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Bridget A. Macaskill
President and
Chief Executive Officer                       OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
                                              Two World Trade Center, 34th Floor
                                              New York, NY 10048-0203
                                              800 525-7048
                                                      March 10, 2000

Dear Oppenheimer Multi-Sector Income Trust Shareholder,

      We have  scheduled  a  shareholder  meeting  on April 26,  2000 for you to
decide  upon some  important  proposals  for the Fund.  Your  ballot  card and a
detailed statement of the issues are enclosed with this letter.

      Your Board of Trustees  believes the matters  being  proposed for approval
are in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders and recommends a vote
"for" the election of Trustees and for the Proposal. Regardless of the number of
shares you own, it is important that your shares be represented and voted. So we
urge you to consider these issues carefully and to make your vote count.

How do you vote?

      To vote, simply complete the ballot card by marking your choices, sign it,
and  return  it in  the  postage-paid  envelope  provided.  Remember,  it can be
expensive for the Fund -- a portion of which is owned by you as a shareholder --
to remail  ballot  cards if not enough  responses  are  received  to conduct the
meeting.

What are the issues?

      You are being asked to consider and approve the election of three Trustees
in Class A to hold  office  until  2003.  And to elect one Trustee in Class C to
hold office until 2002.  The Board of Trustees'  primary  responsibility  is the
management  of the Fund.  They meet  regularly to review the  activities  of the
Fund's day-to-day operations.

      In addition, the Board is asking you to consider and approve the selection
of KPMG LLP as independent certified public accountants and auditors of the Fund
for the fiscal year beginning November 1, 1999.

      Please read the enclosed  proxy  statement  for complete  details on these
proposals.  Of course if you have any  questions,  please contact your financial
advisor or call us at 1-800-647-7374.

      As always, we appreciate your confidence in OppenheimerFunds and thank you
for allowing us to manage a portion of your investment assets.

                                          Sincerely,
                                       BAM
Enclosures





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                      OPPENHEIMER MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST

                 Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203

                    Notice Of Annual Meeting Of Shareholders
                            To Be Held April 26, 2000

To The Shareholders of Oppenheimer Multi-Sector Income Trust:

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Shareholders  of
Oppenheimer  Multi-Sector  Income  Trust (the "Fund") will be held at 6803 South
Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112, at 10:00 A.M., Denver time, on Wednesday,
April 26, 2000, or any adjournments  thereof (the "Meeting"),  for the following
purposes:

(1)   To elect three  Trustees in Class A to hold office  until the term of such
      class  shall  expire in 2003,  or until their  successors  are elected and
      shall qualify;

(2)   To elect one  Trustees  in Class C to hold  office  until the term of such
      class shall  expire in 2002,  or until his  successor is elected and shall
      qualify;

(2) To ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the independent certified public
     accountants  and  auditors  of the  Fund  for the  fiscal  year  commencing
     November 1, 2000 (Proposal No. 1); and

 (3) To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting.

Shareholders  of  record at the  close of  business  on  February  25,  2000 are
entitled to vote at the  Meeting.  The election of Trustees and the Proposal are
more fully  discussed in the Proxy  Statement.  Please read it carefully  before
telling  us,  through  your proxy or in person,  how you wish your  shares to be
voted.  The Board of Trustees of the Fund recommends a vote to elect each of its
nominees as Trustee and in favor of the Proposals. WE URGE YOU TO SIGN, DATE AND
MAIL THE ENCLOSED PROXY PROMPTLY.

By Order of the Board of Trustees,


Andrew J. Donohue, Secretary

March 10, 2000
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Shareholders  who do not expect to attend the Meeting are  requested to indicate
voting instructions on the enclosed proxy and to date, sign and return it in the
accompanying  postage-paid  envelope. To avoid unnecessary expense and duplicate
mailings,  we ask your  cooperation in promptly mailing your proxy no matter how
large or small your holdings may be.








                      OPPENHEIMER MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST

               Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203

                                 PROXY STATEMENT

                         Annual Meeting Of Shareholders
                            To Be Held April 26, 2000

This  Proxy   Statement  is  furnished  to  the   shareholders   of  Oppenheimer
Multi-Sector  Income Trust (the "Fund") in connection  with the  solicitation by
the Fund's  Board of  Trustees  of  proxies to be used at the Annual  Meeting of
Shareholders to be held at 6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood,  Colorado 80112, at
10:00 A.M.,  Denver  time,  on  Wednesday,  April 26,  2000 or any  adjournments
thereof (the "Meeting"). It is expected that the mailing of this Proxy Statement
will be made on or about March 10,  2000.  For a free copy of the annual  report
covering the  operations of the Fund for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1999,
call the  Fund's  transfer  agent,  Shareholder  Financial  Services,  Inc.,  at
1-800-647-7374.

