain
(Loss)
    

Change in Unrealized

Gain (Loss)

 

 

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E      $             1,843,768           $                    116,912        $                     —         $                     —    

Distribution of investments representing geographic holdings, as a percentage of total investments at value, is as follows:

Geographic Holdings (Unaudited)    Value      Percent          

France

   $                94,100,929        15.9%      

United Kingdom

     79,020,537        13.4          

Germany

     75,816,617        12.8          

Japan

     72,608,710        12.3          

Switzerland

     67,697,235        11.5          

Netherlands

     31,436,263        5.3          

Spain

     30,812,204        5.2          

Canada

     29,796,826        5.0          

Denmark

     27,531,661        4.7          

India

     17,467,337        3.0          

Sweden

     13,148,876        2.2          

United States

     11,047,959        1.9          

Australia

     7,187,013        1.2          

China

     6,916,221        1.2          

Thailand

     6,556,231        1.1          

Finland

     6,319,573        1.1          

South Africa

     5,208,757        0.9          

Austria

     4,462,649        0.7          

 

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Geographic Holdings (Unaudited) (Continued)    Value      Percent              

Ireland

     $                3,591,159        0.6%          
  

 

 

 

Total

     $             590,726,757        100.0%          
  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.    

 

9        OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES December 31, 2017

 

 

 

Assets

  
Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments:   
Unaffiliated companies (cost $358,951,477)      $                 588,882,989      
Affiliated companies (cost $1,843,768)      1,843,768      
  

 

 

 
     590,726,757      

 

 
Cash      501,653      

 

 
Cash—foreign currencies (cost $8)      9      

 

 
Receivables and other assets:   
Investments sold      8,418,102      
Dividends      1,494,353      
Shares of beneficial interest sold      374,846      
Other      41,126      
  

 

 

 
Total assets      601,556,846      

 

 

Liabilities

  
Payables and other liabilities:   
Shares of beneficial interest redeemed      1,349,126      
Foreign capital gains tax      509,870      
Investments purchased      78,432      
Distribution and service plan fees      50,938      
Trustees’ compensation      29,943      
Shareholder communications      5,818      
Other      73,943      
  

 

 

 
Total liabilities      2,098,070      

 

 

Net Assets

     $ 599,458,776      
  

 

 

 

 

 

Composition of Net Assets

  
Par value of shares of beneficial interest      $ 227,710      

 

 
Additional paid-in capital      361,432,186      

 

 
Accumulated net investment income      1,831,554      

 

 
Accumulated net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions      6,519,356      

 

 
Net unrealized appreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies      229,447,970      
  

 

 

 
Net Assets      $ 599,458,776      
  

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value Per Share

  
Non-Service Shares:   
Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $360,416,783 and 139,124,477 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)        $2.59      

 

 
Service Shares:   
Net asset value, redemption price per share and offering price per share (based on net assets of $239,041,993 and 88,585,834 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)        $2.70      

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

10        OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND/VA


STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

  

Dividends:

 

  
Unaffiliated companies (net of foreign withholding taxes of $1,187,747)      $               10,216,524       
Affiliated companies      116,912       
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

 

     10,333,436       

 

 

Expenses

  

Management fees

     5,198,559       

 

 

Distribution and service plan fees — Service shares

 

     532,815       

 

 

Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:

  

Non-Service shares

     339,637       

Service shares

     213,216       

 

 

Shareholder communications:

 

  

Non-Service shares

     13,240       

Service shares

     8,261       

 

 

Custodian fees and expenses

     53,905       

 

 

Trustees’ compensation

     22,192       

 

 

Borrowing fees

 

     14,639       

 

 

Other

 

     129,655       
  

 

 

 

Total expenses

 

     6,526,119       

Less reduction to custodian expenses

 

     (200)      

Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses

 

     (448,394)      
  

 

 

 

Net expenses

     6,077,525       

 

 

Net Investment Income

     4,255,911       

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

  

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

  

Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies (net of foreign capital gains tax of $46,251)

 

     14,315,859       

Foreign currency transactions

 

     (36,487)      
  

 

 

 
Net realized gain      14,279,372       

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

 

  

Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies (net of foreign capital gains tax of $192,571)

 

     108,170,814       

Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

 

     126,323       
  

 

 

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation      108,297,137       

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     $ 126,832,420       
  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

11        OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND/VA


STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS    

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2017
     Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

 

 

Operations

     

Net investment income

     $         4,255,911        $ 5,530,716        

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     14,279,372          (21,315)       

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     108,297,137          (15,794,847)       
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    

 

126,832,420  

 

 

 

    

 

(10,285,446)      

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders

 

     

Dividends from net investment income:

 

     

Non-Service shares

     (4,868,321)         (3,398,644)       

 

Service shares

     (2,425,707)         (1,459,515)       
  

 

 

 
    

(7,294,028) 

 

    

(4,858,159)     

 

 

 

 

Distributions from net realized gain:

 

     

Non-Service shares

 

     —          (7,229,895)       

Service shares

     —          (4,021,530)       
  

 

 

 
    

—  

 

    

(11,251,425)     

 

 

 

 

Beneficial Interest Transactions

 

     

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:

 

     

Non-Service shares

 

     (14,779,318)         788,912        

Service shares

     17,507,241          15,959,227        
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
    

 

2,727,923  

 

 

 

    

 

16,748,139      

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets

     

Total increase (decrease)

     122,266,315        (9,646,891)  

 

 

Beginning of period

     477,192,461        486,839,352  
  

 

 

 
End of period (including accumulated net investment income of $1,831,554 and $4,952,410, respectively)      $

 

599,458,776

 

 

 

   $

 

