CENTENNIAL NEW YORK TAX EXEMPT TRUST

485BPOS 1 body.htm N1A, PSP, SAI, FINANCIALS, PART C CENTENNIAL NEW YORK TAX EXEMPT TRUST

                                                                                          Registration No. 33-23494
                                                                                                  File No. 811-5584

                                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                               WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                                     FORM N-1A

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                                       CENTENNIAL NEW YORK TAX EXEMPT TRUST
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                                (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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                                 6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112

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                                (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

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                                                  1.303.768.3200

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                               (Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)

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                                               Robert G. Zack, Esq.

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                                              OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

                                 6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112

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                                      (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

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Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust

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Prospectus dated November 1, 2002
Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust is a money market
mutual fund. It seeks the maximum current income
exempt from federal, New York State and New York City
income taxes for individual investors as is consistent
with preservation of capital. The Trust invests in
short-term, high-quality "money market" securities.

This Prospectus contains important information about
the Trust's objective, its investment policies,
strategies and risks. It also contains important
information about how to buy and sell shares of the
Trust and other account features. Please read this
Prospectus carefully before you invest and keep it for
future reference about your account.
As with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange
Commission has not approved or disapproved the Trust's
securities nor has it determined that this Prospectus is
accurate or complete. It is a criminal offense to
represent otherwise.

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CONTENTS

A B O U T T H E T R U S T

The Trust's Investment Objective and Strategies

Main Risks of Investing in the Trust

The Trust's Past Performance

Fees and Expenses of the Trust

About the Trust's Investments

How the Trust is Managed

A B O U T Y O U R A C C O U N T

How to Buy Shares
Automatic Purchase and Redemption Programs
Direct Shareholders

How to Sell Shares
Automatic Purchase and Redemption Programs
Direct Shareholders

How to Exchange Shares

Shareholder Account Rules and Policies

Dividends and Tax Information

Financial Highlights

A B O U T T H E T R U S T

The Trust's Investment Objective and Strategies

WHAT IS THE TRUST'S INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE? The Trust seeks the maximum current income exempt from federal, New
York State and New York City income taxes for individual investors as is consistent with the preservation of
capital.

WHAT DOES THE TRUST MAINLY INVEST IN? The Trust is a money market fund. It invests in a variety of high-quality
money market instruments to seek income. Money market instruments are short-term, U.S. dollar denominated debt
instruments issued by the U.S. and State governments, domestic and foreign corporations and financial
institutions and other entities. They include, for example, municipal securities, bank obligations, repurchase
agreements, commercial paper, other corporate debt obligations and government debt obligations. To be considered
"high-quality," generally they must be rated in one of the two highest credit-quality categories for short-term
securities by nationally recognized rating services. If unrated, a security must be determined by the Trust's
investment manager to be of comparable quality to rated securities.

The Trust normally attempts to invest 100% of its assets in municipal securities and as a fundamental
policy, the Trust will invest under normal circumstances at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for
investment purposes) in investments the income from which is exempt from federal, New York State and New York
City income tax for individual investors in the opinion of bond counsel to the respective issuer. Such
investments may include obligations of the State of New York and its political subdivisions, agencies and
instrumentalities or obligations of commonwealths or territories of the United States, or their agencies,
instrumentalities or authorities the interest from which is not subject to New York State and New York City
personal income tax in the opinion of bond counsel to the respective issuer. Securities that generate income
that is subject to alternative minimum taxes will not count towards that 80% threshold.

WHO IS THE TRUST DESIGNED FOR? The Trust is designed for investors who are seeking to earn income exempt from
federal and New York State and New York City income taxes at current money market rates, while preserving the
value of their investment, because the Trust tries to keep its share price stable at $1.00. Income on money
market instruments tends to be lower than income on longer term debt securities, so the Trust's yield will likely
be lower than the yield on longer-term fixed income funds. The Trust does not invest for the purpose of seeking
capital appreciation or gains and is not a complete investment program.

Main Risks of Investing in the Trust

All investments carry risks to some degree. Funds that invest in debt obligations for income may be
subject to credit risks and interest rate risks. There are risks that any of the Trust's holdings could have its
credit rating downgraded, or the issuer could default, or that interest rates could rise sharply, causing the
value of the Trust's securities (and its share price) to fall. As a result, there is a risk that the Trust's
shares could fall below $1.00 per share. If there is a high redemption demand for the Trust's shares that was
not anticipated, portfolio securities might have to be sold prior to their maturity at a loss. Also, there is
the risk that the value of your investment could be eroded over time by the effects of inflation, and that poor
security selection could cause the Trust to underperform other funds with similar objectives.

Risks of Focusing on Investments in New York Municipal Securities. The Trust generally invests a significant
portion of its assets in New York municipal securities. Because the Trust invests primarily in the
securities of New York issuers, its performance will be significantly affected by local, state and
regional factors. These may include state or local legislation or policy changes, erosion of the tax
base of the state or one or more particular localities, the effects of possible terrorist acts or
natural disasters, or other economic or credit problems affecting the state generally or any individual
locality (which may directly or indirectly affect the state as a whole). Having a higher percentage of
its assets invested in the securities of fewer issuers, particularly obligations of government issuers
of a single state, could result in greater credit risk exposure to a smaller number of issuers due to
economic, regulatory or political problems in New York. The Trust is a "non-diversified" fund; however,
it is currently subject to certain diversification requirements under rules for money market funds under
federal law.

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An investment in the Trust is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency. Although the Trust seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is
possible to lose money by investing in the Trust.
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The Trust's Past Performance

The bar chart and table below show how the Trust's returns may vary over time, by showing changes in the Trust's
performance from year to year for the last 10 calendar years and average annual total returns for the 1-, 5- and
10- year periods. Variability of returns is one measure of the risks of investing in a money market fund. The
Trust's past investment performance does not predict how the Trust will perform in the future.

Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31 each year)

[See appendix to prospectus for annual total return data for bar chart.]

For the period from 1/1/02 through 9/30/02 the cumulative total return (not annualized) was 0.44%.
During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return (not annualized) for a calendar quarter was 0.87%
(2nd Q '00) and the lowest return (not annualized) for a calendar quarter was 0.27% (4th Q '01).

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Average Annual Total Returns
for the periods ended December 31, 2001 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years

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Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust (inception 01/04/89) 2.04% 2.67% 2.50%

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The returns in the table measure the performance of a hypothetical account and assume that all dividends have
been reinvested in additional shares.

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The total returns are not the Trust's current yield. The Trust's yield more closely reflects the Trust's current
earnings. To obtain the Trust's current seven day yield, please call the Transfer Agent toll-free at
1.800.525.9310.

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Fees and Expenses of the Trust

The Trust pays a variety of expenses directly for management of its assets, administration and other services.
Those expenses are subtracted from the Trust's assets to calculate the Trust's net asset value per share. All
shareholders therefore pay those expenses indirectly. The following tables are meant to help you understand the
fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Trust. The numbers below are based upon the
Trust's expenses during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002.

SHAREHOLDER FEES. The Trust does not charge any initial sales charge to buy shares or to reinvest dividends.
There are no exchange fees or redemption fees and no contingent deferred sales charges (unless you buy Trust
shares by exchanging Class A shares of other eligible funds that were purchased subject to a contingent deferred
sales charge, as described in "How to Sell Shares").

Annual Trust Operating Expenses (deducted from Trust assets):
(% of average daily net assets)

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Management Fees1 0.50%

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Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees 0.20%
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Other Expenses2 0.14%

Total Annual Operating Expenses 0.84%

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1. The Management fee is shown without giving effect to a voluntary reduction by the Manager. With that expense
assumption the Management fee was 0.46% and the "Total Annual Operating Expenses" were 0.80%. The voluntary
expense assumption may be amended or withdrawn at any time.
2. "Other expenses" include transfer agent fees, custodial expenses, and accounting and legal expenses the Trust
pays. The Transfer Agent has voluntarily undertaken to the Trust to limit the transfer agent fees to 0.35% per
annum. That undertaking was effective October 1, 2001, and was pro-rated for the remainder of the fiscal year
ending after that date, and may be amended or withdrawn at any time. After the waiver, the actual "Other
Expenses" and "Total Annual Operating Expenses" as percentages of average daily net assets were the same as shown
above.

EXAMPLE. The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Trust with the cost
of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in shares of the Trust for the
time periods indicated and reinvest your dividends and distributions. The example also assumes that your
investment has a 5% return each year and that the Trust's operating expenses remain the same. Your actual costs
may be higher or lower, because expenses will vary over time. Based on these assumptions your expenses would be
as follows, whether or not you redeem your investment at the end of each period:

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$86 $268 $466 $1,037

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About the Trust's Investments

The Trust's Principal Investment Policies. The Trust invests in money market instruments meeting quality,
maturity and diversification standards established by its Board of Trustees as well as rules that apply to money
market funds under the Investment Company Act. The Statement of Additional Information contains more detailed
information about the Trust's investment policies and risks.

The Trust's investment manager, Centennial Asset Management Corporation, (referred to in this Prospectus
as the Manager) tries to reduce risks by diversifying investments and by carefully researching securities before
they are purchased. The rate of the Trust's income will vary from day to day, generally reflecting changes in
overall short-term interest rates. There is no assurance that the Trust will achieve its investment objective.

What Does the Trust Invest In? Money market instruments are high-quality, short-term debt instruments. They may
have fixed, variable or floating interest rates. All of the Trust's money market instruments must meet
the special diversification, quality and maturity requirements set under the Investment Company Act and
the special procedures set by the Board described briefly below. The following is a brief description of
the types of money market instruments the Trust can invest in.

o Municipal Securities. The Trust buys municipal bonds and notes, tax-exempt commercial paper,
certificates of participation in municipal leases and other debt obligations. These are debt obligations
issued by or on behalf of the State of New York, other states and the District of Columbia, their
political subdivisions (such as cities, towns and counties), or any commonwealth or territory of the
United States, or by their agencies, instrumentalities and authorities, if the interest paid on the
security is not subject to federal individual income tax in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer.
All of these types of debt obligations are referred to as "municipal securities" in this Prospectus.

o Other Money Market Instruments. Up to 20% of the Trust's assets can be invested in investments, the
income from which may be taxable. The Trust's taxable investments include repurchase agreements, municipal
securities issued to benefit a private user and certain temporary investments. These investments are
described below under "Other Investment Strategies" or in the Statement of Additional Information.
Normally, the Trust will not invest more than 20% of its total assets in taxable investments.

Additionally, the Trust can buy other money market instruments that the Manager approves under
procedures adopted by its Board of Trustees from time to time. They must be U.S. dollar-denominated short-term
investments that the Manager determines to have minimal credit risks.

What Standards Apply to the Trust's Investments? Money market instruments are subject to credit risk, the risk
that the issuer might not make timely payments of interest on the security or repay principal when it is
due. The Trust can buy only those instruments that meet standards set by the Investment Company Act for
money market funds and procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. The Trust's Board of Trustees has
adopted procedures to evaluate securities for the Trust's portfolio and the Manager has the
responsibility to implement those procedures when selecting investments for the Trust.

In general, the Trust buys only high-quality investments that the Manager believes present minimal
credit risk at the time of purchase. "High-quality" investments are:
o rated in one of the two highest short-term rating categories of two national rating organizations, or
o rated by one rating organization in one of its two highest rating categories (if only one rating
organization has rated the investment), or
o unrated investments that the Manager determines are comparable in quality to the two highest rating
categories.

The procedures also limit the amount of the Trust's assets that can be invested in the securities of any
one issuer (other than the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities), to spread the Trust's
investment risks. No security's maturity will exceed the maximum time permitted under Rule 2a-7
(currently 397 days). Finally, the Trust must maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of
not more than 90 days, to reduce interest rate risks.

Can the Trust's Investment Objective and Policies Change? The Trust's Board of Trustees can change
non-fundamental policies without shareholder approval, although significant changes will be described in
amendments to this Prospectus. Fundamental policies cannot be changed without the approval of a majority
of the Trust's outstanding voting shares. The Trust's investment objective is a fundamental policy.
Some of the investment restrictions that are fundamental policies are listed in the Statement of
Additional Information. An investment policy is not fundamental unless this Prospectus or the Statement
of Additional Information says that it is.

OTHER INVESTMENT STRATEGIES. To seek its objective, the Trust can use the investment techniques and strategies
described below. The Trust might not always use all of them. These techniques have risks. The Statement of
Additional Information contains more information about some of these practices, including limitations on their
use that are designed to reduce the overall risks.

Floating Rate/Variable Rate Notes. The Trust can purchase investments with floating or variable interest rates.
Variable rates are adjustable at stated periodic intervals. Floating rates are adjusted automatically
according to a specified market rate or benchmark for such investments, such as the prime rate of a
bank. If the maturity of an investment is greater than the maximum time permitted under Rule 2a-7
(currently 397 days), it can be purchased if it has a demand feature. That feature must permit the
Trust to recover the principal amount of the investment on not more than 30 days' notice at any time, or
at specified times not exceeding the maximum time permitted under Rule 2a-7.

"When-Issued" and "Delayed-Delivery" Transactions. The Trust can purchase municipal securities on a
"when-issued" basis and can purchase or sell such securities on a "delayed- delivery" basis. These terms
refer to securities that have been created and for which a market exists, but which are not available
for immediate delivery. The Trust does not intend to make such purchases for speculative purposes.
During the period between the purchase and settlement, no payment is made for the security and no
interest accrues to the buyer from the investment. There is a risk of loss to the Trust if the value of
the security declines prior to the settlement date.

Municipal Lease Obligations. Municipal leases are used by state and local governments to obtain funds to acquire
land, equipment or facilities. The Trust can invest in certificates of participation that represent a
proportionate interest in payments made under municipal lease obligations. Most municipal leases, while
secured by the leased property, are not general obligations of the issuing municipality. They often
contain "non-appropriation" clauses under which the municipal government has no obligation to make lease
or installment payments in future years unless money is appropriated on a yearly basis. If the
government stops making payments or transfers its payment obligations to a private entity, the
obligation could lose value or become taxable.

Some of these obligations might not have an active trading market and would be subject to the
Trust's limits on "illiquid" securities described below. From time to time the Trust can invest more
than 5% of its net assets in municipal lease obligations that the Manager has determined to be liquid
under guidelines set by the Trust's Board of Trustees.

Illiquid and Restricted Securities. Investments may be illiquid because they do not have an active trading
market, making it difficult to value them or dispose of them promptly at an acceptable price. A
restricted security is one that has a contractual limit on resale or which cannot be sold publicly until
it is registered under federal securities laws. The Trust will not invest more than 10% of its net
assets in illiquid or restricted securities. That limit does not apply to certain restricted securities
that are eligible for resale to qualified institutional purchasers or purchases of commercial paper that
may be sold without registration under the federal securities laws. The Manager monitors holdings of
illiquid securities on an ongoing basis to determine whether to sell any holdings to maintain adequate
liquidity. Difficulty in selling a security may result in a loss to the Trust or additional costs.

Demand Features and Guarantees. The Trust can invest a significant percentage of its assets in municipal
securities that have demand features, guarantees or similar credit and liquidity enhancements. A demand
feature permits the holder of the security to sell the security within a specified period of time at a
stated price and entitles the holder of the security to receive an amount equal to the approximate
amortized cost of the security plus accrued interest. A guarantee permits the holder of the security to
receive, upon presentment to the guarantor, the principal amount of the underlying security plus accrued
interest when due or upon default. A guarantee is the unconditional obligation of an entity other than
the issuer of the security. Demand features and guarantees can effectively:
o shorten the maturity of a variable or floating rate security,
o enhance the security's credit quality, and
o enhance the ability to sell the security.

The aggregate price for a security subject to a demand feature or a guarantee may be higher than the
price that would otherwise be paid for the security without the guarantee or the demand feature. When the Trust
purchases securities subject to guarantees or demand features, there is an increase in the cost of the underlying
security and a corresponding reduction in its yield. Because the Trust invests in securities backed by banks and
other financial institutions, changes in the credit quality of these institutions could cause losses to the
Trust. Therefore, an investment in the Trust may be riskier than an investment in other types of money market
funds.

Repurchase Agreements. The Trust can enter into repurchase agreements. In a repurchase transaction, the Trust
buys a security and simultaneously sells it to the vendor for delivery at a future date. Repurchase
agreements must be fully collateralized. However, if the vendor fails to pay the resale price on the
delivery date, the Trust may incur costs in disposing of the collateral and may experience losses if
there is any delay in its ability to do so. The Trust will not enter into repurchase transactions that
will cause more than 10% of the Trust's net assets to be subject to repurchase agreements having a
maturity beyond seven days. There is no limit on the amount of the Trust's net assets that can be
subject to repurchase agreements of seven days or less. Income earned on repurchase transactions is not
tax exempt and accordingly, under normal market conditions, the Trust will limit its investments in
repurchase transactions to 20% of its total assets.

Temporary Defensive and Interim Investments. In times of unstable adverse market or economic conditions, the
Trust can invest up to 100% of its assets in temporary defensive or interim investments that are
inconsistent with the Trust's principal investment objective. These temporary investments can include:

o obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities,
o bankers' acceptances; taxable commercial paper rated in the highest category by a rating organization,
o short-term taxable debt obligations rated in one of the two highest rating categories of a rating
organization,
o certificates of deposit of domestic banks, and
o repurchase agreements.

To the extent the Trust assumes a temporary defensive position, a significant portion of the Trust's
distributions may be subject to federal and New York State and local income taxes.

How the Trust is Managed

THE MANAGER. The investment advisor for the Trust is the Manager, Centennial Asset Management Corporation, a
wholly owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. The Manager chooses the Trust's investments and handles its
day-to-day business. The Manager carries out its duties, subject to the policies established by the Trust's
Board of Trustees, under an investment advisory agreement that states the Manager's responsibilities. The
agreement sets the fees the Trust pays to the Manager and describes the expenses that the Trust is responsible to
pay to conduct its business.

The Manager has been an investment advisor since 1978. The Manager and its subsidiaries and controlled
affiliates managed more than $120 billion in assets as of September 30, 2002, including other Oppenheimer funds
with more than seven million shareholder accounts. The Manager is located at 6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial,
Colorado 80112.

Portfolio Manager. Michael Carbuto is the portfolio manager of the Trust. He is the person principally
responsible for the day-to-day management of the Trust's portfolio. Mr. Carbuto has had this
responsibility since June 1990. Mr. Carbuto is a Vice President of OppenheimerFunds, Inc., a Vice
President of the Trust, and is an officer and portfolio manager of other funds for which the Manager or
an affiliate serves as investment advisor.

Advisory Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Trust pays the Manager an advisory fee at an annual
rate that declines on additional assets as the Trust grows: 0.500% of the first $250 million of net
assets; 0.475% of the next $250 million of net assets; 0.450% of the next $250 million of net assets;
0.425% of the next $250 million of net assets; and 0.400% of the of net assets in excess of $1 billion.
The Manager has voluntarily undertaken to assume certain expenses of the Trust in any fiscal year that
exceed 0.80% of the Trust's average annual net assets. The Manager reserves the right to amend or
terminate that expense assumption at any time. The Trust's management fee for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 2002 was 0.50% of the Trust's average annual net assets before the expense assumption noted
above and 0.46% after the expense assumption noted above.

For further information about the investment advisory agreement, including a description of expense
assumption arrangements with the Manager, see the Statement of Additional Information.
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A B O U T Y O U R A C C O U N T

How to Buy Shares

AT WHAT PRICE ARE SHARES SOLD? Shares of the Trust are sold at their offering price, which is the net asset
value per share without any sales charge. The net asset value per share will normally remain fixed at $1.00 per
share. However, there is no guarantee that the Trust will maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share.

The offering price that applies to a purchase order is based on the next calculation of the net asset
value per share that is made after the Distributor (Centennial Asset Management Corporation) or the
Sub-Distributor (OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.) receives the purchase order at its offices in Colorado, or
after any agent appointed by the Sub-Distributor receives the order and sends it to the Sub-Distributor as
described below.

How is the Trust's Net Asset Value Determined? The net asset value of shares of the Trust is normally determined
twice each day, at 12:00 Noon and at 4:00 P.M., on each day The New York Stock Exchange is open for
trading (referred to in this Prospectus as a "regular business day"). All references to time in this
Prospectus mean "Eastern time."

The net asset value per share is determined by dividing the value of the Trust's net assets by the
number of shares that are outstanding. Under a policy adopted by the Trust's Board of Trustees, the Trust uses
the amortized cost method to value its securities to determine net asset value.

The shares of the Trust offered by this Prospectus are considered to be Class A shares for the purposes
of exchanging them or reinvesting distributions among other eligible funds that offer more than one class of
shares.

If, after the close of the principal market on which a security held by the Trust is traded, and before
the time the Trust's securities are priced that day, an event occurs that the Manager deems likely to cause a
material change in the value of such security, the Trust's Board of Trustees has authorized the Manager, subject
to the Board's review, to ascertain a fair value for such security. A security's valuation may differ depending
on the method used for determining value.

HOW MUCH MUST YOU INVEST? You can open an account with a minimum initial investment described below, depending
on how you buy and pay for your shares. You can make additional purchases at any time with as little as $25.
The minimum investment requirements do not apply to reinvesting distributions from the Trust or other eligible
funds (a list of them appears in the Statement of Additional Information, or you can ask your broker/dealer or
call the Transfer Agent) or reinvesting distributions from unit investment trusts that have made arrangements
with the Distributor.

HOW ARE SHARES PURCHASED? You can buy shares in one of several ways:

Buying Shares Through a Broker/Dealer's Automatic Purchase and Redemption Program. You can buy shares of a Trust
through a broker/dealer that has a sales agreement with the Trust's Distributor or Sub-Distributor that
allows shares to be purchased through the broker/dealer's Automatic Purchase and Redemption Program.
Shares of the Trust are sold mainly to customers of participating broker/dealers that offer the Trust's
shares under these special purchase programs. If you participate in an Automatic Purchase and
Redemption Program established by your broker/dealer, your broker/dealer buys shares of the Trust for
your account with the broker/dealer. Program participants should also read the description of the
program provided by their broker/dealer.

Buying Shares Through Your Broker/Dealer. If you do not participate in an Automatic Purchase and Redemption
Program, you can buy shares of the Trust through any broker/dealer that has a sales agreement with the
Distributor or Sub-Distributor. Your broker/dealer will place your order with the Distributor on your
behalf.

Buying Shares Directly Through the Sub-Distributor. You can also purchase shares directly through the Trust's
Sub-Distributor. Shareholders who make purchases directly and hold shares in their own names are
referred to as "direct shareholders" in this Prospectus.

The Sub-Distributor may appoint certain servicing agents to accept purchase (and redemption) orders,
including broker/dealers that have established Automatic Purchase and Redemption Programs. The Distributor or
Sub-Distributor, in their sole discretion, may reject any purchase order for shares of a Trust.

AUTOMATIC PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION PROGRAM. If you buy shares of a Trust through your broker/dealer's Automatic
Purchase and Redemption Program, your broker/dealer will buy your shares for your Program Account and will hold
your shares in your broker/dealer's name. These purchases will be made under the procedures described in
"Guaranteed Payment Procedures" below. Your Automatic Purchase and Redemption Program Account may have minimum
investment requirements established by your broker/dealer. You should direct all questions about your Automatic
Purchase and Redemption Program to your broker/dealer, because the Trust's Transfer Agent does not have access to
information about your account under that Program.

Guaranteed Payment Procedures. Some broker/dealers may have arrangements with the Distributor to enable them to
place purchase orders for shares of the Trust and to guarantee that the Trust's custodian bank will
receive Federal Funds to pay for the shares prior to specified times. Broker/dealers whose clients
participate in Automatic Purchase and Redemption Programs may use these guaranteed payment procedures to
pay for purchases of shares of the Trust.

o If the Distributor receives a purchase order before 12:00 Noon on a regular business day with the
broker/dealer's guarantee that the Trust's custodian bank will receive payment for those shares in Federal
Funds by 2:00 P.M. on that same day, the order will be effected at the net asset value determined at 12:00 Noon
that day. Distributions will begin to accrue on the shares on that day if the Federal Funds are received by the
required time.

o If the Distributor receives a purchase order after 12:00 Noon on a regular business day with the
broker/dealer's guarantee that the Trust's custodian bank will receive payment for those shares in Federal
Funds by 2:00 P.M. on that same day, the order will be effected at the net asset value determined at 4:00 P.M.
that day. Distributions will begin to accrue on the shares on that day if the Federal Funds are received by
the required time.

o If the Distributor receives a purchase order between 12:00 Noon and 4:00 P.M. on a regular business day
with the broker/dealer's guarantee that the Trust's custodian bank will receive payment for those shares in
Federal Funds by 4:00 P.M. the next regular business day, the order will be effected at the net asset value
determined at 4:00 P.M. on the day the order is received and distributions will begin to accrue on the shares
purchased on the next regular business day if the Federal Funds are received by the required time.

HOW CAN DIRECT SHAREHOLDERS BUY SHARES? Direct shareholders can buy shares of the Trust by completing a
Centennial Funds new account application and sending it to the Sub-Distributor, OppenheimerFunds Distributor,
Inc., P.O. Box 5143, Denver, Colorado 80217. Payment must be made by check or by Federal Funds wire as described
below. If you don't list a broker/dealer on the application, the Sub-Distributor will act as your agent in
buying the shares. However, we recommend that you discuss your investment with a financial advisor before you
make a purchase to be sure that the Trust is appropriate for you.

The Trust intends to be as fully invested as possible to maximize its yield. Therefore, newly purchased
shares normally will begin to accrue distributions after the Sub-Distributor or its agent accepts your purchase
order, starting on the business day after the Trust receives Federal Funds from the purchase payment.

Payment by Check. Direct shareholders may pay for purchases of shares of the Trust by check. Send your check,
payable to "OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.," along with your application and other documents to the
address listed above. For initial purchases, your check should be payable in U.S. dollars and drawn on
a U.S. bank so that distributions will begin to accrue on the next regular business day after the
Sub-Distributor accepts your purchase order. If your check is not drawn on a U.S. bank and is not
payable in U.S. dollars, the shares will not be purchased until the Sub-Distributor is able to convert
the purchase payment to Federal Funds. In that case distributions will begin to accrue on the purchased
shares on the next regular business day after the purchase is made. The minimum initial investment for
direct shareholders by check is $500.

Payment by Federal Funds Wire. Direct shareholders may pay for purchases of shares of the Trust by Federal Funds
wire. You must also forward your application and other documents to the address listed above. Before
sending a wire, call the Sub-Distributor's Wire Department at 1.800.525.9310 (toll-free from within the
U.S.) or 303.768.3200 (from outside the U.S.) to notify the Sub-Distributor of the wire, and to receive
further instructions.

Distributions will begin to accrue on the purchased shares on the purchase date that is a regular
business day if the Federal Funds from your wire and the application are received by the Sub-Distributor and
accepted by 12:00 Noon. If the Sub-Distributor receives the Federal Funds from your wire and accepts the
purchase order between 12:00 Noon and 4:00 P.M. on the purchase date, distributions will begin to accrue on the
shares on the next regular business day. The minimum investment by Federal Funds Wire is $2,500.

