UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-490

 

 

Oppenheimer Equity Fund

(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: December 31

Date of reporting period: 3/28/2013

 

 

 


Item 1. Schedule of Investments.


  STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS     March 28, 2013* / Unaudited  

 

    Shares     Value         

 

     

Common Stocks—98.9%

       

 

     

Consumer Discretionary—11.5%

  

   

 

     

Auto Components—0.4%

       

Johnson Controls, Inc.

    175,700      $ 6,161,799         

 

     

Automobiles—0.4%

       

Ford Motor Co.

    489,210        6,433,111         

 

     

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—2.2%

  

   

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

    38,840        2,188,634         

 

     

McDonald’s Corp.

    152,350        15,187,772         

 

     

MGM Resorts International 1

    552,890        7,270,504         

 

     

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    114,840        8,261,590         
   

 

 

     
      32,908,500         

 

     

Household Durables—0.7%

  

   

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

    383,630        10,012,743         

 

     

Internet & Catalog Retail—0.8%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. 1

    45,533        12,134,089         

 

     

Media—1.5%

       

Comcast Corp., Cl. A

    178,930        7,516,849         

 

     

Walt Disney Co. (The)

    267,510        15,194,568         
   

 

 

     
      22,711,417         

 

     

Multiline Retail—1.0%

       

Target Corp.

    208,870        14,297,152         

 

     

Specialty Retail—2.8%

       

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    282,470        10,711,262         

 

     

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. 1

    122,600        12,572,630         

 

     

Tiffany & Co.

    95,600        6,648,024         

 

     

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

    225,760        10,554,280         
   

 

 

     
      40,486,196         

 

     

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—1.7%

  

   

Coach, Inc.

    144,695        7,233,303         

 

     

Nike, Inc., Cl. B

    195,180        11,517,572         

 

     

Ralph Lauren Corp., Cl. A

    38,610        6,537,059         
   

 

 

     
      25,287,934         
       

 

     

Consumer Staples—12.1%

  

   

 

     

Beverages—3.4%

       

Brown-Forman Corp., Cl. B

    113,060        8,072,484         

 

     

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    283,590        11,468,380         

 

     

Molson Coors Brewing Co., Cl. B, Non-Vtg.

    188,050        9,201,287         

 

     

PepsiCo, Inc.

    94,850        7,503,584         

 

     

SABMiller plc

    234,630        12,349,456         
   

 

 

     
          48,595,191         
       

 

     

Food & Staples Retailing—2.8%

  

   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    137,680      $ 14,609,225         

 

     

Sysco Corp.

    104,260        3,666,824         

 

     

Walgreen Co.

    470,310        22,424,381         
   

 

 

     
      40,700,430         

 

     

Food Products—2.8%

  

   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

    102,190        3,659,424         

 

     

Kellogg Co.

    117,700        7,583,411         
    Shares     Value   

 

 

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co., Cl. A

    98,650        7,640,443     

 

 

Nestle SA

    160,406        11,599,991     

 

 

Tyson Foods, Inc., Cl. A

    297,470        7,383,205     

 

 

Unilever NV

    89,670        3,676,470     
   

 

 

 
      41,542,944     

 

 

Household Products—1.7%

  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    83,080        9,805,932     

 

 

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    189,510        14,603,641     
   

 

 

 
      24,409,573     

 

 

Personal Products—0.6%

  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Cl. A

    125,810        8,055,614     

 

 

Tobacco—0.8%

   

Lorillard, Inc.

    90,390        3,647,236     

 

 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    73,490        6,813,258     
   

 

 

 
      10,460,494     
   

 

 

Energy—10.1%

   

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services—2.8%

  

Baker Hughes, Inc.

    154,880        7,187,981     

 

 

Cameron International Corp. 1

    143,210        9,337,292     

 

 

Ensco plc, Cl. A

    79,450        4,767,000     

 

 

FMC Technologies, Inc. 1

    117,740        6,403,879     

 

 

Oceaneering International, Inc.

    69,270        4,600,221     

 

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

    128,490        9,622,616     
   

 

 

 
      41,918,989     

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—7.3%

  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

    42,240        3,693,888     

 

 

Apache Corp.

    70,520        5,441,323     

 

 

BP plc, Sponsored ADR

    268,370        11,365,469     

 

 

Chevron Corp.

    293,558        34,880,562     

 

 

Concho Resources, Inc. 1

    46,390        4,519,778     

 

 

Devon Energy Corp.