The enclosed proxy, if properly executed and returned, will be voted (or counted
as an  abstention  or  withheld  from  voting) in  accordance  with the  choices
specified thereon, and will be included in determining whether there is a quorum
to conduct the  Meeting.  The proxy will be voted in favor of the  nominees  for
Trustee named in this Proxy  Statement  unless a choice is indicated to withhold
authority to vote for all listed nominees or any individual  nominee.  The proxy
will be voted in favor of the  Proposal  unless a choice  is  indicated  to vote
against or to abstain from voting on the Proposal.

Shares  owned of record by  broker-dealers  for the  benefit of their  customers
("street  account  shares")  will  be  voted  by  the  broker-dealer   based  on
instructions received from its customers.  If no instructions are received,  the
broker-dealer  may (if permitted  under  applicable  stock exchange  rules),  as
record holder, vote such shares for the election of Trustees and on the Proposal
in the same  proportion as that  broker-dealer  votes street  account shares for
which voting  instructions were timely received.  Abstentions will be counted as
present for purposes of  determining a quorum and will have the same effect as a
vote against the proposal.

If at the time any  session  of the  Meeting  is called to order a quorum is not
present,  in person or by proxy,  the  persons  named as proxies  may vote those
proxies  which have been received to adjourn the Meeting to a later date. In the
event that a quorum is present  but  sufficient  votes in favor of the  proposal
have not been  received,  the  persons  named as proxies may propose one or more
adjournments  of the  Meeting to permit  further  solicitation  of proxies  with
respect to any such proposal. All such adjournments will require the affirmative
vote of a majority of the shares present in person or by proxy at the session of
the  Meeting to be  adjourned.  The  persons  names as  proxies  will vote those
proxies  which they are entitled to vote in favor of the  proposal,  in favor of
such an  adjournment,  and will vote those proxies  required to be voted against
the proposal,  against any such adjournment.  A vote may be taken on one or more
of the  proposals  in this  proxy  statement  prior to any such  adjournment  if
sufficient  votes  for its  approval  have  been  received  and it is  otherwise
appropriate.  Any adjourned session or sessions may be held within 90 days after
the date set for the original Meeting without the necessity of further notice.

If a  shareholder  executes  and returns a proxy but fails to  indicate  how the
votes  should be cast,  the proxy will be voted in favor of the election of each
of the nominees named herein for Trustee and in favor of the Proposal.

The proxy may be revoked at any time prior to the voting by: (1)  writing to the
Secretary of the Fund at Two World Trade Center,  New York, New York 10048-0203;
(2) attending  the Meeting and voting in person;  or (3) signing and returning a
new proxy (if returned and received in time to be voted).

The cost of the  preparation  and  distribution  of these proxy  materials is an
expense of the Fund. In addition to the solicitation of proxies by mail, proxies
may be  solicited  by  officers  or  employees  of the  Fund's  transfer  agent,
Shareholder  Financial Services,  Inc. (a subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds,  Inc.,
the Fund's  investment  adviser),  or by  officers  or  employees  of the Fund's
investment adviser (the "Adviser"), personally or by telephone or telegraph; any
expenses  so  incurred  will  also be borne  by the  Fund.  Proxies  may also be
solicited  by a proxy  solicitation  firm hired at the Fund's  expense  for such
purpose.  Brokers,  banks and  other  fiduciaries  may be  required  to  forward
soliciting  material to their  principals  and to obtain  authorization  for the
execution  of  proxies.  It is  anticipated  that the cost of  engaging  a proxy
solicitation  firm would not exceed $3,500 plus the additional costs which would
be incurred in connection with contacting those shareholders who have not voted.
These costs will, of course, vary. For those services they will be reimbursed by
the Fund for their out-of-pocket expenses.

Shares  Outstanding  and  Entitled to Vote.  As of February  25, 2000 the record
date, there were _________ shares of the Fund issued and outstanding. All shares
of the Fund have equal  voting  rights as to the  election of Trustees and as to
the  Proposal  described  herein,  and the holders of shares are entitled to one
vote for each share  (and a  fractional  vote for a  fractional  share)  held of
record at the close of business on the record date.  As of February 25, 2000 the
only persons  known by the  management  of the Fund to own or be the  beneficial
owner of 5% or more of the  outstanding  shares of the Fund were:  Paine  Webber
Inc., 1000 Harbor Boulevard, 6th Floor, Weehawken, New Jersey 07087, which owned
of record _____________ shares (________% of the shares);  Salomon Smith Barney,
Inc.,  333 W. 34th Street New York,  New York 10001,  which owned  _____________
shares (______% of the shares); Prudential Securities, Inc., One York Plaza, 8th
Floor, New York, New York 10004,  which owned  __________  shares (_____% of the
shares);  AG  Edwards & Sons,  Inc.,  One North  Jefferson  Avenue,  St.  Louis,
Missouri 63103,  which owned ____________  shares (_______% of the shares);  and
Donaldson,  Lufkin and Jenrette  Securities  Corp.,  One Pershing Plaza,  Jersey
City, New Jersey 07399, which owned _________ shares (_____% of the shares).