Buying Shares Through Automatic Investment Plans. Direct shareholders can purchase shares of the Trust
automatically each month by authorizing the Trust's Transfer Agent to debit your account at a U.S.
domestic bank or other financial institution. Details are in the Automatic Investment Plan Application
and the Statement of Additional Information. The minimum monthly purchase is $25.

Service (12b-1) Plan. The Trust has adopted a service plan. It reimburses the Distributor for a portion of its
costs incurred for services provided to accounts that hold shares of the Trust. Reimbursement is made
quarterly, or monthly depending on asset size, at an annual rate of up to 0.20% of the average annual
net assets of the Trust. The Distributor currently uses all of those fees (together with significant
amounts from the Manager's own resources) to pay dealers, brokers, banks and other financial
institutions quarterly for providing personal services and maintenance of accounts of their customers
that hold shares of the Trust.

How to Sell Shares

You can sell (redeem) some or all of your shares on any regular business day. Your shares will be sold at the
next net asset value calculated after your order is received in proper form (which means that it must comply with
the procedures described below) and is accepted by the Transfer Agent.

HOW CAN PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS SELL SHARES? If you participate in an Automatic Purchase and Redemption Program
sponsored by your broker/dealer, you must redeem shares held in your Program Account by contacting your
broker/dealer firm, or you can redeem shares by writing checks as described below. You should not contact the
Trust or its Transfer Agent directly to redeem shares held in your Program Account. You may also arrange (but
only through your broker/dealer) to have the proceeds of redeemed Trust shares sent by Federal Funds wire, as
described below in "Sending Redemption Proceeds by Wire."

HOW CAN DIRECT SHAREHOLDERS REDEEM SHARES? Direct shareholders can redeem their shares by writing a letter to
the Transfer Agent, by using the Trust's checkwriting privilege, or by telephone. You can also set up Automatic
Withdrawal Plans to redeem shares on a regular basis. If you have questions about any of these procedures, and
especially if you are redeeming shares in a special situation, such as due to the death of the owner, please call
the Transfer Agent for assistance first, at 1.800.525.9310.

Certain Requests Require a Signature Guarantee. To protect you and the Trust from fraud, the following
redemption requests for accounts of direct shareholders must be in writing and must include a signature
guarantee (although there may be other situations that also require a signature guarantee):
You wish to redeem $100,000 or more and receive a check
The redemption check is not payable to all shareholders listed on the account statement
The redemption check is not sent to the address of record on your account statement
Shares are being transferred to an account with a different owner or name
Shares are being redeemed by someone (such as an Executor) other than the owners listed in the account
registration.

Where Can Direct Shareholders Have Their Signatures Guaranteed? The Transfer Agent will accept a guarantee of
your signature by a number of financial institutions, including:
o a U.S. bank, trust company, credit union or savings association,
o a foreign bank that has a U.S. correspondent bank,
o a U.S. registered dealer or broker in securities, municipal securities or government securities, or
o a U.S. national securities exchange, a registered securities association or a clearing agency.

If you are signing on behalf of a corporation, partnership or other business or as a fiduciary, you must
also include your title in the signature.

How Can Direct Shareholders Sell Shares by Mail? Write a letter to the Transfer Agent that includes:
o Your name
o The Trust's name
o Your account number (from your account statement)
o The dollar amount or number of shares to be redeemed
o Any special payment instructions
o Any share certificates for the shares you are selling
o The signatures of all registered owners exactly as the account is registered, and
o Any special documents requested by the Transfer Agent to assure proper authorization of the person
asking to sell the shares (such as Letters Testamentary of an Executor).

Use the following address for Send courier or express mail
----------------------------------------------------------- requests to:
requests by mail: Shareholder Services, Inc.
Shareholder Services, Inc. 10200 E. Girard Avenue, Building D
P.O. Box 5143 Denver, Colorado 80231
Denver, Colorado 80217-5143

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How Can Direct Shareholders Sell Shares by Telephone? Direct shareholders and their broker/dealer representative
of record may also sell shares by telephone. To receive the redemption price calculated on a particular
regular business day, the Transfer Agent, or its designated agent, must receive the request by 4:00 P.M.
on that day. You may not redeem shares held under a share certificate by telephone. To redeem shares
through a service representative, call 1.800.525.9310. Proceeds of telephone redemptions will be paid
by check payable to the shareholder(s) of record and will be sent to the address of record for the
account. Up to $100,000 may be redeemed by telephone in any seven day period. Telephone redemptions are
not available within 30 days of changing the address on an account.

Sending Redemption Proceeds By Wire. While the Transfer Agent normally sends direct shareholders their money by
check, you can arrange to have the proceeds of the shares you sell sent by Federal Funds wire to a bank
account you designate. It must be a commercial bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve wire
system. The minimum redemption you can have sent by wire is $2,500. There is a $10 fee for each
request. To find out how to set up this feature on an account or to arrange a wire, direct shareholders
should call the Transfer Agent at 1.800.525.9310. If you hold your shares through your broker/dealer's
Automatic Purchase and Redemption Program, you must contact your broker/dealer to arrange a Federal
Funds wire.

Can Direct Shareholders Submit Requests by Fax? Direct shareholders may send requests for certain types of
account transactions to the Transfer Agent by fax (telecopier). Please call 1.800.525.9310 for
information about which transactions may be handled this way. Transaction requests submitted by fax are
subject to the same rules and restrictions as written and telephone requests described in this
Prospectus.

HOW DO I WRITE CHECKS AGAINST MY ACCOUNT? Automatic Purchase and Redemption Program participants may write
checks against the account held under their Program, but must arrange for checkwriting privileges through their
broker/dealers. Direct shareholders may write checks against their account by requesting that privilege on the
account application or by contacting the Transfer Agent for signature cards. They must be signed (with a
signature guarantee) by all owners of the account and returned to the Transfer Agent so that checks can be sent
to you to use. Shareholders with joint accounts can elect in writing to have checks paid over the signature of
one owner. If checkwriting is established after November 1, 2000, only one signature is required for shareholders
with joint accounts, unless you elect otherwise.

Checks can be written to the order of whomever you wish, but may not be cashed at the bank the checks
are payable through or the Trust's custodian bank.
Checkwriting privileges are not available for accounts holding shares that are subject to a contingent
deferred sales charge.
Checks must be written for at least $250.
Checks cannot be paid if they are written for more than your account value.
You may not write a check that would require the Trust to redeem shares that were purchased by check or
Automatic Investment Plan payments within the prior 10 days.
Don't use your checks if you changed your account number, until you receive new checks.

WILL I PAY A SALES CHARGE WHEN I SELL MY SHARES? The Trust does not charge a fee to redeem shares of the Trust
that were bought directly or by reinvesting distributions from that Trust or another Centennial Trust or eligible
fund. Generally, there is no fee to redeem shares of the Trust bought by exchange of shares of another
Centennial Trust or eligible fund. However,

o if you acquired shares of a Trust by exchanging Class A shares of another eligible fund that you bought
subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge, and
o those shares are still subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge when you exchange them
into the Trust, then
o you will pay the contingent deferred sales charge if you redeem those shares from the Trust within 18
months of the purchase date of the shares of the fund you exchanged.

How to Exchange Shares

Shares of the Trust can be exchanged for shares of certain other Centennial Trusts or other eligible funds,
depending on whether you own your shares through your broker/dealer's Automatic Purchase and Redemption Program
or as a direct shareholder.

HOW CAN PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS EXCHANGE SHARES? If you participate in an Automatic Purchase and Redemption Program
sponsored by your broker/dealer, you may exchange shares held in your Program Account for shares of Centennial
Money Market Trust, Centennial Government Trust, Centennial Tax Exempt Trust, Centennial California Tax Exempt
Trust and Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust (referred to in this Prospectus as the "Centennial Trusts"), if
available for sale in your state of residence by contacting your broker or dealer and obtaining a Prospectus of
the selected Centennial Trust.

HOW CAN DIRECT SHAREHOLDERS EXCHANGE SHARES? Direct shareholders can exchange shares of the Trust for Class A
shares of certain eligible funds listed in the Statement of Additional Information. To exchange shares, you must
meet several conditions:

Shares of the fund selected for exchange must be available for sale in your state of residence.
The prospectuses of the Trust and the fund whose shares you want to buy must offer the exchange privilege.
You must hold the shares you buy when you establish your account for at least seven days before you can
exchange them. After the account is open seven days, you can exchange shares every regular business
day.

You must meet the minimum purchase requirements for the fund whose shares you purchase by exchange.
Before exchanging into a fund, you must obtain and read its prospectus.

Shares of a particular class of an eligible fund may be exchanged only for shares of the same class in
other eligible funds. For example, you can exchange shares of the Trust only for Class A shares of another fund,
and you can exchange only Class A shares of another eligible fund for shares of the Trust.

You may pay a sales charge when you exchange shares of the Trust. Because shares of the Trust are sold
without sales charge, in some cases you may pay a sales charge when you exchange shares of the Trust for shares
of other eligible funds that are sold subject to a sales charge. You will not pay a sales charge when you
exchange shares of the Trust purchased by reinvesting distributions from the Trust or other eligible funds
(except Oppenheimer Cash Reserves), or when you exchange shares of the Trust purchased by exchange of shares of
an eligible fund on which you paid a sales charge.

For tax purposes, exchanges of shares involve a sale of the shares of the fund you own and a purchase of
the shares of the other fund, which may result in a capital gain or loss. Since shares of the Trust normally
maintain a $1.00 net asset value, in most cases you should not realize a capital gain or loss when you sell or
exchange your shares.

Direct shareholders can find a list of eligible funds currently available for exchanges in the Statement
of Additional Information or you can obtain one by calling a service representative at 1.800.525.9310. The list
of eligible funds can change from time to time.

How Do Direct Shareholders Submit Exchange Requests? Direct shareholders may request exchanges in writing or by
telephone:

Written Exchange Requests. Complete an Exchange Authorization Form, signed by all owners of the account.
Send it to the Transfer Agent at the address on the back cover.

Telephone Exchange Requests. Telephone exchange requests may be made by calling a service representative at
1.800.525.9310. Telephone exchanges may be made only between accounts that are registered with the same
name(s) and address. Shares held under certificates may not be exchanged by telephone.

ARE THERE LIMITATIONS ON EXCHANGES? There are certain exchange policies you should be aware of:

Shares are normally redeemed from one fund and purchased from the other fund in the exchange transaction on
the same regular business day on which the Transfer Agent receives an exchange request that conforms to
the policies described above. Requests for exchanges to any of the Centennial Trusts must be received
by the Transfer Agent by 4:00 P.M. on a regular business day to be effected that day. The Transfer
Agent must receive requests to exchange shares of the Trust to funds other than the Centennial Trusts on
a regular business day by the close of The New York Stock Exchange that day. The close is normally 4:00
P.M. but may be earlier on some days. However, either fund may delay the purchase of shares of the fund
you are exchanging into up to seven days if it determines it would be disadvantaged by the same day
exchange.

The interests of the Trust's long-term shareholders and its ability to manage its investments may be
adversely affected when its shares are repeatedly bought and sold in response to short-term market
fluctuations--also known as "market timing." When large dollar amounts are involved, the Trust may have
difficulty implementing long-term investment strategies, because it cannot predict how much cash it will
have to invest. Market timing also may force the Trust to sell portfolio securities at disadvantageous
times to raise the cash needed to buy a market timer's shares. These factors may hurt the Trust's
performance and its shareholders. When the Manager believes frequent trading would have a disruptive
effect on the Trust's ability to manage its investments, the Manager and the Trust may reject purchase
orders and exchanges into the Trust by any person, group or account that the Manager believes to be a
market timer.

The Trust may amend, suspend or terminate the exchange privilege at any time. The Trust will provide you
notice whenever it is required to do so by applicable law, but it may impose changes at any time for
emergency purposes.

Because excessive trading can hurt fund performance and harm shareholders, the Trust reserves the right to
refuse any exchange request that may, in the opinion of the Trust, be disadvantageous, or to refuse
multiple exchange requests submitted by a shareholder or dealer.

The Trust may amend, suspend or terminate the exchange privilege at any time. The Trust will provide you
notice whenever it is required to do so by applicable law, but it may impose these changes at any time
for emergency purposes.

If the Transfer Agent cannot exchange all the shares you request because of a restriction cited above, only
the shares eligible for exchange will be exchanged.

Shareholder Account Rules and Policies

More information about the Trust's policies and procedures for buying, selling and exchanging shares is contained
in the Statement of Additional Information.

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

Telephone transaction privileges for purchases, redemptions or exchanges may be modified, suspended or terminated
by the Trust at any time. If an account has more than one owner, the Trust and the Transfer Agent may
rely on the instructions of any one owner. Telephone privileges apply to each owner of the account and
the broker/dealer representative of record for the account unless the Transfer Agent receives
cancellation instructions from an owner of the account. The Trust will provide you notice whenever it
is required to do so by applicable law.

The Transfer Agent will record any telephone calls to verify data concerning transactions. It has adopted other
procedures to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine, by requiring callers to provide tax
identification numbers and other account data and by confirming such transactions in writing. The
Transfer Agent and the Trust will not be liable for losses or expenses arising out of telephone
instructions where reasonably believed to be genuine.

Redemption or transfer requests will not be honored until the Transfer Agent receives all required documents in
proper form. From time to time, the Transfer Agent in its discretion may waive certain of the
requirements for redemptions stated in this Prospectus.

Payment for redeemed shares ordinarily is made in cash. It is forwarded by check or by Federal Funds wire (as
elected by the shareholder) within seven days after the Transfer Agent receives redemption instructions
in proper form. However, under unusual circumstances determined by the Securities and Exchange
Commission, payment may be delayed or suspended. For accounts registered in the name of a
broker/dealer, payment will normally be forwarded within three business days after redemption.

The Transfer Agent may delay forwarding a check or making a payment via Federal Funds wire for the redemption of
recently purchased shares, but only until the purchase payment has cleared. That delay may be as much as
10 days from the date the shares were purchased. That delay may be avoided if you purchase shares by
Federal Funds wire or certified check, or arrange with your bank to provide telephone or written
assurance to the Transfer Agent that your purchase payment has cleared.

Involuntary redemptions of small accounts may be made by the Trust if the account value has fallen below $250 for
reasons other than the fact that the market value of shares has dropped. In some cases involuntary
redemptions may be made to repay the Distributor or Sub-Distributor for losses from the cancellation of
share purchase orders.

"Backup Withholding" of federal income tax may be applied against taxable dividends, distributions and redemption
proceeds (including exchanges) if you fail to furnish the Trust your correct, certified Social Security
or Employer Identification Number when you sign your application, or if you under-report your income to
the Internal Revenue Service.

To avoid sending duplicate copies of materials to households, the Trust will mail only one copy of each
prospectus, annual and semi-annual report and annual notice of the Trust's privacy policy to
shareholders having the same last name and address on the Trust's records. The consolidation of these
mailings, called householding, benefits the Trust through reduced mailing expense.

If you want to receive multiple copies of these materials, you may call the Transfer Agent at
1.800.525.9310. You may also notify the Transfer Agent in writing. Individual copies of prospectuses,
reports and privacy notices will be sent to you commencing within 30 days after the Transfer Agent
receives your request to stop householding.

Dividends and Tax Information

DIVIDENDS. The Trust intends to declare dividends from net investment income each regular business day and to
pay those dividends to shareholders monthly on a date selected by the Board of Trustees. To maintain a net asset
value of $1.00 per share, the Trust might withhold dividends or make distributions from capital or capital
gains. Daily dividends will not be declared or paid on newly purchased shares until Federal Funds are available
to the Trust from the purchase payment for such shares.

CAPITAL GAINS. The Trust normally holds its securities to maturity and therefore will not usually pay capital
gains. Although the Trust does not seek capital gains, the Trust could realize capital gains on the sale of its
portfolio securities. If it does, it may make distributions out of any net short-term or long-term capital gains
in December of each year. The Trust may make supplemental distributions of dividends and capital gains following
the end of its fiscal year.

What Choices Do I Have for Receiving Distributions? For Automatic Purchase and Redemption Programs, dividends
and distributions are automatically reinvested in additional shares of the selected Trust. When you
open your account, direct shareholders should specify on your application how you want to receive your
dividends and distributions. You have four options:

o Reinvest All Distributions in the Trust. You can elect to reinvest all dividends and capital gains
distributions in additional shares of the Trust.
o Reinvest Capital Gains Only. You can elect to reinvest some distributions (short-term capital gains or
long-term capital gains) in the Trust while receiving dividends by check or having them sent to your
bank account.
o Receive All Distributions in Cash. You can elect to receive a check for all dividends and capital gains
distributions or have them sent to your bank.
o Reinvest Your Distributions in Another Account. You can reinvest all distributions in the same class of
shares of another eligible fund account you have established.

Under the terms of the Automatic Purchase and Redemption Program, your broker/dealer can redeem shares to satisfy
debit balances arising in your Program Account. If that occurs, you will be entitled to dividends on those shares
as described in your Program Agreements.

TAXES. Exempt interest dividends paid from net investment income earned by the Trust on municipal securities will
be excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes. A portion of a dividend that is derived from
interest paid on certain "private activity bonds" may be an item of tax preference if you are subject to the
alternative minimum tax. If the Trust earns interest on taxable investments, any dividends derived from those
earnings will be taxable as ordinary income to shareholders.

Dividends paid by the Trust from interest it receives from New York municipal securities will be exempt
from New York State and New York City personal income taxes. Dividends paid from municipal securities of other
issuers normally will be treated as taxable ordinary income subject to New York State and New York City personal
income taxes.

Dividends and capital gains distributions may be subject to state or local taxes. Long-term capital
gains are taxable as long-term capital gains when distributed to shareholders. It does not matter how long you
have held your shares. Dividends paid from short-term capital gains are taxable as ordinary income. Whether you
reinvest your distributions in additional shares or take them in cash, the tax treatment is the same. Every year
the Trust will send you and the IRS a statement showing the amount of any taxable distribution you received in
the previous year as well as the amount of your tax-exempt income.

Remember, There May be Taxes on Transactions. Because the Trust seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 per share net
asset value, it is unlikely that you will have a capital gain or loss when you sell or exchange your
shares. A capital gain or loss is the difference between the price you paid for the shares and the
price you received when you sold them. Any capital gain is subject to capital gains tax.

Returns of Capital Can Occur. In certain cases, distributions made by the Trust may be considered a non-taxable
return of capital to shareholders. If that occurs, it will be identified in notices to shareholders.

This information is only a summary of certain federal income tax information about your investment. You
should consult with your tax advisor about the effect of an investment in the Trust on your particular tax
situation.

Financial Highlights

The Financial Highlights Table is presented to help you understand the Trust's financial performance for the past
five fiscal years. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Trust share. The total returns
in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned [or lost] on an investment in the Trust
(assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been audited by Deloitte &
Touche LLP, the Trust's independent auditors, whose report, along with the Trust's financial statements, is
included in the Statement of Additional Information, which is available on request.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust


                                                                                                    YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,
                                                                     2002       2001        2000       1999        1998
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PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
Net asset value, beginning of period ...........................   $ 1.00     $ 1.00      $ 1.00     $ 1.00      $ 1.00
Income from investment operations--net
  investment income and net realized gain ......................      .01        .03         .03        .02         .03
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
Dividends from net investment income ...........................     (.01)      (.03)       (.03)      (.02)       (.03)
Distributions from net realized gain ...........................       --(1)      --          --         --          --
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Total dividends and/or distributions
  to shareholders ..............................................     (.01)      (.03)       (.03)      (.02)       (.03)
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Net asset value, end of period .................................   $ 1.00     $ 1.00      $ 1.00     $ 1.00      $ 1.00
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TOTAL RETURN(2) ................................................     0.96%      3.09%       2.92%      2.42%       2.87%

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) .......................  $68,618    $72,370     $55,963    $61,792     $56,807
Average net assets (in thousands) ..............................  $76,925    $68,810     $61,033    $59,345     $53,923
Ratios to average net assets:(3)
Net investment income ..........................................     0.96%      3.04%       2.84%      2.38%       2.85%
Expenses .......................................................     0.84%      0.90%       0.92%      0.89%       0.89%(4)
Expenses, net of voluntary reimbursement of
  expenses and/or reduction to custodian expenses ..............     0.80%      0.82%       0.82%      0.80%       0.80%

1. Less than $0.005 per share.
2. Assumes an investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal
period, with all dividends 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 reflect changes in net investment income
only. Total returns are not annualized for periods of less than one year.
3. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
4. Expense ratio has been calculated without adjustment for the reduction to
custodian expenses.




INFORMATION AND SERVICES

For More Information on Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust

The following additional information about the Trust is available without charge upon request:


STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.  This document includes additional information about the Trust's investment
policies, risks, and operations.  It is incorporated by reference into this Prospectus (which means it is legally
part of this Prospectus).

ANNUAL AND SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS.  Additional information about the Trust's investments and performance is
available in the Trust's Annual and Semi-Annual Reports to shareholders.  The Annual Report includes a discussion
of market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Trust's performance during its
last fiscal year.


How to Get More Information

You can request the Statement of Additional Information, the Annual and Semi-Annual Reports, the notice
explaining the Trust's privacy policy and other information about the Trust or your account:

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By Telephone:                                                Call Shareholder Services, Inc. toll-free:
                                                             1.800.525.9310

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By Mail:                                                     Write to:
                                                             Shareholder Services, Inc.
                                                             P.O. Box 5143
                                                             Denver, Colorado 80217
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Information about the Trust including the Statement of Additional Information can be reviewed and copied at the
SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be
obtained by calling the SEC at 1.202.942.8090.  Reports and other information about the Trust are available on
the EDGAR database on the SEC's Internet website at www.sec.gov. Copies may be obtained after payment of a
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duplicating fee by electronic request at the SEC's e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing to the SEC's
Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-0102.

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

                                                                   The Trust's shares are distributed by:

The Trust's SEC File No.: 811-5584  Centennial Asset Management Corporation
PR0780.001.1102
Printed on recycled paper






APPENDIX TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
CENTENNIAL NEW YORK TAX EXEMPT TRUST

         Graphic material included in Prospectus of Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust (the "Trust") under the
heading:  "Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31 each year)."

         Bar chart will be included in the Prospectus of the Trust depicting the annual total returns of a
hypothetical investment in shares of the Trust for the full calendar year since the Trust's inception as a money
market fund.  Set forth below are the relevant data points that will appear on the bar chart.

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Calendar Year Ended:                             Annual Total Returns
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12/31/92                                         2.19%
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12/31/93                                         1.62%
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12/31/94                                         2.03%
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12/31/95                                         3.14%
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12/31/96                                         2.67%
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12/31/97                                         2.88%
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12/31/98                                         2.66%
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12/31/99                                         2.49%
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12/31/00                                         3.29%
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12/31/01                                         2.04%

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6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112

1.800.525.9310

Statement of Additional Information dated November 1, 2002

This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus. This document contains additional
information about the Trust and supplements information in the Prospectus dated November 1, 2002. It should be
read together with the Prospectus, which may be obtained by writing to the Trust's Transfer Agent, Shareholder
Services, Inc., at P.O. Box 5143, Denver, Colorado 80217, or by calling the Transfer Agent at the toll-free
number shown above.

Contents
Page
About the Trust

Additional Information about the Trust's Investment Policies and Risks.......................................2
The Trust's Investment Policies.........................................................................2
Other Investment Strategies.............................................................................9
Investment Restrictions................................................................................24
How the Trust is Managed....................................................................................26
Organization and History...............................................................................26
Trustees and Officers of the Trust.....................................................................28
The Manager............................................................................................37
Service Plan................................................................................................41
Performance of the Trust....................................................................................42

About Your Account

How To Buy Shares...........................................................................................45
How To Sell Shares............................................................................................46
How To Exchange Shares......................................................................................47
Dividends and Taxes.........................................................................................49
Additional Information About the Trust......................................................................54

Financial Information About the Trust

Independent Auditors' Report................................................................................55
Financial Statements........................................................................................56

Appendix A: Description of Securities Ratings...................................................................A-1
Appendix B: Municipal Bond Industry Classifications.............................................................B-1

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ABOUT THE TRUST

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Additional Information About the Trust's Investment Policies and Risks

The investment objective and the principal investment policies of the Trust are described in the Prospectus.
This Statement of Additional Information contains supplemental information about those policies and the types of
securities that the Trust's investment manager, Centennial Asset Management Corporation (referred to as the
"Manager"), will select for the Trust. Additional explanations are also provided about the strategies the Trust
may use to try to achieve its objective.

The Trust's Investment Policies. The composition of the Trust's portfolio and the techniques and strategies that
the Trust's Manager uses in selecting portfolio securities will vary over time. The Trust is not required to use
all of the investment techniques and strategies described below at all times in seeking its goal. It may use
some of the special investment techniques and strategies at some times or not at all.

The Trust will not make investments with the objective of seeking capital growth. However, the value of
the securities held by the Trust may be affected by changes in general interest rates. Because the current value
of debt securities varies inversely with changes in prevailing interest rates, if interest rates increase after a
security is purchased, that security would normally decline in value. Conversely, if interest rates decrease
after a security is purchased, its value would rise. However, those fluctuations in value will not generally
result in realized gains or losses to the Trust since the Trust does not usually intend to dispose of securities
prior to their maturity. A debt security held to maturity is redeemable by its issuer at full principal value
plus accrued interest.

The Trust may sell securities prior to their maturity, to attempt to take advantage of short-term market
variations, or because of a revised credit evaluation of the issuer or other considerations. The Trust may also
do so to generate cash to satisfy redemptions of Trust shares. In such cases, the Trust may realize a capital
gain or loss on the security.

There are variations in the credit quality of municipal securities, both within a particular rating
classification and between classifications. These variations depend on numerous factors. The yields of municipal
securities depend on a number of factors, including general conditions in the municipal securities market, the
size of a particular offering, the maturity of the obligation and rating (if any) of the issue. These factors are
discussed in greater detail below.

Municipal Securities. The types of municipal securities in which the Trust may invest are described in the
Prospectus under "About the Trust's Investments." Municipal securities are generally classified as general
obligation bonds, revenue bonds and notes. A discussion of the general characteristics of these principal types
of municipal securities follows below.

|X| Municipal Bonds. We have classified municipal securities having a maturity (when the security is
issued) of more than one year as "municipal bonds." The principal classifications of long-term municipal bonds
are "general obligation" and "revenue" (including "industrial development") bonds. They may have fixed, variable
or floating rates of interest, as described below.

Some bonds may be "callable," allowing the issuer to redeem them before their maturity date. To protect
bondholders, callable bonds may be issued with provisions that prevent them from being called for a period of
time. Typically, that is 5 to 10 years from the issuance date. When interest rates decline, if the call
protection on a bond has expired, it is more likely that the issuer may call the bond. If that occurs, the Trust
might have to reinvest the proceeds of the called bond in bonds that pay a lower rate of return.

|_| General Obligation Bonds. The basic security behind general obligation bonds is the issuer's
pledge of its full faith and credit and taxing power, if any, for the repayment of principal and the payment of
interest. Issuers of general obligation bonds include states, counties, cities, towns, and regional districts.
The proceeds of these obligations are used to fund a wide range of public projects, including construction or
improvement of schools, highways and roads, and water and sewer systems. The rate of taxes that can be levied
for the payment of debt service on these bonds may be limited or unlimited. Additionally, there may be limits as
to the rate or amount of special assessments that can be levied to meet these obligations.

|_| Revenue Bonds. The principal security for a revenue bond is generally the net revenues derived
from a particular facility, group of facilities, or, in some cases, the proceeds of a special excise tax or other
specific revenue source. Revenue bonds are issued to finance a wide variety of capital projects. Examples
include electric, gas, water and sewer systems; highways, bridges, and tunnels; port and airport facilities;
colleges and universities; and hospitals.

