Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement
with
OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.
For Class C Shares of
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This Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement (the "Plan") is dated as of the
_____day of __________, 2002, by and between ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Multi Cap Value Fund (the
"Fund") and OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the "Distributor").
1. The Plan. This Plan is the Fund's written distribution and service plan for
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Class C shares of the Fund (the "Shares"), designed to comply with the provisions of
Rule 12b-1 as it may be amended from time to time (the "Rule") under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"). Pursuant to this Plan the Fund will compensate
the Distributor for its services in connection with the distribution of Shares, and
the personal service and maintenance of shareholder accounts that hold Shares
("Accounts"). The Fund may act as distributor of securities of which it is the issuer,
pursuant to the Rule, according to the terms of this Plan. The terms and provisions of
this Plan shall be interpreted and defined in a manner consistent with the provisions
and definitions contained in (i) the Fund's ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, (▇▇) ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇,
(▇▇▇) the Rule, (iv) Rule 2830 of the Conduct Rules of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., or any applicable amendment or successor to such rule (the
"NASD Conduct Rules") and (v) any conditions pertaining either to distribution-related
expenses or to a plan of distribution to which the Fund is subject under any order on
which the Fund relies, issued at any time by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC").
2. Definitions. As used in this Plan, the following terms shall have the
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following meanings:
(a) "Recipient" shall mean any broker, dealer, bank or other person or
entity which: (i) has rendered assistance (whether direct, administrative or both) in
the distribution of Shares or has provided administrative support services with
respect to Shares held by Customers (defined below) of the Recipient; (ii) shall
furnish the Distributor (on behalf of the Fund) with such information as the
Distributor shall reasonably request to answer such questions as may arise concerning
the sale of Shares; and (iii) has been selected by the Distributor to receive payments
under the Plan.
(b) "Independent Trustees" shall mean the members of the Fund's Board of
Trustees who are not "interested persons" (as defined in the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) of the Fund and
who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of this Plan or in
any agreement relating to this Plan.
(c) "Customers" shall mean such brokerage or other customers or
investment advisory or other clients of a Recipient, and/or accounts as to which such
Recipient provides administrative support services or is a custodian or other
fiduciary.
(d) "Qualified Holdings" shall mean, as to any Recipient, all Shares
owned beneficially or of record by: (i) such Recipient, or (ii) such Recipient's
Customers, but in no event shall any such Shares be deemed owned by more than one
Recipient for purposes of this Plan. In the event that more than one person or entity
would otherwise qualify as Recipients as to the same Shares, the Recipient which is
the dealer of record on the Fund's books as determined by the Distributor shall be
deemed the Recipient as to such Shares for purposes of this Plan.
3. Payments for Distribution Assistance and Administrative Support Services.
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(a) Payments to the Distributor. In consideration of the payments made by
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the Fund to the Distributor under this Plan, the Distributor shall provide
administrative support services and distribution services to the Fund. Such services
include distribution assistance and administrative support services rendered in
connection with Shares (1) sold in purchase transactions, (2) issued in exchange for
shares of another investment company for which the Distributor serves as distributor
or sub-distributor, or (3) issued pursuant to a plan of reorganization to which the
Fund is a party. If the Board believes that the Distributor may not be rendering
appropriate distribution assistance or administrative support services in connection
with the sale of Shares, then the Distributor, at the request of the Board, shall
provide the Board with a written report or other information to verify that the
Distributor is providing appropriate services in this regard. For such services, the
Fund will make the following payments to the Distributor:
(i) Administrative Support Service Fees. Within forty-five (45) days
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of the end of each calendar quarter, the Fund will make payments in the aggregate
amount of 0.25% on an annual basis of the average during that calendar quarter of the
aggregate net asset value of the Shares computed as of the close of each business day
(the "Service Fee"). Such Service Fee payments received from the Fund will compensate
the Distributor for providing administrative support services with respect to
Accounts. The administrative support services in connection with Accounts may include,
but shall not be limited to, the administrative support services that a Recipient may
render as described in Section 3(b)(i) below.