                              ELECTION OF TRUSTEES

The  Fund's  Declaration  of Trust  provides  that the Board of  Trustees  shall
consist of three  classes of Trustees  with  overlapping  three year terms.  One
class of Trustees is to be elected  each year with terms  extending to the third
succeeding  annual meeting after such election,  or until their successors shall
be duly elected and shall have qualified. At the Meeting, three Class A Trustees
are to be elected  for a three year term,  as  described  below,  or until their
respective   successors   shall  be  duly  elected  and  shall  have  qualified.
Additionally, one Class C Trustee is to be elected for an initial two year term,
as described below, or until his respective  successor shall be duly elected and
shall have  qualified.  The persons named as  attorneys-in-fact  in the enclosed
proxy have  advised  the Fund that  unless a proxy  instructs  them to  withhold
authority to vote for all listed nominees or any individual nominee, all validly
executed  proxies will be voted by them for the  election of the nominees  named
below as Trustees of the Fund.  The proxies  being  solicited  hereby  cannot be
voted for more than three nominees.

Each of the Class A Nominees,  Leon Levy,  Bridget A.  Macaskill  and Clayton K.
Yeutter and the Class C Nominee, Phillip A. Griffiths, are presently Trustees of
the Fund. All present  Trustees of the Fund have been previously  elected by the
Fund's  shareholders,  except  for Mr.  Griffiths  who was  appointed  a Class C
Trustee by the Fund's  Board of Trustees in 1999.  Each nominee has agreed to be
nominated  and to serve as a  Trustee.  Class A  Trustees  to be  elected at the
Meeting shall serve as such for a three year term and constitute the third class
of the Board.  The Class C Trustee to be elected at the  Meeting  shall serve as
such until his term expires in 2002. The classes of the Board and the expiration
dates of their terms of office are shown below.

1 Ms.  Macaskill and Mr.  Griffiths are not a Directors of  Oppenheimer
Money  Market  Fund,  Inc and Mr.  Griffiths  is not a  Trustee  of  Oppenheimer
Discovery Fund.

Each of the  nominees  and other  Trustees  are  Trustees  or  Directors  of the
following New York-based Oppenheimer funds1:

Oppenheimer   California  Municipal  Fund
Oppenheimer  Large  Cap  Growth  Fund
Oppenheimer  Capital  Appreciation  Fund
Oppenheimer  Money Market  Fund,  Inc.
Oppenheimer  Capital  Preservation  Fund
Oppenheimer  Multiple  Strategies Fund
Oppenheimer  Developing  Markets  Fund
 Oppenheimer  Multi-Sector  Income  Trust
Oppenheimer  Discovery Fund
Oppenheimer  Multi-State Municipal Trust
Oppenheimer Enterprise  Fund
Oppenheimer   Municipal  Bond  Fund
Oppenheimer  Europe  Fund
Oppenheimer New York Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer  Global Fund
Oppenheimer  Series Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Global Growth & Income Fund
Oppenheimer U.S.  Government Trust
Oppenheimer Gold & Special  Minerals Fund
Oppenheimer  Trinity Core Fund
Oppenheimer   Growth  Fund
Oppenheimer   Trinity   Growth   Fund
Oppenheimer International   Growth  Fund
Oppenheimer   Trinity   Value  Fund
Oppenheimer International Small Company Fund
Oppenheimer World Bond Fund


Ms.  Macaskill  and  Messrs.  Spiro,  Donohue,  Bowen,  Zack,  Bishop and Farrar
respectively  hold the same  offices with the other New  York-based  Oppenheimer
funds as with the Fund.  The nominees and other Trustees  indicated  below by an
asterisk (*) are "interested persons" (as that term is defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940,  as  amended,  hereinafter  referred to as the  "Investment
Company Act") of the Fund due to the positions indicated with the Adviser or its
affiliates or other positions  described The year given below indicates when the
nominees and the other Trustees first became a trustee or director of any of the
New  York-based  Oppenheimer  funds  without a break in  service.  If any of the
nominees should be unable to accept nomination or election,  it is the intention
of the persons  named as  attorneys-in-fact  in the enclosed  proxy to vote such
proxy for the election of such other person or persons selected and nominated by
disinterested  Trustees  as the  Board  of  Trustees  may,  in  its  discretion,
recommend.

As of  February  25,  2000 the only  Trustee  who  held  shares  of the Fund was
Benjamin  Lipstein,  who disclaims  beneficial  ownership of 1,000 shares of the
Fund held by his wife.

Name and                Business Experience                               Term
Other Information       During the Past Five Years                       Expires
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Class A
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Leon Levy               General  Partner  of  Odyssey  Partners,   L.P.   2000
first became a          (investment   partnership)   (since  1982)  and
Trustee in 1959         Chairman of Avatar Holdings,  Inc. (real estate
Age: 74                 development).