    155,030        8,746,793     
   
   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    163,380      $ 14,722,172     

 

 

Noble Energy, Inc.

    70,440        8,147,090     

 

 

Phillips 66

    89,160        6,238,525     

 

 

Suncor Energy, Inc.

    241,510        7,247,715     
   

 

 

 
          105,003,315     
   

 

 

Financials—14.2%

   

 

 

Capital Markets—3.8%

   

BlackRock, Inc.

    11,140        2,861,643     

 

 

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

    285,220        5,045,542     
 

 

1      OPPENHEIMER EQUITY FUND


  STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS     Unaudited / (Continued)  

 

     Shares     Value         

 

     

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     224,230        32,995,444         

 

     

Northern Trust Corp.

     254,850        13,904,616         
    

 

 

     
       54,807,245         

 

     

Commercial Banks—3.3%

        

CIT Group, Inc. 1

     99,380        4,321,042         

 

     

M&T Bank Corp.

     152,860        15,769,038         

 

     

Standard Chartered plc

     277,316        7,178,000         

 

     

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     365,840        10,539,850         

 

     

Wells Fargo & Co.

     289,250        10,699,358         
    

 

 

     
       48,507,288         

 

     

Consumer Finance—0.8%

  

     

American Express Co.

     124,670        8,410,238         

 

     

Capital One Financial Corp.

     47,860                2,629,907         
    

 

 

     
       11,040,145         

 

     

Diversified Financial Services—2.9%

  

     

Bank of America Corp.

     1,022,150        12,449,787         

 

     

Citigroup, Inc.

     387,820        17,157,157         

 

     

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     249,530        11,842,694         
    

 

 

     
       41,449,638         

 

     

Insurance—3.4%

        

ACE Ltd.

     234,000        20,818,980         

 

     

Aflac, Inc.

     54,170        2,817,924         

 

     

Allstate Corp. (The)

     74,490        3,655,224         

 

     

American International Group, Inc. 1

     95,290        3,699,158         

 

     

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     288,630        10,959,281         

 

     

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     87,060        7,329,581         
    

 

 

     
       49,280,148         
        

 

     

Health Care—13.1%

        

 

     

Biotechnology—1.9%

        

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1

     16,700      $ 1,538,738         

 

     

Amgen, Inc.

     39,810        4,080,923         

 

     

Biogen Idec, Inc. 1

     48,200        9,298,262         

 

     

Medivation, Inc. 1

     49,170        2,299,681         

 

     

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1

     180,190        9,906,846         
    

 

 

     
       27,124,450         

 

     

Health Care Equipment & Supplies—1.6%

  

   

Baxter International, Inc.

     324,840        23,596,378         

 

     

Health Care Providers & Services—1.5%

  

   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     51,610        2,148,008         

 

     

Humana, Inc.

     230,060        15,899,447         

 

     

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     65,940        3,772,427         
    

 

 

     
       21,819,882         

 

     

Health Care Technology—0.6%

  

   

Cerner Corp. 1

     97,990        9,284,552         

 

     

 

     Shares     Value   

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services—0.4%

  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. 1

     28,920        6,166,322     

 

 

Pharmaceuticals—7.1%

    

Allergan, Inc.

     113,700        12,692,331     

 

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     398,350        16,408,036     

 

 

Merck & Co., Inc.

     455,280        20,137,034     

 

 

Novartis AG, ADR

     102,170        7,278,591     

 

 

Novo Nordisk AS, Cl. B

     76,503        12,488,384     

 

 

Perrigo Co.

     59,080        7,014,568     

 

 

Pfizer, Inc.

     192,690        5,561,033     

 

 

Roche Holding AG 2

     44,144        10,276,861     

 

 

Roche Holding AG, Sponsored ADR 2

     64,950        3,806,070     

 

 

Sanofi, ADR

     74,430        3,801,884     

 

 

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Sponsored ADR

     40,820        1,619,738     
    

 

 

 
           101,084,530     
    

 

 

Industrials—13.3%

    

 

 

Aerospace & Defense—4.3%

    

Honeywell International, Inc.

     402,120        30,299,742     

 

 

Precision Castparts Corp.

     35,680        6,765,642     
    

TransDigm Group, Inc.

     40,630      $ 6,213,140     

 

 

United Technologies Corp.

     197,530        18,455,228     
    

 

 

 
       61,733,752     

 

 

Air Freight & Couriers—0.1%

    

FedEx Corp.