477,192,461

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

12        OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND/VA


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS    

 

Non-Service Shares

   Year Ended
    December 31,
2017
     Year Ended
  December 31,
2016
     Year Ended
  December 31,
2015
     Year Ended
  December 31,
2014
     Year Ended
  December 31,
2013
 

 

 

Per Share Operating Data

              
Net asset value, beginning of period      $2.08        $2.20        $2.31        $2.57        $2.07  

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:               
Net investment income1      0.02        0.03        0.03        0.03        0.03  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)      0.52        (0.08)        0.06        (0.21)        0.50  
  

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.54        (0.05)        0.09        (0.18)        0.53  

 

 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:               
Dividends from net investment income      (0.03)        (0.02)        (0.03)        (0.03)        (0.03)  
Distributions from net realized gain      0.00        (0.05)        (0.17)        (0.05)        0.00  
  

 

 

 
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders      (0.03)        (0.07)        (0.20)        (0.08)        (0.03)  

 

 
Net asset value, end of period      $2.59        $2.08        $2.20        $2.31        $2.57  
  

 

 

 
              

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value2

     26.29%        (2.12)%        3.43%        (7.22)%        25.87%  
                   

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

              
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)      $360,417        $301,559        $317,547        $358,756        $458,038  

 

 
Average net assets (in thousands)      $339,999        $305,269        $343,347        $400,556        $404,859  

 

 
Ratios to average net assets:3               
Net investment income      0.87%        1.24%        1.08%        1.13%        1.24%  
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below      1.08%        1.09%        1.08%        1.07%        1.09%  

Interest and fees from borrowings

     0.00%4        0.00%4        0.00%4        0.00%        0.00%  
  

 

 

 
Total expenses5      1.08%        1.09%        1.08%        1.07%        1.09%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      1.00%        1.00%        1.00%        1.00%        1.00%  

 

 
Portfolio turnover rate      27%        15%        24%        41%        32%  

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

3. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

4. Less than 0.005%.

5. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

        Year Ended December 31, 2017

     1.08

        Year Ended December 31, 2016

     1.09

        Year Ended December 31, 2015

     1.08

        Year Ended December 31, 2014

     1.07

        Year Ended December 31, 2013

     1.09

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

13        OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND/VA


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

 

 

Service Shares

 

   Year Ended
December 31,
2017
    Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    Year Ended
December 31,
2015
    Year Ended
December 31,
2014
    Year Ended
December 31,
2013
 

 

 

Per Share Operating Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $2.16       $2.29       $2.40       $2.66       $2.14  

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income1

     0.01       0.02       0.02       0.02       0.02  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.56       (0.08)       0.06       (0.21)       0.53  
  

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.57       (0.06)       0.08       (0.19)       0.55  

 

 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.03)       (0.02)       (0.02)       (0.02)       (0.03)  

Distributions from net realized gain

     0.00       (0.05)       (0.17)       (0.05)       0.00  
  

 

 

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

     (0.03)       (0.07)       (0.19)       (0.07)       (0.03)  

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $2.70       $2.16       $2.29       $2.40       $2.66  
  

 

 

 
               

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value2

     26.44%       (2.72)%       3.11%       (7.15)%       25.71%  
               

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

     $239,042       $175,633       $169,292       $145,515       $118,060  

 

 

Average net assets (in thousands)

     $213,440       $174,834       $165,226       $128,694       $88,647  

 

 

Ratios to average net assets:3

          

Net investment income

     0.60%       0.99%       0.79%       0.85%       0.89%  

Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below

     1.33%       1.34%       1.33%       1.32%       1.34%  

Interest and fees from borrowings

     0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%4       0.00%       0.00%  
  

 

 

 

Total expenses5

     1.33%       1.34%       1.33%       1.32%       1.34%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      1.25%       1.25%       1.25%       1.25%       1.25%  

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

     27%       15%       24%       41%       32%  

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total return information does not reflect expenses that apply at the separate account level or to related insurance products. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total return figures for all periods shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

3. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

4. Less than 0.005%.

5. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

        Year Ended December 31, 2017

     1.33

        Year Ended December 31, 2016

     1.34

        Year Ended December 31, 2015

     1.33

        Year Ended December 31, 2014

     1.32

        Year Ended December 31, 2013

     1.34

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

14        OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND/VA


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2017

 

 

1. Organization

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund/VA (the “Fund”), is a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as amended, as a diversified open-end management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation. The Fund’s investment adviser is OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”). The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI.

Shares of the Fund are sold only to separate accounts of life insurance companies.

The Fund offers two classes of shares. Both classes are sold at their offering price, which is the net asset value per share, to separate investment accounts of participating insurance companies as an underlying investment for variable life insurance policies, variable annuity contracts or other investment products. The class of shares designated as Service shares is subject to a distribution and service plan. Both classes of shares have identical rights and voting privileges with respect to the Fund in general and exclusive voting rights on matters that affect that class alone. Earnings, net assets and net asset value per share may differ due to each class having its own expenses, such as transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees and shareholder communications, directly attributable to that class.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed in the Fund’s preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Security Valuation. All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.

Foreign Currency Translation. The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Any foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:

(1) Value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange rates prevailing at Market Close as described in Note 3.

(2) Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

Although the net assets and the values are presented at the foreign exchange rates at Market Close, the Fund does not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments shown in the Statement of Operations.

For securities, which are subject to foreign withholding tax upon disposition, realized gains or losses on such securities are recorded net of foreign withholding tax.

Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding tax reclaims recorded on the Fund’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.

Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other than those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated on a daily basis to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a specific class are charged against the operations of that class.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. GAAP, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually or at other times as determined necessary by the Manager.

Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends, if any, and capital gains taxes on foreign investments, if any, have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable tax rules and regulations. Interest income, if any, is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.

Custodian Fees. “Custodian fees and expenses” in the Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by the Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. The Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by positive cash balances maintained by the Fund, at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 2.00%. The “Reduction to custodian expenses” line item, if applicable, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings.

Security Transactions. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

Indemnifications. The Fund’s organizational documents provide current and former Trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income, including any net realized gain on investments not offset by capital loss carryforwards, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s tax return filings generally remains open for the three preceding fiscal reporting period ends. The Fund has analyzed its tax positions for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, including open tax years, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Fund’s financial statements.

The tax components of capital shown in the following table represent distribution requirements the Fund must satisfy under the income tax regulations, losses the Fund may be able to offset against income and gains realized in future years and unrealized appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes.

Undistributed

Net Investment

Income

   Undistributed
Long-Term
Gain
     Accumulated
Loss
Carryforward1,2
    

Net Unrealized
Appreciation
Based on cost of
Securities and
Other Investments
for Federal Income
Tax Purposes

 

 

 

 

$4,562,242

     $10,181,143        $—        $223,085,439  

1. During the reporting period, the Fund utilized $417,148 of capital loss carryforward to offset capital gains realized in that fiscal year.

2. During the previous reporting period, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforward.

Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes. The character of dividends and distributions made during the fiscal year from net investment income or net realized gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax requirements, which may differ from the character of net investment income or net realized gains presented in those financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Also, due to timing of dividends and distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or net realized gain was recorded by the Fund.

Accordingly, the following amounts have been reclassified for the reporting period. Net assets of the Fund were unaffected by the reclassifications.

Increase

to Paid-in Capital

  

Reduction

to Accumulated
Net Investment
Income

    

Reduction

to Accumulated Net
Realized Gain on
Investments3

 

 

 

$1,073,985

     $82,739        $991,246  

3. $1,073,984, including $1,031,538 of long-term capital gain, was distributed in connection with Fund share redemptions.

The tax character of distributions paid during the reporting periods:

     Year Ended
December 31, 2017
     Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

 

 

Distributions paid from:

     

Ordinary income

     $ 7,294,028      $ 4,858,159  

Long-term capital gain

            11,251,425  
  

 

 

 

Total

     $ 7,294,028      $     16,109,584  
  

 

 

 

The aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes at period end are noted in the following table. The primary difference between book and tax appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments, if applicable, is attributable to the tax deferral of losses or tax realization of financial statement unrealized gain or loss.

 

Federal tax cost of securities

     $ 367,157,776    

Federal tax cost of other investments

     8    
  

 

 

 

Total federal tax cost

     $ 367,157,784    
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

     $ 247,421,551    

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (24,336,112 )  
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

     $ 223,085,439    
  

 

 

 

Certain foreign countries impose a tax on capital gains which is accrued by the Fund based on unrealized appreciation, if any, on affected securities. The tax is paid when the gain is realized.

 

 

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2.. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

 

3. Securities Valuation

The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is open for trading, except in the case of a scheduled early closing of the Exchange, in which case the Fund will calculate net asset value of the shares as of the scheduled early closing time of the Exchange.

The Fund’s Board has adopted procedures for the valuation of the Fund’s securities and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for valuation determinations under those procedures to the Manager. The Manager has established a Valuation Committee which is responsible for determining a fair valuation for any security for which market quotations are not readily available. The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Fund’s Board at least quarterly or more frequently, if necessary.

Valuation Methods and Inputs

Securities are valued primarily using unadjusted quoted market prices, when available, as supplied by third party pricing services or broker-dealers.

The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or the fair value of the types of securities described below:

Equity securities traded on a securities exchange (including exchange-traded derivatives other than futures and futures options) are valued based on the official closing price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the Manager, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. If the official closing price is unavailable, the security is valued at the last sale price on the principal exchange on which it is traded, or if no sales occurred, the security is valued at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Over-the-counter equity securities are valued at the last published sale price, or if no sales occurred, at the mean between the quoted bid and asked prices. Events occurring after the close of trading on foreign exchanges may result in adjustments to the valuation of foreign securities to more accurately reflect their fair value as of the time when the Fund’s assets are valued.

Shares of a registered investment company that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that investment company’s net asset value per share.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or when a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, are fair valued either (i) by a standardized fair valuation methodology applicable to the security type or the significant event as previously approved by the Valuation Committee and the Fund’s Board or (ii) as determined in good faith by the Manager’s Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee considers all relevant facts that are reasonably available, through either public information or information available to the Manager, when determining the fair value of a security. Those standardized fair valuation methodologies include, but are not limited to, valuing securities at the last sale price or initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be further adjusted for any discounts related to security-specific resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities nor can it be assured that the Fund can obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security.

Classifications

Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Various data inputs may be used in determining the value of each of the Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

1) Level 1-unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)

2) Level 2-inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)

3) Level 3-significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager’s own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability).

The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

The Fund classifies each of its investments in investment companies which are publicly offered as Level 1. Investment companies that are not publicly offered, if any, are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end based on valuation input level:

 

     Level 1— Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
     Level 2—
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
     Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Value    

 

 

Assets Table

           

Investments, at Value:

           

Common Stocks

           

Consumer Discretionary

     $                    17,991,495        $                    124,697,336        $                    —        $142,688,831    

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

 

     Level 1—
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
     Level 2—
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
     Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Value    

 

 

Common Stocks (Continued)

           

Consumer Staples

   $ 13,857,920      $ 55,082,076      $ —        $ 68,939,996    

Energy

            7,006,452        —          7,006,452    

Financials

     7,817,500        29,176,242        —          36,993,742    

Health Care

            63,209,712        —          63,209,712    

Industrials

            96,635,483        —          96,635,483    

Information Technology

     6,916,221        122,527,743        —          129,443,964    

Materials

     7,151,602        19,834,302        —          26,985,904    

Telecommunication Services

            16,884,974        —          16,884,974    

Preferred Stock

     93,931               —          93,931    

Investment Company

     1,843,768               —          1,843,768    
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $             55,672,437      $             535,054,320      $             —        $             590,726,757    
  

 

 

 

Forward currency exchange contracts and futures contracts, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.