(ii) Distribution Assistance Fees (Asset-Based Sales Charge). The
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Fund may make payments of an "Asset-Based Sales Charge" of up to 0.0625% per month
(0.75% on an annual basis) but the Board has initially set the Asset-Based Sales
Charge at a rate of 0.50% annually. The Board may increase that amount to up to 0.75%
annually without the further approval of shareholders of Class C shares of the Fund.
Within ten (10) days of the end of each month, the Fund will make payments in the
aggregate amount of 0.04666% (0.50% on an annual basis) of the average during the
month of the aggregate net asset value of Shares computed as of the close of each
business day. Such Asset-Based Sales Charge payments received from the Fund will
compensate the Distributor for providing distribution assistance in connection with
the sale of Shares.
The distribution assistance services to be rendered by the
Distributor in connection with the Shares may include, but shall not be limited to,
the following: (i) paying sales commissions to any broker, dealer, bank or other
person or entity that sells Shares, and/or paying such persons "Advance Service Fee
Payments" (as defined below) in advance of, and/or in amounts greater than, the amount
provided for in Section 3(b) of this Agreement; (ii) paying compensation to and
expenses of personnel of the Distributor who support distribution of Shares by
Recipients; (iii) obtaining financing or providing such financing from its own
resources, or from an affiliate, for the interest and other borrowing costs of the
Distributor's unreimbursed expenses incurred in rendering distribution assistance and
administrative support services to the Fund; and (iv) paying other direct
distribution costs, including without limitation the costs of sales literature,
advertising and prospectuses (other than those prospectuses furnished to current
holders of the Fund's shares ("Shareholders")) and state "blue sky" registration
expenses.
(b) Payments to Recipients. The Distributor is authorized under the Plan
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to pay Recipients (1) distribution assistance fees for rendering distribution
assistance in connection with the sale of Shares and/or (2) service fees for rendering
administrative support services with respect to Accounts. However, no such payments
shall be made to any Recipient for any quarter in which its Qualified Holdings do not
equal or exceed, at the end of such quarter, the minimum amount ("Minimum Qualified
Holdings"), if any, that may be set from time to time by a majority of the Independent
Trustees. All fee payments made by the Distributor hereunder are subject to reduction
or chargeback so that the aggregate service fee payments and Advance Service Fee
Payments do not exceed the limits on payments to Recipients that are, or may be,
imposed by the NASD Conduct Rules. The Distributor may make Plan payments to any
"affiliated person" (as defined in the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) of the Distributor if such affiliated
person qualifies as a Recipient or retain such payments if the Distributor qualifies
as a Recipient.
In consideration of the services provided by Recipients, the
Distributor shall make the following payments to Recipients:
(i) Service Fee. In consideration of administrative support services
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provided by a Recipient during a calendar quarter, the Distributor shall make service
fee payments to that Recipient quarterly, within forty-five (45) days of the end of
each calendar quarter, at a rate not to exceed 0.25% on an annual basis of the average
during the calendar quarter of the aggregate net asset value of Shares, computed as of
the close of each business day, constituting Qualified Holdings owned beneficially or
of record by the Recipient or by its Customers for a period of more than the minimum
period (the "Minimum Holding Period"), if any, that may be set from time to time by a
majority of the Independent Trustees.
Alternatively, the Distributor may, at its sole option, make the
following service fee payments to any Recipient quarterly, within forty-five (45) days
of the end of each calendar quarter: (A) "Advance Service Fee Payments" at a rate not
to exceed 0.25% of the average during the calendar quarter of the aggregate net asset
value of Shares, computed as of the close of business on the day such Shares are sold,
constituting Qualified Holdings, sold by the Recipient during that quarter and owned
beneficially or of record by the Recipient or by its Customers, plus (B) service fee
payments at a rate not to exceed 0.25% on an annual basis of the average during the
calendar quarter of the aggregate net asset value of Shares, computed as of the close
of each business day, constituting Qualified Holdings owned beneficially or of record
by the Recipient or by its Customers for a period of more than one (1) year. At the
Distributor's sole option, Advance Service Fee Payments may be made more often than
quarterly, and sooner than the end of the calendar quarter. In the event Shares are
redeemed less than one year after the date such Shares were sold, the Recipient is
obligated to and will repay the Distributor on demand a pro rata portion of such
Advance Service Fee Payments, based on the ratio of the time such Shares were held to
one (1) year.
