UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-22420
Oppenheimer Master Inflation Protected
Securities Fund, LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Arthur S. Gabinet
OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Two World Financial Center, New York, New York 10281-1008
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 768-3200
Date of fiscal year end: January 31
Date of reporting period: 7/31/2014
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

Table of Contents
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS AT 7/31/14
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| | Class A Shares of the Fund | | |
| | Without Sales Charge | | With Sales Charge | | | | Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) Index |
6-Month | | 3.24% | | 3.24% | | | | 3.81% |
1-Year | | 3.06 | | 3.06 | | | | 3.71 |
Since Inception (6/2/10) | | 4.03 | | 4.03 | | | | 4.80 |
Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Returns do not consider capital gains or income taxes on an individual’s investment. Fund returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions.
The Fund’s performance is compared to the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. TIPS Index includes all publicly issued, U.S. Treasury inflation-protected securities that have at least one year remaining to maturity, are rated investment grade, and have $25 million or more of outstanding face value. The Index is unmanaged and cannot be purchased directly by investors. While index comparisons may be useful to provide a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, it must be noted that the Fund’s investments are not limited to the investments comprising the Index. Index performance includes reinvestment of income, but does not reflect transaction costs, fees, expenses or taxes. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only as a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, and does not predict or depict performance of the Fund. The Fund’s performance reflects the effects of the Fund’s business and operating expenses.
The Fund’s investment strategy and focus can change over time. The mention of specific fund holdings does not constitute a recommendation by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. or its affiliates.
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Shares of Oppenheimer Master Inflation Protected Securities Fund, LLC are issued solely in private placement transactions that do not involve any “public offering” within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), as amended. Investments in the Fund may only be made by certain “accredited investors” within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act, including other investment companies. This report does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any “security” within the meaning of the Securities Act.
Shares of Oppenheimer funds are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not guaranteed by any bank, are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency, and involve investment risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested.
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Top Holdings and Allocations
PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION
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U.S. Government Obligations | | 95.9% |
Investment Company Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund | | 2.4 |
Mortgage-Backed Obligations | | |
Government Agency | | 0.3 |
Non-Agency | | 0.8 |
Asset-Backed Securities | | 0.6 |
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of July 31, 2014, and are based on the total market value of investments.
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CREDIT RATING BREAKDOWN | | NRSRO ONLY TOTAL |
AAA | | 98.6% |
A | | 0.6 |
BBB | | 0.4 |
BB | | 0.3 |
CCC | | 0.1 |
Total | | 100.0% |
The percentages above are based on the market value of the Fund’s securities as of July 31, 2014, and are subject to change. Except for certain securities issued or guaranteed by a foreign sovereign, all securities have been rated by at least one Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”), such as Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”). For securities rated only by an NRSRO other than S&P, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) converts that rating to the equivalent S&P rating. If two or more NRSROs have assigned a rating to a security, the highest S&P equivalent rating is used. Unrated securities issued or guaranteed by a foreign sovereign are assigned a credit rating equal to the highest NRSRO rating assigned to that foreign sovereign. For securities not rated by an NRSRO, the Sub-Adviser uses its own credit analysis to assign ratings in categories similar to those of S&P. The use of similar categories is not an indication that the Sub-Adviser’s credit analysis process is consistent or comparable with any NRSRO’s process were that NRSRO to rate the same security. Fund assets invested in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund are assigned that fund’s S&P rating, which is currently AAA. For the purposes of this table, “investment-grade” securities are securities rated within the NRSROs’ four highest rating categories (AAA, AA, A and BBB). Unrated securities do not necessarily indicate low credit quality, and may or may not be the equivalent of investment-grade. Please consult the Fund’s prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for further information.
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Fund Expenses
Fund Expenses. As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service fees; and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The examples are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire 6-month period ended July 31, 2014.
Actual Expenses. The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section for the class of shares you hold, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expense that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600.00 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.60), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes. The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio for each class of shares, and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year for each class before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example for the class of shares you hold with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as front-end or contingent deferred sales charges (loads). Therefore, the “hypothetical” section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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Actual | | Beginning Account Value February 1, 2014 | | Ending Account Value July 31, 2014 | | Expenses Paid During 6 Months Ended July 31, 2014 |
| | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 1,032.40 | | | | | $ | 2.17 | | | |
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Hypothetical | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(5% return before expenses) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,022.66 | | | | | | 2.16 | | | |
Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for that class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). Those annualized expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated funds, based on the 6-month period ended July 31, 2014 are as follows:
The expense ratios reflect voluntary and/or contractual waivers and/or reimbursements of expenses by the Fund’s Manager. Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time, as indicated in the Fund’s prospectus. The “Financial Highlights” tables in the Fund’s financial statements, included in this report, also show the gross expense ratios, without such waivers or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, if applicable.
