-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, OMnmuZBEuUEHWQSR8tHkS467BhscQR31fsrwWlzmVhZxeeVWXvZx+0eoeegXs9+d lpT2ugMbr98nxIxf+HzJlA== 0000728889-08-001423.txt : 20081021 0000728889-08-001423.hdr.sgml : 20081021 20081021173045 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000728889-08-001423 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20081021 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20081021 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20081021 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ROCHESTER FUND MUNICIPALS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000093621 IRS NUMBER: 160473255 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-03692 FILM NUMBER: 081134024 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 LINDEN OAKS CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14625-2807 BUSINESS PHONE: 7163838700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 LINDEN OAKS CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14625-2807 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ROCHESTER FUND MUNICIPALS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920521 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MARTEK INVESTORS INC/NY DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19860302 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: STAR SUPERMARKETS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19830104 0000093621 S000008503 ROCHESTER FUND MUNICIPALS C000023347 A C000023348 B C000023349 C C000023350 Y 497 1 stickers.htm PROSPECTUS AND SAI SUPPLEMENTS Rochester Fund Municipals

Oppenheimer AMT-Free Municipals
Oppenheimer AMT-Free New York Municipals
Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Limited Term California Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Arizona Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Maryland Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Massachusetts Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Michigan Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Minnesota Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester North Carolina Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Ohio Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Virginia Municipal Fund

Rochester Fund Municipals

Prospectus Supplement dated October 21, 2008
 

This supplement amends the prospectus of each of the above referenced funds (each a "Fund") as follows and is in addition to any other supplement(s).

1.     The following is added to the section titled "Main Risks of Investing in the Fund":

Unusual Volatility and Lack of Liquidity in the Municipal Bond Markets in 2008. Municipal bonds are traded in the "over-the-counter" market among dealers and other large institutional investors. In the latter months of 2008 that market has been subject to greater volatility than it has historically experienced. Liquidity in the municipal bond market (the ability to buy and sell bonds readily) has been reduced, as it has been in other fixed-income markets, in response to overall economic conditions and credit tightening. During times of reduced market liquidity, such as at the present, the Fund may not be able to sell bonds readily at prices reflecting the values at which the bonds are carried on the Fund’s books. Sales of large blocks of bonds by market participants, such as the Fund, that are seeking liquidity can further reduce bond prices in an illiquid market. The Fund may seek to make sales of large blocks of bonds to meet shareholder redemption requests, or it may be required to raise cash to re-collateralize, unwind or "collapse" trusts that issued inverse floaters to the Fund or to make payments to such trusts to enable them to pay for tenders of the short-term securities they have issued, if the remarketing agents for those securities are unable to sell those short-term securities in the marketplace to other buyers (typically tax exempt money market funds). It is not possible at this time to determine whether the current market illiquidity is a short-term phenomenon or may persist over a protracted period of time.

2.     The section titled "Borrowing for Leverage," in the section "Main Risks of Investing in the Fund," is deleted in its entirety and is replaced by the following:

Borrowing and Leverage. The Fund can borrow from banks in amounts up to one-third of the Fund’s total assets (including the amount borrowed) less all liabilities and indebtedness other than borrowings. The Fund can use those borrowings for investment-related purposes such as purchasing securities that the Manager believes are attractive investments. This investment technique is referred to as borrowing for "leverage." The Fund can also borrow for other purposes, such as to raise money to unwind or "collapse" trusts that issued "inverse floaters" to the Fund (an investment technique described below in "Other Investment Strategies"), or to contribute to such trusts to enable them to meet tenders of their short-term securities by the holders of those securities. The Fund may also borrow to meet redemption obligations or for temporary and emergency purposes. The Fund currently participates in a line of credit with other Oppenheimer funds to enable it to borrow.
 

If the Fund borrows money, it will be subject to greater costs than funds that do not borrow for leverage or for these other purposes. Those expenses may include interest payments to the lender, origination fees and related expenses. Borrowing may also make the Fund's share price more sensitive to interest rate changes. The interest expense on borrowed money might reduce the Fund's yield, especially if the cost of borrowing to buy securities exceeds the yield on the securities purchased with the proceeds of a loan.