The administrative support services to be rendered by Recipients in
connection with the Accounts may include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
answering routine inquiries concerning the Fund, assisting in the establishment and
maintenance of accounts or sub-accounts in the Fund and processing Share redemption
transactions, making the Fund's investment plans and dividend payment options
available, and providing such other information and services in connection with the
rendering of personal services and/or the maintenance of Accounts, as the Distributor
or the Fund may reasonably request.
(ii) Distribution Assistance Fee (Asset-Based Sales Charge) Payments.
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Irrespective of whichever alternative method of making service fee payments to
Recipients is selected by the Distributor, in addition the Distributor shall make
distribution assistance fee payments to each Recipient quarterly, within forty-five
(45) days after the end of each calendar quarter, at a rate not to exceed 0.1875%
(0.75% on an annual basis) of the average during the calendar quarter of the aggregate
net asset value of Shares computed as of the close of each business day constituting
Qualified Holdings owned beneficially or of record by the Recipient or its Customers
for a period of more than one (1) year. Alternatively, at its sole option, the
Distributor may make distribution assistance fee payments to a Recipient quarterly, at
the rate described above, on Shares constituting Qualified Holdings owned beneficially
or of record by the Recipient or its Customers without regard to the 1-year holding
period described above. Distribution assistance fee payments shall be made only to
Recipients that are registered with the SEC as a broker-dealer or are exempt from
registration. The Distributor has initially set such fees at a rate of 0.125% per
quarter (0.50% on an annual basis).
The distribution assistance to be rendered by the Recipients in
connection with the sale of Shares may include, but shall not be limited to, the
following: distributing sales literature and prospectuses other than those furnished
to current Shareholders, providing compensation to and paying expenses of personnel of
the Recipient who support the distribution of Shares by the Recipient, and providing
such other information and services in connection with the distribution of Shares as
the Distributor or the Fund may reasonably request.
(c) A majority of the Independent Trustees may at any time or from time
to time (i) increase or decrease the rate of fees to be paid to the Distributor or to
any Recipient, but not to exceed the maximum rates set forth above, and/or (ii) direct
the Distributor to increase or decrease any Minimum Holding Period, any maximum period
set by a majority of the Independent Trustees during which fees will be paid on Shares
constituting Qualified Holdings owned beneficially or of record by a Recipient or by
its Customers (the "Maximum Holding Period"), or Minimum Qualified Holdings. The
Distributor shall notify all Recipients of any Minimum Qualified Holdings, Maximum
Holding Period and Minimum Holding Period that are established and the rate of
payments hereunder applicable to Recipients, and shall provide each Recipient with
written notice within thirty (30) days after any change in these provisions. Inclusion
of such provisions or a change in such provisions in a supplement or Statement of
Additional Information or amendment to or revision of the prospectus or Statement of
Additional Information of the Fund shall constitute sufficient notice.
(d) The Service Fee and the Asset-Based Sales Charge on Shares are
subject to reduction or elimination under the limits that apply to such fees under the
NASD Conduct Rules relating to sales of shares of open-end funds
(e) Under the Plan, payments may also be made to Recipients: (i) by
OppenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI") from its own resources (which may include profits
derived from the advisory fee it receives from the Fund), or (ii) by the Distributor
(a subsidiary of OFI), from its own resources, from Asset-Based Sales Charge payments
or from the proceeds of its borrowings, in either case, in the discretion of OFI or
the Distributor, respectively.
(f) Recipients are intended to have certain rights as third-party
beneficiaries under this Plan, subject to the limitations set forth below. It may be
presumed that a Recipient has provided distribution assistance or administrative
support services qualifying for payment under the Plan if it has Qualified Holdings of
Shares that entitle it to payments under the Plan. If either the Distributor or the
Board believe that, notwithstanding the level of Qualified Holdings, a Recipient may
not be rendering appropriate distribution assistance in connection with the sale of
Shares or administrative support services for Accounts, then the Distributor, at the
request of the Board, shall require the Recipient to provide a written report or other
information to verify that said Recipient is providing appropriate distribution
assistance and/or services in this regard. If the Distributor or the Board of Trustees
still is not satisfied after the receipt of such report, either may take appropriate
steps to terminate the Recipient's status as a Recipient under the Plan, whereupon
such Recipient's rights as a third-party beneficiary hereunder shall terminate.