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS July 31, 2014 Unaudited
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| | Principal Amount | | | Value | |
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Asset-Backed Securities—0.6% | | | | | | | | |
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American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Series 2014-1, Cl. B, 2.39%, 11/12/191 | | $ | 100,000 | | | $ | 100,485 | |
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AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2014-2, Cl. D, 2.57%, 7/8/20 | | | 220,000 | | | | 219,878 | |
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California Republic Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2014-2, Cl. C, 3.29%, 3/15/21 | | | 95,000 | | | | 94,492 | |
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Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust, Series 2013-1, Cl. D, 2.19%, 9/20/21 | | | 130,000 | | | | 130,041 | |
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DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2013-2A, Cl. D, 4.18%, 6/15/201 | | | 200,000 | | | | 205,289 | |
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GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust, Series 2014-1A, Cl. D, 2.51%, 3/20/191 | | | 140,000 | | | | 139,976 | |
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Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2013-4, Cl. D, 3.92%, 1/15/20 | | | 100,000 | | | | 105,247 | |
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Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $988,060) | | | | | | | 995,408 | |
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Mortgage-Backed Obligations—1.1% | | | | | | | | |
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Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-4, Cl. AM, 5.822%, 2/10/512 | | | 375,000 | | | | 417,400 | |
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CD Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-CD4, Cl. AMFX, 5.366%, 12/11/492 | | | 400,000 | | | | 424,243 | |
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Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-C4, Cl. AM, 5.509%, 9/15/39 | | | 185,000 | | | | 198,737 | |
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Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2716, Cl. UN, 4.50%, 12/15/23 | | | 84,731 | | | | 90,312 | |
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Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass-Through Certificates, Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security, Series 3031, Cl. BI, 1.119%, 8/15/353 | | | 33,779 | | | | 6,292 | |
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Federal National Mortgage Assn., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2008-24, Cl. DY, 5%, 4/25/23 | | | 154,314 | | | | 163,116 | |
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Federal National Mortgage Assn., Real Estate Mtg. Investment Conduit Multiclass Pass-Through Certificates, Interest-Only Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security: | | | | | | | | |
Series 2005-87, Cl. SE, 11.749%, 10/25/353 | | | 495,705 | | | | 76,395 | |
Series 2005-93, Cl. SI, 12.633%, 10/25/353 | | | 506,171 | | | | 81,316 | |
Series 2007-88, Cl. XI, 21.323%, 6/25/373 | | | 483,744 | | | | 70,793 | |
Series 2011-96, Cl. SA, 4.088%, 10/25/413 | | | 335,697 | | | | 58,214 | |
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Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2005-A1, Cl. 2A1, 2.577%, 12/25/342 | | | 123,036 | | | | 125,220 | |
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Wells Fargo Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust, Series 2005-AR15, Cl. 1A2, 2.613%, 9/25/352 | | | 110,119 | | | | 107,874 | |
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Total Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Cost $1,838,192) | | | | | | | 1,819,912 | |
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U.S. Government Obligations—95.7% | | | | | | | | |
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U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities: | | | | | | | | |
0.125%, 4/15/17-1/15/234 | | | 51,774,836 | | | | 52,228,796 | |
0.50%, 4/15/154 | | | 25,193,822 | | | | 25,441,830 | |
0.625%, 1/15/24-2/15/434 | | | 15,520,970 | | | | 15,428,869 | |
0.75%, 2/15/424 | | | 5,369,484 | | | | 5,095,345 | |
1.375%, 1/15/20-2/15/444 | | | 19,527,106 | | | | 21,319,259 | |
2.50%, 1/15/294 | | | 10,969,794 | | | | 13,863,077 | |
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued
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| | Principal Amount | | | Value | |
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U.S. Government Obligations (Continued) | | | | | | | | |
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U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities: (Continued) | | | | | | | | |
2.625%, 7/15/174 | | $ | 19,111,703 | | | $ | 21,194,572 | |
3.625%, 4/15/284 | | | 5,515,800 | | | | 7,747,542 | |
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Total U.S. Government Obligations (Cost $158,714,435) | | | | | | | 162,319,290 | |
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| | Shares | | | | |
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Investment Company—2.4% | | | | | | | | |
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Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 0.09%5,6 (Cost $4,097,336) | | | 4,097,336 | | | | 4,097,336 | |
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Total Investments, at Value (Cost $165,638,023) | | | 99.8 | % | | | 169,231,946 | |
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Net Other Assets (Liabilities) | | | 0.2 | | | | 338,520 | |
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Net Assets | | | 100.0 | % | | $ | 169,570,466 | |
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Footnotes to Statement of Investments
1. Represents securities sold under Rule 144A, which are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities have been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Directors. These securities amount to $445,750 or 0.26% of the Fund’s net assets as of July 31, 2014.
2. Represents the current interest rate for a variable or increasing rate security.
3. Interest-Only Strips represent the right to receive the monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgage loans. These securities typically decline in price as interest rates decline. Most other fixed income securities increase in price when interest rates decline. The principal amount of the underlying pool represents the notional amount on which current interest is calculated. The price of these securities is typically more sensitive to changes in prepayment rates than traditional mortgage-backed securities (for example, GNMA pass-throughs). Interest rates disclosed represent current yields based upon the current cost basis and estimated timing and amount of future cash flows. These securities amount to $293,010 or 0.17% of the Fund’s net assets as of July 31, 2014.
4. Denotes an inflation-indexed security: coupon or principal are indexed to a consumer price index.
5. Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, at or during the period ended July 31, 2014, by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment adviser. Transactions during the period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:
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| | Shares January 31, 2014 | | | Gross Additions | | | Gross Reductions | | | Shares July 31, 2014 | |
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Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E | | | 2,910,664 | | | | 40,357,308 | | | | 39,170,636 | | | | 4,097,336 | |
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| | | | | | | | Value | | | Income | |
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Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E | | | | | | | | | | $ | 4,097,336 | | | $ | 1,637 | |
6. Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of July 31, 2014.