3.     The section titled "Inverse Floaters" is deleted in its entirety and is replaced by the following:

Inverse Floaters. The Fund may invest in inverse floaters to seek greater income and total return. The Fund will not expose more than 20% of its total assets to the effects of leverage from its investments in inverse floaters. An inverse floater is a derivative instrument, typically created by a trust that divides a fixed-rate municipal security into two securities: a short-term tax exempt floating rate security (sometimes referred to as a "tender option bond") and a long-term tax exempt floating rate security (referred to as a "residual certificate" or "inverse floater") that pays interest at rates that move in the opposite direction of the yield on the short-term floating rate security. The purchaser of a "tender option bond" has the right to tender the security periodically for repayment of the principal value. As short-term interest rates rise, inverse floaters produce less current income (and, in extreme cases, may pay no income) and as short-term interest rates fall, inverse floaters produce more current income.

To facilitate the creation of inverse floaters, the Fund may purchase a fixed-rate municipal security and subsequently transfer it to a broker-dealer (the sponsor), which deposits the municipal security in a trust. The trust issues the residual certificates and short-term floating rate securities. The trust documents enable the Fund to withdraw the underlying bond to unwind or "collapse" the trust (upon tendering the residual certificate and paying the value of the short-term bonds and certain other costs). The Fund may also purchase inverse floaters created by municipal issuers directly or by other parties that have deposited municipal bonds into a sponsored trust.

The Fund’s investments in inverse floaters involve certain risks. The market value of an inverse floater residual certificate can be more volatile than that of a conventional fixed-rate bond having similar credit quality, maturity and redemption provisions. Typically, inverse floater residual certificates tend to underperform fixed rate bonds when long-term interest rates are rising but tend to outperform fixed rate bonds when long-term interest rates are stable or falling. Inverse floater residual certificates entail a degree of leverage because the trust issues short-term securities in a ratio to the residual certificates with the underlying long-term bond providing collateral for the obligation to pay the principal value of the short-term securities if and when they are tendered. If the Fund has created the inverse floater by depositing a long-term bond into a trust, it may be required to provide additional collateral for the short-term securities if the value of the underlying bond deposited in the trust falls.

An inverse floater that has a higher degree of leverage is typically more volatile with respect to its price and income than an inverse floater having a lower degree of leverage. Under inverse floater arrangements, if the remarketing agent that offers the short-term securities for sale is unable to sell them, or if the holders tender (or put) them for repayment of principal and the remarketing agent is unable to remarket them, the remarketing agent may cause the trust to be collapsed, and in the case of floaters created by the Fund, the Fund will then be required to repay the principal amount of the tendered securities. During times of market volatility, illiquidity or uncertainty, the Fund could be required to sell other portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous time to raise cash to meet that obligation.

Some inverse floaters may have a "cap," so that if interest rates rise above the cap, the security pays additional interest income. If rates do not rise above the cap, the Fund will have paid an additional amount for that feature that has proved worthless.

The Fund may also enter into "shortfall and forbearance" agreements with respect to inverse floaters. Under those agreements, on liquidation of the trust, the Fund is committed to pay the trust the difference between the liquidation value of the underlying municipal bond on which the inverse floater is based and the principal amount payable to the holders of the short-term floating rate security that is based on the same underlying municipal security. Although the Fund has the risk that it may be required to make such additional payment, these agreements may offer higher interest payments than a standard inverse floater.
 
Because of the accounting treatment for inverse floaters created by the Fund's transfer of a municipal bond to a trust, the Fund's financial statements will reflect these transactions as
"secured borrowings," which affects the Fund's expense ratios, statements of income and assets and liabilities and causes the Fund's Statement of Investments to include the underlying municipal bond.

October 21, 2008     PS0000.047

 

 

 

 

 

Oppenheimer AMT-Free Municipals
Oppenheimer AMT-Free New York Municipals
Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Limited Term California Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Arizona Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Maryland Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Massachusetts Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Michigan Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Minnesota Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals
Oppenheimer Rochester North Carolina Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Ohio Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Virginia Municipal Fund
Limited Term New York Municipal Fund

Rochester Fund Municipals

Statement of Additional Information Supplement dated October 21, 2008
 

This supplement amends the Statement of Additional Information of each of the above referenced funds (each a "Fund") as follows and is in addition to any other supplement(s).