Bridget A. Macaskill*   President  (since June 1991),  Chief  Executive   2000
first became a          Officer (since  September  1995) and a Director
Trustee in 1995         (since   December   1994)   of   the   Adviser;
Age: 51                 President  and  director  (since  June 1991) of
                        HarbourView Asset Management Corporation,  an investment
                        adviser  subsidiary  of  the  Adviser;  Chairman  and  a
                        director of  Shareholder  Services,  Inc.  (since August
                        1994) and Shareholder  Financial  Services,  Inc. (since
                        September  1995),  transfer  agent  subsidiaries  of the
                        Adviser; President (since September 1995) and a director
                        (since October 1990) of Oppenheimer  Acquisition  Corp.,
                        the Adviser's parent holding  company;  President (since
                        September  1995) and a director (since November 1989) of
                        Oppenheimer   Partnership  Holdings,   Inc.,  a  holding
                        company   subsidiary  of  the  Adviser;  a  director  of
                        Oppenheimer  Real Asset  Management,  Inc.  (since  July
                        1996);  President and a director (since October 1997) of
                        OppenheimerFunds  International  Ltd.,  an offshore fund
                        management  subsidiary of the Adviser and of Oppenheimer
                        Millennium Funds plc;  President and a director of other
                        Oppenheimer funds; a director of Prudential  Corporation
                        plc (a U.K. financial service company).

Clayton K. Yeutter      Of  Counsel,  Hogan & Hartson (a law  firm);  a   2000
first became a          director   of   Zurich    Financial    Services
Trustee in 1993         (financial  services),  Zurich  Allied  AG  and
Age: 69                 Allied  Zurich  p.l.c.   (insurance  investment
                        management);   Caterpillar,  Inc.  (machinery),
                        ConAgra,    Inc.    (food   and    agricultural
                        products),     Farmers     Insurance    Company
                        (insurance),    FMC   Corp.    (chemicals   and
                        machinery)   and   Texas   Instruments,    Inc.
                        (electronics);    formerly    (in    descending
                        chronological   order),    Counselor   to   the
                        President (Bush) for Domestic Policy,  Chairman
                        of   the   Republican    National    Committee,
                        Secretary   of   the   U.S.    Department    of
                        Agriculture, U.S. Trade Representative.

Class B

Robert G. Galli         A  Trustee  or  Director  of other  Oppenheimer   2001
first became a          funds.   Formerly   he   held   the   following
Trustee in 1993         positions:   Vice   Chairman  of  the  Adviser,
Age: 66                 OppenheimerFunds,    Inc.   (October   1995   -
                        December 1997);  Executive Vice President of the Adviser
                        (December 1977 - October 1995); Executive Vice President
                        and  a  director   (April   1986  -  October   1995)  of
                        HarbourView Asset Management Corporation,  an investment
                        advisor subsidiary of the Adviser.


Benjamin Lipstein       Professor   Emeritus   of   Marketing,    Stern   2001
first became a          Graduate  School  of  Business  Administration,
Trustee in 1974         New York University.
Age: 76

Kenneth A. Randall      A  director   of   Dominion   Resources,   Inc.   2001
first became a          (electric  utility holding  company),  Dominion
Trustee in 1980         Energy,  Inc.  (electric  power  and  oil & gas
Age: 72                 producer),  and Prime Retail, Inc. (real estate
                        investment   trust);   formerly  President  and
                        Chief  Executive   Officer  of  The  Conference
                        Board,   Inc.   (international   economic   and
                        business    research)   and   a   director   of
                        Lumbermens  Mutual Casualty  Company,  American
                        Motorists   Insurance   Company  and   American
                        Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company.

Edward V. Regan         Chairman of  Municipal  Assistance  Corporation   2001
first became a          for the  City of New  York;  Senior  Fellow  of
Trustee in 1993         Jerome Levy Economics Institute,  Bard College;
Age: 69                 a director of RBAsset (real estate manager);  a
                        director of  OffitBank;  Trustee,  Financial  Accounting
                        Foundation  (FASB and  GASB);  formerly  New York  State
                        Comptroller  and  trustee,  New  York  State  and  Local
                        Retirement Fund.


Russell  S.   Reynolds, Chairman  of  The  Directorship   Group,   Inc.   2001
Jr.                     (corporate  governance consulting and executive
first became a          recruiting);  a director of Professional  Staff
Trustee in 1989         Limited (an U.K.  temporary  staffing company);
Age: 68                 a   life   trustee   of   International   House
                        (non-profit  educational  organization),  and a
                        trustee of the Greenwich Historical Society.







Class C
Elizabeth B. Moynihan   Author and architectural  historian;  a trustee   2002
first became a          of  the  Freer  Gallery  of  Art   (Smithsonian
Trustee in 1992         Institute);  Executive  Committee  of  Board of
Age: 70                 Trustees of the  National  Building  Museum;  a
                        member of the  Trustees  Council,  Preservation
                        League of New York State.