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Futures Contracts as of July 31, 2014 | |
Description | | Exchange | | | Buy/Sell | | | Expiration Date | | | Number of Contracts | | | Value | | | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
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U.S. Treasury Long Bonds | | | CBT | | | | Buy | | | | 9/19/14 | | | | 23 | | | $ | 3,160,344 | | | $ | 1,310 | |
U.S. Treasury Nts., 10 yr. | | | CBT | | | | Buy | | | | 9/19/14 | | | | 115 | | | | 14,330,079 | | | | (63,384) | |
U.S. Treasury Nts., 2 yr. | | | CBT | | | | Sell | | | | 9/30/14 | | | | 51 | | | | 11,190,516 | | | | 6,791 | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (55,283) | |
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Glossary: | | |
Exchange Abbreviations |
CBT Chicago Board of Trade | | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES July 31, 2014 Unaudited
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Assets | | | | |
Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments: | | | | |
Unaffiliated companies (cost $161,540,687) | | | $ 165,134,610 | |
Affiliated companies (cost $4,097,336) | | | 4,097,336 | |
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| | | 169,231,946 | |
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Cash used for collateral on futures | | | 163,000 | |
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Receivables and other assets: | | | | |
Interest, dividends and principal paydowns | | | 218,342 | |
Shares of beneficial interest sold | | | 28,892 | |
Other | | | 9,293 | |
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Total assets | | | 169,651,473 | |
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Liabilities | | | | |
Payables and other liabilities: | | | | |
Shares of beneficial interest redeemed | | | 46,995 | |
Legal, auditing and other professional fees | | | 13,704 | |
Variation margin payable | | | 13,023 | |
Directors’ compensation | | | 5,673 | |
Shareholder communications | | | 849 | |
Investments purchased | | | 287 | |
Other | | | 476 | |
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Total liabilities | | | 81,007 | |
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Net Assets—applicable to 14,381,313 shares of beneficial interest outstanding | | | $ 169,570,466 | |
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Net Assets, Redemption Price Per Share and Offering Price Per Share | | | $11.79 | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS For the Six Months Ended July 31, 2014 Unaudited
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Investment Income | | | | |
Interest | | $ | 3,233,224 | |
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Dividends—affiliated companies | | | 1,637 | |
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Total investment income | | | 3,234,861 | |
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Expenses | | | | |
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Management fees | | | 309,405 | |
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Shareholder communications | | | 4,451 | |
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Directors’ compensation | | | 5,971 | |
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Custodian fees and expenses | | | 363 | |
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Other | | | 16,901 | |
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Total expenses | | | 337,091 | |
Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses | | | (2,084) | |
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Net expenses | | | 335,007 | |
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Net Investment Income | | | 2,899,854 | |
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Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | | | | |
Investments from unaffiliated companies | | | (506,600) | |
Closing and expiration of futures contracts | | | 258,653 | |
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Net realized loss | | | (247,947) | |
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Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on: | | | | |
Investments | | | 2,815,705 | |
Futures contracts | | | (121,194) | |
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Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation | | | 2,694,511 | |
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Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | | $ | 5,346,418 | |
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See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
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| | Six Months Ended July 31, 2014 (Unaudited) | | | | | Year Ended January 31, 2014 | |
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Operations | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | $ | 2,899,854 | | | | | $ | 1,021,934 | |
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Net realized gain (loss) | | | (247,947) | | | | | | 219,690 | |
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Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation | | | 2,694,511 | | | | | | (8,308,229) | |
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | 5,346,418 | | | | | | (7,066,605) | |
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Beneficial Interest Transactions | | | | | | | | | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions: | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from contributions | | | 44,378,988 | | | | | | 39,871,686 | |
Payments for withdrawals | | | (15,009,068) | | | | | | (16,980,518) | |
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| | | 29,369,920 | | | | | | 22,891,168 | |
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Net Assets | | | | | | | | | | |
Total increase | | | 34,716,338 | | | | | | 15,824,563 | |
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Beginning of period | | | 134,854,128 | | | | | | 119,029,565 | |
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End of period | | $ | 169,570,466 | | | | | $ | 134,854,128 | |
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See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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| | Six Months Ended July 31, 2014 (Unaudited) | | | Year Ended January 31, 2014 | | | Year Ended January 31, 2013 | | | Year Ended January 31, 2012 | | | Period Ended January 31, 20111 | |
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Per Share Operating Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 11.42 | | | $ | 12.17 | | | $ | 11.73 | | | $ | 10.25 | | | $ | 10.00 | |
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Income (loss) from investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income2 | | | 0.21 | | | | 0.10 | | | | 0.18 | | | | 0.32 | | | | 0.06 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | 0.16 | | | | (0.85) | | | | 0.26 | | | | 1.16 | | | | 0.19 | |
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Total from investment operations | | | 0.37 | | | | (0.75) | | | | 0.44 | | | | 1.48 | | | | 0.25 | |
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Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 11.79 | | | $ | 11.42 | | | $ | 12.17 | | | $ | 11.73 | | | $ | 10.25 | |
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Total Return, at Net Asset Value3 | | | 3.24% | | | | (6.16)% | | | | 3.75% | | | | 14.44% | | | | 2.50% | |
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Ratios/Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) | | $ | 169,570 | | | $ | 134,854 | | | $ | 119,030 | | | $ | 83,480 | | | $ | 71,567 | |
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Average net assets (in thousands) | | $ | 158,098 | | | $ | 121,157 | | | $ | 86,745 | | | $ | 76,545 | | | $ | 68,799 | |
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Ratios to average net assets:4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | 3.70% | | | | 0.84% | | | | 1.53% | | | | 2.90% | | | | 0.83% | |
Total expenses5 | | | 0.43% | | | | 0.47% | | | | 0.48% | | | | 0.46% | | | | 0.57% | |
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses | | | 0.43% | | | | 0.47% | | | | 0.48% | | | | 0.46% | | | | 0.57% | |
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Portfolio turnover rate | | | 5% | | | | 15% | | | | 0% | | | | 0% | | | | 4% | |
1. For the period from June 2, 2010 (commencement of operations) to January 31, 2011.
2. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.
5. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
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| | Six Months Ended July 31, 2014 | | | 0.43 | % | | | | |
| | Year Ended January 31, 2014 | | | 0.47 | % | | | | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statement.
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NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS July 31, 2014 Unaudited
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Oppenheimer Master Inflation Protected Securities Fund, LLC (the “Fund”) is organized as a Delaware limited liability company and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek total return. The Fund’s investment adviser is OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”). The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI. As of July 31, 2014, 100% of the shares of the Fund were owned by the Manager, other funds advised or sub-advised by the Manager or an affiliate of the Manager.
Shares of the Fund are issued solely in private placement transactions that do not involve any “public offering” within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities act”). Investments in the Fund may only be made by certain “accredited investors” within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act, including other investment companies. The Fund currently offers one class of shares.
For federal income tax purposes, the fund qualifies as a partnership, and each investor in the Fund is treated as the owner of its proportionate share of the net assets, income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Fund. Accordingly, as a “pass-through” entity, the Fund pays no dividends or capital gain distributions.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund.