The table below shows the transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the beginning of the reporting period.

 

     Transfers out of Level 1*     Transfers into Level 2*  

 

 

Assets Table

    

Investments, at Value:

    

Financials

     $ (2,706,840 )                $ 2,706,840              
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

     $ (2,706,840 )                $ 2,706,840              
  

 

 

 

* Transfers from Level 1 to Level 2 are a result of a change in pricing methodology to the use of a valuation determined based on observable market information other than quoted prices from an active market due to a lack of available unadjusted quoted prices.

 

 

4. Investments and Risks

Risks of Foreign Investing. The Fund may invest in foreign securities which are subject to special risks. Securities traded in foreign markets may be less liquid and more volatile than those traded in U.S. markets. 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 investments denominated in that foreign currency and in the value of any income or distributions the Fund may receive on those investments. 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. In addition, due to the inter-relationship of global economies and financial markets, changes in political and economic factors in one country or region could adversely affect conditions in another country or region. Investments in foreign securities may also expose the Fund to time-zone arbitrage risk. Foreign securities may trade on weekends or other days when the Fund does not price its shares. At times, the Fund may emphasize investments in a particular country or region and may be subject to greater risks from adverse events that occur in that country or region. Foreign securities and foreign currencies held in foreign banks and securities depositories may be subject to limited or no regulatory oversight.

Investments in Affiliated Funds. The Fund is permitted to invest in other mutual funds advised by the Manager (“Affiliated Funds”). Affiliated Funds are open-end management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Manager is the investment adviser of, and the Sub-Adviser provides investment and related advisory services to, the Affiliated Funds. When applicable, the Fund’s investments in Affiliated Funds are included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of Affiliated Funds are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of the Affiliated Funds’ expenses, including their management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in the Affiliated Funds.

Each of the Affiliated Funds in which the Fund invests has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the Fund’s investments and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one Affiliated Fund than in another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that Affiliated Fund.

Investments in Money Market Instruments. The Fund is permitted to invest its free cash balances in money market instruments to provide liquidity or for defensive purposes. The Fund may invest in money market instruments by investing in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund (“IGMMF”), which is an Affiliated Fund. IGMMF is regulated as a money market fund under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Fund may also invest in money market instruments directly or in other affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds.

 

 

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4. Investments and Risks (Continued)

Equity Security Risk. Stocks and other equity securities fluctuate in price. The value of the Fund’s portfolio may be affected by changes in the equity markets generally. Equity markets may experience significant short-term volatility and may fall sharply at times. Different markets may behave differently from each other and U.S. equity markets may move in the opposite direction from one or more foreign stock markets. Adverse events in any part of the equity or fixed-income markets may have unexpected negative effects on other market segments.

The prices of individual equity securities 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 securities. 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.

Shareholder Concentration. At period end, one shareholder owned 20% or more of the Fund’s total outstanding shares.

The shareholder is a related party of the Fund. Related parties may include, but are not limited to, the investment manager and its affiliates, affiliated broker dealers, fund of funds, and directors or employees. Related parties owned 38% of the Fund’s total outstanding shares at period end.

 

 

5. Market Risk Factors

The Fund’s investments in securities and/or financial derivatives may expose the Fund to various market risk factors:

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

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

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

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.

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

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

 

 

6. Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest of each class. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

                 Year Ended December 31, 2017      Year Ended December 31, 2016  
                 Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount   

 

 
Non-Service Shares             
Sold          22,026,198      $         51,090,812        22,953,697      $         47,962,883     
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested          2,045,409        4,868,321        4,989,924        10,628,539     
Redeemed          (30,252,278     (70,738,451     (27,048,722     (57,802,510 )    
 

 

 

 
Net increase (decrease)          (6,180,671   $ (14,779,318     894,899     $ 788,912     
 

 

 

 

 

 
Service Shares             
Sold          23,171,844      $ 56,773,388        20,232,575      $ 45,018,434     
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested          978,108        2,425,707        2,468,939        5,481,045     
Redeemed          (16,813,549     (41,691,854     (15,460,315     (34,540,252 )   
 

 

 

 
Net increase          7,336,403      $ 17,507,241        7,241,199      $ 15,959,227     
 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Purchases and Sales of Securities

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term obligations and investments in IGMMF, for the reporting period were as follows:

 

     Purchases        Sales  

 

 

Investment securities

   $ 143,344,952        $ 144,326,694  

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

8. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

 

Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:

 

Fee Schedule   

 

 

Up to $250 million

     1.00%         

Next $250 million

     0.90            

Next $500 million

     0.85            

Over $1 billion

     0.82            

The Fund’s effective management fee for the reporting period was 0.94% of average annual net assets before any applicable waivers.

Sub-Adviser Fees. The Manager has retained the Sub-Adviser to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Manager pays the Sub-Adviser an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the investment management fee collected by the Manager from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any investment management fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Adviser is paid by the Manager, not by the Fund.

Transfer Agent Fees. OFI Global (the “Transfer Agent”) serves as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee based on annual net assets. Fees incurred and average net assets for each class with respect to these services are detailed in the Statement of Operations and Financial Highlights, respectively.