     16,920        1,661,544     

 

 

Airlines—0.9%

    

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 1

     214,350        3,538,918     

 

 

United Continental Holdings, Inc. 1

     334,250        10,699,343     
    

 

 

 
       14,238,261     

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies—0.8%

  

Tyco International Ltd.

     382,600        12,243,200     

 

 

Construction & Engineering—0.5%

    

Quanta Services, Inc. 1

     245,140        7,006,101     

 

 

Electrical Equipment—1.6%

    

ABB Ltd., Sponsored ADR 1

     95,400        2,171,304     

 

 

AMETEK, Inc.

     89,640        3,886,790     

 

 

Eaton Corp. plc

     207,240        12,693,450     

 

 

Roper Industries, Inc.

     34,610        4,406,199     
    

 

 

 
       23,157,743     

 

 

Machinery—2.2%

    

AGCO Corp.

     216,210        11,268,865     

 

 

Cummins, Inc.

     70,970        8,219,036     

 

 

Navistar International Corp. 1

     146,150        5,052,406     
 

 

2      OPPENHEIMER EQUITY FUND


  STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS     Unaudited / (Continued)  

 

    Shares     Value         

 

     

Parker Hannifin Corp.

    86,570        7,928,081         
   

 

 

     
      32,468,388         

 

     

Road & Rail—1.7%

       

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    87,880        6,545,302         

 

     

Kansas City Southern

    81,130        8,997,317         

 

     

Union Pacific Corp.

    68,640        9,775,022         
   

 

 

     
      25,317,641         

 

     

Trading Companies & Distributors—1.2%

  

   

United Rentals, Inc. 1

    73,300        4,029,301         

 

     

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

    26,310        5,919,224         

 

     

WESCO International, Inc. 1

    96,900        7,035,909         
   

 

 

     
      16,984,434         
       

 

     

Information Technology—16.8%

       

 

     

Communications Equipment—2.5%

  

     

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    258,770        5,410,881         

 

     

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    448,400              30,020,380         
   

 

 

     
      35,431,261         

 

     

Computers & Peripherals—4.2%

  

   

Apple, Inc.

    112,470        49,782,596         

 

     

EMC Corp. 1

    73,430        1,754,243         
       

SanDisk Corp. 1

    186,380      $ 10,250,900         
   

 

 

     
      61,787,739         

 

     

Electronic Equipment, Instruments, & Components—0.6%

  

   

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    213,620        8,957,087         

 

     

Internet Software & Services—2.6%

  

   

eBay, Inc. 1

    235,290        12,757,424         

 

     

Google, Inc., Cl. A 1

    31,520        25,027,826         
   

 

 

     
      37,785,250         

 

     

IT Services—2.6%

       

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Cl. A 1

    114,490        8,771,079         

 

     

Fiserv, Inc. 1

    76,300        6,701,429         

 

     

Teradata Corp. 1

    173,810        10,169,623         

 

     

Visa, Inc., Cl. A

    71,990        12,226,782         
   

 

 

     
      37,868,913         

 

     

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—2.4%

  

   

Avago Technologies Ltd.

    176,910        6,354,607         

 

     

Broadcom Corp., Cl. A

    277,694        9,627,651         

 

     

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    59,920        2,202,659         

 

     

Micron Technology, Inc. 1

    389,840        3,890,603         

 

     

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    59,580        2,113,898         

 

     

Xilinx, Inc.

    262,120        10,005,120         
   

 

 

     
      34,194,538         

 

     

Software—1.9%

       

Intuit, Inc.

    131,150        8,609,997         

 

     

Oracle Corp.

    101,700        3,288,978         

 

    Shares     Value   

 

 

Salesforce.com, Inc. 1

    73,700        13,179,771     

 

 

VMware, Inc., Cl. A 1

    33,470        2,640,114     
   

 

 

 
      27,718,860     
   

 

 

Materials—4.1%

   

 

 

Chemicals—3.6%

   

Celanese Corp., Series A

    107,940        4,754,757     

 

 

Ecolab, Inc.

    128,550        10,307,139     

 

 

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Cl. A

    118,918        7,526,320     

 

 

Monsanto Co.

    144,590        15,273,042     

 

 

Mosaic Co. (The)

    117,200        6,986,292     

 

 

PPG Industries, Inc.