Inflation-Indexed Debt Securities. Inflation-indexed debt securities are fixed income securities that are structured to seek to provide protection against inflation. The value of the bond’s principal or the interest rate paid on the bond is adjusted to track changes in a stated inflation measure. With respect to inflation-indexed bonds whose principal is adjusted with inflation, if the index measuring inflation falls, the principal value of the inflation-indexed bonds will be adjusted downward, and consequently the interest payable on these securities (calculated with respect to smaller principal amounts) will be reduced. If the index measuring inflation rises, both the principal value and the interest payable (calculated with respect to a larger principal amount) will increase. With respect to inflation-indexed bonds whose interest rate is adjusted with inflation, instead of adjusting the bond’s principal amount, the inflation adjustment is reflected in the coupon payment. Because of this inflation adjustment feature, inflation-protected bonds typically have lower yields than conventional fixed-rate bonds with similar maturities. As of July 31, 2014, securities with an aggregate market value of $162,319,290, representing 95.7% of the Fund’s net assets were comprised of inflation-indexed debt securities.
Concentration Risk. Focusing on one type of investment, inflation-indexed bonds, rather than a broad spectrum of investments, makes the Fund’s share price particularly sensitive to market, economic and other events that may affect this investment type. The Fund’s investment in inflation-indexed bonds may be speculative and subject to greater price volatility than other types of investments.
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1. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Investment in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund. The Fund is permitted to invest daily available cash balances in an affiliated money market fund. The Fund may invest the available cash in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund (“IMMF”) to seek current income while preserving liquidity. IMMF is a registered open-end management investment company, regulated as a money market fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Manager is the investment adviser of IMMF, and the Sub-Adviser provides investment and related advisory services to IMMF. When applicable, the Fund’s investment in IMMF is included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of IMMF are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of IMMF’s Class E expenses, including its management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in IMMF.
Federal Taxes. The Fund, as an entity, will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax. The Fund will be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a partnership, and not as an association taxable as a corporation. Therefore, a tax provision is not required. Each shareholder is required for U.S. federal income tax purposes to take into account, in its taxable year with which (or within which a taxable year of the Fund ends), its distributive share of all items of Fund income, gains, losses, and deductions for such taxable year of the Fund. A shareholder must take such items into account even if the Fund does not distribute cash or other property to such shareholder during its taxable year.
Although the Fund is treated as a partnership for Federal tax purposes, it is intended that the Fund’s assets, income and distributions will be managed in such a way that investment in the Fund would not cause an investor that is a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code (“RIC”) to fail that qualification.
Directors’ Compensation. The Board of Directors has adopted a compensation deferral plan for independent directors that enables directors to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Trustee under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustee. The Fund purchases shares of the funds selected for deferral by the Trustee in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of “Other” within the asset section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of directors’ fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund, and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the compensation deferral plan.
Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued
1. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.
Custodian Fees. “Custodian fees and expenses” in the Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by the Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. The Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdraft at a rate equal to the 1 Month LIBOR Rate plus 2.00%. The “Reduction to custodian expenses” line item, if applicable, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings.
Security Transactions. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.
Indemnifications. The Fund’s organizational documents provide current and former directors and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
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 increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
2. Securities Valuation
The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”), normally 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the Exchange is open for trading.
The Fund’s Board has adopted procedures for the valuation of the Fund’s securities and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for valuation determinations under those procedures to the Manager. The Manager has established a Valuation Committee which is responsible for determining a “fair valuation” for any security for which market quotations are not “readily available.” The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Fund’s Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting covering the calendar quarter in which the fair valuation was determined.
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2. Securities Valuation (Continued)
Valuation Methods and Inputs
Securities are valued using unadjusted quoted market prices, when available, as supplied primarily by third party pricing services or dealers.
The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or the fair value of the types of securities described below:
Securities traded on a registered U.S. securities exchange (including exchange-traded derivatives other than futures and futures options) are valued based on the last sale price of the security reported on the principal exchange on which it is traded, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. In the absence of a sale, the security is valued at the last sale price on the prior trading day, if it is within the spread of the current day’s closing “bid” and “asked” prices, and if not, at the current day’s closing bid price. A security of a foreign issuer traded on a foreign exchange, but not listed on a registered U.S. securities exchange, is valued based on the last sale price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the third party pricing service used by the Manager, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. If the last sale price is unavailable, the security is valued at the most recent official closing price on the principal exchange on which it is traded. If the last sales price or official closing price for a foreign security is not available, the security is valued at the mean between the bid and asked price per the exchange or, if not available from the exchange, obtained from two dealers. If bid and asked prices are not available from either the exchange or two dealers, the security is valued by using one of the following methodologies (listed in order of priority): (1) using a bid from the exchange, (2) the mean between the bid and asked price as provided by a single dealer, or (3) a bid from a single dealer.
Shares of a registered investment company that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that investment company’s net asset value per share.
Corporate and government debt securities (of U.S. or foreign issuers) and municipal debt securities, event-linked bonds, loans, mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, and asset-backed securities are valued at the mean between the “bid” and “asked” prices utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers who may use matrix pricing methods to determine the evaluated prices.
Short-term money market type debt securities with a remaining maturity of sixty days or less are valued at cost adjusted by the amortization of discount or premium to maturity (amortized cost), which approximates market value. Short-term debt securities with a remaining maturity in excess of sixty days are valued at the mean between the “bid” and “asked” prices utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers.
Futures contracts and futures options traded on a commodities or futures exchange will be valued at the final settlement price or official closing price on the principal exchange as reported by such principal exchange at its trading session ending at, or most recently prior to, the time when the Fund’s assets are valued.