Although the principal security for these types of bonds may vary from bond to bond, many provide
additional security in the form of a debt service reserve fund that may be used to make principal and interest
payments on the issuer's obligations. Housing finance authorities have a wide range of security, including
partially or fully insured mortgages, rent subsidized and/or collateralized mortgages, and/or the net revenues
from housing or other public projects. Some authorities provide further security in the form of a state's
ability (without obligation) to make up deficiencies in the debt service reserve fund.

|_| Industrial Development Bonds. Industrial development bonds are considered municipal bonds if the
interest paid is exempt from federal income tax. They are issued by or on behalf of public authorities to raise
money to finance various privately operated facilities for business and manufacturing, housing, sports, and
pollution control. These bonds may also be used to finance public facilities such as airports, mass transit
systems, ports, and parking. The payment of the principal and interest on such bonds is dependent solely on the
ability of the facility's user to meet its financial obligations and the pledge, if any, of real and personal
property financed by the bond as security for those payments.

|_| Private Activity Municipal Securities. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 (the "Tax Reform Act")
reorganized, as well as amended, the rules governing tax exemption for interest on certain types of municipal
securities. The Tax Reform Act generally did not change the tax treatment of bonds issued in order to finance
governmental operations. Thus, interest on general obligation bonds issued by or on behalf of state or local
governments, the proceeds of which are used to finance the operations of such governments, continues to be
tax-exempt. However, the Tax Reform Act limited the use of tax-exempt bonds for non-governmental (private)
purposes. More stringent restrictions were placed on the use of proceeds of such bonds. Interest on certain
private activity bonds is taxable under the revised rules. There is an exception for "qualified" tax-exempt
private activity bonds, for example, exempt facility bonds including certain industrial development bonds,
qualified mortgage bonds, qualified Section 501(c)(3) bonds, and qualified student loan bonds. Normally, the
Trust will not invest more than 20% of its total assets in private activity municipal securities or other taxable
investments.

In addition, limitations as to the amount of private activity bonds which each state may issue were
revised downward by the Tax Reform Act, which will reduce the supply of such bonds. The value of the Trust's
portfolio could be affected if there is a reduction in the availability of such bonds.

Interest on certain private activity bonds issued after August 7, 1986, which continues to be
tax-exempt, will be treated as a tax preference item subject to the alternative minimum tax (discussed below) to
which certain taxpayers are subject. The Trust may hold municipal securities the interest on which (and thus a
proportionate share of the exempt-interest dividends paid by the Trust) will be subject to the federal
alternative minimum tax on individuals and corporations.

The federal alternative minimum tax is designed to ensure that all persons who receive income pay some
tax, even if their regular tax is zero. This is accomplished in part by including in taxable income certain tax
preference items that are used to calculate alternative minimum taxable income. The Tax Reform Act made
tax-exempt interest from certain private activity bonds a tax preference item for purposes of the alternative
minimum tax on individuals and corporations. Any exempt-interest dividend paid by a regulated investment company
will be treated as interest on a specific private activity bond to the extent of the proportionate relationship
the interest the investment company receives on such bonds bears to all its exempt interest dividends.

In addition, corporate taxpayers subject to the alternative minimum tax may, under some circumstances,
have to include exempt-interest dividends in calculating their alternative minimum taxable income. That could
occur in situations where the "adjusted current earnings" of the corporation exceeds its alternative minimum
taxable income.

To determine whether a municipal security is treated as a taxable private activity bond, it is subject
to a test for: (a) a trade or business use and security interest, or (b) a private loan restriction. Under the
trade or business use and security interest test, an obligation is a private activity bond if: (i) more than 10%
of the bond proceeds are used for private business purposes and (ii) 10% or more of the payment of principal or
interest on the issue is directly or indirectly derived from such private use or is secured by the privately used
property or the payments related to the use of the property. For certain types of uses, a 5% threshold is
substituted for this 10% threshold.

The term "private business use" means any direct or indirect use in a trade or business carried on by an
individual or entity other than a state or municipal governmental unit. Under the private loan restriction, the
amount of bond proceeds that may be used to make private loans is limited to the lesser of 5% or $5.0 million of
the proceeds. Thus, certain issues of municipal securities could lose their tax-exempt status retroactively if
the issuer fails to meet certain requirements as to the expenditure of the proceeds of that issue or the use of
the bond-financed
facility. The Trust makes no independent investigation of the users of such bonds or their use of proceeds of the
bonds. If the Trust should hold a bond that loses its tax-exempt status retroactively, there might be an
adjustment to the tax-exempt income previously distributed to shareholders.

Additionally, a private activity bond that would otherwise be a qualified tax-exempt private activity
bond will not, under Internal Revenue Code Section 147(a), be a qualified bond for any period during which it is
held by a person who is a "substantial user" of the facilities or by a "related person" of such a substantial
user. This "substantial user" provision applies primarily to exempt facility bonds, including industrial
development bonds. The Trust may invest in industrial development bonds and other private activity bonds.
Therefore, the Trust may not be an appropriate investment for entities which are "substantial users" (or persons
related to "substantial users") of such exempt facilities. Those entities and persons should consult their tax
advisers before purchasing shares of the Trust.

A "substantial user" of such facilities is defined generally as a "non-exempt person who regularly uses
part of a facility" financed from the proceeds of exempt facility bonds. Generally, an individual will not be a
"related person" under the Internal Revenue Code unless such individual or the individual's immediate family
(spouse, brothers, sisters and immediate descendants) own directly or indirectly in the aggregate more than 50%
in value of the equity of a corporation or partnership which is a "substantial user" of a facility financed from
the proceeds of exempt facility bonds.

|X| Municipal Notes. Municipal securities having a maturity (when the security is issued) of one year
or less are generally known as municipal notes. Municipal notes generally are used to provide for short-term
working capital needs. Some of the types of municipal notes the Trust can invest in are described below.

|_| Tax Anticipation Notes. These are issued to finance working capital needs of municipalities.
Generally, they are issued in anticipation of various seasonal tax revenue, such as income, sales, use or other
business taxes, and are payable from these specific future taxes.

|_| Revenue Anticipation Notes. These are notes issued in expectation of receipt of other types of
revenue, such as federal revenues available under federal revenue-sharing programs.

|_| Bond Anticipation Notes. Bond anticipation notes are issued to provide interim financing until
long-term financing can be arranged. The long-term bonds that are issued typically also provide the money for
the repayment of the notes.

|_| Construction Loan Notes. These are sold to provide project construction financing until
permanent financing can be secured. After successful completion and acceptance of the project, it may receive
permanent financing through public agencies, such as the Federal Housing Administration.

|X| Tax Exempt Commercial Paper. This type of short-term obligation (usually having a maturity of 270
days or less) is issued by a municipality to meet current working capital needs.

|X| Municipal Lease Obligations. The Trust's investments in municipal lease obligations may be
through certificates of participation that are offered to investors by public entities. Municipal leases may take
the form of a lease or an installment purchase contract issued by a state or local government authority to obtain
funds to acquire a wide variety of equipment and facilities.

Some municipal lease securities may be deemed to be "illiquid" securities. Their purchase by the Trust
would be limited as described below in "Illiquid Securities." From time to time the Trust may invest more than 5%
of its net assets in municipal lease obligations that the Manager has determined to be liquid under guidelines
set by the Board of Trustees. Those guidelines require the Manager to evaluate:
|_| the frequency of trades and price quotations for such securities;
|_| the number of dealers or other potential buyers willing to purchase or sell such securities;
|_| the availability of market-makers; and
|_| the nature of the trades for such securities.

Municipal leases have special risk considerations. Although lease obligations do not constitute general
obligations of the municipality for which the municipality's taxing power is pledged, a lease obligation is
ordinarily backed by the municipality's covenant to budget for, appropriate and make the payments due under the
lease obligation. However, certain lease obligations contain "non-appropriation" clauses which provide that the
municipality has no obligation to make lease or installment purchase payments in future years unless money is
appropriated for that purpose on a yearly basis. While the obligation might be secured by the lease, it might be
difficult to dispose of that property in case of a default.

Projects financed with certificates of participation generally are not subject to state constitutional
debt limitations or other statutory requirements that may apply to other municipal securities. Payments by the
public entity on the obligation underlying the certificates are derived from available revenue sources. That
revenue might be diverted to the funding of other municipal service projects. Payments of interest and/or
principal with respect to the certificates are not guaranteed and do not constitute an obligation of a state or
any of its political subdivisions.

In addition to the risk of "non-appropriation," municipal lease securities do not have as highly liquid
a market as conventional municipal bonds. Municipal leases, like other municipal debt obligations, are subject to
the risk of non-payment of interest or repayment of principal by the issuer. The ability of issuers of municipal
leases to make timely lease payments may be adversely affected in general economic downturns and as relative
governmental cost burdens are reallocated among federal, state and local governmental units. A default in
payment of income would result in a reduction of income to the Trust. It could also result in a reduction in the
value of the municipal lease and that, as well as a default in repayment of principal, could result in a decrease
in the net asset value of the Trust. While the Trust holds such securities, the Manager will also evaluate the
likelihood of a continuing market for these securities and their credit quality.

Ratings of Securities - Portfolio Quality, Maturity and Diversification. Under Rule 2a-7 of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, ("Investment Company Act"), the Trust uses the amortized cost method to value its portfolio
securities to determine the Trust's net asset value per share. Rule 2a-7 imposes requirements for the maturity,
quality and diversification of the securities which the Trust buys. The Trust may purchase only those securities
that the Manager, under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, has determined have minimal credit risk
and, as such, are "eligible securities."

|_| Quality. Eligible securities are securities that have received a rating in one of the two highest
short-term rating categories by a rating organization. Rating organizations are designated by the SEC. Eligible
securities may be "first tier" or "second tier" securities. First tier securities are those that have received a
rating in the highest category for short term debt obligations by at least two rating organizations. If only one
rating organization has rated the security, it must be rated in the highest category for that rating
organization. U.S. government securities and securities issued by a registered money market mutual fund are also
first tier securities.

The Trust may also buy second tier "conduit securities." These eligible securities are securities rated
by rating organizations but are not first tier securities. Conduit securities are municipal securities such as
industrial development or revenue bonds issued to finance non-government projects. The payment of the principal
and interest on a conduit security is not the obligation of the municipal issuer, but is the obligation of
another person who is ultimately responsible for the payment of principal and interest, such as the user of the
facility. The Trust may not invest more than 5% of its total assets in second tier conduit securities.

The Trust may also buy unrated securities that the Manager determines are comparable in quality to a
first or second tier security by applying certain criteria established by the Board to determine its
creditworthiness. These criteria require a high quality short term or long-term rating (depending on the
security) from a rating organization. Unrated securities the Trust may buy include asset backed securities and
securities subject to "demand features" or "guarantees."

The Trust may purchase a security subject to a guarantee if the guarantee is an eligible security or a
first tier security. The trust may also purchase a security subject to a "conditional" demand feature if the
demand feature is an eligible security and the Manager has decided that the conditional demand feature meets the
requirements imposed by Rule 2a-7.

If a security's rating is downgraded, the Manager or the Board of Trustees may have to reassess the
security's credit risk. If a security is downgraded, the Manager or the Board of Trustees will promptly reassess
whether the security continues to present minimal credit risk, reassess the status of the security as an
"eligible security," and take such actions as is appropriate. If the Trust disposes of the security within five
days of the Manager learning of the downgrade, the Manager will provide the Board of Trustees with subsequent
notice of such downgrade. If a security is in default, or ceases to be an eligible security, or is determined no
longer to present minimal credit risks, the Board of Trustees must determine whether it would be in the best
interests of the Trust to dispose of the security.

|_| Diversification. With respect to 75% of its total assets, the Trust cannot invest more than 5% of
its total assets in securities issued by one issuer. It cannot invest more than 5% of its total assets in
securities of one issuer unless the security is a first tier security. The Trust also cannot invest more than 1%
of its total assets or $1.0 million, whichever is greater, in second tier securities of one issuer. For
diversification purposes, the Trust is considered to have purchased the security underlying a repurchase
agreement if the repurchase agreement is fully collateralized. For a refunded security, the Trust is considered
to have the U.S. government securities underlying the refunded security. For conduit securities, the Trust
considers the issuer to be the person ultimately responsible for payment of the obligation. If the Trust buys an
asset backed security, the issuer of the security is deemed to be the "special purpose" entity which issued the
security. A special purpose entity is an entity which is organized solely for the purpose of issuing asset
backed securities. If the asset backed securities issued by the special purpose entity include the obligations
of another person or another special purpose entity and those obligations amount to 10% or more of the asset
backed securities the Trust buys, that other person or entity is considered to be the issuer of a pro rata
percentage of the asset backed security.

The Trust may buy a security subject to a demand feature or guarantee. In this case, with respect to
75% of its total assets, the Trust may not invest more than 10% of its total assets in securities issued by or
subject to demand features or guarantees issued by the same issuer. If the demand feature or guarantee is a
second tier security, the Trust may not invest more than 5% of its total assets in securities subject to demand
features or guarantees from the same issuer. And, the Trust may not invest more than 10% of its total assets in
securities issued by or subject to demand features or guarantees from the same issuer. However, if the demand
feature or guarantee is issued by a person who is a non-controlled person, the Trust does not have to limit its
investments to no more than 10% of its total assets in securities issued by or subject to demand features or
guarantees from the same issuer.

|_| Maturity. The Trust must maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of not more than 90
days, and the maturity of any single security must not be in excess the maximum permitted maturity under Rule
2a-7 (or any other applicable rule) which is currently 397 days from the date of purchase. The Trust also may
buy adjustable and floating rate securities, enter into repurchase agreements and lend portfolio securities.
Rule 2a-7 defines how the maturities of these securities are determined.

|_| Demand Features and Guarantees. Demand features and guarantees and some of their uses are
described in the Prospectus. The Trust also uses demand features and guarantees to satisfy the maturity, quality
and diversification requirements described above. The Trust considers the person which issues the demand feature
as the person to whom the Trust will look for payment. An unconditional demand feature is considered a guarantee
and the Trust looks to the person making the guarantee for payment of the obligation of the underlying security.

When the Trust buys municipal securities, it may obtain a demand feature from the seller to repurchase
the securities that entitles the Trust to achieve same day settlement from the repurchaser and to receive an
exercise price equal to the amortized cost of the underlying security plus accrued interest, if any, at the time
of exercise. Another type of demand feature purchased in conjunction with a Municipal Security enables the Trust
to sell the underlying security within a specified period of time at a fixed exercise price. The Trust may pay
for demand features either separately in cash or by paying a higher price for the securities acquired subject to
the demand features. The Trust will enter into these transactions only with banks and dealers which, in the
Manager's opinion, present minimal credit risks. The Trust's purchases of demand features are subject to the
provisions of Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act because the Trust uses the amortized cost method to
value its portfolio securities.

The Trust's ability to exercise a demand feature or guarantee will depend on the ability of the bank or
dealer to pay for the securities if the demand feature or guarantee is exercised. If the bank or dealer should
default on its obligation, the Trust might not be able to recover all or a portion of any loss sustained from
having to sell the security elsewhere. Demand features and guarantees are not transferable by the Trust, and
therefore terminate if the Trust sells the underlying security to a third party. The Trust intends to enter into
these arrangements to facilitate portfolio liquidity, although such arrangements may enable the Trust to sell a
security at a pre-arranged price which may be higher than the prevailing market price at the time the demand
feature or guarantee is exercised. Any considerations paid by the Trust for the demand feature (which increases
the cost of the security and reduces the yield otherwise available for the security) will be reflected on the
Trust's books as unrealized depreciation while the demand feature or guarantee is held, and a realized gain or
loss when demand feature is exercised or expires.

Other Investment Strategies

Floating Rate/Variable Rate Obligations. The Trust may invest in instruments with floating or variable interest
rates. The interest rate on a floating rate obligation is based on a stated prevailing market rate, such as a
bank's prime rate, the 90-day U.S. Treasury Bill rate, the rate of return on commercial paper or bank
certificates of deposit, or some other standard. The rate on the investment is adjusted automatically each time
the market rate is adjusted. The interest rate on a variable rate obligation is also based on a stated
prevailing market rate but is adjusted automatically at a specified interval. Some variable rate or floating
rate obligations in which the Trust may invest have a demand feature entitling the holder to demand payment of an
amount approximately equal to the amortized cost of the instrument or the principal amount of the instrument plus
accrued interest at any time, or at specified intervals not exceeding the maximum time permitted under Rule 2a-7
(which is currently 397 days). These notes may or may not be backed by bank letters of credit.

Variable rate demand notes may include master demand notes, which are obligations that permit the Trust
to invest fluctuating amounts in a note. The amount may change daily without penalty, pursuant to direct
arrangements between the Trust, as the note purchaser, and the issuer of the note. The interest rates on these
notes fluctuate from time to time. The issuer of this type of obligation normally has a corresponding right in
its discretion, after a given period, to prepay the outstanding principal amount of the obligation plus accrued
interest. The issuer must give a specified number of days' notice to the holders of those obligations.
Generally, the changes in the interest rate on those securities reduce the fluctuation in their market value. As
interest rates decrease or increase, the potential for capital appreciation or depreciation is less than that for
fixed-rate obligations having the same maturity.

Because these types of obligations are direct lending arrangements between the note purchaser and issuer
of the note, these instruments generally will not be traded. Generally, there is no established secondary market
for these types of obligations, although they are redeemable from the issuer at face value. Accordingly, where
these obligations are not secured by letters of credit or other credit support arrangements, the Trust's right to
redeem them is dependent on the ability of the note issuer to pay principal and interest on demand. These types
of obligations usually are not rated by credit rating agencies. The Trust may invest in obligations that are not
rated only if the Manager determines at the time of investment that they are Eligible Securities. The Manager,
on behalf of the Trust, will monitor the creditworthiness of the issuers of the floating and variable rate
obligations in the Trust's portfolio on an ongoing basis. There is no limit on the amount of the Trust's assets
that may be invested in floating rate and variable rate obligations that meet the requirements of Rule 2a-7.

When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Transactions. As stated in the Prospectus, the Trust may invest in municipal
securities on a "when-issued" or "delayed delivery" basis. Payment for and delivery of the securities shall not
exceed 120 days from the date the offer is accepted. The purchase price and yield are fixed at the time the
buyer enters into the commitment. During the period between the time of commitment and settlement, no payment is
made by the Trust to the issuer and no interest accrues to the Trust from the investment. However, the Trust
intends to be as fully invested as possible and will not invest in when-issued securities if its income or net
asset value will be materially adversely affected. At the time the Trust makes the commitment to purchase a
municipal security on a when-issued basis, it will record the transaction on its books and reflect the value of
the security in determining its net asset value. It will also identify on its books liquid assets equal in value
to the commitment for the when-issued securities. While when-issued securities may be sold prior to settlement
date, the Trust intends to acquire the securities upon settlement unless a prior sale appears desirable for
investment reasons. There is a risk that the yield available in the market when delivery occurs may be higher
than the yield on the security acquired.

Loans of Portfolio Securities. To attempt to increase its income, the Trust may lend its portfolio securities to
brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. These loans are limited to not more than 10% of the value of
the Trust's total assets and are subject to other conditions described below. The Trust will not enter into any
securities lending agreements having a maturity in excess the maximum time period provided for in Rule 2a-7. The
Trust presently does not intend to lend its portfolio securities, but if it does, the value of securities loaned
will not exceed 5% of the value of the Trust's total assets. There are some risks in lending securities. The
Trust could experience a delay in receiving additional collateral to secure a loan, or a delay in recovering the
loaned securities.

The Trust must receive collateral for a loan. Any securities received as collateral for a loan must
mature in twelve months or less. Under current applicable regulatory requirements (which are subject to change),
on each business day the loan collateral must be at least equal to the market value of the loaned securities.
The collateral must consist of cash, bank letters of credit, U.S. government securities or other cash equivalents
in which the Trust is permitted to invest. To be acceptable as collateral, letters of credit must obligate a
bank to pay amounts demanded by the Trust if the demand meets the terms of the letter. Such terms and the
issuing bank must be satisfactory to the Trust.

When it lends securities, the Trust receives from the borrower an amount equal to the interest paid or
the dividends declared on the loaned securities during the term of the loan. It may also receive negotiated loan
fees and the interest on the collateral securities, less any finders', custodian, administrative or other fees
the Trust pays in connection with the loan. The Trust may share the interest it receives on the collateral
securities with the borrower as long as it realizes at least a minimum amount of interest required by the lending
guidelines established by its Board of Trustees.

The Trust will not lend its portfolio securities to any officer, Trustee, employee or affiliate of the
Trust or its Manager. The terms of the Trust's loans must meet certain tests under the Internal Revenue Code and
permit the Trust to reacquire loaned securities on five business days notice or in time to vote on any important
matter.

Repurchase Agreements. In a repurchase transaction, the Trust acquires a security from, and simultaneously
resells it to, an approved vendor (a U.S. commercial bank or the U.S. branch of a foreign bank having total
domestic assets of at least $1 billion or a broker-dealer with a net capital of at least $50 million and which
has been designated a primary dealer in government securities). 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. The majority of these transactions run from day to day, and delivery pursuant to the resale
typically will occur within one to five days of the purchase. Repurchase agreements are considered "loans" under
the Investment Company Act collateralized by the underlying security. The Trust's repurchase agreements require
that at all times while the repurchase agreement is in effect, the value of the collateral must equal or exceed
the repurchase price to fully collateralize the repayment obligation. They must meet credit requirements set by
the Manager from time to time. Additionally, the Manager will monitor the vendor's creditworthiness to confirm
that the vendor is financially sound and will continuously monitor the collateral's value.

Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Trust, along with
other affiliated entities managed by the Manager, may transfer uninvested cash balances into one or more joint
repurchase accounts. These balances are invested in one or more repurchase agreements, secured by U.S. government
securities. Securities that are pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements are held by a custodian bank
until the agreements mature. Each joint repurchase arrangement requires that the market value of the collateral
be sufficient to cover payments of interest and principal; however, in the event of default by the other party to
the agreement, retention or sale of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.

Bank Loan Participation Agreements. The Fund may invest in bank loan participation agreements, subject to the
investment limitation set forth in the Prospectus as to investments in illiquid securities. Participation
agreements provide an undivided interest in a loan made by the bank issuing the participation interest in the
proportion that the buyer's investment bears to the total principal amount of the loan. Under this type of
arrangement, the issuing bank may have no obligation to the buyer other than to pay principal and interest on the
loan if and when received by the bank. Thus, the Trust must look to the creditworthiness of the borrower, which
is obligated to make payments of principal and interest on the loan. If the borrower fails to pay scheduled
principal or interest payments, the Trust may experience a reduction in income.

Special Investment Considerations - New York Municipal Securities. As explained in the Prospectus, the Trust's
investments are highly sensitive to the fiscal stability of New York State (referred to in the section as the
"State") and its subdivisions, agencies, instrumentalities or authorities, including New York City (the "City"),
which issue the municipal securities in which the Trust invests. The following information on risk factors in
concentrating in New York municipal securities is only a summary, based on the State's Annual Information
Statement dated June 3, 2002 and the update thereto dated August 9, 2002, and on publicly-available official
statements relating to offerings by issuers of New York municipal securities on or prior to February 11, 2002
with respect to offerings of New York State, and on or prior to July 18, 2002 with respect to offerings by the
City. No representation is made as to the accuracy of this information.

During the mid-1970's the State, some of its agencies, instrumentalities and public benefit corporations
(the "Authorities"), and certain of its municipalities faced serious financial difficulties. To address many of
these financial problems, the State developed various programs, many of which were successful in reducing the
financial crisis. Any further financial problems experienced by these Authorities or municipalities could have a
direct adverse effect on the New York municipal securities in which the Trust invests.

|X| Factors Affecting Investments in New York State Securities. The September 11, 2001 terrorist
attacks in New York City and the lingering effects of the national recession are expected to have continued
adverse consequences for the State. The New York State Division of Budget ("DOB") believes that their impact is
adequately reflected in the current financial forecast, but the combined effect of both factors adds significant
uncertainty to the estimates incorporated into DOB's 2002-03 Financial Plan for the State (the "2002-03 Financial
Plan").

Aside from the terrorist attacks in New York City, many complex political, social and economic forces
influence the State's economy and finances, which may in turn affect the 2002-03 Financial Plan. These forces
may affect the State unpredictably from fiscal year to fiscal year and are influenced by governments,
institutions, and events that are not subject to the State's control. Among these uncertainties is the assumed
performance of the financial sector. The securities industry is more important to the New York economy than to
the national economy as a whole, amplifying the impact of continued volatility in the financial markets. A
further reduction in financial sector jobs coupled with a large negative change in stock market performance
during the forecast horizon would result in wage and unemployment levels that are significantly different from
those embodied in DOB's current forecast.

The 2002-03 Financial Plan is also necessarily based upon forecasts of national and State economic
activity. Economic forecasts have frequently failed to predict accurately the timing and magnitude of changes in
the national and State economies.

Two variables which stand out as being particularly vulnerable to financial market volatility, and which
are closely associated with the recent strength of state personal income tax receipts, are finance sector bonus
income and capital gains realizations. The persistent steady decline in the equity markets in the second and
third quarters of 2002 substantially increases the risk of revenue losses in excess of those forecast in the
current 2002-03 Financial Plan. However, the State has reported that it is too early to predict with confidence
the impact of current market stress on 2002-03 receipts.

The State receives a substantial portion of tax receipts from the income and profits of financial
service employees and companies. In addition, taxable income of State taxpayers is affected by the value of
equities in the form of reported capital gains on stock transactions. Although DOB is forecasting a significant
decline in financial sector profits for 2002 and in capital gains realizations for fiscal year 2002-03, DOB has
indicated that recent events suggest that actual results are likely to be even lower than expected. However,
both bonus income and capital gains realizations have historically been subject to a large degree of variation.
Accordingly, given the heightened level of market uncertainty, DOB has speculated that it is not possible yet to
predict the revenue impact of market conditions on 2002-03 receipts.

An ongoing risk to the 2002-03 Financial Plan arises from the potential impact of certain litigation and
federal disallowances now pending against the State, which could produce adverse effects on the State's
projections of receipts and disbursements. The 2002-03 Financial Plan assumes no significant federal
disallowances or other federal actions that could adversely affect State finances.

In the past, the State has taken management actions to address potential financial plan shortfalls, and
DOB believes it could take similar actions should adverse variances occur in its projections for the 2002-03
fiscal year. To help guard against such risks, the State is maintaining a total of $716 million in General Fund
reserves.

Although the events of September 11, 2001 were a substantial blow to the U.S. economy, continued
consumer spending, combined with an expansionary fiscal and monetary policy, has helped to keep the nation's
first recession in ten years relatively mild. However, based on revised estimates, the U.S. economy as measured
by real gross domestic product ("GDP") contracted during the first three quarters of 2001. Originally, it was
thought that real U.S. GDP had fallen during only the third quarter of 2001. The national economy grew 5% in the
first quarter of 2002, followed by growth of 1.1% in the second quarter.