In the section "About the Fund – Other Investment Techniques and Strategies," the section titled "Borrowing for Leverage" is deleted in its entirety and is replaced by the following:

Borrowing and Leverage. The Fund can borrow from banks for investment-related purposes such as purchasing securities that the Manager believes are attractive investments, funding amounts necessary to unwind or "collapse" trusts that issued "inverse floaters" to the Fund, or to contribute to such trusts to enable them to pay for tenders of their short-term securities by the holders. The Fund also can borrow from banks and other lenders to meet redemption obligations or for temporary and emergency purposes. When the Fund invests borrowed funds in portfolio securities, it is using a speculative investment technique known as "leverage." Under the Fund's investment policies, the Fund may not borrow money, except to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act, the rules or regulations thereunder or any exemption from the Act that applies to the Fund. Currently, under the Investment Company Act, a mutual fund may borrow only from banks (for other than emergency purposes) and the maximum amount it may borrow is up to one-third of its total assets (including the amount borrowed) less all liabilities and indebtedness other than borrowings. When to Fund borrows, it earmarks securities on its books equal to 300% of the amount borrowed to cover its obligation to repay the loan. If the value of the Fund's assets fails to meet this 300% asset coverage requirement, the Fund will reduce its borrowings within three days to meet the requirement. To do so, the Fund might have to sell a portion of its investments at a disadvantageous time.

The Fund may also borrow up to 5% of its total assets for temporary or emergency purposes from any lender. Under the Investment Company Act, there is a rebuttable presumption that a loan is temporary if it is repaid within 60 days and not extended or renewed.

The Fund will pay interest on loans, and that interest expense will raise the overall expenses of the Fund and reduce its returns. If the Fund does borrow, its expenses will be greater than comparable funds that do not borrow. In the case of borrowing for leverage, the interest paid on a loan might be more (or less) than the yield on the securities purchased with the loan proceeds. Additionally, borrowing might cause the Fund's net asset value per share to fluctuate more than that of funds that do not borrow.

The Fund participates in a secured line of credit (the "Line of Credit") with certain conduit facilities, Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank"), and other banks. The Line of Credit enables the Fund to participate with certain other Oppenheimer funds in a committed, secured borrowing facility which was increased in October 2008 to permit borrowings of up to $3,000,000,000, in the aggregate by the participants. The Line of Credit is required to be operated in compliance with the terms of an exemptive order issued by the SEC to Citicorp North America, Inc. ("Citicorp"), which acts as agent for the lenders under the Line of Credit. That Line of Credit can be used to purchase securities for investment or for other business purposes. The Fund's Board determined that the Fund's participation in the Line of Credit is consistent with the Fund's investment objective and policies and is in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. The Board has adopted procedures that govern the Fund's participation in the Line of Credit. To facilitate the lender's willingness to increase the amount available to the Fund and other affiliated funds that are borrowers under that loan facility, the Manager has used its own resources to fund certain collateral accounts for the potential benefit of Citibank, one of the lenders in connection with another investment program unrelated to the Fund or the loan. The Manager has received no compensation from the Fund or the lender for establishing that collateral account or in connection with the increase in the Line of Credit available to the Fund and its affiliated funds.
 
Loans are typically secured by assets of the Fund. Liquidity support for loans from the Line of Credit facility is provided by banks obligated to make loans to the Fund in the event the conduit or conduits are unable or unwilling to make such loans. Interest is charged to the Fund, based on its borrowings, at current commercial rates. The Fund has paid its pro rata portion of a loan commitment fee for the Line of Credit and the recent increase thereto, and pays additional fees on its outstanding borrowings annually for the lender to manage and administer the facility. The Fund can prepay such loans and terminate its participation in the Line of Credit at any time upon prior notice. As a borrower under the Line of Credit, the Fund has certain rights and remedies under state and federal law comparable to those it would have with respect to a loan from a bank.
 

October 21, 2008     PX0000.037

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