A description of the standard inputs that may generally be considered by the third party pricing vendors in determining their evaluated prices is provided below.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued
2. Securities Valuation (Continued)
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Security Type | | Standard inputs generally considered by third-party pricing vendors |
Corporate debt, government debt, municipal, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities | | Reported trade data, broker-dealer price quotations, benchmark yields, issuer spreads on comparable securities, the credit quality, yield, maturity, and other appropriate factors. |
Loans | | Information obtained from market participants regarding reported trade data and broker-dealer price quotations. |
Event-linked bonds | | Information obtained from market participants regarding reported trade data and broker-dealer price quotations. |
If a market value or price cannot be determined for a security using the methodologies described above, or if, in the “good faith” opinion of the Manager, the market value or price obtained does not constitute a “readily available market quotation,” or a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security the security is fair valued either (i) by a standardized fair valuation methodology applicable to the security type or the significant event as previously approved by the Valuation Committee and the Fund’s Board or (ii) as determined in good faith by the Manager’s Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee considers all relevant facts that are reasonably available, through either public information or information available to the Manager, when determining the fair value of a security. Fair value determinations by the Manager are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Fund’s Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting covering the calendar quarter in which the fair valuation was determined. Those fair valuation standardized methodologies include, but are not limited to, valuing securities at the last sale price or initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be further adjusted for any discounts related to security-specific resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities nor can it be assured that the Fund can obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security.
To assess the continuing appropriateness of security valuations, the Manager, or its third party service provider who is subject to oversight by the Manager, regularly compares prior day prices, prices on comparable securities, and sale prices to the current day prices and challenges those prices exceeding certain tolerance levels with the third party pricing service or broker source. For those securities valued by fair valuations, whether through a standardized fair valuation methodology or a fair valuation determination, the Valuation Committee reviews and affirms the reasonableness of the valuations based on such methodologies and fair valuation determinations on a regular basis after considering all relevant information that is reasonably available.
Classifications
Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Various data inputs are used in determining the value of each of the Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These
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2. Securities Valuation (Continued)
data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:
1) Level 1-unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)
2) Level 2-inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)
3) Level 3-significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager’s own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability).
The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.
The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of July 31, 2014 based on valuation input level:
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| | Level 1— Unadjusted Quoted Prices | | | Level 2— Other Significant Observable Inputs | | | Level 3— Significant Unobservable Inputs | | | Value | |
Assets Table | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments, at Value: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Asset-Backed Securities | | $ | — | | | $ | 995,408 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 995,408 | |
Mortgage-Backed Obligations | | | — | | | | 1,819,912 | | | | — | | | | 1,819,912 | |
U.S. Government Obligations | | | — | | | | 162,319,290 | | | | — | | | | 162,319,290 | |
Investment Company | | | 4,097,336 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 4,097,336 | |
Total Investments, at Value | | | 4,097,336 | | | | 165,134,610 | | | | — | | | | 169,231,946 | |
Other Financial Instruments: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | | 8,101 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 8,101 | |
Total Assets | | $ | 4,105,437 | | | $ | 165,134,610 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 169,240,047 | |
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Liabilities Table | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other Financial Instruments: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | $ | (63,384 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | (63,384 | ) |
Total Liabilities | | $ | (63,384 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | (63,384 | ) |
Forward currency exchange contracts and futures contracts, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.
3. Shares of Beneficial Interest
The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest of each class. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued
3. Shares of Beneficial Interest (Continued)
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| | Six Months Ended July 31, 2014 | | | Year Ended January 31, 2014 | |
| | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | |
Contributions | | | 3,865,502 | | | $ | 44,378,988 | | | | 3,492,915 | | | $ | 39,871,686 | |
Withdrawals | | | (1,294,432 | ) | | | (15,009,068 | ) | | | (1,459,545 | ) | | | (16,980,518 | ) |
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Net increase | | | 2,571,070 | | | $ | 29,369,920 | | | | 2,033,370 | | | $ | 22,891,168 | |
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4. Purchases and Sales of Securities
The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term obligations and investments in IMMF, for the six months ended July 31, 2014 were as follows:
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| | Purchases | | | Sales | |
Investment securities | | $ | 36,357,241 | | | $ | 7,508,299 | |
U.S. government and government agency obligations | | | — | | | | 7,789 | |
5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:
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Fee Schedule | | | |
Up to $1 billion | | | 0.40 | % |
Over $1 billion | | | 0.35 | |
Sub-Adviser Fees. The Manager has retained the Sub-Adviser to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Manager pays the Sub-Adviser an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the investment management fee collected by the Manager from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any investment management fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Adviser is paid by the Manager, not by the Fund.
Transfer Agent Fees. OFI Global (the “Transfer Agent”) serves as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee based on annual net assets. Fees incurred and average net assets for each class with respect to these services are detailed in the Statement of Operations and Financial Highlights, respectively.
Sub-Transfer Agent Fees. The Transfer Agent has retained Shareholder Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFI (the “Sub-Transfer Agent”), to provide the day-to-day transfer agent and shareholder servicing of the Fund. Under the Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement, the Transfer Agent pays the Sub-Transfer Agent an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the transfer agent fee collected by the Transfer Agent from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any applicable fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Transfer Agent is paid by the Transfer Agent, not by the Fund.
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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)
Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in IMMF. During the six months ended July 31, 2014, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $2,084 for IMMF management fees.
Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time; some may not be modified or terminated until after one year from the date of the current prospectus, as indicated therein.
6. Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments
The Fund’s investment objective not only permits the Fund to purchase investment securities, it also allows the Fund to enter into various types of derivatives contracts, including, but not limited to, futures contracts, forward currency exchange contracts, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, total return swaps, variance swaps and purchased and written options. In doing so, the Fund will employ strategies in differing combinations to permit it to increase, decrease, or change the level or types of exposure to market risk factors. These instruments may allow the Fund to pursue its objectives more quickly and efficiently than if it were to make direct purchases or sales of securities capable of effecting a similar response to market factors. Such contracts may be entered into through a bilateral over-the-counter (“OTC”) transaction, or through a securities or futures exchange and cleared through a clearinghouse.