Under the current U.S. economic outlook for 2002, both the growth in real consumer spending and the
continued strength of the housing market are expected to produce slow but steady growth. Real U.S. GDP is
expected to grow 2.5% for 2002, following growth of 0.3% in 2001. DOB expects U.S. personal income to grow 3.0%
for 2002, with its largest component, wages and salaries, expected to grow 2.6%. The U.S. unemployment rate is
forecast to average 6.0% for 2002.

Following a steep decline of 30% in the fourth quarter of 2001, producing a decline of 17.4% for the
year, U.S. corporate profits are expected to fall 7% in 2002. The projection for the stock market has grown more
negative than the 2002-03 Financial Plan forecast, as markets continue to struggle with corporate accounting
scandals, bankruptcies, and revelations of fraudulent practices.

There are significant risks to the current forecast, foremost among them being equity market instability
fueled by accounting concerns, and fears of further terrorist attacks and revelations of corporate
improprieties. In addition, a further escalation of tensions in the Middle East could put upward pressure on
energy prices, negatively impacting both consumer spending and corporate profits. Higher energy prices could
also delay the global recovery, reducing export growth below expectations. A weakening dollar could lead to
higher-than-expected inflation, pressuring the Federal Reserve Board to increase interest rates sooner or higher
than expected. A weakening of growth in consumer spending or a failure of investment spending to grow could
result in a return to recessionary conditions. The significant decline in equity market prices has the potential
to adversely impact consumer behavior and exert a correspondingly negative impact on the economy. In contract, a
stronger-than-anticipated global recovery could result in stronger export and profits growth than expected.

New York is the third most populous state in the nation and has a relatively high level of personal
wealth. The State's economy is diverse, with a comparatively large share of the nation's finance, insurance,
transportation, communications and services employment, and a very small share of the nation's farming and mining
activity. The State's location and its air transport facilities and natural harbors have made it an important
link in international commerce. Travel and tourism constitute an important part of the economy. Like the rest
of the nation, New York has a declining proportion of its workforce engaged in manufacturing, and an increasing
proportion engaged in service industries.

Relative to the nation, the State has a smaller share of manufacturing and construction and a larger
share of service-related industries. The State's financial, insurance, and real estate share, as measured by
wages, is particularly large relative to the nation. The State projected that it is likely to be less affected
than the nation as a whole during an economic recession that is concentrated in manufacturing and construction,
but likely to be more affected by any economic downturn that is concentrated in the services sector.

As expected, the World Trade Center terrorist attacks had an even more devastating impact on the State
economy than on the national economy as a whole. DOB has estimated State employment to have declined 0.5% in
2001 to be followed by an estimated decline of 0.8% for 2002. Wages and salaries were expected to show an
increase of 2.4% for 2001, and a projected decline of 1.5% for 2002. Total State personal income, of which wages
and salaries are the largest components, was projected to grow 0.5% in 2002, following growth of 2.9% for 2001.

A significant risk to the New York forecast is from weaker than expected growth for both the national
and international economies which could delay the onset of the State's recovery. This would result in even
slower employment and income grown than projected. This decline, if it continues, could result in a large
negative impact in underlying economic activity. Adverse developments in the equity markets have the potential
to significantly disrupt economic activity in New York, given the prominence of financial services in the State's
economy.

|X| The 2002-03 Fiscal Year. On May 22, 2002, the State issued a financial plan for the 2002-03 fiscal
year (the "May Financial Plan"). On July 12, 2002, the State issued an update to the May Financial Plan (the
"July Update") (the May Financial Plan, as updated by the July Update, comprise the 2002-03 Financial Plan).

The State reported that consistent with the May Financial Plan, the July Update projected General Fund
(the major operating Fund of the State) receipts, including transfers from other funds, would total $39.9 billion
in 2002-03, a decrease of $1.25 billion or -3.0% from the 2001-02 fiscal year. General Fund disbursements,
including transfer to other funds, were projected to total $40.21 billion for 2002-03, an annual decrease of
$1.01 billion or -2.4% from the 2001-02 fiscal year. The General Fund closing balance was projected to total
$716 million, a decline of $316 million from 2001-02 (30.6%).

The State reported that Projected General Fund receipts, which were unchanged from the May Financial
Plan, would include $35.08 billion in tax receipts, $2.15 billion in miscellaneous receipts, and $2.67 billion in
transfers from other funds. The transfer of $1.68 billion in resources through the tax refund reserve account
from fiscal year 2001-02 to fiscal year 2002-03 affected the change in State receipts by depressing 2001-02
figures and increasing 2002-03 projections. The refund reserve account is used to pay for tax refunds across
fiscal years and to help accomplish other Financial Plan objectives, including the movement of resources from one
fiscal year to the next.

Projected General Fund Disbursements in the July Update were reported by the State to have been
unchanged from the levels projected in the May Financial Plan. The annual decrease is spending resulted from
efforts to limit the growth of State operations, capital and debt service costs, and by the reduction of General
Fund spending through the use of alternate financing sources, including Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
("TANF") reserves and health care resources created under the Health Care Reform Act. These reductions were
partially offset by increases for school aid, collective bargaining, pensions and other fringe benefits and
underlying programmatic growth in health programs.

The projected 2002-03 General Fund closing balance of $716 million consisted of $710 million in the Tax
Stabilization Reserve Fund (the State's "rainy day" Fund) and $6 million in the Contingency Reserve Fund (the
State's litigation reserve). The 2002-03 General Fund projected closing balance also excluded amounts on deposit
in the refund reserve account. The State reported that it had a balance of $1.68 billion on deposit in the
refund reserve account at the end of the 2001-02 fiscal year and projected a balance of $427 million on deposit
at the end of 2002-03 (a decline of 1.25 billion from 2001-02). The change in the balance was primarily
attributable to the use of certain reserves ($1.1 billion) to help balance the 2002-03 Financial Plan by
replacing revenues lost in the aftermath of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks.

The State reported that the General Fund ended the first quarter of fiscal year 2002-03 with a balance
of approximately $1.74 billion, $215 million below the estimate in the May Financial Plan. Receipts and
transfers from other funds were $251 million below the estimate in the May Financial Plan, offset in part by
lower than projected disbursements and transfers to other funds of $35 million.

General Fund receipts and transfers from other funds totaled $11.43 billion in the first fiscal
quarter. Receipts were $251 million (2%) lower than the May Financial Plan cash flow projections. DOB believed
the variance, while significant, was largely related to the timing of payments from personal income, business and
user taxes.

First quarter personal income tax receipts fell a reported $134 million (1.8%) below the cash flow
estimates in the July Update. The State attributed this shortfall to lower than anticipated estimated tax
payments for the quarter. Historically, the percentage of estimated income tax paid in June has varied
considerably due to many factors, including the interaction of estimated payment rules and taxpayer expectations
of income tax liability. Withholding collections were slightly below estimates, which DOB believed indicated
that the wage and employment base was relatively consistent with the forecast contained in the May Financial Plan.

The State reported that business tax receipts through the first quarter of the fiscal year were $105
million (13%) below the May Financial Plan cash flow projections for this period. DOB believed the variance was
partially attributable to the timing of payments by utility companies. Receipts for user taxes and fees during
the first quarter were $44 million (2.4%) below the May Financial Plan estimate. DOB attributed a large portion
of the variance to the timing of certain sales and cigarette tax revenues and stated that overall receipts for
these taxes for 2002-03 should not be materially affected. Other tax receipts for the first quarter increased
$23 million (12.3%) above the May Financial Plan and largely reflected better-than-expected estate tax payments,
which is a major component of this category.

General Fund disbursements and transfers to other funds totaled $10.73 billion in the first quarter.
The results were $35 million below the estimate for disbursements in the May Financial Plan. The modest decrease
of $35 million was attributed to the timing of payments and was not anticipated to lower projected year-end
spending. Spending for most major categories, including Medicaid and school aid, were reported to be on track
with initial estimates.

|_| State Governmental Funds Group. Substantially all State non-pension financial operations are
accounted for in the State's governmental funds group. Governmental funds include the following four fund types,
the State's projections of receipts and disbursements in which comprise the State's Financial Plan:

o the General Fund, which is the major operating fund of the State and receives all receipts that are
not required by law to be deposited in another fund, including most State tax receipts and certain
fees, transfers from other funds and miscellaneous receipts from other sources;

o Special Revenue Funds, which account for the proceeds of specific revenue sources (other than
expendable trusts or major capital projects), such as federal grants, that are legally restricted
to specified purposes;

o Capital Projects Funds, which account for financial resources of the State to be used for the
acquisition or construction of major capital facilities (other than those financed by Special
Revenue Funds, Proprietary Funds and Fiduciary Funds); and
o Debt Service Funds, which account for the accumulation of resources (including receipts from
certain taxes, transfers from other funds and miscellaneous revenues, such as dormitory room rental
fees, which are dedicated by statute for payment of lease-purchase rentals) for the payment of
general long-term debt service and related costs and payments under lease-purchase and
contractual-obligation financing arrangements.

|_| Local Government Assistance Corporation. In 1990, as part of a State fiscal reform program,
legislation was enacted creating Local Government Assistance Corporation ("LGAC"), a public benefit corporation
empowered to issue long-term obligations to fund payments to local governments that had been traditionally funded
through the State's annual seasonal borrowing. The legislation also dedicated revenues equal to 1% of the 4%
State sales and use tax to pay debt service on these bonds. As of June 1995, LGAC had issued bonds and notes to
provide net proceeds of $4.7 billion, completing the program. The issuance of these long-term obligations, which
are to be amortized over no more than 30 years, was expected to eliminate the need for continued short-term
seasonal borrowing.

The legislation also imposed a limitation on the annual seasonal borrowing of the State except in cases
where the Governor and the legislative leaders have certified the need for additional seasonal borrowing, based
on emergency or extraordinary factors or factors unanticipated at the time of adoption of the budget, and
provided a schedule for eliminating it over time. Any seasonal borrowing is required by law to be eliminated by
the fourth fiscal year after the limit was first exceeded (i.e., no tax and revenue anticipation note ("TRAN")
borrowing in the fifth year). This provision limiting the State's seasonal borrowing practices was included as a
covenant with LGAC's bondholders in the resolution authorizing such bonds. No restrictions were placed upon the
State's ability to issue deficit notes.

The impact of the LGAC reforms, as well as other changes in revenue and spending patterns, is that the
State has been able to meet its cash flow needs throughout the fiscal year without relying on short-term seasonal
borrowings.

|X| Authorities. The fiscal stability of the State is related to the fiscal stability of its public
Authorities. Authorities refer to public benefit corporations created pursuant to State law, other than local
authorities. Authorities have various responsibilities, including those which finance, construct and/or operate
revenue-producing public facilities. Authorities are not subject to the constitutional restrictions on the
incurrence of debt that apply to the State itself, and may issue bonds and notes within the amounts and
restrictions set forth in their legislative authorization. The State's access to the public credit markets could
be impaired and the market price of its outstanding debt may be materially and adversely affected if any of its
Authorities were to default on their respective obligations, especially those involving State-supported or
State-related debt. As of December 31, 2001, there were 17 public authorities that had outstanding debt of $100
million or more, and the aggregate outstanding debt, including refunding bonds, of these State public authorities
was almost $101 billion, only a portion of which constitutes State-supported or State-related debt.

Authorities generally pay their operating expenses and debt service costs from revenues generated by the
projects they finance or operate, such as tolls charged for the use of highways, bridges or tunnels, charges for
public power, electric and gas utility services, rentals charged for housing units and charges for occupancy at
medical care facilities. In addition, State legislation authorizes several financing techniques for
Authorities. There are statutory arrangements providing for State local assistance payments otherwise payable to
localities to be made under certain circumstances to Authorities. Although the State has no obligation to
provide additional assistance to localities whose local assistance payments have been paid to Authorities under
these arrangements, the affected localities could seek additional State assistance if local assistance payments
are diverted. Some Authorities also receive moneys from State appropriations to pay for the operating costs of
certain of their programs.

|X| Ratings of the State's Securities. As of October 15, 2002, S&P has rated the State's general
obligation bonds "AA," Moody's has rated those bonds "A2" and Fitch has rated those bonds "AA."

Ratings reflect only the views of the ratings organizations, and an explanation of the significance of a
rating must be obtained from the rating agency furnishing the rating. There is no assurance that a particular
rating will continue for any given period of time or that any such rating will not be revised downward or
withdrawn entirely if, in the judgment of the agency originally establishing the rating, circumstances so
warrant. A downward revision or withdrawal of a rating may have an effect on the market price of the State and
municipal securities in which the Trust invests.

|X| The State's General Obligation Debt. As of March 31, 2002, the State had approximately $4.1
billion in general obligation bonds outstanding. Principal and interest due on general obligation bonds were
$624 million for the 2001-02 fiscal year and are estimated to be $605 million for the State's 2002-03 fiscal year.

|X| Pending Litigation. The State is a defendant in numerous legal proceedings pertaining to matters
incidental to the performance of routine governmental operations. That litigation includes, but is not limited
to, claims asserted against the State involving State finances and programs and arising from alleged violations
of civil rights, alleged torts, alleged breaches of contracts, real property proceedings and other alleged
violations of State and federal laws. These proceedings could affect adversely the financial condition of the
State in the 2002-03 fiscal year or thereafter.

The State believes that the proposed 2002-03 Financial Plan includes sufficient reserves for the payment
of judgments that may be required during the 2002-03 fiscal year. There can be no assurance, however, that an
adverse decision in any of these proceedings would not exceed the amount of all potential 2002-03 Financial Plan
resources available for the payment of judgments and, therefore, could affect the ability of the State to
maintain a balanced 2002-03 Financial Plan.

In addition, the State is party to other claims and litigation that either its legal counsel has advised
are not probable that the State will suffer adverse court decisions or the State has determined are not
material. Although the amounts of potential losses, if any, are not presently determinable, it is the State's
opinion that its ultimate liability in these cases is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the
State's financial position in the 2002-03 fiscal year or thereafter.

|X| Other Functions. Certain localities in addition to the City have experienced financial problems
and have requested and received additional State assistance during the last several State fiscal years. The
potential impact on the State of any future requests by localities for additional oversight or financial
assistance is not included in the projections of the State's receipts and disbursements for the State's 2002-03
fiscal year or thereafter.

|X| Factors Affecting Investments in New York City Municipal Securities. The City has a highly
diversified economic base, with a substantial volume of business activity in the service, wholesale and retail
trade and manufacturing industries and is the location of many securities, banking, law, accounting, news media
and advertising firms.

The City is a major seaport and focal point for international business. Many of the major corporations
headquartered in the City are multinational in scope and have extensive foreign operations. Numerous
foreign-owned companies in the United States are also headquartered in the City. These firms, which have
increased in number substantially over the past decade, are found in all sectors of the City's economy, but are
concentrated in trade, manufacturing sales offices, tourism and finance. The City is the location of the
headquarters of the United Nations, and several affiliated organizations maintain their principal offices in the
City. A large diplomatic community exists in the City to staff the 186 missions to the United Nations and the 96
foreign consulates.

Economic activity in the City has experienced periods of growth and recession and can be expected to
experience periods of growth and recession in the future. The City experienced a recession in the early 1970s
through the middle of that decade, followed by a period of expansion in the late 1970s through the late 1980s.
The City fell into recession again in the early 1990s which was followed by an expansion that lasted until 2001.
The City's financial plan assumes negative economic growth during the latter half of calendar year 2001 through
the first half of calendar year 2002 as a result of the September 11 attack and the national economic recession.
The City's financial plan assumes that the City's economy will begin a slow recovery around the middle of
calendar year 2002.

The City expects total expenditures for recovery, clean up and repair efforts in the wake of the
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center to be substantial. The U.S. Congress passed
emergency legislation which authorized $40 billion for disaster assistance, increased security costs, rebuilding
infrastructure systems and other public facilities, and disaster recovery and related activities. Congress and
the President have already appropriated over $10 billion of this amount for disaster assistance in New York,
Pennsylvania and Virginia. The President has submitted a bill to Congress that would bring the total commitment
of federal disaster assistance for New York to $21.4 billion.

On March 9, 2002, the President signed nation-wide economic stimulus legislation which included $5.5
billion toward the $21.4 billion commitment in the form of temporary tax provisions aimed at creating
redevelopment incentives for businesses located in the Liberty Zone, the area surrounding the World Trade Center
site. The Liberty Zone provisions expand the work opportunity tax credit, provide a bonus 30% depreciation
deduction, authorize the issuance of $8 billion in tax-exempt private activity bonds, allow for advance refunding
of certain bonds for facilities in the City and increase the small business expensing limit. In addition, the
State legislature increased the financing capacity of the New York City Transitional Finance Authority (the
"Finance Authority") by $2.5 billion to fund costs related to or arising from the September 11 attack ("Recovery
Costs"), and has authorized the Finance Authority to issue debt without limit as to principal amount that is
payable solely from State or federal aid received on account of the disaster.

The City is seeking to be reimbursed by the federal government for all of its direct costs for response
and remediation of the World Trade Center site. These costs are now expected to be substantially below previous
estimates. The City also expects to receive federal funds for costs of economic revitalization and other needs,
not directly payable through the City budget, relating to the September 11 attack.

The City believes it is not possible to quantify at present with any certainty the long-term impact of
the September 11 attack on the City and its economy, any benefits which may result from recovery and rebuilding
activities and the amount of additional resources from federal, State, City and other sources which will be
required.

For each of the 1981 through 2001 fiscal years, the City's General Fund had an operating surplus, before
discretionary and other transfers, and achieved balanced operating results as reported in accordance with then
applicable generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") after discretionary and other transfers. The City
has been required to close substantial gaps between forecast revenues and forecast expenditures in order to
maintain balanced operating results. There can be no assurance that the City will continue to maintain balanced
operating results as required by State law without tax or other revenue increases or reductions in City services
or entitlement programs, which could adversely affect the City's economic base.

The Mayor is responsible for preparing the City's financial plan, including the City's financial plan
for the 2002 through 2006 fiscal years (referred to below as the "2002-2006 Financial Plan", or "Financial Plan").

The City's projections set forth in the Financial Plan are based on various assumptions and
contingencies which are uncertain and which may not materialize. Implementation of the Financial Plan is
dependent upon the City's ability to market its securities successfully. The City's program for financing
capital projects for fiscal years 2002 through 2006 contemplated the issuance approximately $13.6 billion of
general obligation bonds and approximately $3.9 billion of bonds (excluding bond anticipation notes and recovery
bonds and notes issued to pay costs relating to the September 11 attack) to be issued by the Finance Authority.
In addition, it was expected that the City will have access to approximately $2.2 billion (including the $604
million of bond proceeds received by July 2002 and $150 million of borrowing from the federal government pursuant
to the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act) of proceeds from the sale of tobacco settlement
bonds to be issued by TSASC, Inc. ("TSASC"). Such bonds are secured by revenues derived from the settlement of
litigation with tobacco companies selling cigarettes in the United States. The Finance Authority and TSASC were
created to assist the City in financing its capital program while keeping the City's indebtedness within the
forecast level of the constitutional restrictions on the amount of debt the City is authorized to incur.

In addition, the City issues revenue and tax anticipation notes to finance its seasonal working capital
requirements. The success of projected public sales of City, New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority
("Water Authority"), Finance Authority, TSASC and other bonds and notes will be subject to prevailing market
conditions. The City's planned capital and operating expenditures are dependent upon the sale of its general
obligation debt, as well as debt of the Water Authority, Finance Authority and TSASC. Future developments
concerning the City and public discussion of such developments, as well as prevailing market conditions, may
affect the market for outstanding City general obligation bonds and notes.

In addition to the financing program described above, implementation of the Financial Plan is dependant
on the financing capacity of the Finance Authority which is authorized to have outstanding $2.5 billion of
"Recovery Bonds" and "Recovery Notes" the proceeds of which are to be used to pay costs related to or arising from
the September 11 attack (the "Recovery Costs"). The Finance Authority issued $1 billion of Recovery Notes on
October 4, 2001 and $480 million of Recovery Bonds on July 11, 2002 and is expected to issue approximately $520
million of Recovery Bonds in the first quarter of fiscal year 2003, in each case for Recovery Costs. The
proceeds of such Recovery Notes and Recovery Bonds may be used to accommodate cash needs resulting from delays or
eligibility disputes affecting federal reimbursement of City payments for Recovery Costs. Such Recovery Notes
may be paid with Finance Authority revenues (with the resulting reduction in City tax revenues to be offset by
federal aid or other sources) or proceeds of renewal Recovery Notes or Recovery Bonds of the Finance Authority
(which would also reduce tax revenues to the City). The City also expects to use $1.5 billion of proceeds of
Recovery Bonds or Notes in fiscal year 2003 to compensate for revenues losses that are costs related to the
September 11 attack.

|X| The City's 2002-2006 Financial Plan. For the 2001 fiscal year, the City's General Fund had an
operating surplus of $2.949 billion, before discretionary and other transfers, and achieved balanced operating
results in accordance with GAAP, after discretionary and other transfers. The 2001 fiscal year was the
twenty-first consecutive year that the City had achieved an operating surplus, before discretionary and other
transfers, and balanced operating results, after discretionary and other transfers.

The Financial Plan for the 2002 through 2006 fiscal years, released on June 26, 2002, projected that
revenues and expenditures for the 2002 and 2003 fiscal year would be balanced in accordance with GAAP, and
projected gaps of $3.7 billion, $4.2 billion and $4.6 billion for fiscal years 2004 through 2006, respectively.

The Financial Plan affected changes since the financial plan submitted on June 13, 2001 (as amended, the
"2001 Financial Plan") which decreased projected net revenues and increased projected net expenditures. Changes
in projected revenues included a decline in projected tax revenues of $849 million, $1.1 billion, $1 billion and
$963 million in fiscal years 2002 through 2005, respectively, reflecting primarily decreases in projected
personal income, business and sales tax revenues as a result of the September 11 attack and the national
recession. Changes in projected revenues also included increased revenues in fiscal years 2002 through 2005 as a
result of not extending a previously enacted reduction in the personal income tax 14% surcharge and a delay in
the receipt of $250 million from the proposed sale of the New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation ("OTB")
from fiscal year 2002 to fiscal year 2004. Changes in projected expenditures since the 2001 Financial Plan
included: increased pension costs for fiscal years 2003 through 2005, resulting primarily from investment losses
in fiscal year 2001 and a reduction in projected investment gains in fiscal year 2002; and an increase in labor
costs in fiscal year 2002 through 2005, primarily to reflect the cost of wage increases for the uniformed forces
coalition above the settlement with District Council 37 of the American Federation of State, Municipal and County
Employees and the settlement with the United Federation of Teachers. Changes in projected expenditures also
included increased expenditures in fiscal years 2003 through 2005 due to increased agency spending, increased
costs for health insurance and reimbursement of eligible City retirees for Medicare Part B Premiums, increased
costs for settling claims against the City, increased education costs resulting from a reduction in State aid,
increased health and welfare spending primarily for Medicaid and increased debt service costs in fiscal year
2005; and debt service savings in fiscal years 2002 through 2004.

The Financial Plan set forth gap-closing actions to eliminate a previously projected gap for the 2002
and 2003 fiscal years and to reduce projected gaps for fiscal years 2004 through 2006. The gap-closing actions
for the 2002 through 2006 fiscal years included: additional City-wide agency savings and non-tax revenue actions
for fiscal years 2002 through 2006; savings resulting from a voluntary early retirement and severance program for
fiscal years 2003 through 2006; savings in fiscal years 2003 through 2006 resulting from a fringe benefit cost
containment program, of which approximately $252 million in fiscal year 2003 growing to approximately $444
million in fiscal year 2006, has not yet been approved by unions representing City employees; $1.5 billion of
proceeds to be used in fiscal year 2003 from the issuance of Recovery Bonds or Notes by the Finance Authority to
mitigate a portion of the lost tax revenues in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 related to the September 11 attack;
additional initiatives requiring federal and State actions in fiscal years 2003 through 2006; and the sale of
certain tax benefits in fiscal year 2003 for $100 million. The Financial Plan also included a proposed
discretionary transfer in the 2002 fiscal year of $677 million primarily to pay debt service due in fiscal year
2003.

The assumed decline in tax revenue growth reflects the September 11 attack and the national recession,
which resulted in lower wage earnings, lower securities sector profits and corporate earnings, local job losses
of approximately 100,000 and a disruption in tourism and related spending. Tax revenue projections may be
subject to additional revision in the future to reflect changes in the economic forecast. The Financial Plan
assumed that the City's costs relating to the September 11 attack would be paid in substantial part from federal
aid and funds provided by the Finance Authority. The Financial Plan also assumed collection of projected rent
payments for the City's airports in the 2003 through 2005 fiscal years, which depends on the successful
completion of negotiations with The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey or the enforcement of the City's
rights under the existing leases through pending legal actions; State and federal approval of the State and
federal actions proposed by the City in the Financial Plan; and the successful completion of the sale of OTB in
2004, which will require State legislature approval. The Financial Plan did not make any provision for wage
increases, other than the pay increases discussed above for the contract period ending in fiscal year 2002. Each
1% wage increase for all City employees costs approximately $200 million annually. The Financial Plan provided
for increased pension contributions, commencing in fiscal year 2003, based on estimated losses of 3% on
investment returns in fiscal year 2002. Preliminary estimates for fiscal year 2002 indicate that pension costs
will increase beyond the levels provided in the Financial Plan in fiscal years 2003 through 2006, respectively,
due to a decline in investment returns of 5.35% below the levels provided in the Financial Plan, partially offset
in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 by changes in actuarial methodologies.

On July 18, 2002 the Mayor announced that he was directing the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB")
to reserve 7.5% of City-funded agency spending. OMB is expected to work with agency commissioners to implement a
program that accommodates this reduction by lowering City spending or identifying alternative revenue sources in
either case which will continue on an annually-recurring basis. The Mayor noted that the approximately $1
billion of reduced City spending he expected to achieve through this effort would provide an available reserve if
required in fiscal year 2003 but is primarily intended as a first step toward addressing the substantial
projected gaps between annual revenues and expenditures in fiscal year 2004 and thereafter.

The Financial Plan is based on numerous assumptions, including the condition of the City's and the
region's economies and the concomitant receipt of economically sensitive tax revenues in the amounts projected.
The Financial Plan is subject to various other uncertainties and contingencies relating to, among other factors,
the effects on the City economy of the September 11 attack, the extent, if any, to which wage increases for City
employees exceed the annual wage costs assumed for the 2002 through 2006 fiscal years; realization of projected
interest earnings for pension fund assets and assumptions with respect to wages for City employees affecting the
City's required pension fund contributions; the willingness and ability of the State to provide the aid
contemplated by the Financial Plan and to take various other actions to assist the City; the ability of the
Health and Hospitals Corporation, the Board of Education and other such agencies to maintain balanced budgets;
the willingness of the federal government to provide the amount of federal aid contemplated in the Financial
Plan; the impact on City revenues and expenditures of federal and State welfare reform and any future legislation
affecting Medicare or other entitlement programs; adoption of the City's budgets by the City Council in
substantially the forms submitted by the Mayor; the ability of the City to implement cost reduction initiatives,
and the success with which the City controls expenditures; the impact of conditions in the real estate market on
real estate tax revenues; the City's ability to market its securities successfully in the public credit markets;
and unanticipated expenditures that may be incurred as a result of the need to maintain the City's
infrastructure. Certain of these assumptions have been questioned by the City Comptroller and other public
officials.