Phillip A. Griffiths    The  Director  of the  Institute  for  Advanced   2002
first became a Trustee  Study,  Princeton,  N.J.  (since  1991)  and  a
in 1999                 member  of the  National  Academy  of  Sciences
Age:  61                (since  1979);  formerly a director  of Bankers
                        Trust Corporation (1994 through June, 1999), Provost and
                        Professor  of  Mathematics  at Duke  University  (1983 -
                        1991),  a  director  of  Research  Triangle   Institute,
                        Raleigh,   N.C.  (1983  -  1991),  and  a  Professor  of
                        Mathematics at Harvard University (1972 - 1983).

Donald W. Spiro         Formerly  he  held  the  following   positions:   2002
first became a          Chairman  Emeritus (August 1991 - August 1999),
Trustee in 1985         Chairman  (November  1987 - January 1991) and a
Age: 74                 director  (January  1969 - August  1999) of the
                        Adviser; President and Director of the Distributor (July
                        1978 - January 1992).


Vote Required.  The affirmative  vote of the holders of a majority of the voting
shares of the Fund represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the
Meeting is  required  for the  election  of a nominee as  Trustee.  The Board of
Trustees recommends a vote for the election of each nominee.

Functions  of  the  Board  of  Trustees.  The  primary  responsibility  for  the
management  of the Fund  rests with the Board of  Trustees.  The  Trustees  meet
regularly  to review the  activities  of the Fund and of the  Adviser,  which is
responsible for the Fund's  day-to-day  operations.  Six regular meetings of the
Trustees  were held during the fiscal year ended  October 31, 1999.  Each of the
Trustees was present for at least 75% of the  meetings  held of the Board and of
all  committees  on which that  Trustee  served.  The  Trustees of the Fund have
appointed an Audit Committee, comprised of Messrs. Randall (Chairman), Lipstein,
and Regan,  none of whom is an  "interested  person" (as that term is defined in
the  Investment  Company Act) of the Adviser or the Fund.  The  functions of the
Committee  include  (i)  making  recommendations  to the  Board  concerning  the
selection  of  independent   auditors  for  the  Fund  (subject  to  shareholder
ratification);  (ii) reviewing the methods,  scope and results of audits and the
fees charged;  (iii)  reviewing the adequacy of the Fund's  internal  accounting
procedures and controls;  and (iv) establishing a separate line of communication
between  the Fund's  independent  auditors  and its  independent  Trustees.  The
Committee  met four times  during the fiscal year ended  October 31,  1999.  The
Board of Trustees does not have a standing nominating or compensation committee.

Remuneration  of Trustees The  officers of the Fund and certain  Trustees of the
Fund (Ms.  Macaskill and Mr. Spiro) who are affiliated  with the Adviser receive
no salary or fee from the Fund. The remaining  Trustees of the Fund received the
compensation  shown below.  The  compensation  from the Fund was paid during its
fiscal  year  ended  October  31,  1999.  The  compensation  from all of the New
York-based  Oppenheimer  funds  (including the Fund) was received as a director,
trustee  or member  of a  committee  of the  boards of those  funds  during  the
calendar year 1999.





                                                                           Total
                                                   Retirement      Compensation
                                                     Benefits          from all
                                   Aggregate  Accrued as Part    New York based
Trustee's Name                  Compensation          of Fund       Oppenheimer
and Other Positions               from Fund1         Expenses Funds (24 Funds)2

Leon Levy
Chairman                             $19,916          $13,755          $166,700

Robert G. Galli
Study Committee Member                $3,593             None         $176,2153

Phillip A. Griffiths                   $8014             None           $17,835

Benjamin Lipstein
Study Committee Chairman,
Audit Committee Member               $20,808          $15,482          $144,100

Elizabeth B. Moynihan
Study Committee Member                $5,282           $1,531          $101,500

Kenneth A. Randall
Audit Committee Member               $11,867           $8,426           $93,100

Edward V. Regan
Proxy Committee Chairman,
Audit Committee Member                $3,404             None           $92,100

Russell S. Reynolds, Jr.
Proxy Committee Member                $5,129           $2,582           $68,900

Donald W. Spiro5                        None             None           $10.250

Clayton K. Yeutter
Proxy Committee Member               $2,5466             None           $68,900

1. Aggregate  compensation  includes fees,  deferred  compensation,  in any, and
   retirement plan benefits accrued for a Trustee or Director.
2.    For the 1999 calendar year.
3. Total  compensation  for the 1999 calendar  year  includes  compensation
     received for serving as a Trustee or Director of 10 other Oppenheimer funds
4.    Includes $769 deferred under Deferred Compensation Plan described below.
5.    Prior to August 1, 1999, Mr. Spiro was not an Independent Trustee
6.    Includes $861 deferred under Deferred Compensation Plan described below.

      |X| Retirement  Plan for Trustees.  The Fund has adopted a retirement plan
that  provides for payments to retired  Trustees.  Payments are up to 80% of the
average  compensation paid during a Trustee's five years of service in which the
highest  compensation  was received.  A Trustee must serve as trustee for any of
the New  York-based  Oppenheimer  funds for at least 15 years to be eligible for
the maximum  payment.  Each  Trustee's  retirement  benefits  will depend on the
amount of the Trustee's future compensation and length of service. Therefore the
amount of those benefits  cannot be determined at this time, nor can we estimate
the number of years of credited  service  that will be used to  determine  those
benefits.