Market Risk Factors. In accordance with its investment objectives, the Fund may use derivatives to increase or decrease its exposure to one or more of the following market risk factors:
Commodity Risk. Commodity risk relates to the change in value of commodities or commodity indexes as they relate to increases or decreases in the commodities market. Commodities are physical assets that have tangible properties. Examples of these types of assets are crude oil, heating oil, metals, livestock, and agricultural products.
Credit Risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer to meet interest and principal payments, or both, as they come due. In general, lower-grade, higher-yield bonds are subject to credit risk to a greater extent than lower-yield, higher-quality bonds.
Equity Risk. Equity risk relates to the change in value of equity securities as they relate to increases or decreases in the general market.
Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.
Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk refers to the fluctuations in value of fixed-income securities resulting from the inverse relationship between price and yield. For example, an increase in general interest rates will tend to reduce the market value of already issued fixed-income investments, and a decline in general interest rates will tend to increase their value. In addition, debt securities with longer maturities, which tend to have higher yields,
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued
6. Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments (Continued)
are subject to potentially greater fluctuations in value from changes in interest rates than obligations with shorter maturities.
Volatility Risk. Volatility risk refers to the magnitude of the movement, but not the direction of the movement, in a financial instrument’s price over a defined time period. Large increases or decreases in a financial instrument’s price over a relative time period typically indicate greater volatility risk, while small increases or decreases in its price typically indicate lower volatility risk.
Derivatives may have little or no initial cash investment relative to their market value exposure and therefore can produce significant gains or losses in excess of their cost due to unanticipated changes in the market risk factors and the overall market. This use of embedded leverage allows the Fund to increase its market value exposure relative to its net assets and can substantially increase the volatility of the Fund’s performance. In instances where the Fund is using derivatives to decrease, or hedge, exposures to market risk factors for securities held by the Fund, there are also risks that those derivatives may not perform as expected resulting in losses for the combined or hedged positions. Some derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the Fund’s initial investment.
Additional associated risks from investing in derivatives also exist and potentially could have significant effects on the valuation of the derivative and the Fund. Typically, the associated risks are not the risks that the Fund is attempting to increase or decrease exposure to, per its investment objectives, but are the additional risks from investing in derivatives. Examples of these associated risks are liquidity risk, which is the risk that the Fund will not be able to sell the derivative in the open market in a timely manner, and counterparty credit risk, which is the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund.
The Fund’s actual exposures to these market risk factors and associated risks during the period are discussed in further detail, by derivative type, below.
Futures Contracts
A futures contract is a commitment to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity, financial instrument or currency at a negotiated price on a stipulated future date. The Fund may buy and sell futures contracts and may also buy or write put or call options on these futures contracts. Futures contracts and options thereon are generally entered into on a regulated futures exchange and cleared through a clearinghouse associated with the exchange.
Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract value in an account registered in the futures commission merchant’s name. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are paid to or from the futures commission merchant each day equal to the daily changes in the contract value. Such payments are recorded as unrealized gains and losses. Should the Fund fail to make requested variation margin payments, the futures commission merchant can gain access to the initial margin to satisfy the Fund’s payment obligations.
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6. Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments (Continued)
Futures contracts are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments. Securities held by a futures commission merchant to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts are noted in the Statement of Investments. Cash held by a futures commission merchant to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts and the receivable and/or payable for the daily mark to market for the variation margin are noted in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The net change in unrealized appreciation and depreciation is reported in the Statement of Operations. Realized gains (losses) are reported in the Statement of Operations at the closing or expiration of futures contracts.
The Fund has purchased futures contracts on various bonds and notes to increase exposure to interest rate risk.
The Fund has sold futures contracts on various bonds and notes to decrease exposure to interest rate risk.
During the six months ended July 31, 2014, the Fund had an ending monthly average market value of $10,318,400 and $5,542,674 on futures contracts purchased and sold, respectively.
Additional associated risks of entering into futures contracts (and related options) include the possibility that there may be an illiquid market where the Fund is unable to liquidate the contract or enter into an offsetting position and, if used for hedging purposes, the risk that the price of the contract will correlate imperfectly with the prices of the Fund’s securities.
Counterparty Credit Risk. Derivative positions are subject to the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. The fund intends to enter into derivative transactions with counterparties that the Manager believes to be creditworthy at the time of the transaction.
For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.
The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on exchange-traded derivatives cleared through a clearinghouse and for centrally cleared swaps is generally considered lower than as compared to OTC derivatives. However, counterparty credit risk exists with respect to initial and variation margin deposited/paid by the Fund that is held in futures commission merchant, broker and/or clearinghouse accounts for such exchange-traded derivatives and for centrally cleared swaps.
With respect to centrally cleared swaps, such transactions will be submitted for clearing, and if cleared, will be held in accounts at futures commission merchants or brokers that are members of clearinghouses. While brokers, futures commission merchants and clearinghouses are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse for all its customers, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro-rata basis across all the broker’s, futures commission merchant’s or clearinghouse’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued
6. Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments (Continued)
There is the risk that a broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse will decline to clear a transaction on the Fund’s behalf, and the Fund may be required to pay a termination fee to the executing broker with whom the Fund initially enters into the transaction. Clearinghouses may also be permitted to terminate centrally cleared swaps at any time. The Fund is also subject to the risk that the broker or futures commission merchant will improperly use the Fund’s assets deposited/paid as initial or variation margin to satisfy payment obligations of another customer. In the event of a default by another customer of the broker or futures commission merchant, the Fund might not receive its variation margin payments from the clearinghouse, due to the manner in which variation margin payments are aggregated for all customers of the broker/futures commission merchant.
Collateral and margin requirements differ by type of derivative. Margin requirements are established by the broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse for exchange-traded and cleared derivatives, including centrally cleared swaps. Brokers, futures commission merchants and clearinghouses can ask for margin in excess of the regulatory minimum, or increase the margin amount, in certain circumstances.
For financial reporting purposes, cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund, if any, is reported separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Fund, if any, is noted in the Statement of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a party must exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold (e.g. $250,000) before a transfer has to be made. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance.