Sub-Transfer Agent Fees. The Transfer Agent has retained Shareholder Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFI (the “Sub-Transfer Agent”), to provide the day-to-day transfer agent and shareholder servicing of the Fund. Under the Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement, the Transfer Agent pays the Sub-Transfer Agent an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the transfer agent fee collected by the Transfer Agent from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any applicable fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Transfer Agent is paid by the Transfer Agent, not by the Fund.

Trustees’ Compensation. The Fund’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) has adopted a compensation deferral plan for Independent Trustees that enables Trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Trustees under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustees. The Fund purchases shares of the funds selected for deferral by the Trustees in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of “Other” within the asset section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of Trustees’ fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the compensation deferral plan.

Distribution and Service Plan for Service Shares. The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for Service shares to pay OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the “Distributor”), for distribution related services, personal service and account maintenance for the Fund’s Service shares. Under the Plan, payments are made periodically at an annual rate of 0.25% of the daily net assets of Service shares of the Fund. The Distributor currently uses all of those fees to compensate sponsors of the insurance product that offers Fund shares, for providing personal service and maintenance of accounts of their variable contract owners that hold Service shares. These fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an on-going basis and increase operating expenses of the Service shares, which results in lower performance compared to the Fund’s shares that are not subject to a service fee. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plan are detailed in the Statement of Operations.

Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. The Manager has contractually agreed to limit the Fund’s expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, excluding any applicable dividend expense, taxes, interest and fees from borrowing, any subsidiary expenses, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, brokerage commissions, unusual and infrequent expenses and certain other Fund expenses; so that those expenses, as percentages of daily net assets, will not exceed the annual rate of 1.00% for Non-Service shares and 1.25% for Service shares.

During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund as follows:

 

Non-Service shares

   $ 266,359  

Service shares

     167,890  

This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in IGMMF. During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $14,145 for IGMMF management fees. This fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement may not be amended or withdrawn for one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

 

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9. Borrowings and Other Financing

Joint Credit Facility. A number of mutual funds managed by the Manager participate in a $1.875 billion revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions in connection with atypical redemption activity. Expenses and fees related to the Facility are paid by the participating funds and are disclosed separately or as other expenses on the Statement of Operations. The Fund did not utilize the Facility during the reporting period.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Oppenheimer International Growth Fund/VA, a separate series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, (the “Fund”), including the statement of investments, as of December 31, 2017, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the “financial statements”) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and the transfer agent, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

KPMG LLP

We have not been able to determine the specific year that we began serving as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies, however we are aware that we have served as the auditor of one or more Oppenheimer Funds investment companies since at least 1969.

Denver, Colorado

February 13, 2018

 

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FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION Unaudited

 

 

In early 2018, if applicable, shareholders of record received information regarding all dividends and distributions paid to them by the Fund during calendar year 2017.

None of the dividends paid by the Fund during the reporting period are eligible for the corporate dividend-received deduction.

The foregoing information is presented to assist shareholders in reporting distributions received from the Fund to the Internal Revenue Service. Because of the complexity of the federal regulations which may affect your individual tax return and the many variations in state and local tax regulations, we recommend that you consult your tax advisor for specific guidance.

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”) (“OFI Global” and “OFI” together, the “Managers”) and OFI Global has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI whereby OFI provides investment sub-advisory services to the Fund (collectively, the “Agreements”). Each year, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of the independent Trustees, is required to determine whether to approve the terms of the Agreements and the renewal thereof. The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that the Board request and evaluate, and that the Managers provide, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreements. The Board employs an independent consultant to prepare a report that provides information, including comparative information that the Board requests for that purpose. In addition to in-person meetings focused on this evaluation, the Board receives information throughout the year regarding Fund services, fees, expenses and performance.

The Managers and the independent consultant provided information to the Board on the following factors: (i) the nature, quality and extent of the Managers’ services, (ii) the comparative investment performance of the Fund and the Managers, (iii) the fees and expenses of the Fund, including comparative fee and expense information, (iv) the profitability of the Managers and their affiliates, including an analysis of the cost of providing services, (v) whether economies of scale are realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for Fund investors and (vi) other benefits to the Managers from their relationship with the Fund. The Board was aware that there are alternatives to retaining the Managers.

Outlined below is a summary of the principal information considered by the Board as well as the Board’s conclusions.

Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board considered information about the nature, quality and extent of the services provided to the Fund and information regarding the Managers’ key personnel who provide such services. The Managers’ duties include providing the Fund with the services of the portfolio managers and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team, who provide research, analysis and other advisory services in regard to the Fund’s investments; and securities trading services. OFI Global is responsible for oversight of third-party service providers; monitoring compliance with applicable Fund policies and procedures and adherence to the Fund’s investment restrictions; risk management; and oversight of the Sub-Adviser. OFI Global is also responsible for providing certain administrative services to the Fund. Those services include providing and supervising all administrative and clerical personnel who are necessary in order to provide effective corporate administration for the Fund; compiling and maintaining records with respect to the Fund’s operations; preparing and filing reports required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; preparing periodic reports regarding the operations of the Fund for its shareholders; preparing proxy materials for shareholder meetings; and preparing the registration statements required by federal and state securities laws for the sale of the Fund’s shares. OFI Global also provides the Fund with office space, facilities and equipment.