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

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

Officers  of the Fund.  Each  officer of the Fund is elected by the  Trustees to
serve an annual  term.  Information  is given below  about the Fund's  executive
officers who are not Trustees of the Fund,  including their business  experience
during the past five years.  Messrs.  Bishop,  Bowen,  Donohue,  Farrar and Zack
serve in a similar capacity with the other New York-based Oppenheimer funds.

Arthur P. Steinmetz,  Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Age: 41.
   Two World Trade Center, 34th Floor, New York, New York 10048-0203
   Senior Vice President of the Adviser (since March 1993); an officer of other
Oppenheimer funds.

Caleb Wong,  Vice  President  and  Portfolio  Manager,  Age:  34 Two World Trade
   Center,  34th Floor,  New York,  New York  10048-0203  Vice  President of the
   Adviser  (since  August  1999)  previously  Assistant  Vice  President of the
   Adviser (since January 1997);  worked in fixed-income  quantitative  research
   and risk  management  for the Adviser (Since July 1996) prior to which he was
   enrolled in the Ph.D. program for Economics at the University of Chicago.

Andrew J. Donohue, Secretary, Age: 49
   Two World Trade Center,  34th Floor, New York, New York 10048-0203  Executive
   Vice President (since January 1993), General Counsel (since October 1991) and
   a Director (since  September  1995) of the Adviser;  Executive Vice President
   and General  Counsel  (since  September  1993) and a director  (since January
   1992) of the  Distributor;  Executive Vice  President,  General Counsel and a
   director of HarbourView Asset Management  Corporation,  Shareholder Services,
   Inc.,  Shareholder  Financial  Services,  Inc.  and  (since  September  1995)
   Oppenheimer   Partnership  Holdings,   Inc.;  President  and  a  director  of
   Centennial Asset Management  Corporation  (since September 1995);  President,
   General  Counsel and a director of Oppenheimer  Real Asset  Management,  Inc.
   (since July 1996);  General  Counsel  (since May 1996) and  Secretary  (since
   April 1997) of Oppenheimer  Acquisition  Corp.; Vice President and a director
   of OppenheimerFunds  International Ltd. and Oppenheimer  Millennium Funds plc
   (since October 1997); an officer of other Oppenheimer funds.

Brian W. Wixted, Treasurer, Age:40.
   6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
   Senior Vice  President  and  Treasurer  (since  April  1999) of the  Adviser;
   Treasurer of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation,  Shareholder Services,
   Inc.,  Shareholder  Financial  Services,  Inc.  and  Oppenheimer  Partnership
   Holdings,  Inc.  (since  April  1999);  Assistant  Treasurer  of  Oppenheimer
   Acquisition Corp. (since April 1999); Assistant Secretary of Centennial Asset
   Management  Corporation  (since April  1999);  formerly  Principal  and Chief
   Operating  Officer,  Bankers Trust  Company - Mutual Fund  Services  Division
   (March 1995 - March 1999);  Vice President and Chief Financial  Officer of CS
   First Boston Investment  Management Corp.  (September 1991 - March 1995); and
   Vice  President  and  Accounting  Adviser,  Merrill  Lynch  Asset  Management
   (November 1987 - September 1991).

Robert J. Bishop, Assistant Treasurer, Age: 41
   6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
   Vice President of the  Adviser/Mutual  Fund  Accounting  (since May 1996); an
   officer of other Oppenheimer  funds;  formerly an Assistant Vice President of
   the  Adviser/Mutual  Fund  Accounting  (April  1994-May  1996),  and  a  Fund
   Controller for the Adviser.

Scott T. Farrar, Assistant Treasurer, Age: 34
   6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
   Vice  President  of the  Adviser/Mutual  Fund  Accounting  (since  May 1996);
   Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer Millennium Funds plc (since October 1997);
   an officer of other Oppenheimer  funds;  formerly an Assistant Vice President
   of the  Adviser/Mutual  Fund Accounting  (April  1994-May  1996),  and a Fund
   Controller for the Adviser.

Robert G. Zack, Assistant Secretary, Age: 51
   TwoWorld Trade Center,  34th Floor, New York, New York 10048-0203 Senior Vice
      President (since May 1985) and Associate  General Counsel (since May 1981)
      of the Adviser,  Assistant Secretary of Shareholder Services,  Inc. (since
      May 1985), and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (since November 1989);
      Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and Oppenheimer
      Millennium Funds plc (since October 1997); an officer of other Oppenheimer
      funds.