The following table presents the valuations of derivative instruments by risk exposure as reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of July 31, 2014:
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| | Asset Derivatives | | | | Liability Derivatives |
Derivatives Not Accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location | | Value | | | | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location | | Value |
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Interest rate contracts | | Variation margin receivable | | $—* | | | | Variation margin payable | | $13,023* |
*Includes only the current day’s variation margin. Prior variation margin movements have been reflected in cash on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities upon receipt or payment.
The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations is as follows:
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Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives |
Derivatives Not Accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Closing and expiration of futures contracts |
Interest rate contracts | | $258,653 |
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Amount of Change in Unrealized Gain or (Loss) on Derivatives |
Derivatives Not Accounted for as Hedging Instruments | | Futures contracts |
Interest rate contracts | | $(121,194) |
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In 2009, seven class action lawsuits were filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI”), OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., the Fund’s principal underwriter and distributor (the “Distributor”), and certain funds (but not including the Fund) advised by OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. and distributed by the Distributor (the “Defendant Funds”). The lawsuits also named as defendants certain officers and current and former trustees of the respective Defendant Funds. The lawsuits raised claims under federal securities law and alleged, among other things, that the disclosure documents of the respective Defendant Funds contained misrepresentations and omissions and that the respective Defendant Funds’ investment policies were not followed. The plaintiffs in these actions sought unspecified damages, equitable relief and awards of attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses. The Defendant Funds’ Boards of Trustees also engaged counsel to represent the Funds and the present and former Independent Trustees named in those suits. On March 5, 2014, the parties in six of these lawsuits executed stipulations and agreements of settlement resolving those actions. On July 31, 2014, the court entered an order and final judgment approving the settlements as fair, reasonable and adequate. The settlements do not resolve a seventh outstanding lawsuit relating to Oppenheimer Rochester California Municipal Fund.
Other class action and individual lawsuits have been filed since 2008 in various state and federal courts against OFI and certain of its affiliates by investors seeking to recover investments they allegedly lost as a result of the “Ponzi” scheme run by Bernard L. Madoff and his firm, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, LLC (“BLMIS”). Plaintiffs in these suits allege that they suffered losses as a result of their investments in several funds managed by an affiliate of OFI and assert a variety of claims, including breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, and violation of federal and state securities laws and regulations, among others. They seek unspecified damages, equitable relief and awards of attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses. Neither the Distributor, nor any of the Oppenheimer mutual funds, their independent trustees or directors are named as defendants in these lawsuits. None of the Oppenheimer mutual funds invested in any funds or accounts managed by Madoff or BLMIS. On February 28, 2011, a stipulation of partial settlement of three groups of consolidated putative class action lawsuits relating to these matters was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. On August 19, 2011, the court entered an order and final judgment approving the settlement as fair, reasonable and adequate. In September 2011, certain parties filed notices of appeal from the court’s order approving the settlement. In June 2014, the appellate court affirmed the lower court’s order approving the settlement. Certain parties subsequently filed a petition for certiorari before the U.S. Supreme Court further challenging the settlement approval order. The settlement does not resolve other outstanding lawsuits against OFI and its affiliates relating to BLMIS.
OFI believes the lawsuits and appeals described above are without legal merit and, with the exception of actions it has settled, is defending against them vigorously. While it is premature to render any opinion as to the outcome in these lawsuits, or whether any costs that the Defendant Funds may bear in defending the suits might not be reimbursed by insurance, OFI believes that these suits should not impair the ability of OFI or the Distributor
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued
7. Pending Litigation (Continued)
to perform their respective duties to the Fund, and that the outcome of all of the suits together should not have any material effect on the operations of any of the Oppenheimer mutual funds.
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PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES;
UPDATES TO STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited
The Fund has adopted Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures under which the Fund votes proxies relating to securities (“portfolio proxies”) held by the Fund. A description of the Fund’s Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), (ii) on the Fund’s website at oppenheimerfunds.com, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the Fund is required to file Form N-PX, with its complete proxy voting record for the 12 months ended June 30th, no later than August 31st of each year. The Fund’s voting record is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), and (ii) in the Form N-PX filing on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first quarter and the third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q filings are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Those forms may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
Householding—Delivery of Shareholder Documents
This is to inform you about OppenheimerFunds’ “householding” policy. If more than one member of your household maintains an account in a particular fund, OppenheimerFunds will mail only one copy of the fund’s prospectus (or, if available, the fund’s summary prospectus), annual and semiannual report and privacy policy. The consolidation of these mailings, called householding, benefits your fund through reduced mailing expense, and benefits you by reducing the volume of mail you receive from OppenheimerFunds. Householding does not affect the delivery of your account statements.
Please note that we will continue to household these mailings for as long as you remain an OppenheimerFunds shareholder, unless you request otherwise. If you prefer to receive multiple copies of these materials, please call us at 1.800.CALL-OPP (225-5677). You may also notify us in writing or via email. We will begin sending you individual copies of the prospectus (or, if available, the summary prospectus), reports and privacy policy within 30 days of receiving your request to stop householding.
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OPPENHEIMER MASTER INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES FUND, LLC
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Directors and Officers | | Sam Freedman, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director |
| | Edward L. Cameron, Director |
| | Jon S. Fossel, Director |
| | Richard F. Grabish, Director |
| | Beverly L. Hamilton, Director |
| | Victoria J. Herget, Director |
| | Robert J. Malone, Director |
| | F. William Marshall, Jr., Director |
| | Karen L. Stuckey, Director |
| | James D. Vaughn, Director |
| | William F. Glavin, Jr., Director, President and Principal Executive Officer |
| | Young-Sup Lee, Vice President |
| | Arthur S. Gabinet, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer |
| | Christina M. Nasta, Vice President and Chief Business Officer |
| | Mary Ann Picciotto, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Anti-Money |
| | Laundering Officer |
| | Brian W. Wixted, Treasurer and Principal Financial & Accounting Officer |
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Manager | | OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. |
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Sub-Adviser | | OppenheimerFunds, Inc. |
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Distributor | | OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. |
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Transfer and Shareholder Servicing Agent | | OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. |
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Sub-Transfer Agent | | Shareholder Services, Inc. DBA OppenheimerFunds Services |
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Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | | KPMG LLP |
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Legal Counsel | | K&L Gates LLP |
© 2014 OppenheimerFunds, Inc. All rights reserved.