The City Comptroller and other agencies and public officials issue periodic reports and make public
statements regarding the City's financial condition, commenting on, among other matters, the City's financial
plans, projected revenues and expenditures and actions by the City to eliminate projected operating deficits.
Some of these reports and statements have warned that the City may have underestimated certain expenditures and
overestimated certain revenues and have suggested that the City may not have adequately provided for future
contingencies. Certain of these reports have analyzed the City's future economic and social conditions and have
questioned whether the City has the capacity to generate sufficient revenues in the future to meet the costs of
its expenditure increases and to provide necessary services. It is reasonable to expect that reports and
statements will continue to be issued and to engender public comment.

On July 16, 2002, the City Comptroller issued a report on the adopted budget for fiscal year 2003. In
his report, the City Comptroller identified approximately $1.1 billion, $5.1 billion, $5.3 billion and $5.6
billion in risks to the Financial Plan for fiscal years 2003 through 2006, respectively, including the gaps set
forth in the Financial Plan for fiscal years 2004 through 2006. The report noted that, with appropriate
monitoring and corrective action, fiscal year 2003 can be ended in balance. However, the report also noted that
the projected gap for fiscal year 2004 is the largest subsequent year gap ever projected by the City since the
City achieved compliance with GAAP in 1981.

Various actions proposed in the Financial Plan are uncertain. If these measures cannot be implemented,
the City will be required to take other actions to decrease expenditures or increase revenues to maintain a
balanced financial plan. In addition, the economic and financial condition of the City may be affected by
various financial, social, economic and other factors which could have a material effect on the City.

The projections and assumptions contained in the Financial Plan are subject to revision which may
involve substantial change, and no assurance can be given that these estimates and projections, which include
actions which the City expects will be taken but which are not within the City's control, will be realized.

|X| Ratings of the City's Bonds. As of July 18, 2002, Moody's, S&P and Fitch rated the City's general
obligations bonds A2, A and A+, respectively. These ratings reflect only the views of Moody's, S&P and Fitch
from which an explanation of the significance of such ratings may be obtained. There is no assurance that those
ratings will continue for any given period of time or that they will not be revised downward or withdrawn
entirely. Any downward revision or withdrawal could have an adverse effect on the market prices of the City's
bonds. On July 16, 1998, S&P revised its rating of City bonds to "A-" from "BBB+." On September 13, 2000, S&P
revised its rating of City Bonds upward to "A." Moody's rating of City bonds was revised in August 2000 to "A2"
from "A3." On March 8, 1999, Fitch revised its rating of City bonds upward to "A" from "A-" and on September 15,
2000, Fitch revised its rating to "A+." On November 16, 2001, Moody's revised its outlook on City bonds to
negative from uncertain.

|X| The City's Outstanding Indebtedness. As of March 31, 2002, the City and the Municipal Assistance
Corporation for the City of New York had, respectively, $27.661 billion and $2.201 billion of outstanding net
long-term debt.

For its normal operations, the City depends on aid from the State both to enable the City to balance its
budget and to meet its cash requirements. There can be no assurance that there will not be reductions in State
aid to the City from amounts originally projected; that State budgets in future fiscal years will be adopted by
the April 1 statutory deadline, or interim appropriations will be enacted; or that any such reductions or delays
will not have adverse effects on the City's cash flow or expenditures. In addition, the federal budget
negotiation process could result in a reduction or a delay in the receipt of federal grants which could have
adverse effects on the City's cash flow or revenues. The City assumes that the costs relating to the September
11 attack will be paid in substantial part from federal aid and borrowings by the Finance Authority.

|X| Pending Litigation. The City is a defendant in lawsuits pertaining to material matters, including
claims asserted that are incidental to performing routine governmental and other functions. That litigation
includes, but is not limited to, actions commenced and claims asserted against the City arising out of alleged
constitutional violations, torts, breaches of contract, and other violations of law and condemnation
proceedings. The City has already received more than 1,370 notices of claims totaling in excess of $18.6 billion
relating to the September 11 attack. While the ultimate outcome and fiscal impact, if any, on the City of such
proceedings and claims are not currently predictable, adverse determinations in certain of them might have a
material adverse effect upon the City's ability to carry out the Financial Plan. For the fiscal year ended on
June 30, 2001, the City paid $594.8 million for judgments and claims. Expenditures for fiscal year 2002 are
projected to reach $389.5 million. The Financial Plan includes provisions for the payment of judgments and
claims of $418.9 million, $440.1 million and $468.6 million and $500.1 million for the 2003 through 2006 fiscal
years, respectively. As of June 30, 2001, the City estimates its potential future liability for outstanding
claims against it to be approximately $4.2 billion.

Investment Restrictions

|X| What Are "Fundamental Policies?" Fundamental policies are those policies that the Trust has adopted
to govern its investments that can be changed only by the vote of a "majority" of the Trust's outstanding voting
securities. Under the Investment Company Act, a "majority" vote is defined as the vote of the holders of the
lesser of:

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

The Trust's investment objective is a fundamental policy. Other policies described in the Prospectus or
this Statement of Additional Information are "fundamental" only if they are identified as such. The Trust's
Board of Trustees can change non-fundamental policies without shareholder approval. However, significant changes
to investment policies will be described in supplements or updates to the Prospectus or this Statement of
Additional Information, as appropriate. The Trust's most significant investment policies are described in the
Prospectus.

|X| Does the Trust Have Additional Fundamental Policies? The following investment restrictions are
fundamental policies of the Trust.

The Trust cannot make loans, except that the Trust may purchase debt securities described in "Investment
Objective and Policies" and repurchase agreements, and the Trust may lend its portfolio securities
as described in the Statement of Additional Information;

The Trust cannot borrow money in excess of 10% of the value of its total assets or make any investment
when borrowings exceed 5% of the value of its total assets; it may borrow only as a temporary
measure for extraordinary or emergency purposes; no assets of the Trust may be pledged, mortgaged
or assigned to secure a debt;

The Trust cannot invest in commodities or commodity contracts, or invest in interests in oil, gas, or
other mineral exploration or development programs;

The Trust cannot invest in real estate; however, the Trust may purchase debt securities issued by
companies which invest in real estate or interests therein;

The Trust cannot purchase securities on margin or make short sales of securities;

The Trust cannot invest in or hold securities of any issuer if those officers and trustees or directors
of the Trust or its advisor who beneficially own individually more than 0.5% of the securities of
such issuer together own more than 5% of the securities of such issuer;

The Trust cannot underwrite securities of other companies except insofar as the Trust may be deemed an
underwriter under the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the disposition of portfolio
securities;

The Trust cannot purchase securities of other investment companies, except in connection with a merger,
consolidation, acquisition or reorganization.

o The Trust cannot issue "senior securities," but this does not prohibit certain investment activities for
which assets of the Trust are designated as segregated, or margin, collateral or escrow
arrangements are established, to cover the related obligations.

The Trust cannot invest in any debt instrument having a maturity in excess of the time period provided
for in Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, or any other applicable rule, or in the case of a
debt instrument subject to a repurchase agreement or called for redemption, unless purchased
subject to a demand feature which may not exceed the time period provided for in Rule 2a-7, or any
other applicable rule.

o The Trust cannot invest 25% or more of its total assets in any one industry; however, for the purposes
of this restriction, municipal securities and U.S. government obligations are not considered to be
part of any single industry.

For purposes of the investment restrictions listed above, the identification of the "issuer" of a
municipal security depends on the terms and conditions of the security. When the assets and revenues of an
agency, authority, instrumentality or other political subdivision are separate from those of the government
creating the subdivision and the security is backed only by the assets and revenues of the subdivision, such
subdivision would be deemed to be the sole issuer. Similarly, in the case of an industrial development bond, if
that bond is backed only by the assets and revenues of the nongovernmental user, then such nongovernmental user
would be deemed to be the sole issuer. However, if in either case the creating government or some other entity
guarantees the security, such guarantee would be considered a separate security and would be treated as an issue
of such government or other agency. Conduit securities are deemed to be issued by the person ultimately
responsible for payments of interest and principal on the security.

In applying the restrictions as to the Trust's investments, the Manager will consider a nongovernmental
user of facilities financed by industrial development bonds as being in a particular industry, despite the fact
that there is no industry concentration limitation as to municipal securities the Trust may own. Although this
application of the restriction is not technically a fundamental policy of the Trust, it will not be changed
without shareholder approval. Should any such change be made, the Prospectus and/or Statement of Additional
Information will be supplemented to reflect the change.

Unless the Prospectus or this Statement of Additional Information states that a percentage restriction
applies on an ongoing basis, it applies only at the time the Trust makes an investment. The Trust need not sell
securities to meet the percentage limits if the value of the investment increases in proportion to the size of
the Trust.

For purposes of the Trust's policy not to concentrate its investments in securities of issuers, the
Trust has adopted the industry classifications set forth in Appendix B to this Statement of Additional
Information. This is not a fundamental policy.

How the Trust is Managed

Organization and History. The Trust is an open-end, diversified management investment company organized as a
Massachusetts business trust in 1988, with an unlimited number of authorized shares of beneficial interest.

The Trust is governed by a Board of Trustees, which is responsible for protecting the interests of
shareholders under Massachusetts law. The Trustees meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the Trust's
activities, review its performance, and review the actions of the Manager.

Classes of Shares. The Trust has a single class of shares of stock. While that class has no designation, it is
deemed to be the equivalent of Class A for purposes of the shareholder account policies that apply to Class A
shares of the Oppenheimer funds.

Shares of the Trust are freely transferable. Each share has one vote at shareholder meetings, with
fractional shares voting proportionally on matters submitted to a vote of shareholders. There are no preemptive
or conversion rights and shares participate equally in the assets of the Trust upon liquidation.

Meetings of Shareholders. As a Massachusetts business trust, the Trust is not required to hold, and does not
plan to hold, regular annual meetings of shareholders. The Trust will hold meetings when required to do so by the
Investment Company Act or other applicable law. It will also do so when a shareholder meeting is called by the
Trustees or upon proper request of the shareholders. Although the Trust will not normally hold annual meetings of
its shareholders, it may hold shareholder meetings from time to time on important matters. Shareholders of the
Trust may have the right to call a meeting to remove a Trustee or to take other action described in the
Declaration of Trust.

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

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

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

Board of Trustees and Oversight Committees. The Trust is governed by a Board of Trustees, which is
responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders under Massachusetts law. The Trustees meet periodically
throughout the year to oversee the Trust's activities, review its performance, and review the actions of the
Manager.

The Board of Trustees has an Audit Committee and a Review Committee. The members of the Audit Committee
are Edward L. Cameron (Chairman), William L. Armstrong, George C. Bowen and Robert J. Malone. The Audit
Committee held six meetings during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002. The Audit Committee furnishes the Board
with recommendations regarding the selection of the Trust's independent auditors. Other main functions of the
Audit Committee include, but are not limited to: (i) reviewing the scope and results of audits and the audit fees
charged; (ii) reviewing reports from the Trust's independent auditors regarding the Trust's internal accounting
procedures and controls; and (iii) establishing a separate line of communication between the Trust's independent
auditors and its independent Trustees.

The Audit Committee's functions include selecting and nominating, to the full Board, nominees for
election as Trustees, and selecting and nominating Independent Trustees for election. The Audit Committee may,
but need not, consider the advice and recommendation of the Manager and its affiliates in selecting nominees. The
full Board elects new trustees except for those instances when a shareholder vote is required.

To date, the Committee has been able to identify from its own resources an ample number of qualified
candidates. Nonetheless, shareholders may submit names of individuals, accompanied by complete and properly
supported resumes, for the Audit Committee's consideration by mailing such information to the Committee in care
of the Trust. The Committee may consider such persons at such time as it meets to consider possible nominees.
The Committee, however, reserves sole discretion to determine the candidates to present to the Board and/or
shareholders when it meets for the purpose considering potential nominees.

The members of the Review Committee are Jon S. Fossel (Chairman), Robert G. Avis, Sam Freedman, Beverly
Hamilton and F. William Marshall, Jr. The Review Committee held seven meetings during the fiscal year ended June
30, 2002. Among other functions, the Review Committee reviews reports and makes recommendations to the Board
concerning the fees paid to the Trust's transfer agent and the services provided to the Trust by the transfer
agent. The Review Committee also reviews the Trust's investment performance and policies and procedures adopted
by the Trust to comply with Investment Company Act and other applicable law.

Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Except for Mr. Grabish, each of the Trustees is an "Independent Trustee," as
defined in the Investment Company Act. Mr. Grabish is an "Interested Trustee" because he is affiliated with the
Manager by virtue of his positions with A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. and its affiliates (as described in his
biography below), which is a partial owner of the Manager's parent company.

The Trust's Trustees and officers and their positions held with the Trust and length of service in such
position(s) and their principal occupations and business affiliations during the past five years are listed in
the chart below. The information for the Trustees also includes the dollar range of shares of the Trust as well
as the aggregate dollar range of shares of the Oppenheimer/Centennial funds beneficially owned by the Trustees.
All of the Trustees are also trustees or directors of the following Oppenheimer/Centennial funds1 (referred to as
"Board II Funds"):

Oppenheimer Cash Reserves Oppenheimer Select Managers
Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund
Oppenheimer High Yield Fund Oppenheimer Total Return Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer International Bond Fund Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds
Oppenheimer Integrity Funds Panorama Series Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund Centennial America Fund, L. P.
Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc. Centennial California Tax Exempt Trust
Oppenheimer Main Street Opportunity Fund Centennial Government Trust
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund Centennial Money Market Trust
Oppenheimer Municipal Fund Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust
Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund Centennial Tax Exempt Trust

Present or former officers, directors,
trustees and employees (and their immediate family
members) of the Trust, the Manager and its
affiliates, and retirement plans established by them
for their employees are permitted to purchase Class A
shares of the Trust and the other Oppenheimer funds
at net asset value without sales charge. The sales
charges on Class A shares is waived for that group
because of the economies of sales efforts realized by
the Distributor.

Messrs. Murphy, Molleur, Masterson,
Vottiero, Carbuto, Wixted and Zack, and Mses. Feld,
Bechtolt and Ives, who are officers of the Trust,
respectively hold the same offices with one or more
of the other Board II Funds as with the Trust. As of
October 7, 2002, the Trustees and officers of the
Trust as a group owned of record or beneficially less
than 1% of the shares of the Trust. The foregoing
statement does not reflect ownership of shares held
of record by an employee benefit plan for employees
of the Manager, other than the shares beneficially
owned under that plan by the officers of the Trust
listed above. In addition, each Independent Trustee,
and his family members, do not own securities of
either the Manager, Distributor or Sub-Distributor of
the Board II Funds or any person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common
control with the Manager, Distributor or
Sub-Distributor.

Affiliated Transactions and Material Business
Relationships. In 2000, Mr. Swain sold 93,000 shares
of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. ("OAC")
(OppenheimerFunds, Inc.'s parent holding company),
for a cash payment of $4,278,930. In 2001, Mr. Swain
surrendered for cancellation 60,000 options to
MassMutual for a cash payment of $2,700,600. Mr.
Swain has reported that he sold a residential
property to Mr. Freedman on October 23, 2001 for $1.2
million. An independent appraisal of the property
supported the sale price.

The address of each Trustee in the charts
below is 6803 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, CO
80112-3924. Each Trustee serves for an indefinite
term, until his or her resignation, retirement, death
or removal.

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Independent Trustees

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Name, Address, Age, Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years / Other Dollar Range Aggregate
Dollar Range
of Shares
Beneficially
Owned in any
of Shares of the
Beneficially Oppenheimer/Centennial
Position(s) Held with Trusteeships/Directorships Held by Trustee / Number of Owned in the Funds Overseen
Fund and Length of Service Portfolios in Fund Complex Currently Overseen by Trustee Trust by Trustee

As of December 31, 2001

James C. Swain, Chairman Formerly Chief Executive Officer (until August 27, 2002) of $0 Over $100,000
and Trustee, the Funds, President and a director (until 1997) of the
since 1989 Manager and Vice Chairman (until January 2, 2002) of
Age: 68 OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (of which the Manager is a
wholly-owned investment advisory subsidiary). Oversees 41
portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

William L. Armstrong, Chairman of the following private mortgage banking $0 $50,001-
Trustee since 2001 companies: Cherry Creek Mortgage Company (since 1991),
Age: 65 Centennial State Mortgage Company (since 1994), The El Paso
Mortgage Company (since 1993), Transland Financial
Services, Inc. (since 1997); Chairman of the following
private companies: Great Frontier Insurance (insurance
agency) (since 1995) and Ambassador Media Corporation
(since 1984); a director of the following public companies:
Storage Technology Corporation (computer equipment company)
(since 1991), Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (oil and gas
drilling/production company) (since 1992), UNUMProvident $100,000
(insurance company) (since 1991). Formerly Director of
International Family Entertainment (television channel)
(1992-1997) and Natec Resources, Inc. (air pollution
control equipment and services company) (1991-1995),
Frontier Real Estate, Inc. (residential real estate
brokerage) (1994-1999), and Frontier Title (title insurance
agency) (1995-June 1999); a U.S. Senator (January
1979-January 1991). Oversees 41 portfolios in the
OppenheimerFunds complex.

Robert G. Avis, Trustee Formerly Mr. Avis held the following positions: Director
since 1990 and President of A.G. Edwards Capital, Inc. (General
Age: 71 Partner of private equity funds) (until February 2001);
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of A.G.
Edwards Capital, Inc. (until March 2000); Vice Chairman and
Director of A.G. Edwards, Inc. and Vice Chairman of A.G.
Edwards & Sons, Inc. (its brokerage company subsidiary) $0 Over $100,000
(until March 1999); Chairman of A.G. Edwards Trust Company
and A.G.E. Asset Management (investment advisor) (until
March 1999); and a Director (until March 2000) of A.G.
Edwards & Sons and A.G. Edwards Trust Company. Oversees 41
portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

George C. Bowen, Trustee Formerly (until April 1999) Mr. Bowen held the following
since 2001 positions: Senior Vice President (from September 1987) and
Age: 66 Treasurer (from March 1985) of OppenheimerFunds, Inc; Vice
President (from June 1983) and Treasurer (since March 1985)
of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (a subsidiary of
OppenheimerFunds, Inc., of which the Manager is an
investment advisory subsidiary); Senior Vice President
(since February 1992), Treasurer (since July 1991)
Assistant Secretary and a director (since December 1991) of
the Manager; Vice President (since October 1989) and
Treasurer (since April 1986) of HarbourView Asset
Management Corporation (an investment advisory subsidiary
of OppenheimerFunds, Inc.); President, Treasurer and a
director (June 1989-January 1990) of Centennial Capital
Corporation (a prior investment advisory subsidiary of
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.); Vice President and Treasurer
(since August 1978) and Secretary (since April 1981) of $0 Over $100,000
Shareholder Services, Inc., and Vice President, Treasurer
and Secretary (since November 1989) of Shareholder
Financial Services, Inc. (both are transfer agent
subsidiaries of OppenheimerFunds, Inc.); Assistant
Treasurer (since March 1998) of Oppenheimer Acquisition
Corp. (OppenheimerFunds, Inc.'s parent holding company);
Treasurer (since November 1989) of Oppenheimer Partnership
Holdings, Inc. (a holding company subsidiary of
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.); Vice President and Treasurer
(since July 1996) of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management,
Inc. (an investment advisory subsidiary of
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.); Treasurer (since October 1997) of
OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and Oppenheimer
Millennium Funds plc (offshore fund management subsidiaries
of OppenheimerFunds, Inc.). Oversees 41 portfolios in the
OppenheimerFunds complex.

Edward L. Cameron, A member of The Life Guard of Mount Vernon, George $0 $50,001-
Trustee since 2001 Washington's home (since June 2000). Formerly (March 2001 -
Age: 64 August 2002) Director of Genetic ID, Inc. and its
subsidiaries (a privately held biotech company); a partner
with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (from 1974-1999) (an
accounting firm) and Chairman (from 1994-1998), Price $100,000
Waterhouse LLP Global Investment Management Industry
Services Group. Oversees 41 portfolios in the
OppenheimerFunds complex.

Jon S. Fossel, Chairman and Director (since 1998) of Rocky Mountain Elk $0 $50,001-
Trustee since 2001 Foundation (a not-for-profit foundation); and a director
Age: 60 (since October 1999) of P.R. Pharmaceuticals (a privately
held company) and UNUMProvident (an insurance company)
(since June 1, 2002). Formerly Mr. Fossel held the
following positions: Chairman and a director (until October
1996) and President and Chief Executive Officer (until $100,000
October 1995) of OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; President, Chief
Executive Officer and a director of Oppenheimer Acquisition
Corp., Shareholder Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial
Services, Inc. (until October 1995

Sam Freedman, A trustee or director of other Oppenheimer funds. Formerly $0 Over $100,000
Trustee since 1996 (until October 1994) Mr. Freedman held several positions in
Age: 62 subsidiary or affiliated companies of OppenheimerFunds,
Inc. Oversees 41 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Beverly L. Hamilton, Trustee (since 1996) of MassMutual Institutional Funds and N/A1 N/A1
Trustee since 2002 of MML Series Investment Fund (open-end investment
Age: 56 companies); Director of MML Services (since April 1987) and
America Funds Emerging Markets Growth Fund (since October
1991) (both are investment companies), The California
Endowment (a philanthropy organization) (since April 2002),
and Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula, (since
February 2002); a trustee (since February 2000) of Monterey
International Studies (an educational organization), and an
advisor to Unilever (Holland)'s pension fund and to Credit
Suisse First Boston's Sprout venture capital unit. Mrs.
Hamilton also is a member of the investment committees of
the Rockefeller Foundation, the University of Michigan and
Hartford Hospital. Formerly, Mrs. Hamilton held the
following position: President (February 1991-April 2000)
ARCO Investment Management Company. Oversees 40 portfolios
in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Robert J. Malone, Trustee Director (since 2001) of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (a privately N/A1 N/A1
since 2002 held company), U.S. Exploration, Inc., (since 1997),
Age: 58 Colorado UpLIFT (a non-profit organization) (since 1986)
and a trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (since
2000). Formerly, Mr. Malone held the following positions:
Chairman of U.S. Bank (a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp and
formerly Colorado National Bank,) (July 1996-April 1, 1999)
and a director of Commercial Assets, Inc. (1993-2000).
Oversees 40 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

F. William Marshall, Jr., Trustee (since 1996) of MassMutual Institutional Funds and
Trustee since 2001 of MML Series Investment Fund (open-end investment
Age: 60 companies); Trustee and Chairman (since May 1987) of the
investment committee for the Worcester Polytech Institute;
President and Treasurer (since January 1999) of the SIS
Fund (a private not for profit charitable organization);
Trustee (since 1995) of the Springfield Library and Museum
Association; Trustee (since 1996) of the Community Music
School of Springfield; Member of the investment committee $50,001-
of the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts (since $0 $100,000
1998). Formerly, Chairman (January 1999-July 1999) of SIS &
Family Bank, F.S.B. (formerly SIS Bank); President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director (May 1993-December 1998) of
SIS Bankcorp, Inc. and SIS Bank (formerly Springfield
Institution for Savings) and Executive Vice President
(January 1999-July 1999) of Peoples Heritage Financial
Group, Inc. Oversees 41 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds
complex.

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Interested Trustee

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Name, Address,, Age, Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years / Other Dollar Range Aggregate
Dollar Range
of Shares
Beneficially
Owned in any
of Shares of the
Position(s) Held with Beneficially Oppenheimer/Centennial
Fund and Length of Trusteeships/Directorships Held by Trustee / Number of Owned in the Funds Overseen
Service Portfolios in Fund Complex Currently Overseen by Trustee Fund by Trustee

As of December 31, 2001

Richard F. Grabish, Senior Vice President, Assistant Director of Sales and $0 Over $100,000
Trustee since 2001 Marketing (since March 1997), and Manager of Private Client
Age: 54 Services (since June 1985) for A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
(broker/dealer and investment firm). Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer (since March 2001) of A.G. Edwards Trust
Company; Director (since March 1988) of A.G. Edwards &
Sons, Inc. Formerly (until March 1987) President and Vice
Chairman of A.G. Edwards Trust Company. Oversees 6
portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

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The address of the Officers in the chart below is as follows: Messrs. Murphy, Molleur and Zack and Ms.
Feld is 498 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10018, Messrs. Carbuto, Masterson, Vottiero and Wixted and Mses.
Bechtolt and Ives is 6803 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112-3924. Each Officer serves for an annual term or
until his or her resignation, death or removal.

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Officers of the Trust

Name, Address, Age, Position(s) Held with Fund Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
and Length of Time Served

John V. Murphy, Director (since November 2001) of the Manager; Chairman, Chief Executive
President Officer and director (since June 2001) and President (since September
since October 2001 2000) of OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; President and a trustee or director of
Age: 53 other Oppenheimer funds; President and a director (since July 2001) of
Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. and of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings,
Inc.; a director (since November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds Distributor,
Inc.; Chairman and a director (since July 2001) of Shareholder Services,
Inc. and of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc.; President and a
director (since July 2001) of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (a
charitable trust program established by OppenheimerFunds, Inc.); a
director of the following investment advisory subsidiaries of
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.: OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since
November 2001), HarbourView Asset Management Corporation and OFI Private
Investments, Inc. (since July 2002); President (since November 1, 2001)
and a director (since July 2001) of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management,
Inc.; a director (since November 2001) of Trinity Investment Management
Corp. and Tremont Advisers, Inc. (investment advisory affiliates of
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.); Executive Vice President (since February 1997)
of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (OppenheimerFunds, Inc.'s
parent company); a director (since June 1995) of DBL Acquisition
Corporation; formerly Chief Operating Officer (September 2000-June 2001)
of OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; President and trustee (November 1999-November
2001) of MML Series Investment Fund and MassMutual Institutional Funds
(open-end investment companies); a director (September 1999-August 2000)
of C.M. Life Insurance Company; President, Chief Executive Officer and
director (September 1999-August 2000) of MML Bay State Life Insurance
Company; a director (June 1989-June 1998) of Emerald Isle Bancorp and
Hibernia Savings Bank (wholly-owned subsidiary of Emerald Isle Bancorp).
An officer of 85 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Michael A. Carbuto, Vice President (since May 1988) of OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; an officer of
Vice President and Portfolio Manager 3 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex; formerly Vice President of
since June 1990 the Distributor (May 1988 - September 1999).
Age: 47

Brian W. Wixted, Senior Vice President and Treasurer (since March 1999) of
Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; Treasurer (since March 1999) of HarbourView
Officer Asset Management Corporation, Shareholder Services, Inc., Oppenheimer
since April 1999 Real Asset Management Corporation, Shareholder Financial Services, Inc.,
Age: 43 Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc., OFI Private Investments, Inc.
(since March 2000), OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and Oppenheimer
Millennium Funds plc (since May 2000), offshore fund management
subsidiaries of OppenheimerFunds, Inc., and OFI Institutional Asset
Management, Inc. (since November 2000), an investment advisory
subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; Treasurer and Chief Financial
Officer (since May 2000) of Oppenheimer Trust Company, a trust company
subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; Assistant Treasurer (since March
1999) of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. and OppenheimerFunds Legacy
Program (since April 2000); formerly Principal and Chief Operating
Officer (March 1995-March 1999), Bankers Trust Company-Mutual Fund
Services Division. An officer of 85 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds
complex.