                 RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
                                (Proposal No. 1)

The  Investment   Company  Act  requires  that   independent   certified  public
accountants  and  auditors  ("auditors")  be  selected  annually by the Board of
Trustees  and  that  such  selection  be  ratified  by the  shareholders  at the
next-convened  annual meeting of the Fund, if one is held. The Board of Trustees
of the Fund,  including  a  majority  of the  Trustees  who are not  "interested
persons" (as defined in the Investment  Company Act) of the Fund or the Adviser,
at a meeting held October  7,1999  selected KPMG LLP ("KPMG") as auditors of the
Fund for the  fiscal  year  beginning  November  1,  1999.  KPMG also  serves as
auditors  for  certain  other  funds for which the  Adviser  acts as  investment
adviser.  At the Meeting,  a resolution will be presented for the  shareholders'
vote to ratify the  selection of KPMG as auditors.  Representatives  of KPMG are
not  expected  to be present at the  Meeting  but will be  available  should any
matter arise requiring their presence. The Board of Trustees recommends approval
of the selection of KPMG as auditors of the Fund.

                             Additional Information

The Adviser and the  Transfer  Agent.  Subject to the  authority of the Board of
Trustees, the Adviser is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's
business,   pursuant  to  its  investment  advisory  agreement  with  the  Fund.
Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. ("SFSI"), a subsidiary of the Adviser, acts
as primary transfer agent, shareholder servicing agent and dividend paying agent
for the Fund. Fees paid to SFSI are based on the number of shareholder  accounts
and the  number  of  shareholder  transactions,  plus  out-of-pocket  costs  and
expenses.  The Fund  incurred  approximately  $______ in expenses for the fiscal
year ended October 31, 1999 for services provided by SFSI.

The Adviser (including  subsidiaries)  currently manages  investment  companies,
including other  Oppenheimer  funds, with assets of more than $120 billion as of
December  31,  1999,  and with  more than 5 million  shareholder  accounts.  The
Adviser is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. ("OAC"), a
holding  company  controlled  by  Massachusetts  Mutual Life  Insurance  Company
("MassMutual").  The Adviser and OAC are located at Two World Trade Center,  New
York, New York 10048.  MassMutual is located at 1295 State Street,  Springfield,
Massachusetts  01111. OAC acquired the Adviser on October 22, 1990. As indicated
below, the common stock of OAC is owned by (i) certain officers and/or directors
of the Adviser,  (ii) MassMutual and (iii) another  investor.  No institution or
person holds 5% or more of OAC's  outstanding  common  stock except  MassMutual.
MassMutual has engaged in the life insurance business since 1851.

The common stock of OAC is divided into three classes. Effective as of August 1,
1997,  OAC  declared a ten for one stock  split.  At  December  31,  1999,  on a
post-split  basis,  MassMutual held (i) all of the 21,600,000  shares of Class A
voting  stock,  (ii)  8,667,670  shares  of  Class B  voting  stock,  and  (iii)
15,022,072 shares of Class C non-voting  stock.  This  collectively  represented
89.5% of the  outstanding  common stock and 85% of the voting power of OAC as of
that date.  Certain  officers and/or directors of the Adviser held (i) 3,660,540
shares of the Class B voting stock,  representing 7.2% of the outstanding common
stock and 10.3% of the voting  power,  and (ii)  options  acquired  without cash
payment which, when they become exercisable, allow the holders to purchase up to
5,170,889  shares of Class C non-voting  stock.  That group includes persons who
serve as officers of the Fund and Bridget A. Macaskill,  who serves as a Trustee
of the Fund.

Holders of OAC Class B and Class C common  stock may put (sell) their shares and
vested options to OAC or MassMutual at a formula price (based on earnings of the
Adviser).  MassMutual may exercise call  (purchase)  options on all  outstanding
shares of both such  classes  of common  stock and  vested  options  at the same
formula  price.  From the period October 1, 1998 to September 31, 1999, the only
transactions on a post-split  basis by persons who serve as Trustees of the Fund
were by ____________.

The names and principal  occupations of the executive  officers and directors of
the Adviser are as follows:  Bridget A.  Macaskill,  President,  Chief Executive
Officer  and a  director;  James C.  Swain,  Vice  Chairman;  Jeremy  Griffiths,
Executive  Vice  President  and Chief  Financial  Officer;  O. Leonard  Darling,
Executive  Vice  President  and Chief  Investment  Officer;  Andrew J.  Donohue,
Executive  Vice  President,  General  Counsel  and a director;  George  Batejan,
Executive Vice President and Chief  Information  Officer,  Craig Dinsell,  James
Ruff, Andrew Ruotolo and Loretta McCarthy,  Executive Vice Presidents;  Brian W.
Wixted,  Senior Vice President and Treasurer;  Charles  Albers,  Peter M. Antos,
Victor  Babin,  Bruce  Bartlett,  Richard  Bayha,  Robert A.  Densen,  Ronald H.
Fielding, Robert B. Grill, Robert Guy, Thomas W. Keffer, Avram Kornberg, John S.
Kowalik, Andrew J. Mika, David Negri, Robert E. Patterson, Russell Read, Richard
Rubinstein,  Christian D. Smith, Arthur Steinmetz,  John Stoma, Jerry A. Webman,
William L. Wilby, Donna Winn, Robert G. Zack, and Arthur J. Zimmer,  Senior Vice
Presidents;  and Barbara  Hennigar,  Chairman of  OppenheimerFunds  Services,  a
division of the Adviser.  These  officers are located at one of the four offices
of the Adviser:  Two World Trade  Center,  New York, NY  10048-0203;  6803 South
Tucson Way, Englewood,  CO 80112; 350 Linden Oaks, Rochester,  NY 14625-2807 and
One Financial Plaza, 755 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103.