The Board also considered the quality of the services provided and the quality of the Managers’ resources that are available to the Fund. The Board took account of the fact that the Sub-Adviser has over fifty years of experience as an investment adviser and that its assets under management rank it among the top mutual fund managers in the United States. The Board evaluated the Managers’ advisory, administrative, accounting, legal, compliance and risk management services, among other services, and information the Board has received regarding the experience and professional qualifications of the Managers’ key personnel and the size and functions of their staff. In its evaluation of the quality of the portfolio management services provided, the Board considered the experience of George Evans and Robert Dunphy, the portfolio managers for the Fund, and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team and analysts. The Board members also considered the totality of their experiences with the Managers as directors or trustees of the Fund and other funds advised by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the quality of services provided by affiliates of the Managers, which the Board members have become knowledgeable about through their experiences with the Managers and in connection with the review or renewal of the Fund’s service agreements or service providers. The Board concluded, in light of the Managers’ experience, reputation, personnel, operations and resources that the Fund benefits from the services provided under the Agreements.

Investment Performance of the Managers and the Fund. Throughout the year, the Managers provided information on the investment performance of the Fund, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, including comparative performance information. The Board also reviewed information, prepared by the Managers and by the independent consultant, comparing the Fund’s historical performance to relevant market indices and to the performance of other foreign large growth funds underlying variable insurance products. The Board noted that the Fund outperformed its performance category median during the one-, five- and ten-year periods, while it underperformed is category mean during the three-year period.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The Board reviewed the fees paid to the Adviser and the other expenses borne by the Fund. The Board noted that the Adviser, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser’s fee under the sub-advisory agreement. The independent consultant provided comparative data in regard to the fees and expenses of the Fund and other foreign large growth underlying variable insurance products. In reviewing the fees and expenses charged to the VA funds, the Board considered the Adviser’s assertion that, because there is much greater disparity in the fees and services that may be provided by a manager to a VA fund as opposed to a retail fund, when comparing the expenses of the various VA funds to those of retail funds, it is most appropriate to focus on total expenses (rather than on the management fees). Accordingly, while the Board reviewed and considered all expenses, it focused on total expenses. The Board considered that the Fund’s total expenses and contractual management fee were higher than its respective peer group medians and its category medians.. The Board noted that the Adviser has contractually 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 1.00% for Non-Service Shares and 1.25% for Service Shares. This contractual expense limitation may not be amended or withdrawn until one year from the date of the Fund’s prospectus, unless approved by the Board.

Economies of Scale and Profits Realized by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the Managers’ costs in serving as the Fund’s investment adviser and sub-adviser, including the costs associated with the personnel and systems necessary to manage the Fund, and information regarding the Managers’ profitability from their relationship with the Fund. The Board also considered that the Managers must be able to pay and retain experienced professional personnel at competitive rates to provide quality services to the Fund. The Board reviewed whether the Managers may realize economies of scale in managing and supporting the Fund. The Board noted that the Fund currently has management fee breakpoints, which are intended to share with Fund shareholders economies of scale that may exist as the Fund’s assets grow.

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

Other Benefits to the Managers. In addition to considering the profits realized by the Managers, the Board considered information that was provided regarding the direct and indirect benefits the Managers receive as a result of their relationship with the Fund, including compensation paid to the Managers’ affiliates and research provided to the Adviser in connection with permissible brokerage arrangements (soft dollar arrangements).

Conclusions. These factors were also considered by the independent Trustees meeting separately from the full Board, assisted by experienced counsel to the Fund and to the independent Trustees. Fund counsel and the independent Trustees’ counsel are independent of the Managers within the meaning and intent of the Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

Based on its review of the information it received and its evaluations described above, the Board, including a majority of the independent Trustees, decided to continue the Agreements through August 31, 2018. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any factor or factors as being more important than others, but considered all of the above information, and considered the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the management fees, in light of all the surrounding circumstances.

 

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PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES; UPDATES TO STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has adopted Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines under which the Fund votes proxies relating to securities (“portfolio proxies”) held by the Fund. A description of the Fund’s Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800. CALL OPP (225.5677), (ii) on the Fund’s website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, 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 voting record is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800. CALL OPP (225.5677), and (ii) in the Form N-PX filing on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first quarter and the third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q filings are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Those forms may 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 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited

 

 

 

Name, Position(s) Held with the Fund, Length of

Service, Year of Birth

   Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships
Held; Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Currently Overseen
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES    The address of each 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.

Robert J. Malone,

Chairman of the Board of Trustees (since 2016),

Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1944

   Chairman - Colorado Market of MidFirst Bank (since January 2015); Chairman of the Board (2012-2016) and Director (August 2005-January 2016) of Jones International University (educational organization); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (2000-2016); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Steele Street Bank Trust (commercial banking) (August 2003-January 2015); Director of Opera Colorado Foundation (non-profit organization) (2008-2012); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (1986-2010); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2006-2010); 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 U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and gas exploration) (1997-February 2004); Chairman of the Board (1991-1994) and Trustee (1985-1994) of Regis University; and Chairman of the Board (1990-1991) and Member (1984-1999) of Young Presidents Organization. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Andrew J. Donohue,

Trustee (since 2017)

Year of Birth: 1950

   Of Counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP (since September 2017); Chief of Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (June 2015-February 2017); Managing Director and Investment Company General Counsel of Goldman Sachs (investment bank) (November 2012-May 2015); Partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP (law firm) (March 2011-October 2012); Director of the Division of Investment Management of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (regulator) (May 2006-November 2010); Global General Counsel of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (investment firm) (May 2003-May 2006); General Counsel (October 1991-November 2001) and Executive Vice President (January 1993-November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (investment firm) (June 1991-November 2001). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Donohue has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2017, 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.