Additionally, in their discretion a majority of the Fund's Independent Trustees at any
time may remove any broker, dealer, bank or other person or entity as a Recipient,
whereupon such person's or entity's rights as a third-party beneficiary hereof shall
terminate. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, this Plan does not
obligate or in any way make the Fund liable to make any payment whatsoever to any
person or entity other than directly to the Distributor. The Distributor has no
obligation to pay any Service Fees or Distribution Assistance Fees to any Recipient if
the Distributor has not received payment of Service Fees or Distribution Assistance
Fees from the Fund.
4. Selection and Nomination of Trustees. While this Plan is in effect, the
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selection and nomination of persons to be Trustees of the Fund who are not "interested
persons" of the Fund ("Disinterested Trustees") shall be committed to the discretion
of the incumbent Disinterested Trustees. Nothing herein shall prevent the incumbent
Disinterested Trustees from soliciting the views or the involvement of others in such
selection or nomination as long as the final decision on any such selection and
nomination is approved by a majority of the incumbent Disinterested Trustees.
5. Reports. While this Plan is in effect, the Treasurer of the Fund shall provide
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written reports to the Fund's Board for its review, detailing the amount of all
payments made under this Plan and the purpose for which the payments were made. The
reports shall be provided quarterly, and shall state whether all provisions of Section
3 of this Plan have been complied with.
6. Related Agreements. Any agreement related to this Plan shall be in writing and
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shall provide that: (i) such agreement may be terminated at any time, without payment
of any penalty, by a vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees or by a vote of
the holders of a "majority" (as defined in the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) of the Fund's outstanding
voting Class C shares; (ii) such termination shall be on not more than sixty days'
written notice to any other party to the agreement; (iii) such agreement shall
automatically terminate in the event of its "assignment" (as defined in the 1940 Act);
(iv) such agreement shall go into effect when approved by a vote of the Board and its
Independent Trustees cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on
such agreement; and (v) such agreement shall, unless terminated as herein provided,
continue in effect from year to year only so long as such continuance is specifically
approved at least annually by a vote of the Board and its Independent Trustees cast in
person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such continuance.
7. Effectiveness, Continuation, Termination and Amendment. This Plan has been
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approved by a vote of the Board and its Independent Trustees cast in person at a
meeting called on October 12, 2002, for the purpose of voting on this Plan. Unless
terminated as hereinafter provided, it shall continue in effect until renewed by the
Board in accordance with the Rule and thereafter from year to year or as the Board may
otherwise determine but only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at
least annually by a vote of the Board and its Independent Trustees cast in person at a
meeting called for the purpose of voting on such continuance.
This Plan may not be amended to increase materially the amount of payments to
be made under this Plan, without approval of the Class C Shareholders at a meeting
called for that purpose and all material amendments must be approved by a vote of the
Board and of the Independent Trustees.
This Plan may be terminated at any time by a vote of a majority of the
Independent Trustees or by the vote of the holders of a "majority" (as defined in the
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) of the Fund's outstanding Class C voting shares. In the event of such
termination, the Board and its Independent Trustees shall determine whether the
Distributor shall be entitled to payment from the Fund of all or a portion of the
Service Fee and/or the Asset-Based Sales Charge in respect of Shares sold prior to the
effective date of such termination.
8. Disclaimer of Shareholder and Trustee Liability. The Distributor understands
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that the obligations of the Fund under this Plan are not binding upon any Trustee or
shareholder of the Fund personally, but bind only the Fund and the Fund's property.
The Distributor represents that it has notice of the provisions of the Declaration of
Trust of the Fund disclaiming Trustee and shareholder liability for acts or
obligations of the Fund.
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By: ____________________________________
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Secretary
OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.
By: _____________________________________
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Vice President