                        RECEIPT OF SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

Any  shareholder  who wishes to present a proposal for action at the next annual
meeting of shareholders and who wishes to have it set forth in a proxy statement
and identified in the form of proxy prepared by the Fund must notify the Fund in
such a manner so that such  notice is  received  by the Fund by December 1, 2000
and in such form as is required under the rules and  regulations  promulgated by
the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                 OTHER BUSINESS

Management  of the Fund knows of no business  other than the  matters  specified
above that will be presented at the Meeting. Since matters not known at the time
of the solicitation may come before the Meeting,  the proxy as solicited confers
discretionary authority with respect to such matters as may properly come before
the Meeting,  including any adjournment or adjournments  thereof,  and it is the
intention  of the persons  named as  attorneys-in-fact  in the proxy to vote the
proxy in accordance with their judgment on such matters.

                                    By Order of the Board of Trustees,

                                    Andrew J. Donohue, Secretary
                                 March 10, 2000













                       OPPENHEIMER MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST
          PROXY FOR ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING TO BE HELD APRIL 26, 2000

Your shareholder vote is important!

Your prompt response can save your Fund the expense of another mailing.

Please  mark your  proxy on the  reverse  side,  date and sign it, and return it
promptly in the  accompanying  envelope,  which requires no postage if mailed in
the United States.

                  Please detach at perforation before mailing.
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Oppenheimer Multi-Sector Income Trust
Proxy for Annual Shareholders Meeting to be held April 26, 2000

The  undersigned  shareholder  of  Oppenheimer  Multi-Sector  Income  Trust (the
"Fund") does hereby appoint Robert Bishop,  Andrew J. Donohue,  Scott Farrar and
Brian  Wixted,  and  each of  them,  as  attorneys-in-fact  and  proxies  of the
undersigned,  with full power of  substitution,  to attend the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders  of the Fund to be held April 26,  2000 at 6803 South  Tucson  Way,
Englewood,  Colorado 80112 at 10:00 A.M.,  Denver time, and at all  adjournments
thereof,  and to vote  the  shares  held in the name of the  undersigned  on the
record date for said  meeting for the  election of Trustees  and on the Proposal
specified on the reverse side. Said  attorneys-in-fact  shall vote in accordance
with their best judgment as to any other matter.

PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES,  WHICH RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR
THE  ELECTION OF ALL  NOMINEES  FOR TRUSTEE AND FOR THE  PROPOSAL ON THE REVERSE
SIDE.  THE SHARES  REPRESENTED  HEREBY WILL BE VOTED AS INDICATED ON THE REVERSE
SIDE OR FOR IF NO CHOICE IS INDICATED.

                                      OVER
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Oppenheimer  Multi-Sector Income Trust/Proxy for Annual Shareholders  Meeting to
be held April 26, 2000.

Your shareholder vote is important!

Your prompt response can save your Fund money.
Please  vote,  sign and mail  your  proxy  ballot  (this  card) in the  enclosed
postage-paid  envelope  today,  no matter how many shares you own. A majority of
the Fund's shares must be  represented  in person or by proxy.  Please vote your
proxy so your Fund can avoid the expense of another mailing.

                   Please detach at perforation before mailing.
1.  Election of Trustees

A)    Leon Levy
B)    Bridget A. Macaskill
C)    Clayton K. Yeutter
D)    Phillip A. Griffiths

    _______FOR all nominees listed              ___ WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
    except as marked to the contrary.                 to vote for all nominees
    Instruction: To withhold authority to
    vote for any individual nominee, line
    out that nominee's name at left.

2.  Ratification of selection of KPMG LLP as independent auditors
    (Proposal No. 1)

            FOR____           AGAINST____       ABSTAIN____


NOTE:  PLEASE  SIGN  EXACTLY AS YOUR  NAME(S)  APPEAR  HEREON.  When  signing as
custodian,  attorney, executor,  administrator,  trustee, etc., please give your
full title as such.  All joint owners should sign this proxy.  If the account is
registered in the name of a  corporation,  partnership  or other entity,  a duly
authorized  individual  must sign on behalf of such  entity  and give his or her
title.

                              Dated:      _____________________, 2000
                                          (Month)          (Day)


                                  Signature(s)



                                  Signature(s)

                                 Please read both sides of this ballot.
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