Jon S. Fossel,

Trustee (since 1990)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Chairman of the Board of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (2005-2015); Director of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (since March 2005); Chairman of the Board (2006-December 2011) and Director (June 2002-December 2011) of UNUMProvident (insurance company); Director of Northwestern Energy Corp. (public utility corporation) (November 2004-December 2009); 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 Sub-Adviser; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the following: Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (“OAC”) (parent holding company of the Sub-Adviser), Shareholders Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (until October 1995). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Richard F. Grabish,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1948

   Formerly Senior Vice President and Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing (March 1997-December 2007), Director (March 1987-December 2007) and Manager of Private Client Services (June 1985-June 2005) of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. (broker/dealer and investment firm); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (March 2001-December 2007); President and Vice Chairman of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (April 1987-March 2001); President of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (June 2005-December 2007). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Grabish has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2001, 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.

Beverly L. Hamilton,

Trustee (since 2002)

Year of Birth: 1946

   Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (2000-2014); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (December 2005-June 2011); Director (1991-2016), Vice Chairman of the Board (2006- 2009) and Chairman of the Board (2010-2013) 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; 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Victoria J. Herget,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1951

   Board Chair (2008-2015) and Director (2004-Present), United Educators (insurance company); Trustee (since 2000) and Chair (since 2010), Newberry Library (independent research library); Trustee, Mather LifeWays (senior living organization) (since 2001); Independent Director of the First American Funds (mutual fund family) (2003-2011); former Managing Director (1993-2001), Principal (1985-1993), Vice President (1978-1985) and Assistant Vice President (1973-1978) of Zurich Scudder Investments (investment adviser) (and its predecessor firms); Trustee (1992-2007), Chair of the Board of Trustees (1999-2007), Investment Committee Chair (1994-1999) and Investment Committee member (2007-2010) of Wellesley College; Trustee, BoardSource (non-profit organization) (2006-2009) and Chicago City Day School (K-8 School) (1994-2005). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Herget has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS Unaudited / Continued

 

F. William Marshall, Jr.,

Trustee (since 2000)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Trustee Emeritus of Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI) (private university) (since 2009); Trustee of MassMutual Select Funds (formerly MassMutual Institutional Funds) (investment company) (1996-2015), MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (1996-2015) and Mass Mutual Premier Funds (investment company) (January 2012-December 2015); President and Treasurer of the SIS Charitable Fund (private charitable fund) (January 1999-March 2011); 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). Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. 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.

Karen L. Stuckey,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1953

   Member (since May 2015) of Desert Mountain Community Foundation Advisory Board (non-profit organization); Partner (1990-2012) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (professional services firm) (held various positions 1975-1990); Trustee (1992- 2006); member of Executive, Nominating and Audit Committees and Chair of Finance Committee (1992-2006), and Emeritus Trustee (since 2006) of Lehigh University; and member, Women’s Investment Management Forum (professional organization) since inception. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Stuckey has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.

James D. Vaughn,

Trustee (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1945

  

Retired; former managing partner (1994-2001) of Denver office of Deloitte & Touche LLP, (held various positions 1969- 1993); Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Schroder Funds (2003-2012); Board member and Chairman of Audit Committee of AMG National Trust Bank (since 2005); Trustee and Investment Committee member, University of South Dakota Foundation (since 1996); Board member, Audit Committee Member and past Board Chair, Junior Achievement (since 1993); former Board member, Mile High United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Economic Club of Colorado and Metro Denver Network. Oversees 54 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Vaughn has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, 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.

 

INTERESTED TRUSTEE AND OFFICER    Mr. Steinmetz is an “Interested Trustee” because he is affiliated with the Manager and the Sub-Adviser by virtue of his positions as Chairman and director of the Sub-Adviser and officer and director of the Manager. Both as a Trustee and as an officer, Mr. Steinmetz serves for an indefinite term, or until his resignation, retirement, death or removal. Mr. Steinmetz’s address is 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008.

Arthur P. Steinmetz,

Trustee (since 2015), President and

Principal Executive Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1958

  

Chairman of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2015); CEO and Chairman of the Manager (since July 2014), President of the Manager (since May 2013), a Director of the Manager (since January 2013), Director of the Sub-Adviser (since July 2014), President, Management Director and CEO of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (the Sub-Adviser’s parent holding company) (since July 2014), and President and Director of OFI SteelPath, Inc. (since January 2013). Chief Investment Officer of the OppenheimerFunds advisory entities from (January 2013-December 2013); Executive Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-May 2013); Chief Investment Officer of the Sub-Adviser (October 2010-December 2012); Chief Investment Officer, Fixed-Income, of the Sub-Adviser (April 2009-October 2010); Executive Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 2009-December 2012); Director of Fixed Income of the Sub-Adviser (January 2009-April 2009); and a Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (March 1993-September 2009). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

OTHER OFFICERS OF THE FUND    The addresses of the Officers in the chart below are as follows: for Messrs. Evans, Dunphy, Mss. Foxson and Picciotto, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008, for Mr. Petersen, 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.

George R. Evans,

Vice President (since 1999)

Year of Birth: 1959

   CIO Equities of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2013); Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since July 2004). Director of International Equities of the Sub-Adviser (since July 2004); Director of Equities of the Sub-Adviser (October 2010-December 2012); Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (July 1994-November 2001) and Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 1993-July 2004). A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Robert B. Dunphy,

Vice President (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1979

   Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2011); Senior Portfolio Manager (since May 2011); Senior Research Analyst and Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (May 2009-January 2011), and an Intermediate Research Analyst of the Sub-Adviser (January 2006-May 2009). A portfolio manager of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Cynthia Lo Bessette,