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PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE
As an Oppenheimer fund shareholder, you are entitled to know how we protect your personal information and how we limit its disclosure.
Information Sources
We obtain nonpublic personal information about our shareholders from the following sources:
— | | Applications or other forms |
— | | When you create a user ID and password for online account access |
— | | When you enroll in eDocs Direct, our electronic document delivery service |
— | | Your transactions with us, our affiliates or others |
— | | A software program on our website, often referred to as a “cookie,” which indicates which parts of our site you’ve visited |
— | | When you set up challenge questions to reset your password online |
If you visit oppenheimerfunds.com and do not log on to the secure account information areas, we do not obtain any personal information about you. When you do log on to a secure area, we do obtain your user ID and password to identify you. We also use this information to provide you with products and services you have requested, to inform you about products and services that you may be interested in and assist you in other ways.
We do not collect personal information through our website unless you willingly provide it to us, either directly by email or in those areas of the website that request information. In order to update your personal information (including your mailing address, email address and phone number) you must first log on and visit your user profile.
If you have set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. However, doing so may limit your access to certain sections of our website.
We use cookies to help us improve and manage our website. For example, cookies help us recognize new versus repeat visitors to the site, track the pages visited, and enable some special features on the website. This data helps us provide a better service for our website visitors.
Protection of Information
We do not disclose any non-public personal information (such as names on a customer list) about current or former customers to anyone, except as permitted by law.
Disclosure of Information
We send your financial advisor (as designated by you) copies of confirmations, account statements and other documents reporting activity in your fund accounts. We may also use details about you
and your investments to help us, our financial service affiliates, or firms that jointly market their financial products and services with ours, to better serve your investment needs or suggest financial services or educational material that may be of interest to you. If this requires us to provide you with an opportunity to “opt in” or “opt out” of such information sharing with a firm not affiliated with us, you will receive notification on how to do so, before any such sharing takes place.
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PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE Continued
Right of Refusal
We will not disclose your personal information to unaffiliated third parties (except as permitted by law), unless we first offer you a reasonable opportunity to refuse or “opt out” of such disclosure.Internet Security and Encryption
In general, the email services provided by our website are encrypted and provide a secure and private means of communication with us. To protect your own privacy, confidential and/or personal information should only be communicated via email when you are advised that you are using a secure website.
As a security measure, we do not include personal or account information in non-secure emails, and we advise you not to send such information to us in non-secure emails. Instead, you may take advantage of the secure features of our website to encrypt your email correspondence. To do this, you will need to use a browser that supports Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We do not guarantee or warrant that any part of our website, including files available for download, are free of viruses or other harmful code. It is your responsibility to take appropriate precautions, such as use of an anti-virus software package, to protect your computer hardware and software.
— | | All transactions, including redemptions, exchanges and purchases, are secured by SSL and 128-bit encryption. SSL is used to establish a secure connection between your PC and OppenheimerFunds’ server. It transmits information in an encrypted and scrambled format. |
— | | Encryption is achieved through an electronic scrambling technology that uses a “key” to code and then decode the data. Encryption acts like the cable converter box you may have on your television set. It scrambles data with a secret code so that no one can make sense of it while it is being transmitted. When the data reaches its destination, the same software unscrambles the data. |
— | | You can exit the secure area by either closing your browser, or for added security, you can use the Log Out button before you close your browser. |
Other Security Measures
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal account information. Our employees and agents have access to that information only so that they may offer you products or provide services, for example, when responding to your account questions.
How You Can Help
You can also do your part to keep your account information private and to prevent unauthorized transactions. If you obtain a user ID and password for your account, do not allow it to be used by anyone else. Also, take special precautions when accessing your account on a computer used by others.
Who We Are
This joint notice describes the privacy policies of the Oppenheimer funds, OppenheimerFunds, Inc., and each of its investment adviser subsidiaries, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. and OFI Global Trust Co. It applies to all Oppenheimer fund accounts you presently have, or may open in the future, using your Social Security number—whether or not you remain a shareholder of our funds. This notice was last updated November 2013. In the event it is updated or changed, we will post an updated notice on our website at oppenheimerfunds.com. If you have any questions about these privacy policies, write to us at P.O. Box 5270, Denver, CO 80217-5270, email us by clicking on the Contact Us section of our website at oppenheimerfunds.com or call us at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677).
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Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Not applicable to semiannual reports.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not applicable to semiannual reports.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not applicable to semiannual reports.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
Not applicable.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
a) Not applicable. The complete schedule of investments is included in Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.
b) Not applicable.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Fund’s Governance Committee Provisions with Respect to Nominations of Directors/Trustees to the Respective Boards
None
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
Based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c)) as of 7/31/2014, the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer found the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures to provide reasonable assurances that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the reports that it files under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (a) is accumulated and communicated to registrant’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and (b) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Exhibits.
(a) | (1) Not applicable to semiannual reports. |
| (2) Exhibits attached hereto. |
(b) | Exhibit attached hereto. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Oppenheimer Master Inflation Protected Securities Fund, LLC
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By: | | /s/ William F. Glavin, Jr. |
| | William F. Glavin, Jr. |
| | Principal Executive Officer |
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Date: | | 9/10/2014 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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By: | | /s/ William F. Glavin, Jr. |
| | William F. Glavin, Jr. |
| | Principal Executive Officer |
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Date: | | 9/10/2014 |
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By: | | /s/ Brian W. Wixted |
| | Brian W. Wixted |
| | Principal Financial Officer |
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Date: | | 9/10/2014 |