Robert G. Zack, General Counsel (since November 2001) of the Manager; Senior Vice
Vice President & Secretary President (since May 1985) and General Counsel (since February 2002) of
since November 1, 2001 OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; General Counsel and a director (since November
Age: 54 2001) of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.; Senior Vice President and
General Counsel (since November 2001) of HarbourView Asset Management
Corporation; Vice President and a director (since November 2000) of
Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc.; Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and a director (since November 2001) of Shareholder Services,
Inc., Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., OFI Private Investments,
Inc., Oppenheimer Trust Company and OFI Institutional Asset Management,
Inc.; a director (since November 2001) of Oppenheimer Real Asset
Management, Inc.; Assistant Secretary and a director (since November
2001) of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd.; Vice President (since
November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program; Secretary (since
November 2001) of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.; formerly Acting General
Counsel (November 2001-February 2002) and Associate General Counsel (May
1981-October 2001) of OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; Assistant Secretary of
Shareholder Services, Inc. (May 1985-November 2001), Shareholder
Financial Services, Inc. (November 1989-November 2001); OppenheimerFunds
International Ltd. and Oppenheimer Millennium Funds plc (October
1997-November 2001). An officer of 85 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds
complex.

Philip Vottiero, Vice President/Fund Accounting of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (since March
Assistant Treasurer 2002); formerly Vice President/Corporate Accounting of OppenheimerFunds,
since August 27, 2002 Inc. (July 1999-March 2002) prior to which he was Chief Financial
Age: 39 Officer at Sovlink Corporation (April 1996-June 1999). An officer of 72
portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Connie Bechtolt, Assistant Vice President of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (since September
Assistant Treasurer 1998); formerly Manager/Fund Accounting (September 1994-September 1998)
since October 22, 2002 of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. An officer of 72 portfolios in the
Age: 39 OppenheimerFunds complex.

Philip T. Masterson, Vice President and Assistant Counsel of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (since
Assistant Secretary July 1998); formerly, an associate with Davis, Graham, & Stubbs LLP
since August 27, 2002 (January 1997-June 1998). An officer of 72 portfolios in the
Age: 38 OppenheimerFunds complex.

Denis R. Molleur, Vice President and Senior Counsel of the Manager (since July 1999);
Assistant Secretary formerly a Vice President and Associate Counsel of the Manager
since November 1, 2001 (September 1995-July 1999). An officer of 82 portfolios in the
Age: 45 OppenheimerFunds complex.

Katherine P. Feld, Director, Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since June 1999) of
Assistant Secretary the Manager; Vice President and Senior Counsel (since July 1999) of
since November 1, 2001 OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; Vice President (since June 1990) of
Age: 44 OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.; Vice President (since 1997) of
Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.; formerly Vice President and
Associate Counsel of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (June 1990-July 1999). An
officer of 85 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Kathleen T. Ives, Vice President and Assistant Counsel (since June 1998) of
Assistant Secretary OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; Vice President (since 1999) of OppenheimerFunds
since November 1, 2001 Distributor, Inc.; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since 1999)
Age: 37 of Shareholder Services, Inc.; Assistant Secretary (since December 2001)
of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program and Shareholder Financial Services,
Inc.; formerly Assistant Vice President and Assistant Counsel of
OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (August 1997-June 1998); Assistant Counsel of
OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (August 1994-August 1997). An officer of 85
portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

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o Remuneration of Trustees. The officers of the Trust are affiliated with the Manager and receive no
salary or fee from the Trust. The Trustees of the Trust received the compensation shown below from the Trust with
respect to the Trust's fiscal year ended June 30, 2002. Mr. Swain was affiliated with the Manager until January
2, 2002. The compensation from all of the Board II Funds (including the Trust) represents compensation received
as a director, trustee, managing general partner or member of a committee of the Board during the calendar year
2001.

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Trustee Name and Other Position(s) Aggregate Compensation Total Compensation From All Oppenheimer
(as applicable) f For Which Individual Serves As
From Trust as of Funds Trustee/Director
iscal Year Ended As of December 31, 2001
June 30, 20021 (41 Funds)2

James C. Swain $417 $02
Chairman of the Board of Trustees

William L. Armstrong $369 $78,865
Audit Committee Member

Robert G. Avis $372 $79,452
Review Committee Member

George Bowen $356 $75,936
Audit Committee Member

Edward L. Cameron $355 $75,794
Audit Committee Chairman

Jon. S. Fossel $394 $84,177
Review Committee Chairman

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Sam Freedman $391 $83,402
Review Committee Member

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Richard F. Grabish $33 $7,061

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Beverly Hamilton $40 $03
Review Committee Member

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Robert J. Malone $405 $03
Audit Committee Member

F. William Marshall, Jr. $328 $69,922
Review Committee Member

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* Effective July 1, 2000, Ned M. Steel resigned as a Trustee of the Trust and subsequently became Trustee
Emeritus of the Trust. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001 Mr. Steel received $258 aggregate
compensation from the Trust and for the calendar year ended December 31, 2001, he received $60,000 total
compensation from all the Board II Funds. Effective April 5, 2001 Raymond Kalinowski resigned as Trustee of
the Trust. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002 Mr. Kalinowski received no aggregate compensation from
the Trust and for the calendar year ended December 31, 2001, he received $16,468 total compensation from all
1. Board II funds. Effective July 1, 2002, Messrs. Kast and Kirchner retired as Trustees from the Board II
funds. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002, Messrs. Kast and Kirchner each received $410 and $372,
respectively, aggregate compensation from the Trust and for the calendar year ended December 31, 2001, they
each received $87,452 and $79,452, respectively, total compensation from all the Board II Funds.
1. Aggregate compensation includes fees and deferred compensation, if any.
2. Mr. Swain became an Independent Trustee effective 1/1/02, prior to which he did not receive compensation
from any of the Board II funds.
3. Mrs. Hamilton and Mr. Malone were elected as Trustees of the Board II Funds effective June 1, 2002 and
therefore did not receive compensation from any of the Board II Funds during the calendar year ended 2001.
4. Aggregate compensation from the Trust includes $40 deferred under Deferred Compensation Plan described
below.

o Deferred Compensation Plan for Trustees. The Trustees have adopted a Deferred Compensation Plan
for disinterested Trustees that enables them to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual fees
they are entitled to receive from the Trust. Under the plan, the compensation deferred by a Trustee is
periodically adjusted as though an equivalent amount had been invested in shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds
selected by the Trustee. The amount paid to the Trustee under this plan will be determined based upon the
performance of the selected funds.

Deferral of fees of the Trustees under this plan will not materially affect the Trust's assets,
liabilities or net income per share. This plan will not obligate the Trust to retain the services of any Trustee
or to pay any particular level of compensation to any Trustee. Pursuant to an Order issued by the Securities and
Exchange Commission, the Trust may invest in the funds selected by any Trustee under this plan without
shareholder approval for the limited purpose of determining the value of the Trustees' deferred fee accounts.

|X| Major Shareholders. As of October 7, 2002, the only person who owned of record or was known by the
Trust to own beneficially 5% or more of the Trust's outstanding retail shares was A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
("Edwards"), 1 North Jefferson Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63103, which owned 69,125,343.830 shares of the Trust
which was 92.24% of the outstanding shares of the Trust on that date, for accounts of its customers none of whom
individually owned more than 5% of the outstanding shares.

The Manager. The Manager, Centennial Asset Management Corporation, is wholly-owned by OppenheimerFunds, Inc.,
which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., a holding company controlled by
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company.

The portfolio manager of the Trust is principally responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Trust's investment portfolio. Other members of the Manager's fixed-income portfolio department, particularly
security analysts, traders and other portfolio managers, have broad experience with fixed-income securities.
They provide the Trust's portfolio manager with research and support in managing the Trust's investments.

|X| The Investment Advisory Agreement. The Manager provides investment advisory and management
services to the Trust under an investment advisory agreement between the Manager and the Trust. The Manager
selects securities for the Trust's portfolio and handles its day-to-day business. The agreement requires the
Manager, at its expense, to provide the Trust with adequate office space, facilities and equipment. It also
requires the Manager to provide and supervise the activities of all administrative and clerical personnel
required to provide effective administration for the Trust. Those responsibilities include the compilation and
maintenance of records with respect to its operations, the preparation and filing of specified reports, and
composition of proxy materials and registration statements for continuous public sale of shares of the Trust.

Expenses not expressly assumed by the Manager under the investment advisory agreement are paid by the
Trust. The investment advisory agreement lists examples of expenses paid by the Trust. The major categories
relate to interest, taxes, fees to unaffiliated Trustees, legal and audit expenses, custodian and transfer agent
expenses, share issuance costs, certain printing and registration costs and non-recurring expenses, including
litigation costs. The management fees paid by the Trust to the Manager are calculated at the rates described in
the Prospectus.

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Fiscal Year ended 6/30 Management Fee Paid to Centennial Asset Management Corporation
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2000 $305,700
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2001 $343,365
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2002 $384,671

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The Manager has undertaken that the total expenses of the Trust, in any fiscal year of the Trust,
exclusive of taxes, interest, brokerage commissions (if any) and non-recurring expenses, including litigation,
shall not exceed 0.80% of the average annual net assets of the Trust. The payment of the management fee at the
end of any month will be reduced so that there will not be any accrued but unpaid liability under those expense
limitations. Any assumption of the Trust's expenses under this arrangement lowers the Trust's overall expense
ratio and increases its yield and total return during the time such expenses are assumed. The Manager reserves
the right to terminate or amend this undertaking at any time. For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2000, 2001, and
2002 the management fees payable by the Trust would have been $257,431, $287,819 and $357,238 with the Manager's
voluntary expense assumption. Those amounts reflect the effect of the expense assumptions of $48,269, $55,546
and $27,433 for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2000, 2001, and 2002 respectively.

The investment advisory agreement states that in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross
negligence in the performance of its duties or reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the
investment advisory agreement, the Manager is not liable for any loss resulting from a good faith error or
omission on its part with respect to any of its duties under the agreement.

|X| Annual Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement. Each year, the Board of Trustees, including a
majority of the Independent Trustees, is required to approve the renewal of the investment advisory agreement.
The Investment Company Act requires that the Board request and evaluate and the Manager provide such information
as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the investment advisory agreement. The Board employs an
independent consultant to prepare a report that provides such information as the Board requests for this
purpose.

The Board also receives information about the 12b-1 distribution fees the Trust pays. These
distribution fees are reviewed and approved at a different time of the year.

The Board reviewed the foregoing information in arriving at its decision to renew the investment
advisory agreement. Among other factors, the Board considered:
o The nature, cost, and quality of the services provided to the Trust and its shareholders;
o The profitability of the Trust to the Manager;
o The investment performance of the Trust in comparison to regular market indices
o Economies of scale that may be available to the Trust from the Manager;
o Fees paid by other mutual funds for similar services;
o The value and quality of any other benefits or services received by the Trust from its relationship with
the Manager, and
o The direct and indirect benefits the Manager received from its relationship with the Trust. These
included services provided by the Distributor and the Transfer Agent, and brokerage and soft dollar
arrangements permissible under Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act.

The Board considered that the Manager must be able to pay and retain high quality personnel at
competitive rates to provide services to the Trust. The Board also considered that maintaining the financial
viability of the Manager is important so that the Manager will be able to continue to provide quality services to
the Trust and its shareholders in adverse times. The Board also considered the investment performance of other
mutual funds advised by the Manager. The Board is aware that there are alternatives to the use of the Manager.

These matters were also considered by the Independent Trustees, meeting separately from the full Board
with experienced Counsel to the Trust who assisted the Board in its deliberations. The Fund's Counsel is
independent of the Manager within the meaning and intent of the SEC Rules regarding the independence of counsel.

In arriving at a decision, the Board did not single out any one factor or group of factors as being more
important than other factors, but considered all factors together. The Board judged the terms and conditions of
the investment advisory agreement, including the investment advisory fee, in light of all of the surrounding
circumstances.

|X| The Distributor. Under its General Distributor's agreement with the Trust, Centennial Asset
Management Corporation acts as the Trust's principal underwriter and Distributor in the continuous public
offering of the Trust's shares. The Distributor is not obligated to sell a specific number of shares. The
Distributor bears the expenses normally attributable to sales, including advertising and the cost of printing and
mailing prospectuses, other than those furnished to existing shareholders. For other distribution expenses paid
by the Trust, see the section entitled "Service Plan" below. The Trust's Sub-Distributor is OppenheimerFunds
Distributor, Inc.

Portfolio Transactions. Portfolio decisions are based upon recommendations and judgment of the Manager subject
to the overall authority of the Board of Trustees. Most purchases made by the Trust are principal transactions
at net prices, so the Trust incurs little or no brokerage costs. The Trust deals directly with the selling or
purchasing principal or market maker without incurring charges for the services of a broker on its behalf unless
the Manager determines that a better price or execution may be obtained by using the services of a broker.
Purchases of portfolio securities from underwriters include a commission or concession paid by the issuer to the
underwriter, and purchases from dealers include a spread between the bid and asked prices.

The Trust seeks to obtain prompt execution of orders at the most favorable net price. If broker/dealers
are used for portfolio transactions, transactions may be directed to broker/dealers for their execution and
research services. The research services provided by a particular broker may be useful only to one or more of
the advisory accounts of the Manager and its affiliates. Investment research received for the commissions of
those other accounts may be useful both to the Trust and one or more of such other accounts. Investment research
services may be supplied to the Manager by a third party at the instance of a broker through which trades are
placed. It may include information and analyses on particular companies and industries as well as market or
economic trends and portfolio strategy, receipt of market quotations for portfolio evaluations, information
systems, computer hardware and similar products and services. If a research service also assists the Manager in
a non-research capacity (such as bookkeeping or other administrative functions), then only the percentage or
component that provides assistance to the Manager in the investment decision-making process may be paid in
commission dollars.

The research services provided by brokers broaden the scope and supplement the research activities of
the Manager. That research provides additional views and comparisons for consideration, and helps the Manager
obtain market information for the valuation of securities held in the Trust's portfolio or being considered for
purchase.

Subject to applicable rules covering the Manager's activities in this area, sales of shares of the Trust
and/or the other investment companies managed by the Manager or distributed by the Distributor may also be
considered as a factor in the direction of transactions to dealers. That must be done in conformity with the
price, execution and other considerations and practices discussed above. Those other investment companies may
also give similar consideration relating to the sale of the Trust's shares. No portfolio transactions will be
handled by any securities dealer affiliated with the Manager.

The Trust may experience high portfolio turnover that may increase the Trust's transaction costs.
However, since brokerage commissions, if any, are small, high turnover does not have an appreciable adverse
effect upon the income of the Trust.

Service Plan

The Trust has adopted a Service Plan for the shares. The plan has been approved by a vote of the Board of
Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees2 , cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose
of voting on that plan.

Under the plan, the Manager and the Distributor may make payments to affiliates and in their sole
discretion, from time to time, may use their own resources (at no direct cost to the Trust) to make payments to
brokers, dealers or other financial institutions for distribution and administrative services they perform. The
Manager may use its profits from the advisory fee it receives from the Trust. In their sole discretion, the
Distributor and the Manager may increase or decrease the amount of payments they make from their own resources to
plan recipients.

Unless a plan is terminated as described below, the plan continues in effect from year to year but only
if the Trust's Board of Trustees and its Independent Trustees specifically vote annually to approve its
continuance. Approval must be by a vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on
continuing the plan. A plan may be terminated at any time by the vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees
or by the vote of the holders of a "majority" (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the outstanding
shares of the Trust.

The Board of Trustees and the Independent Trustees must approve all material amendments to a plan. An
amendment to increase materially the amount of payments to be made under a plan must be approved by
shareholders. The approval must be by a "majority" (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the shares.

While the plan is in effect, the Treasurer of the Trust shall provide separate written reports on the
plan to the Board of Trustees at least quarterly for its review. The Reports shall detail the amount of all
payments made under the plan and the purpose for which the payments were made. Those reports are subject to the
review and approval of the Independent Trustees.

The plan states that while it is in effect, the selection and nomination of those Trustees of the Trust
who are not "interested persons" of the Trust is committed to the discretion of the Independent Trustees. This
does not prevent the involvement of others in the selection and nomination process as long as the final decision
as to selection or nomination is approved by a majority of the Independent Trustees.

Under the plan, no payment will be made to any recipient in any quarter in which the aggregate net asset
value of all Trust shares held by the recipient for itself and its customers does not exceed a minimum amount, if
any, that may be set from time to time by a majority of the Independent Trustees. The Board of Trustees has set
no minimum amount of assets to qualify for payments under the plan.

|X| Service Plan Fees. Under the service plan, the Distributor currently uses the fees it receives
from the Trust to pay brokers, dealers and other financial institutions (they are referred to as "recipients")
for personal services and account maintenance services they provide for their customers who hold shares. The
services include, among others, answering customer inquiries about the Trust, assisting in establishing and
maintaining accounts in the Trust, making the Trust's investment plans available and providing other services at
the request of the Trust or the Distributor. The service plan permits reimbursements to the Distributor at a rate
of up to 0.20% of average annual net assets of the shares. The Distributor makes payments to plan recipients
quarterly or monthly depending on asset size at an annual rate not to exceed 0.20% of the average annual net
assets consisting of shares held in the accounts of the recipients or their customers.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002 payments under the plan totaled $150,042, all of which was paid
by the Distributor to recipients. That included $628 paid to an affiliate of the Distributor's parent company.
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001, the Manager paid, in the aggregate, $162,925 in fees out of its own
resources for distribution assistance. Any unreimbursed expenses the Distributor incurs with respect to the
shares in any fiscal quarter cannot be recovered in subsequent quarters. The Distributor may not use payments
received under the plan to pay any of its interest expenses, carrying charges, or other financial costs, or
allocation of overhead.

Performance of the Trust

Explanation of Performance Terminology. The Trust uses a variety of terms to illustrate its performance. These
terms include "yield," "compounded effective yield," "tax-equivalent yield" and "average annual total return."
An explanation of how yields and total returns are calculated is set forth below. The charts below show the
Trust's performance as of the Trust's most recent fiscal year end. You can obtain current performance information
by calling the Trust's Transfer Agent at 1.800.525.9310.

The Trust's illustrations of its performance data in advertisements must comply with rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Those rules describe the types of performance data that may be used and how
it is to be calculated. If the Trust shows total returns in addition to its yields, the returns must be for the
1-, 5- and 10-year periods ending as of the most recent calendar quarter prior to the publication of the
advertisement (or its submission for publication).

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

o Yields and total returns measure the performance of a hypothetical account in the Trust over various
periods and do not show the performance of each shareholder's account. Your account's performance will
vary from the model performance data if your dividends are received in cash, or you buy or sell shares
during the period, or you bought your shares at a different time than the shares used in the model.
o An investment in the Trust is not insured by the FDIC or any other government agency.
o The Trust's yield is not fixed or guaranteed and will fluctuate.
o Yields and total returns for any given past period represent historical performance information and are
not, and should not be considered, a prediction of future yields or returns.

|_| Yields. The Trust's current yield is calculated for a seven-day period of time as follows.
First, a base period return is calculated for the seven-day period by determining the net change in the value of
a hypothetical pre-existing account having one share at the beginning of the seven-day period. The change
includes dividends declared on the original share and dividends declared on any shares purchased with dividends
on that share, but such dividends are adjusted to exclude any realized or unrealized capital gains or losses
affecting the dividends declared. Next, the base period return is multiplied by 365/7 to obtain the current
yield to the nearest hundredth of 1%.

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

The yield as calculated above may vary for accounts less than approximately $100 in value due to the
effect of rounding off each daily dividend to the nearest full cent. The calculation of yield under either
procedure described above does not take into consideration any realized or unrealized gains or losses on the
Trust's portfolio securities which may affect dividends. Therefore, the return on dividends declared during a
period may not be the same on an annualized basis as the yield for that period.

The Trust's "tax equivalent yield" adjusts the Trust's current yield, as calculated above, by a stated
federal tax rate. The tax equivalent yield is computed by dividing the tax-exempt portion of the Trust's current
yield by 1 minus a stated income tax rate and adding the result to the portion (if any) of the Trust's current
yield that is not tax-exempt. The tax equivalent yield may be compounded as described above to provide a
compounded effective tax equivalent yield.

For taxpayers with income above certain levels, otherwise allowable itemized deductions are limited. The
Trust's tax equivalent yield for the seven-day period ended June 30, 2002 was 1.10%. Its tax-equivalent
compounded effective yield for the same period was 1.10% for an investor in the highest federal tax bracket.

The tax-equivalent yield may be used to compare the tax effects of income derived from the Trust with
income from taxable investments at the tax rates stated. Your tax bracket is determined by your federal and state
taxable income (the net amount subject to federal and state income tax after deductions and exemptions). The
tax-equivalent yield table assumes that the investor is taxed at the highest bracket, regardless of whether a
switch to non-taxable investments would cause a lower bracket to apply. For taxpayers with income above certain
levels, otherwise allowable itemized deductions are limited. The Trust's tax equivalent yield for the highest tax
bracket for the seven-day period ended June 30, 2002 was 1.06%. Its tax-equivalent compounded effective yield
for the same period was 1.06% for an investor in the highest tax bracket.

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

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

ERV l/n - 1 = Average Annual Total Return
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P

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

ERV - P = Total Return

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Yield Compounded Effective Average Annual Total Returns (at 6/30/02)
(7 days ended 6/30/02) Yield
(7 days ended
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0.60% 0.60% 0.96% 2.45% 2.41%

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|X| Other Performance Comparisons. Yield information may be useful to investors in reviewing the
Trust's performance. The Trust may make comparisons between its yield and that of other investments, by citing
various indices such as The Bank Rate Monitor National Index (provided by Bank Rate Monitor(TM)) which measures the
average rate paid on bank money market accounts, NOW accounts and certificates of deposits by the 100 largest
banks and thrifts in the top ten metro areas. When comparing the Trust's yield with that of other investments,
investors should understand that certain other investment alternatives such as certificates of deposit, U.S.
government securities, money market instruments or bank accounts may provide fixed yields and may be insured or
guaranteed.

From time to time, the Trust may include in its advertisements and sales literature performance
information about the Trust cited in other newspapers and periodicals, such as The New York Times, which may
include performance quotations from other sources.

From time to time the Trust may include in its advertisements and sales literature the total return performance of a
hypothetical investment account that includes shares of the Trust and other Oppenheimer funds. The combined
account may be part of an illustration of an asset allocation model or similar presentation. The account
performance may combine total return performance of the Trust and the total return performance of other
Oppenheimer funds included in the account. Additionally, from time to time, the Trust's advertisements and sales
literature may include, for illustrative or comparative purposes, statistical data or other information about
general or specific market and economic conditions. That may include, for example,
o information about the performance of certain securities or commodities markets or segments of those
markets,
o information about the performance of the economies of particular countries or regions,
o the earnings of companies included in segments of particular industries, sectors, securities markets,
countries or regions,
o the availability of different types of securities or offerings of securities,
o information relating to the gross national or gross domestic product of the United States or other
countries or regions,
o comparisons of various market sectors or indices to demonstrate performance, risk, or other
characteristics of the Trust.

A B O U T Y O U R A C C O U N T

How to Buy Shares

Determination of Net Asset Value Per Share. The net asset value per share of the Trust is determined twice each
day that the New York Stock Exchange ("Exchange") is open, at 12:00 Noon and at 4:00 P.M, on each day that the
Exchange is open, by dividing the value of the Trust's net assets by the total number of shares outstanding. All
references to time in this Statement of Additional Information mean "Eastern time." The Exchange's most recent
annual announcement (which is subject to change) states that it will close on New Year's Day, Martin Luther King
Jr. Day, Washington's Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and
Christmas Day. It may also close on other days.

The Trust's Board of Trustees has adopted the amortized cost method to value the Trust's portfolio
securities. Under the amortized cost method, a security is valued initially at its cost and its valuation
assumes a constant amortization of any premium or accretion of any discount, regardless of the impact of
fluctuating interest rates on the market value of the security. This method does not take into consideration any
unrealized capital gains or losses on securities. While this method provides certainty in valuing securities, in
certain periods the value of a security determined by amortized cost may be higher or lower than the price the
Trust would receive if it sold the security.

The Trust's Board of Trustees has established procedures reasonably designed to stabilize the Trust's
net asset value at $1.00 per share. Those procedures include a review of the valuations of the Trust's portfolio
holdings by the Board of Trustees, at intervals it deems appropriate, to determine whether the Trust's net asset
value calculated by using available market quotations deviates from $1.00 per share based on amortized cost.

The Board of Trustees will examine the extent of any deviation between the Trust's net asset value based
upon available market quotations and amortized cost. If the Trust's net asset value were to deviate from $1.00 by
more than 0.5%, Rule 2a-7 requires the Board of Trustees to consider what action, if any, should be taken. If
they find that the extent of the deviation may cause a material dilution or other unfair effects on shareholders,
the Board of Trustees will take whatever steps it considers appropriate to eliminate or reduce the dilution,
including, among others, withholding or reducing dividends, paying dividends from capital or capital gains,
selling portfolio instruments prior to maturity to realize capital gains or losses or to shorten the average
maturity of the portfolio, or calculating net asset value per share by using available market quotations.

During periods of declining interest rates, the daily yield on shares of the Trust may tend to be lower
(and net investment income and dividends higher) than those of a fund holding the identical investments as the
Trust but which used a method of portfolio valuation based on market prices or estimates of market prices. During
periods of rising interest rates, the daily yield of the Trust would tend to be higher and its aggregate value
lower than that of an identical portfolio using market price valuation.

How to Sell Shares

The information below supplements the terms and conditions for redeeming shares set forth in the Prospectus.

Checkwriting. When a check is presented to the Bank for clearance, the Bank will ask the Trust to redeem a
sufficient number of full and fractional shares in the shareholder's account to cover the amount of the check.
This enables the shareholder to continue receiving dividends on those shares until the check is presented to the
Trust. Checks may not be presented for payment at the offices of the Bank or the Trust's custodian. This
limitation does not affect the use of checks for the payment of bills or to obtain cash at other banks. The
Trust reserves the right to amend, suspend or discontinue offering checkwriting privileges at any time. The
Trust will provide you notice whenever it is required to do so by applicable law.

In choosing to take advantage of the Checkwriting privilege, by signing the Account Application or by
completing a Checkwriting card, each individual who signs:
(1) for individual accounts, represents that they are the registered owner(s) of the shares of the Trust in
that account;
(2) for accounts for corporations, partnerships, trusts and other entities, represents that they are an
officer, general partner, trustee or other fiduciary or agent, as applicable, duly authorized to
act on behalf of the registered owner(s);
(3) authorizes the Trust, its Transfer Agent and any bank through which the Trust's drafts (checks) are
payable to pay all checks drawn on the Trust account of such person(s) and to redeem a sufficient
amount of shares from that account to cover payment of each check;
(4) specifically acknowledges that if they choose to permit checks to be honored if there is a single
signature on checks drawn against joint accounts, or accounts for corporations, partnerships,
trusts or other entities, the signature of any one signatory on a check will be sufficient to
authorize payment of that check and redemption from the account, even if that account is registered
in the names of more than one person or more than one authorized signature appears on the
Checkwriting card or the Application, as applicable;
(5) understands that the Checkwriting privilege may be terminated or amended at any time by the Trust and/or
the Trust's bank; and
(6) acknowledges and agrees that neither the Trust nor its bank shall incur any liability for that amendment
or termination of checkwriting privileges or for redeeming shares to pay checks reasonably believed
by them to be genuine, or for returning or not paying checks that have not been accepted for any
reason.