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Manager (since February 2016); Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the Manager (March 2015-February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of the Sub-Adviser and the Distributor (since February 2016); Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (since February 2016); General Counsel of OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Advisors, LLC and Index Management Solutions, LLC (since February 2016); Chief Legal Officer of OFI Global Institutional, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, OFI Global Trust Company, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc. and Trinity Investment Management Corporation (since February 2016); Corporate Counsel (February 2012-March 2015) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (April 2013-March 2015) of Jennison Associates LLC; Assistant General Counsel (April 2008-September 2009) and Deputy General Counsel (October 2009-February 2012) of Lord Abbett & Co. LLC. An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Jennifer Foxson,

Vice President and Chief Business

Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since June 2014); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (April 2006-June 2014); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (January 1998-March 2006); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 1991-December 1998). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

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Mary Ann Picciotto,

Chief Compliance Officer and Chief

Anti-Money Laundering Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1973

   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager (since March 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of the Sub-Adviser, OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Global Trust Company, OFI Global Institutional, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments, Inc., Harborview Asset Management Corporation, Trinity Investment Management Corporation, and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2014); Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and certain of its various affiliated entities; Chief Compliance Officer of various Morgan Stanley Funds (May 2010-January 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (April 2007-January 2014). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Brian S. Petersen,

Treasurer and Principal Financial &

Accounting Officer (since 2016)

Year of Birth: 1970

   Senior Vice President of the Manager (since January 2017); Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-January 2017); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (February 2007-December 2012); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (August 2002- 2007). An officer of 111 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and Officers and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1.800.988.8287.

 

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OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND/VA

 

A Series of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

 

Manager    OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser    OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Distributor    OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.
Transfer and    OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

Shareholder

  

Servicing Agent

  
Sub-Transfer Agent    Shareholder Services, Inc.
   DBA OppenheimerFunds Services
Independent    KPMG LLP

Registered

  

Public

  

Accounting

  

Firm

  
Legal Counsel    Ropes & Gray LLP
   Before investing in any of the Oppenheimer funds, investors should carefully consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses contain this and other information about the funds and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor, visiting oppenheimerfunds.com or calling us at 1.800.988.8287. Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.
   © 2018 OppenheimerFunds, Inc. All rights reserved. Oppenheimer funds are distributed by OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

 

 

LOGO


Item 2.   Code of Ethics.

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions.

Item 3.   Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Board of Trustees of the registrant has determined that Karen L. Stuckey, the Chairwoman of the Board’s Audit Committee, is the audit committee financial expert and that Ms. Stuckey is “independent” for purposes of this Item 3.

Item 4.   Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

(a) Audit Fees

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $453,400 in fiscal 2017 and $473,600 in fiscal 2016.

 

(b) Audit-Related Fees

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $35,000 in fiscal 2017 and $84,100 in fiscal 2016.

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $386,986 in fiscal 2017 and $232,185 in fiscal 2016 to the registrant’s investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant.

Such services include: Internal control reviews, GIPS attestation procedures, and additional audit services.

 

(c) Tax Fees

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $14,903 in fiscal 2017 and $20,375 in fiscal 2016.

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $591,136 in fiscal 2017 and $645,284 in fiscal 2016 to the registrant’s investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant.

Such services include: tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice. Tax compliance generally involves preparation of original and amended tax returns, claims for a refund and tax payment-


planning services. Tax planning and tax advice includes assistance with tax audits and appeals, tax advice related to mergers and acquisitions and requests for rulings or technical advice from taxing authorities.

 

(d) All Other Fees

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed no such fees in fiscal 2017 and no such fees in fiscal 2016.

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed no such fees in fiscal 2017 and no such fees in fiscal 2016 to the registrant’s investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant.

Such fees would include the cost to the principal accountant of attending audit committee meetings and consultations regarding the registrant’s retirement plan with respect to its Trustees.

 

(e) (1) During its regularly scheduled periodic meetings, the registrant’s audit committee will pre-approve all audit, audit-related, tax and other services to be provided by the principal accountants of the registrant.

The audit committee has delegated pre-approval authority to its Chairman for any subsequent new engagements that arise between regularly scheduled meeting dates provided that any fees such pre-approved are presented to the audit committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

Under applicable laws, pre-approval of non-audit services may be waived provided that: 1) the aggregate amount of all such services provided constitutes no more than five percent of the total amount of fees paid by the registrant to its principal accountant during the fiscal year in which services are provided 2) such services were not recognized by the registrant at the time of engagement as non-audit services and 3) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the audit committee of the registrant and approved prior to the completion of the audit.

(2) 0%

 

(f) Not applicable as less than 50%.

 

(g) The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $1,028,025 in fiscal 2017 and $981,944 in fiscal 2016 to the registrant and the registrant’s investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant related to non-audit fees. Those billings did not include any prohibited non-audit services as defined by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


(h) The registrant’s audit committee of the board of Trustees has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence. No such services were rendered.

Item 5.   Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

Not applicable.

Item 6.   Schedule of Investments.

a) Not applicable. The complete schedule of investments is included in Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

b) Not applicable.

Item 7.   Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 8.   Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 9.   Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

Item 10.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Fund’s Governance Committee Provisions with Respect to Nominations of Directors/Trustees to the Respective Boards

None

Item 11.   Controls and Procedures.


Based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c)) as of 12/31/2017, the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer found the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures to provide reasonable assurances that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the reports that it files under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (a) is accumulated and communicated to registrant’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and (b) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12.   Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 13.   Exhibits.

 

(a) (1) Exhibit attached hereto.

 

     (2) Exhibits attached hereto.

 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

 

By:  

/s/ Arthur P. Steinmetz

  Arthur P. Steinmetz
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   2/16/2018

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:  

/s/ Arthur P. Steinmetz

  Arthur P. Steinmetz
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   2/16/2018

 

By:  

/s/ Brian S. Petersen

  Brian S. Petersen
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   2/16/2018