Sending Redemption Proceeds by Federal Funds Wire. The Federal Funds wire of redemption proceeds may be delayed
if the Trust's custodian bank is not open for business on a day when the Trust would normally authorize the wire
to be made, which is usually the Trust's next regular business day following the redemption. In those
circumstances, the wire will not be transmitted until the next bank business day on which the Trust is open for
business. No distributions will be paid on the proceeds of redeemed shares awaiting transfer by Federal Funds
wire.

How to Exchange Shares

As stated in the Prospectus, direct shareholders can exchange shares of the Trust for Class A shares of any of
the following eligible funds:

Oppenheimer Bond Fund Oppenheimer Municipal Bond Fund
Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund Oppenheimer New York Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Preservation Fund Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund Oppenheimer Quest Balanced Value Fund
Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund Oppenheimer Quest Capital Value Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund Oppenheimer Quest Global Value Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund
Oppenheimer Disciplined Allocation Fund Oppenheimer Quest Value Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Discovery Fund Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund(R)
Oppenheimer Emerging Growth Fund Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals Fund
Oppenheimer Emerging Technologies Fund Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund
Oppenheimer Enterprise Fund Oppenheimer Small Cap Value Fund
Oppenheimer Europe Fund Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund
Oppenheimer Global Fund Oppenheimer Total Return Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Global Growth & Income Fund Oppenheimer Trinity Core Fund
Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund Oppenheimer Trinity Large Cap Growth Fund
Oppenheimer Growth Fund Oppenheimer Trinity Value Fund
Oppenheimer High Yield Fund Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust
Oppenheimer International Bond Fund Oppenheimer Value Fund
Oppenheimer International Growth Fund Limited-Term New York Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer International Small Company Fund Rochester Fund Municipals
Oppenheimer Limited Term Government Fund OSM1- Gartmore Millennium Growth Fund II
Oppenheimer Limited-Term Municipal Fund OSM1 - Jennison Growth Fund
Oppenheimer Main Street(R)Growth & Income Fund OSM1 - Mercury Advisors S&P 500 Index
Oppenheimer Main Street(R)Opportunity Fund OSM1 - Mercury Advisors Focus Growth Fund
Oppenheimer Main Street(R)Small Cap Fund OSM1 - QM Active Balanced Fund
Oppenheimer MidCap Fund OSM1 - Salomon Brothers All Cap Fund
Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund

and the following money market funds:

Centennial America Fund, L. P. Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust
Centennial California Tax Exempt Trust Centennial Tax Exempt Trust
Centennial Government Trust Oppenheimer Cash Reserves
Centennial Money Market Trust Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.

1 - "OSM" stands for Oppenheimer Select Managers

Shares of the Trust purchased without a sales charge may be exchanged for shares of an eligible fund
offered with a sales charge upon payment of the sales charge. Shares of the Trust acquired by reinvestment of
dividends or distributions from the Trust or any of the other eligible funds (other than Oppenheimer Cash
Reserves) or from any unit investment trust for which reinvestment arrangements have been made with the
Distributor may be exchanged at net asset value for shares of any of the eligible funds.

|_| Limits on Multiple Exchange Orders. The Trust reserves the right to reject telephone or written
exchange requests submitted in bulk by anyone on behalf of more than one account. The Trust may accept requests
for exchanges of up to 50 accounts per day from representatives of authorized dealers that qualify for this
privilege.

|_| Telephone Exchange Requests. When exchanging shares by telephone, a direct shareholder must have
an existing account in the fund to which the exchange is to be made. Otherwise, the investor must obtain a
prospectus of that fund before the exchange request may be submitted. If all telephone lines are busy (which
might occur, for example, during periods of substantial market fluctuations), shareholders might not be able to
request exchanges by telephone and would have to submit written exchange requests.

|_| Processing Exchange Requests. Shares to be exchanged are redeemed on the regular business day the
Transfer Agent receives an exchange request in proper form (the "Redemption Date"). Normally, shares of the fund
to be acquired are purchased on the Redemption Date, but such purchases may be delayed by either fund up to five
business days if it determines that it would be disadvantaged by an immediate transfer of the redemption
proceeds. The Trust reserves the right, in its discretion, to refuse any exchange request that may disadvantage
it (for example, if the receipt of multiple exchange requests from a dealer might require the disposition of
portfolio securities at a time or at a price that might be disadvantageous to the Trust).

In connection with any exchange request, the number of shares exchanged may be less than the number
requested if the exchange or the number requested would include shares subject to a restriction cited in the
Prospectus or this Statement of Additional Information or would include shares covered by a share certificate
that is not tendered with the request. In those cases, only the shares available for exchange without
restriction will be exchanged.

The different eligible funds available for exchange have different investment objectives, policies and
risks. A shareholder should assure that the fund selected is appropriate for his or her investment and should be
aware of the tax consequences of an exchange. For federal income tax purposes, an exchange transaction is
treated as a redemption of shares of one fund and a purchase of shares of another. The Trust, the Distributor,
the Sub-Distributor, and the Transfer Agent are unable to provide investment, tax or legal advice to a
shareholder in connection with an exchange request or any other investment transaction.

The Trust may amend, suspend or terminate the exchange privilege at any time. Although the Trust may
impose these changes at any time, it will provide you with notice of those changes whenever it is required to do
so by applicable law. It may be required to provide 60 days notice prior to materially amending or terminating
the exchange privilege. That 60-day notice is not required in extraordinary circumstances.

Dividends and Taxes

Tax Status of the Trust's Dividends, Distributions and Redemptions of Shares. The federal tax treatment of the
Trust's distributions is briefly highlighted in the Prospectus. The following is only a summary of certain
additional tax considerations generally affecting the Trust and its shareholders.

The tax discussion in the Prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information is based on tax law in effect
on the date of the Prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information. Those laws and regulations may be
changed by legislative, judicial, or administrative action, possible with retroactive effect. State and local tax
treatment of exempt-interest dividends and potential capital gain distributions from regulated investment
companies may differ from the treatment under the Internal Revenue Code described below. Potential purchasers of
shares of the Trust are urged to consult their tax advisers with specific reference to their own tax
circumstances as well as the consequences of federal, state and local tax rules affecting an investment in the
Trust.

Qualification as a Regulated Investment Company. The Trust has elected to be taxed as a regulated
investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. As a regulated
investment company, the Trust is not subject to federal income tax on the portion of its net investment income
(that is, taxable interest, dividends, and other taxable ordinary income, net of expenses) and capital gain net
income (that is, the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses) that it
distributes to shareholders.

If the Trust qualifies as a "regulated investment company" under the Internal Revenue Code, it will not
be liable for federal income tax on amounts it pays as dividends and other distributions. That qualification
enables the Trust to "pass through" its income and realized capital gains to shareholders without having to pay
tax on them. The Trust qualified as a regulated investment company in its last fiscal year and intends to qualify
in future years, but reserves the right not to qualify. The Internal Revenue Code contains a number of complex
tests to determine whether the Trust qualifies. The Trust might not meet those tests in a particular year. If it
does not qualify, the Trust will be treated for tax purposes as an ordinary corporation and will receive no tax
deduction for payments of dividends and other distributions made to shareholders. In such an instance, all of the
Trust's dividends would be taxable to shareholders.

To qualify as a regulated investment company, the Trust must distribute at least 90% of its investment
company taxable income (in brief, net investment income and the excess of net short-term capital gain over net
long-term capital loss) and at least 90% of its net tax-exempt income for the taxable year. The Trust must also
satisfy certain other requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, some of which are described below.
Distributions by the Trust made during the taxable year or, under specified circumstances, within twelve months
after the close of the taxable year, will be considered distributions of income and gains for the taxable year
and will therefore count toward satisfaction of the above-mentioned requirement.

To qualify as a regulated investment company, the Trust must derive at least 90% of its gross income
from dividends, interest, certain payments with respect to securities loans, gains from the sale or other
disposition of stock or securities or foreign currencies (to the extent such currency gains are directly related
to the regulated investment company's principal business of investing in stock or securities) and certain other
income.

In addition to satisfying the requirements described above, the Trust must satisfy an asset
diversification test in order to qualify as a regulated investment company. Under that test, at the close of
each quarter of the Trust's taxable year, at least 50% of the value of the Trust's assets must consist of cash
and cash items (including receivables), U.S. government securities, securities of other regulated investment
companies, and securities of other issuers. As to each of those issuers, the Trust must not have invested more
than 5% of the value of the Trust's total assets in securities of each such issuer and the Trust must not hold
more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of each such issuer. No more than 25% of the value of its
total assets may be invested in the securities of any one issuer (other than U.S. government securities and
securities of other regulated investment companies), or in two or more issuers which the Trust controls and which
are engaged in the same or similar trades or businesses. For purposes of this test, obligations issued or
guaranteed by certain agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. government are treated as U.S. government
securities.

Excise Tax on Regulated Investment Companies. Under the Internal Revenue Code, by December 31 each year, the
Trust must distribute 98% of its taxable investment income earned from January 1 through December 31 of that year
and 98% of its capital gains realized in the period from November 1 of the prior year through October 31 of the
current year. If it does not, the Trust must pay an excise tax on the amounts not distributed. It is presently
anticipated that the Trust will meet those requirements. To meet this requirement, in certain circumstances the
Trust might be required to liquidate portfolio investments to make sufficient distributions to avoid excise tax
liability. However, the Board of Trustees and the Manager might determine in a particular year that it would be
in the best interests of shareholders for the Trust not to make such distributions at the required levels and to
pay the excise tax on the undistributed amounts. That would reduce the amount of income or capital gains
available for distribution to shareholders.

|X| Taxation of Fund Distributions. The Trust intends to qualify under the Internal Revenue Code during each
fiscal year to pay "exempt-interest dividends" to its shareholders. To satisfy this qualification, at the end of
each quarter of its taxable year, at least 50% of the value of the Trust's total assets consists of obligations
as defined in Section 103(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended. Exempt-interest dividends that are derived
from net investment income earned by the Trust on municipal securities will be excludable from gross income of
shareholders for federal income tax purposes. To the extent the Trust fails to qualify to pay exempt-interest
dividends in any given form, such dividends would be included in the gross income of shareholders for federal
income tax purposes.

Net investment income includes the allocation of amounts of income from the municipal securities in the
Trust's portfolio that are free from federal income taxes. This allocation will be made by the use of one
designated percentage applied uniformly to all income dividends paid during the Trust's tax year. That
designation will normally be made following the end of each fiscal year as to income dividends paid in the prior
year. The percentage of income designated as tax-exempt may substantially differ from the percentage of the
Trust's income that was tax-exempt for a given period.

A portion of the exempt-interest dividends paid by the Trust may be an item of tax preference for
shareholders subject to the federal alternative minimum tax. The amount of any dividends attributable to tax
preference items for purposes of the alternative minimum tax will be identified when tax information is
distributed by the Trust.

A shareholder receiving a dividend from income earned by the Trust from one or more of the following
sources must treat the dividend as ordinary income in the computation of the shareholder's gross income,
regardless of whether the dividend is reinvested:
(1) certain taxable temporary investments (such as certificates of deposit, repurchase agreements,
commercial paper and obligations of the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities);
(2) income from securities loans;
(3) income or gains from options or futures,
(4) any net short-term capital gain; and
(5) any market discount amortization on tax-exempt bonds.

The Trust's dividends will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction for corporations.
Shareholders receiving Social Security benefits should be aware that exempt-interest dividends are a factor in
determining whether (and the extent to which) such benefits are subject to federal income tax. Losses realized by
shareholders on the redemption of Fund shares within six months of purchase will be disallowed for federal income
tax purposes to the extent of exempt-interest dividends received on such shares.

In any year in which the Trust qualifies as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue
Code, the Trust will also be exempt from New York corporate income and franchise taxes. It will also be qualified
under New York law to pay exempt-interest dividends that will be exempt from New York State and New York City
personal income taxes. That exemption applies to the extent that the Trust's distributions are attributable to
interest on New York municipal securities. Distributions from the Trust attributable to income from sources other
than New York municipal securities and U.S. government obligations will generally be subject to New York State
and New York City personal income taxes as ordinary income.

Distributions by the Trust from investment income and long- and short-term capital gains will generally
not be excludable from taxable net investment income in determining New York corporate franchise tax and New York
City general corporation tax for corporate shareholders of the Trust. Additionally, certain distributions paid to
corporate shareholders of the Trust may be includable in income subject to the New York alternative minimum tax.

The Trust may either retain or distribute to shareholders its net capital gain for each taxable year.
The Trust currently intends to distribute any such amounts. If the net capital gain is distributed and
designated as a capital gain distribution, it will be taxable to shareholders as a long-term capital gain and
will be properly identified in reports sent to shareholders in January of each year. Such treatment will apply no
matter how long the shareholder has held his or her shares or whether that gain was recognized by the Trust
before the shareholder acquired his or her shares.

If the Trust elects to retain its net capital gain, the Trust will be subject to tax on it at the 35%
corporate tax rate. If the Trust elects to retain its net capital gain, it is expected that the Trust also will
elect to have shareholders of record on the last day of its taxable year treated as if each received a
distribution of their pro rata share of such gain. As a result, each shareholder will be required to report his
or her pro rata share of such gain on their tax return as long-term capital gain, will receive a refundable tax
credit for his/her pro rata share of tax paid by the Trust on the gain, and will increase the tax basis for
his/her shares by an amount equal to the deemed distribution less the tax credit.

Distributions by the Trust will be treated in the manner described above regardless of whether the
distributions are paid in cash or reinvested in additional shares of the Trust (or of another fund).
Shareholders receiving a distribution in the form of additional shares will be treated as receiving a
distribution in an amount equal to the fair market value of the shares received, determined as of the
reinvestment date.

The Trust will be required in certain cases to withhold 30% (29% for payments after December 31, 2003)
of ordinary income dividends (not including "exempt-interest dividends"), capital gains distributions (including
short-term and long-term) and the proceeds of the redemption of shares, paid to any shareholder (1) who has
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failed to provide a correct taxpayer identification number or to properly certify that number when required, (2)
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who is subject to backup withholding for failure to report the receipt of interest or dividend income properly,
or (3) who has failed to certify to the Trust that the shareholder is not subject to backup withholding or is an
"exempt recipient" (such as a corporation). All income and any tax withheld by the Trust is remitted by the Trust
to the U.S. Treasury and is identified in reports mailed to shareholders in January of each year.

Tax Effects of Redemptions of Shares. If a shareholder redeems all or a portion of his/her shares, the
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shareholder will recognize a gain or loss on the redeemed shares in an amount equal to the difference between the
proceeds of the redeemed shares and the shareholder's adjusted tax basis in the shares. All or a portion of any
loss recognized in that manner may be disallowed if the shareholder purchases other shares of the Trust within 30
days before or after the redemption.

In general, any gain or loss arising from the redemption of shares of the Trust will be considered
capital gain or loss, if the shares were held as a capital asset. It will be long-term capital gain or loss if
the shares were held for more than one year. However, any capital loss arising from the redemption of shares
held for six months or less will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of the amount of capital
gain dividends received on those shares. Special holding period rules under the Internal Revenue Code apply in
this case to determine the holding period of shares and there are limits on the deductibility of capital losses
in any year.

Foreign Shareholders. Under U.S. tax law, taxation of a shareholder who is a foreign person (including, but not
limited to, a nonresident alien individual, a foreign trust, a foreign estate, a foreign corporation, or a
foreign partnership) primarily depends on whether the foreign person's income from the Trust is effectively
connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business. Typically, ordinary income dividends paid (not including
exempt-interest dividends paid by the Trust) from a mutual fund are not considered "effectively connected" income.

Ordinary income dividends that are paid by the Trust (and are deemed not "effectively connected income")
to foreign persons will be subject to a U.S. tax withheld by the Trust at a rate of 30%, provided the Trust
obtains a properly completed and signed Certificate of Foreign Status. The tax rate may be reduced if the foreign
person's country of residence has a tax treaty with the U.S. allowing for a reduced tax rate on ordinary income
dividends paid by the Trust. All income and any tax withheld by the Trust is remitted by the Trust to the U.S.
Treasury and is identified in reports mailed to shareholders in March of each year.

If the ordinary income dividends from the Trust are effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S.
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trade or business, then the foreign person may claim an exemption from the U.S. tax described above provided the
Trust obtains a properly completed and signed Certificate of Foreign Status.

If the foreign person fails to provide a certification of his/her foreign status, the Trust will be
required to withhold U.S. tax at a rate of 30% (29% for payments after December 31, 2003) on ordinary income
dividends (not including "exempt-interest dividends"), capital gains distributions (including short-term and
long-term) and the proceeds of the redemption of shares, paid to any foreign person. All income and any tax
withheld (in this situation) by the Trust is remitted by the Trust to the U.S. Treasury and is identified in
reports mailed to shareholders in January of each year.

The tax consequences to foreign persons entitled to claim the benefits of an applicable tax treaty may
be different from those described herein. Foreign shareholders are urged to consult their own tax advisors or
the U.S. Internal Revenue Service with respect to the particular tax consequences to them of an investment in the
Trust, including the applicability of the U.S. withholding taxes described above.

Dividend Reinvestment in Another Trust. Direct shareholders of the Trust may elect to reinvest all dividends
and/or capital gains distributions in Class A shares of any eligible fund listed above. To elect this option, the
shareholder must notify the Transfer Agent in writing and must have an existing account in the fund selected for
reinvestment. Otherwise, the shareholder first must obtain a prospectus for that fund and an application from
the Distributor to establish an account. The investment will be made at the close of business on the payable
date of the dividend or distribution.

Additional Information About the Trust

The Distributor. The Trust's shares are sold through dealers, brokers and other financial institutions that have
a sales agreement with the Sub-Distributor. The Distributor and the Sub-Distributor also distribute shares of
the other funds managed by the Manager or an affiliate.

The Transfer Agent. Shareholder Services, Inc. the Trust's Transfer Agent, is responsible for maintaining the
Trust's shareholder registry and shareholder accounting records, and for paying dividends and distributions to
shareholders of the Trust. It also handles shareholder servicing and administrative functions.

The Custodian. Citibank, N.A. is the custodian of the Trust's assets. The custodian's responsibilities include
safeguarding and controlling the Trust's portfolio securities and handling the delivery of such securities to and
from the Trust. It will be the practice of the Trust to deal with the custodian in a manner uninfluenced by any
banking relationship the custodian may have with the Manager and its affiliates. The Trust's cash balances with
the custodian in excess of $100,000 are not protected by federal deposit insurance. Those uninsured balances at
times may be substantial.

Independent Auditors. Deloitte & Touche LLP are the independent auditors of the Trust. They audit the Trust's
financial statements and perform other related audit services. They also act as auditors for the Manager and OFI
and for certain other funds advised by the Manager and its affiliates.

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust


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TO THE SHAREHOLDERS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CENTENNIAL NEW YORK TAX EXEMPT
TRUST:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of
Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust, including the statement of investments, as
of June 30, 2002, and the related statement of operations for the year then
ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the
period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in
the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are
the responsibility of the Trust's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our
audits.

   We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States of America. 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. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of
securities owned as of June 30, 2002, by correspondence with the custodian and
brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other
auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles
used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the
overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

   In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to
above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust as of June 30, 2002, the results of its
operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of
the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of
the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America.



DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Denver, Colorado
July 22, 2002

STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS June 30, 2002 Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust


                                                                                        PRINCIPAL               VALUE
                                                                                           AMOUNT          SEE NOTE 1
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SHORT-TERM TAX-EXEMPT OBLIGATIONS--112.4%

NEW YORK--109.5%
Babylon, NY IDA RB, J. D'Addario & Co. Project, 1.30%(1) ......................       $   500,000      $      500,000
Babylon, NY IDA RR RRB, Ogden Martin Project, FSA Insured, 1.35%(1) ...........           500,000             500,000
Buffalo, NY RAN, FGIC Insured, 2.50%, 6/27/03(3) ..............................         1,500,000           1,514,235
Hempstead, NY IDA RRB, Trigen-Nassau Energy, 1.20%(1) .........................         1,000,000           1,000,000
Jay Street Development Corp. NYC Facilities Lease RB,
   Jay Street Project, Series A-3, 1.15%(1) ...................................         2,700,000           2,700,000
NYC GOB, MBIA Insured, 3%, 8/15/02 ............................................         1,275,000           1,277,479
NYC GOUN, Prerefunded, Series C, Subseries C-1, FSA Insured,
   6.25%, 8/1/02(2) ...........................................................           700,000             713,375
NYC HDC MH RB, James Tower Development-A, 1.15%(1) ............................         2,600,000           2,600,000
NYC HDC MH RB, Monterey Project, Series A, 1.10%(1) ...........................         2,800,000           2,800,000
NYC IDA Civic Facility RB, Casa Project, 1.35%(1) .............................         1,000,000           1,000,000
NYC MTAU Transit Facilities SPO BAN, 1.40%, 11/8/02 ...........................         3,000,000           3,000,000
NYC MWFAU RB, 1.35%, 9/3/02 ...................................................         3,000,000           3,000,000
NYC Transitional FAU GOUN, Series 4, 2.50%, 2/26/03 ...........................         3,000,000           3,021,139
NYS DA RB, Columbia University, 1.35%, 10/1/02 ................................         3,300,000           3,300,000
NYS DA RB, Rockefeller University, Series A2, 1.15%(1) ........................         3,000,000           3,000,000
NYS DA RRB, Montefiore Medical Center, AMBAC Insured, 5%, 8/1/02 ..............         4,960,000           4,975,165
NYS DA RRB, Municipal Securities Trust Receipts-CMC1B, 1.25%(1) ...............         1,300,000           1,300,000
NYS DA SDI Finance Program GOUN, MBIA Insured, 3%, 4/1/03(3) ..................         2,000,000           2,022,880
NYS Environmental Quality GOB, 1.40%, 8/1/02(2) ...............................         3,000,000           3,000,000
NYS ERDAUEF RRB, Consolidated Edison Co., Subseries A-3, 1.20%(1) .............         3,000,000           3,000,000
NYS GOUN, Series A, 1.35%, 10/10/02(2) ........................................         1,900,000           1,900,000
NYS HFA MH RB, 1.20%(1) .......................................................         3,100,000           3,100,000
NYS LGAC RRB, Series B, 5%, 4/1/03 ............................................         1,525,000           1,565,778
NYS LGAC RRB, Series SG99, AMBAC Insured, 1.19%, 10/1/02(1,2) .................         1,700,000           1,700,000
NYS MAG RB, Municipal Securities Trust Receipts-CMC1, 1.30%(1) ................         2,900,000           2,900,000
NYS PAU GP RRB, Prerefunded, Series CC, 4.80%, 1/1/03(2) ......................           450,000             466,355
NYS PAU RB, 1.35%, 10/1/02 ....................................................         3,300,000           3,300,000
NYS TBTAU RB, Series N16, 1.60%, 8/7/02(2) ....................................         7,000,000           7,000,000
NYS TWY RB, 3%, 4/1/03(3) .....................................................         5,000,000           5,054,149
NYS Urban Empire Development Corp. RB, Series A, 1.18%(1) .....................         2,600,000           2,600,000
PAUNYNJ RB, 5.50%, 10/15/02 ...................................................         1,315,000           1,330,062
                                                                                                       --------------
                                                                                                           75,140,617

3 STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS Continued Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust


                                                                                        PRINCIPAL               VALUE
                                                                                           AMOUNT          SEE NOTE 1
=====================================================================================================================

U.S. POSSESSIONS--2.9%
PR CMWLTH HTAU RB, Putters Project-246, FSA Insured, 1.18%(1) .................       $ 2,000,000      $    2,000,000
                                                                                      -------------------------------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS, AT VALUE (COST $77,140,617) ................................             112.4%         77,140,617
                                                                                      -------------------------------
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS .........................................             (12.4)         (8,522,768)
                                                                                      -------------------------------
NET ASSETS ....................................................................             100.0%     $   68,617,849
                                                                                      ===============================


To simplify the listings of securities, abbreviations are used per the table below:
BAN--Bond Anticipation Nts.                        MH--Multifamily Housing
CMWLTH--Commonwealth                               MTAU--Metropolitan Transportation Authority
DA--Dormitory Authority                            MWFAU--Municipal Water Finance Authority
ERDAUEF--Energy Research & Development             NYC--New York City
Authority Electric Facilities                      NYS--New York State
FAU--Finance Authority                             PAU--Power Authority
GOB--General Obligation Bonds                      PAUNYNJ--Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
GOUN--General Obligation Unlimited Nts.            RAN--Revenue Anticipation Nts.
GP--General Purpose                                RB--Revenue Bonds
HDC--Housing Development Corp.                     RR--Resource Recovery
HFA--Housing Finance Agency                        RRB--Revenue Refunding Bonds
HTAU--Highway & Transportation Authority           SDI--School District
IDA--Industrial Development Agency                 SPO--Special Obligations
LGAC--Local Government Assistance Corp.            TBTAU--Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority
MAG--Mtg. Agency                                   TWY--Thruway/Tollway Authority/Agency

FOOTNOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS

1. Floating or variable rate obligation maturing in more than one year. The interest rate, which is based on specific, or an index of, market interest rates, is subject to change periodically and is the effective rate on June 30, 2002. This instrument has a demand feature which allows, on up to 30 days notice, the recovery of principal at any time, or at specified intervals not exceeding one year.

2. Put obligation redeemable at full principal value on the date reported. 3. When-issued security to be delivered and settled after June 30, 2002. See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements. 4 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES June 30, 2002 Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust


=====================================================================================================================

ASSETS
Investments, at value (cost $77,140,617)--see accompanying statement .........................            $77,140,617
Cash .........................................................................................                347,729
Receivables and other assets:
Shares of beneficial interest sold ...........................................................                505,021
Interest .....................................................................................                361,019
Other ........................................................................................                  2,287
                                                                                                          -----------
Total assets .................................................................................             78,356,673
                                                                                                          -----------
LIABILITIES
Payables and other liabilities:
Investments purchased on a when-issued basis .................................................              8,601,682
Shares of beneficial interest redeemed .......................................................              1,061,588
Service plan fees ............................................................................                 33,374
Shareholder reports ..........................................................................                 13,859
Dividends ....................................................................................                 11,440
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees ................................................                  4,149
Trustees' compensation .......................................................................                    141
Other ........................................................................................                 12,591
                                                                                                          -----------
Total liabilities ............................................................................              9,738,824
                                                                                                          -----------
NET ASSETS ...................................................................................            $68,617,849
                                                                                                          ===========
COMPOSITION OF NET ASSETS
Paid-in capital ..............................................................................            $68,617,849
                                                                                                          -----------
NET ASSETS--applicable to 68,602,899 shares of beneficial interest outstanding ...............            $68,617,849
                                                                                                          ===========
NET ASSET VALUE, REDEMPTION PRICE PER SHARE
AND OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE .................................................................                  $1.00
                                                                                                                =====

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements. 5 STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended June 30, 2002 Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust


=====================================================================================================================

INVESTMENT INCOME
Interest .....................................................................................            $1,346,882
                                                                                                          -----------
EXPENSES
Management fees ..............................................................................               384,671
Service plan fees ............................................................................               150,042
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees ................................................                41,813
Legal, auditing and other professional fees ..................................................                18,577
Shareholder reports ..........................................................................                18,259
Custodian fees and expenses ..................................................................                10,364
Trustees' compensation .......................................................................                 4,274
Other ........................................................................................                14,404
                                                                                                          -----------
    Total expenses ...........................................................................               642,404
Less voluntary reimbursement of expenses .....................................................               (27,433)
Less reduction to custodian expenses .........................................................                (4,527)
                                                                                                          -----------
Net expenses .................................................................................               610,444
                                                                                                          -----------
NET INVESTMENT INCOME ........................................................................               736,438
                                                                                                          -----------
NET REALIZED GAIN ON INVESTMENTS .............................................................                 8,633
                                                                                                          -----------
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS .........................................            $  745,071
                                                                                                          ===========



STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
                                                                                                 YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,
                                                                                         2002                   2001
=====================================================================================================================

OPERATIONS
Net investment income ....................................................    $       736,438          $   2,090,165
Net realized gain (loss) .................................................              8,633                   (168)
                                                                              ---------------------------------------
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations .....................            745,071              2,089,997
                                                                              ---------------------------------------
DIVIDENDS AND/OR DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:
Dividends from net investment income .....................................           (728,821)            (2,090,165)
Distributions from net realized gain .....................................             (7,617)                    --

BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from beneficial
  interest transactions ..................................................         (3,761,029)            16,407,455
                                                                              ---------------------------------------
NET ASSETS
Total increase (decrease) ................................................         (3,752,396)            16,407,287
Beginning of period ......................................................         72,370,245             55,962,958
                                                                              ---------------------------------------
End of period ............................................................    $    68,617,849          $  72,370,245
                                                                              =======================================

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements. 6 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust


                                                                                                    YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,
                                                                     2002       2001        2000       1999        1998
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
Net asset value, beginning of period ...........................   $ 1.00     $ 1.00      $ 1.00     $ 1.00      $ 1.00
Income from investment operations--net
  investment income and net realized gain ......................      .01        .03         .03        .02         .03
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
Dividends from net investment income ...........................     (.01)      (.03)       (.03)      (.02)       (.03)
Distributions from net realized gain ...........................       --(1)      --          --         --          --
                                                                  -------------------------------------------------------
Total dividends and/or distributions
  to shareholders ..............................................     (.01)      (.03)       (.03)      (.02)       (.03)
                                                                  -------------------------------------------------------
Net asset value, end of period .................................   $ 1.00     $ 1.00      $ 1.00     $ 1.00      $ 1.00
                                                                  =======================================================
TOTAL RETURN(2) ................................................     0.96%      3.09%       2.92%      2.42%       2.87%

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) .......................  $68,618    $72,370     $55,963    $61,792     $56,807
Average net assets (in thousands) ..............................  $76,925    $68,810     $61,033    $59,345     $53,923
Ratios to average net assets:(3)
Net investment income ..........................................     0.96%      3.04%       2.84%      2.38%       2.85%
Expenses .......................................................     0.84%      0.90%       0.92%      0.89%       0.89%(4)
Expenses, net of voluntary reimbursement of
  expenses and/or reduction to custodian expenses ..............     0.80%      0.82%       0.82%      0.80%       0.80%

1. Less than $0.005 per share.

2. Assumes an investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends 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 reflect changes in net investment income only. Total returns are not annualized for periods of less than one year. 3. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.

4. Expense ratio has been calculated without adjustment for the reduction to custodian expenses. See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements. 7 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust ================================================================================ 1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust (the Trust) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a non-diversified, open-end management investment company. The Trusts investment objective is to seek the maximum current income exempt from federal, New York State and New York City income taxes for individual investors as is consistent with the preservation of capital. The Trusts investment advisor is Centennial Asset Management Corporation (the Manager), a subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (OFI).

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Trust. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES VALUATION. Portfolio securities are valued on the basis of amortized cost, which approximates market value. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SECURITIES PURCHASED ON A WHEN-ISSUED BASIS. Delivery and payment for securities that have been purchased by the Trust on a when-issued basis can take place a month or more after the trade date. Normally the settlement date occurs within six months after the trade date; however, the Trust may, from time to time, purchase securities whose settlement date extends six months or more beyond 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 Trust maintains segregated assets with a market value equal to or greater than the amount of its commitments. These transactions of securities on a when-issued basis may increase the volatility of the Trusts net asset value to the extent the Trust executes such transactions while remaining substantially fully invested. As of June 30, 2002, the Trust had entered into outstanding net when-issued transactions of $8,601,682.

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SECURITY CREDIT RISK. There are certain risks arising from geographic concentration in any state. Certain revenue or tax related events in a state may impair the ability of certain issuers of municipal securities to pay principal and interest on their obligations.

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FEDERAL TAXES. The Trust intends to continue to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its taxable income to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CLASSIFICATION OF DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS. 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 may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. 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 Trust.

        The Trust adjusts the classification of distributions to shareholders to reflect the differences between financial statement amounts and distributions determined in accordance with income tax regulations. Accordingly, during the year ended June 30, 2002, amounts have been reclassified to reflect an increase in paid-in capital of $14,950, a decrease in undistributed net investment income of $7,617, and a decrease in accumulated net realized gain on investments of $7,333. Net assets of the Trust were unaffected by the reclassifications.

8 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

OTHER. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America 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 income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

================================================================================ 2. SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST The Trust has authorized an unlimited number of no par value shares of beneficial interest. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:


                                              YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2002                  YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2001
                                           SHARES               AMOUNT                SHARES              AMOUNT
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sold ...............................  198,007,710         $198,007,710           222,614,516        $222,614,516
Dividends and/or
  distributions reinvested .........      747,918              747,918             2,083,633           2,083,633
Redeemed ........................... (202,516,657)        (202,516,657)         (208,290,694)       (208,290,694)
                                     -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net increase (decrease) ............   (3,761,029)        $ (3,761,029)           16,407,455        $ 16,407,455
                                     =============================================================================

================================================================================ 3. FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

MANAGEMENT FEES. Management fees paid to the Manager were in accordance with the investment advisory agreement with the Trust which provides for a fee of 0.50% of the first $250 million of net assets; 0.475% of the next $250 million of net assets; 0.45% of the next $250 million of net assets; 0.425% of the next $250 million of net assets; and 0.40% of net assets in excess of $1 billion. The Manager has voluntarily undertaken to assume certain expenses of the Trust in any fiscal year that they exceed 0.80% of the Trusts average annual net assets. The Manager reserves the right to amend or terminate that expense assumption at any time. The Trusts management fee for the year ended June 30, 2002 was an annualized rate of 0.50%.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSFER AGENT FEES. Shareholder Services, Inc. (SSI) acts as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Trust and for other registered investment companies. The Trust pays SSI a $14.75 per account fee. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SERVICE PLAN (12B-1) FEES. The Trust has adopted a service plan. It reimburses the Distributor for a portion of its costs incurred for services provided to accounts that hold shares of the Trust. Reimbursement is made quarterly at an annual rate up to 20% of the average annual net assets of the Trust. During the year ended June 30, 2002, the Trust paid $628 to a broker/dealer affiliated with the Manager as reimbursement for distribution-related expenses.

A-3
Appendix A

Description of Securities Ratings

Below is a description of the two highest rating categories for Short Term Debt and Long Term Debt by the
"Nationally-Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations" which the Manager evaluates in purchasing securities on
behalf of the Trust. The ratings descriptions are based on information supplied by the ratings organizations to
subscribers.

SHORT TERM DEBT RATINGS.

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

The following rating designations for commercial paper (defined by Moody's as promissory obligations not having
original maturity in excess of nine months), are judged by Moody's to be investment grade, and indicate the
relative repayment capacity of rated issuers:

Prime-1: Superior capacity for repayment. Capacity will normally be evidenced by the following characteristics:
(a) leading market positions in well-established industries; (b) high rates of return on funds employed; (c)
conservative capitalization structure with moderate reliance on debt and ample asset protection; (d) broad
margins in earning coverage of fixed financial charges and high internal cash generation; and (e)
well-established access to a range of financial markets and assured sources of alternate liquidity.

Prime-2: Strong capacity for repayment. This will normally be evidenced by many of the characteristics cited
above but to a lesser degree. Earnings trends and coverage ratios, while sound, will be more subject to
variation. Capitalization characteristics, while still appropriate, may be more affected by external
conditions. Ample alternate liquidity is maintained.

Moody's ratings for state and municipal short-term obligations are designated "Moody's Investment Grade"
("MIG"). Short-term notes which have demand features may also be designated as "VMIG." These rating categories
are as follows:

MIG 1/VMIG 1: Denotes superior credit quality. Excellent protection is afforded by established cash flows, highly
reliable liquidity support or demonstrated broad-based access to the market for refinancing.

MIG 2/VMIG 2: Denotes strong credit quality. Margins of protection are ample although not as large as in the
preceding group.

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

The following ratings by Standard and Poor's for commercial paper (defined by Standard and Poor's as debt having
an original maturity of no more than 365 days) assess the likelihood of payment:
A-1: Obligation is rated in the highest category. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the
obligation is strong. Within this category, a plus (+) sign designation indicates the obligor's capacity to meet
its financial obligation is extremely strong.

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

Standard and Poor's ratings for Municipal Notes due in 3 years or less:
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

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

Standard and Poor's assigns "dual ratings" to all municipal debt issues that have a demand or double feature as
part of their provisions. The first rating addresses the likelihood of repayment of principal and interest as
due, and the second rating addresses only the demand feature. With short-term demand debt, Standard and Poor's
note rating symbols are used with the commercial paper symbols (for example, "SP-1+/A-1+").

Fitch, Inc. ("Fitch")
---------------------

Fitch assigns the following short-term ratings to debt obligations that are payable on demand or have original
maturities of generally up to three years, including commercial paper, certificates of deposit, medium-term
notes, and municipal and investment notes:

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

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

LONG TERM DEBT RATINGS.

These ratings are relevant for securities purchased by the Trust with a remaining maturity of 397 days or less,
or for rating issuers of short-term obligations.

Moody's
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Bonds (including municipal bonds) are rated as follows:

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

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

Moody's applies numerical modifiers "1", "2" and "3" in its "Aa" rating classification. The modifier "1"
indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier "2" indicates
a mid-range ranking; and the modifier "3" indicates a ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category.

Standard and Poor's
-------------------

Bonds (including municipal bonds maturing beyond 3 years) are rated as follows:

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

AA: Bonds rated "AA" differ from the highest rated obligations only in small degree. A strong capacity to meet
its financial commitment on the obligation is very strong.

Fitch
-----

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

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

Because bonds rated in the "AAA" and "AA" categories are not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable
future developments, short-term debt of these issuers is generally rated "F-1+."

B-1

Appendix B

Municipal Bond Industry Classifications

Adult Living Facilities
Airlines
Bond Anticipation Notes
Education
Electric Utilities
Gas Utilities
General Obligation
Higher Education
Highways/Railways
Hospital/Healthcare
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
Manufacturing, Durable Goods
Manufacturing, Non Durable Goods
Marine/Aviation Facilities
Multi-Family Housing
Municipal Leases
Non Profit Organization
Paper, Containers & Packaging
Parking Fee Revenue
Pollution Control
Resource Recovery
Revenue Anticipation Notes
Sales Tax Revenue
Sewer Utilities
Single Family Housing
Special Assessment
Special Tax
Sports Facility Revenue
Student Loans
Tax Anticipation Notes
Tax & Revenue Anticipation Notes
Telephone Utilities
Tobacco
Water Utilities

Investment Advisor and Distributor
Centennial Asset Management Corporation
6803 South Tucson Way

Centennial, Colorado 80112

Sub-Distributor
OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.
P.O. Box 5254
Denver, Colorado 80217

Transfer Agent
Shareholder Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 5143
Denver, Colorado 80217
1.800.525.9310

Custodian of Portfolio Securities
Citibank, N.A.
399 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10043

Independent Auditors
Deloitte & Touche LLP
555 Seventeenth Street
Denver, Colorado 80202

Counsel to the Funds
Myer, Swanson, Adams & Wolf, P.C.
1600 Broadway

Denver, Colorado 80202

Counsel to the Independent Trustees
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
1675 Broadway
New York, New York 10019

PX0780.001.1102

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1 Mr. Grabish is only a Trustee of Centennial Government Trust, Centennial California Tax Exempt Trust,
Centennial Money Market Trust, Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust and Centennial Tax Exempt Trust and is a
Managing General Partner of Centennial America Fund, L.P. Mrs. Hamilton and Mr. Malone are not Trustees of
Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund.
1 Mrs. Hamilton and Mr. Malone were elected as Trustees to the Board II Funds effective June 1, 2002 except for
Panorama Series Fund, Inc. and Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund. They were elected to the Board of Panorama
Series Fund, Inc. effective June 10, 2002.
2. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act, the term "Independent Trustees" in this
Statement of Additional Information refers to those Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust and
who do not have any direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of any agreement under the plan.

CENTENNIAL NEW YORK TAX EXEMPT TRUST

FORM N-1A

PART C

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 23. Exhibits
------------------

(a) (i) Amended Declaration of Trust dated February 1, 1990: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 3
(1/30/90), and refiled with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 (11/1/94), pursuant to Item 102 of Regulation
S-T, and incorporated herein by reference.

(ii) Amendment to the Declaration of Trust dated February 23, 2001: Previously filed with Registrant's Post
Effective Amendment No. 19 (10/25/01), and incorporated herein by reference.

(iii) Amendment to the Amended Declaration of Trust dated August 27, 2002: Filed herewith.

(b) By-Laws, as amended and restated through October 24, 2000: Previously filed with Registrant's Post Effective
Amendment No. 19 (10/25/01), and incorporated herein by reference.

(c) Specimen Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant's Post Effective Amendment No. 19 (10/25/01),
and incorporated herein by reference.

(d) Investment Advisory Agreement dated October 22, 1990: Previously filed with Registrant's Post-Effective
Amendment No. 5 (10/29/90), refiled with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 (11/1/94), pursuant to Item 102 of
Regulation S-T and incorporated herein by reference.

(e) (i) General Distributor's Agreement Centennial Asset Management Corporation dated October 13, 1992: Previously
filed with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 (10/28/93), and incorporated herein by reference.

(ii) Sub-Distributor's Agreement between Centennial Asset Management Corporation and OppenheimerFunds
Distributor, Inc. dated May 28, 1993: Previously filed with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 8
(10/28/93), and incorporated herein by reference.

(iii) Form of Dealer Agreement of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (formerly Centennial Capital
Corporation): Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 of Centennial Government Trust (Reg. No.
2-75912), (10/26/84), and incorporated herein by reference.

(f) Form of Deferred Compensation Agreement for Disinterested Trustees/Directors: Filed with Post-Effective
Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer High Yield Fund (Reg. No. 2-62076), (10/27/98), and
incorporated herein by reference.

(g) Global Custodial Services Agreement dated May 3, 2001 between Registrant and Citibank, N.A.: Previously filed
with Post-Effective Amendment No. 33 to the Registration Statement of Centennial Money Market Trust (Reg. No. 2-65245),
October 25, 2001, and incorporated herein by reference.

(h) Not applicable.

(i) Opinion and Consent of Counsel dated September 22, 1987: Previously filed with Registrant's Pre-Effective
Amendment No. 1 (11/28/88), refiled with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 (11/1/94), pursuant to Item 102 of
Regulation S-T and incorporated herein by reference.

(j) Independent Auditors' Consent: Filed herewith.

(k) Not applicable.

(l) Investment letter from Oppenheimer Management Corporation to Registrant dated December 5, 1988: Previously filed
with Registrant's Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 (11/28/88), and refiled with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 9,
(11/1/94) pursuant to Item 102 of Regulation S-T and incorporated herein by reference.

(m) Service Plan and Agreement between Registrant and Centennial Asset Management Corporation under Rule 12b-1 dated
August 24, 1993: Previously filed with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 8, (10/28/93), and incorporated herein
by reference.

(n) Oppenheimer Funds Multiple Class Plan under Rule 18f-3 March 18, 1996 and updated through 8/21/01: Previously
filed with Post-Effective Amendment No.20, to the registration statement of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves Fund (Reg. No.
33-23223), (09/27/01), and incorporated herein by reference.

(o) Powers of Attorney for all Trustees and Officers except for Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Bowen, Mr. Cameron, Mr.
Marshall, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Malone, Mr. Grabish and Mrs. Hamilton: Previously filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to
the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Select Managers (Reg. No. 333-49774), (2/8/01), and incorporated herein by
reference.

Powers of Attorney for Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Bowen, Mr. Cameron, Mr. Marshall and Mr. Grabish: Previously filed with
Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 (08/24/01), and incorporated herein by reference.

Power of Attorney for Mr. Murphy: Previously filed with Registrant's Post Effective Amendment No. 19 (10/25/01), and
incorporated herein by reference.

Powers of Attorney for Beverly L. Hamilton and Robert J. Malone: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 46 to
the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer High Yield Fund (Reg. No. 2-62076), and incorporated herein by reference.

(p) Amended and Restated Code of Ethics of the Oppenheimer Funds dated March 1, 2000 under Rule 17j-1 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940: Previously filed with the initial Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Emerging Growth
Fund (Reg. No. 333-44176), (8/21/00), and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 24. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Fund
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None.

Item 25. Indemnification
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Reference is made to the provisions of Article Seven of Registrant's Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust filed as
Exhibit 23(a) to this Registration Statement, and incorporated herein by reference.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to trustees,
officers and controlling persons of Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or
controlling person of Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
trustee, officer or controlling person, Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.

Item 26. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser
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(a) Centennial Asset Management Corporation is the investment adviser of the Registrant; it and certain subsidiaries
and affiliates act in the same capacity to other registered investment companies as described in Parts A and B hereof and
listed in Item 26(b) below.

(b) There is set forth below information as to any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a
substantial nature in which each officer and director of Centennial Asset Management Corporation is, or at any time
during the past two fiscal years has been, engaged for his/her own account or in the capacity of director, officer,
employee, partner or trustee.

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Name and Current Position
with Centennial Asset
Management Corporation Other Business and Connections During the Past Two Years

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Robert Agan, Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. and Shareholder
Vice President Services, Inc.

Janette Aprilante, As of January 2002: Vice President and Secretary of OppenheimerFunds,
Secretary Inc.; Secretary of OppenheimerFunds, Distributor, Inc., Oppenheimer
Partnership Holdings, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.,
Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc.;
Assistant Secretary of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, OFI
Private Investments, Inc., Oppenheimer Trust Company and OAM
Institutional, Inc.

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Katherine P. Feld, Vice President of OppenheimerFunds, Inc., OppenheimerFunds, Distributor,
Director, Vice President & Inc. and Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.
Assistant Secretary

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Holdings,

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John Murphy, Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of
Director OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; Director of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.,
President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, Trinity
Investments Management Corporation, OFI Private Investments, Inc., OAM
Institutional, Inc. and Tremont Advisers, Inc.; President and Director of
Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc.,
Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.; Chairman and Director of
Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc.;
Executive Vice President of MassMutual Life Insurance Company; director
of DLB Acquisition Corp.

Raymond C. Olson, Assistant Vice President of OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; Assistant Vice
Treasurer President and Treasurer of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

James H. Ruff, Executive Vice President of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and OFI Private
President & Director Investments, Inc.; President and director of OppenheimerFunds
Distributor, Inc.

Mark S. Vandehey, Vice President of OppenheimerFunds, Inc., OppenheimerFunds Distributor,
Vice President Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc.

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of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.; Secretary of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, Oppenheimer
Partnership Holdings, Inc.,

ices, Inc.

and

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Robert G. Zack General Counsel and Director of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.;
General Counsel, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of HarbourView Asset Management
Corporation and OAM Institutional, Inc.; Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Director of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder
Services, Inc., OFI Private Investments, Inc. and Oppenheimer Trust
Company; Vice President and Director of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings,
Inc.; Secretary of OAC Acquisition Corp.; Director and Assistant
Secretary of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd.; Director of Oppenheimer
Real Asset Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President and General Counsel of
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program.

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The Oppenheimer Funds include the following:

Centennial America Fund, L.P.
Centennial California Tax Exempt Trust
Centennial Government Trust
Centennial Money Market Trust
Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust
Centennial Tax Exempt Trust
Limited Term New York Municipal Fund (a series of Rochester Portfolio Series)
Oppenheimer Bond Fund (a series of Oppenheimer Integrity Funds)
Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Preservation Fund
Oppenheimer Cash Reserves
Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund
Oppenheimer Concentrated Growth Fund
Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund (a series of Bond Fund Series)
Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund
Oppenheimer Discovery Fund
Oppenheimer Emerging Growth Fund
Oppenheimer Emerging Technologies Fund
Oppenheimer Enterprise Fund
Oppenheimer Europe Fund
Oppenheimer Global Fund
Oppenheimer Global Growth & Income Fund
Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund
Oppenheimer Growth Fund
Oppenheimer High Yield Fund
Oppenheimer International Bond Fund
Oppenheimer International Growth Fund
Oppenheimer International Small Company Fund
Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund
Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal Fund (a series of Oppenheimer Municipal Fund)
Oppenheimer Main Street Growth & Income Fund (a series of Oppenheimer Main
Street Funds, Inc.
Oppenheimer Main Street Opportunity Fund
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund
Oppenheimer MidCap Fund
Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund
Oppenheimer Multi-Sector Income Trust
Oppenheimer Multi-State Municipal Trust (3 series):
Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals

Oppenheimer Municipal Bond Fund
Oppenheimer New York Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Quest Capital Value Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Quest For Value Funds (3 series)
Oppenheimer Quest Balanced Value Fund
Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund
Oppenheimer Small Cap Value Fund
Oppenheimer Quest Global Value Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Quest Value Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund
Oppenheimer Real Estate Fund
Oppenheimer Select Managers (6 series):
Gartmore Millennium Growth Fund II
Jennison Growth Fund
Mercury Advisors Focus Growth Fund
Mercury Advisors S&P 500 Index Fund
QM Active Balanced Fund
Salomon Brothers All Cap Fund
Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund
Oppenheimer Series Fund, Inc. (2 series):
Oppenheimer Disciplined Allocation Fund
Oppenheimer Value Fund
Oppenheimer Special Value Fund
Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund
Oppenheimer Total Return Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Tremont Market Neutral Fund LLC
Oppenheimer Tremont Opportunity Fund LLC
Oppenheimer Trinity Core Fund
Oppenheimer Trinity Large Cap Growth Fund
Oppenheimer Trinity Value Fund
Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust
Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds (10 series):
Oppenheimer Aggressive Growth Fund/VA
Oppenheimer Bond Fund/VA
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA
Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA
Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA
Oppenheimer Main Street Growth & Income Fund/VA
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund/VA
Oppenheimer Money Fund/VA
Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund/VA
Oppenheimer Strategic Bond Fund/VA
Panorama Series Fund, Inc. (4 series):
Growth Portfolio
Government Securities Portfolio
International Growth Fund/VA
Total Return Portfolio
Rochester Fund Municipals

Investments,Inc.The address of the Oppenheimer funds listed above, Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder
Services, Inc., OppenheimerFunds Services, Centennial Asset Management Corporation, Centennial Capital Corp., Oppenheimer
Real Asset Management, Inc. and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program is 6803 South Tucson is 6803 South Tucson Way,
Englewood,New York-based Oppenheimer Funds, the Quest Funds, the Rochester-based funds, the Denver-based Oppenheimer
Funds, and Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112.
Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112.

The address of OppenheimerFunds, Inc., OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corp.,
Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc., Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., OFI Private Investments, Inc., OAM Institutional,
Inc. and Oppenheimer Trust Company is 498 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10018.

The address of Tremont Advisers, Inc. is 555 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Suite 206-C, Rye, New York 10580.

The address of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. is Bloc C, Irish Life Center, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.

The address of Trinity Investment Management Corporation is 301 North Spring Street, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823.

Item 27. Principal Underwriter
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(a) Centennial Asset Management Corporation is the Distributor of Registrant's shares. It is also the Distributor of
each of the other registered open-end investment companies for which Centennial Asset Management Corporation is the
investment adviser, as described in Part A and B of this Registration Statement and listed in Item 26(b) above.

(b) The directors and officers of the Registrant's principal underwriter are:

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Name & Principal Position(s) and Office(s)
Business Address Position(s) & Office(s) with Underwriter with Registrant

Robert Agan(1) Vice President None

Janette Aprilante(1) Secretary None

Katherine P. Feld(1) Director, Vice President & Assistant Secretary Assistant Secretary

John V. Murphy(1) Director President

Raymond C. Olson(2) Treasurer None

James H. Ruff(1) President & Director None

Mark Vandehey(2) Vice President None

Robert G. Zack(1) General Counsel Vice President & Secretary

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(1)498 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10018
(2)6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112

Item 28. Location of Accounts and Records
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The accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Registrant pursuant to Section 31(a) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 and rules promulgated thereunder are in the possession of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. at its
offices at 6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112.

Item 29. Management Services
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Not applicable

Item 30. Undertakings
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Not applicable.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant
certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)
under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on the on the 18th day of October,
2002.

CENTENNIAL NEW YORK TAX EXEMPT TRUST

By: /s/ John V. Murphy*
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John V. Murphy, President, &
Principal Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities on the dates indicated:

Signatures Title Date
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/s/ James C. Swain* Chairman,

---------------------------------- & Trustee October 18, 2002
James C. Swain

/s/ John V. Murphy* President & Principal
---------------------------------- Executive Officer October 18, 2002
John V. Murphy

/s/ Brian W. Wixted* Treasurer & Principal October 18, 2002
---------------------------------- Financial and
Brian W. Wixted Accounting Officer

/s/ William L. Armstrong * Trustee October 18, 2002

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William L. Armstrong

/s/ Robert G. Avis* Trustee October 18, 2002

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Robert G. Avis

/s/ George Bowen* Trustee October 18, 2002

----------------------------------
George Bowen

s/ Edward L. Cameron * Trustee October 18, 2002

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Edward L. Cameron

/s/ Jon S. Fossel* Trustee October 18, 2002

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Jon S. Fossel

/s/ Sam Freedman* Trustee October 18, 2002
----------------------------------
Sam Freedman

/s/Richard F. Grabish* Trustee October 18, 2002

----------------------------------
Richard F. Grabish

/s/ Beverly L. Hamilton* Trustee October 18, 2002

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Beverly L. Hamilton

/s/ Robert J. Malone* Trustee October 18, 2002

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Robert J. Malone

/s/ F. William Marshall, Jr. Trustee October 18, 2002

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F. William Marshall, Jr.

*By: /s/ Robert G. Zack
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Robert G. Zack, Attorney-in-Fact

CENTENNIAL NEW YORK TAX EXEMPT TRUST

Registration Statement No. 33-23494

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No. Description
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23(a)(iii) Amendment to the Amended Declaration of Trust

23(j) Independent Auditors' Consent

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