    61,120        8,186,413     
   

 

 

 
      53,033,963     

 

 

Containers & Packaging—0.5%

   

Crown Holdings, Inc. 1

    173,910        7,236,395     
   
   

 

 

Telecommunication Services—2.2%

   

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services—1.8%

  

CenturyLink, Inc.

    102,910      $ 3,615,228     

 

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    488,010        23,985,692     
   

 

 

 
      27,600,920     

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services—0.4%

  

Vodafone Group plc, Sponsored ADR

    221,480        6,292,247     
   

 

 

Utilities—1.5%

   

 

 

Electric Utilities—1.3%

   

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    213,510        10,382,991     

 

 

Edison International

    161,620        8,132,718     
   

 

 

 
      18,515,709     

 

 

Multi-Utilities—0.2%

   

PG&E Corp.

    49,610        2,209,133     
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

   

(Cost $1,061,455,418)

      1,438,723,148     
 

 

3      OPPENHEIMER EQUITY FUND


  STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS     Unaudited / (Continued)  

 

 
 

 Footnotes to Statement of Investments

*March 28, 2013 represents the last business day of the Fund’s quarterly period. See accompanying Notes.

1. Non-income producing security.

2. The Fund holds securities which have been issued by the same entity and that trade on separate exchanges.

3. Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, at or during the period ended March 28, 2013, 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:

 

     Shares
December 31, 2012
     Gross
            Additions
     Gross
          Reductions
     Shares    
          March 28, 2013    
 

 

 

Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E

     11,395,337         106,484,517         89,396,839           28,483,015       
                   Value      Income      

 

 

Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E

  

      $ 28,483,015       $ 7,120       

4. Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of March 28, 2013.

 

           Shares     Value    
   

 

 
   

Investment Company—2.0%

  

   

Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 0.14% 3,4

    
   

(Cost $28,483,015)          28,483,015

  

  $ 28,483,015     
   

 

 
   

Total Investments, at Value

(Cost $1,089,938,433)

     100.9             1,467,206,163     
   

 

 
   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

     (0.9)        (13,350,962)    
      

 

 

 
   

Net Assets

     100.0   $ 1,453,855,201     
      

 

 

 
 

 

4      OPPENHEIMER EQUITY FUND


  NOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS     Unaudited  

Quarterly Period. The last day of the Fund’s quarterly period was the last day the New York Stock Exchange was open for trading. The Fund’s financial statements have been presented through that date to maintain consistency with the Fund’s net asset value calculations used for shareholder transactions.

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.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund’s accounting records are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of securities denominated in foreign currencies and amounts related to the purchase and sale of foreign securities and foreign investment income are translated into U.S. dollars as of the close of the Exchange, normally 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the Exchange is open for trading. Foreign exchange rates may be valued primarily using a reliable bank, dealer or service authorized by the Board of Trustees.

 

 

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.

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

 

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Securities Valuation (Continued)

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.

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.

 

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

 

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  NOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS     Unaudited / (Continued)  

 

 

Securities Valuation (Continued)

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 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 as of March 28, 2013 based on valuation input level:

    Level 1—
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    Level 2—
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
    Value   

 

 

Assets Table

       

Investments, at Value:

       

Common Stocks

       

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 170,432,941       $ —         $ —        $ 170,432,941     

Consumer Staples

    173,764,246         —           —          173,764,246     

Energy

    146,922,304         —           —          146,922,304     

Financials

    205,084,464         —           —          205,084,464     

Health Care

    176,587,730         12,488,384          —          189,076,114     

Industrials

    194,811,064         —           —          194,811,064     

Information Technology

    243,743,648         —           —          243,743,648     

Materials

    60,270,358         —           —          60,270,358     

Telecommunication Services

    33,893,167         —           —          33,893,167     

Utilities

    20,724,842         —           —          20,724,842     

Investment Company

    28,483,015         —           —          28,483,015     
 

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $       1,454,717,779       $        12,488,384       $                     —       $       1,467,206,163     
 

 

 

 

 

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  NOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS     Unaudited / (Continued)  

 

 

Securities Valuation (Continued)

Currency contracts and forwards, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/ depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. Futures, if any, are reported at their variation margin at measurement date, which represents the amount due to/from the Fund at that date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.

The table below shows the transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the beginning of the reporting period.

 

     Transfers into Level 1*    Transfer out of Level 2*     

 

  

Assets Table

        

Investments, at value:

        

Commons Stocks

        

Consumer Staples

   $  11,126,424    $   (11,126,424)   

Financials

   5,630,598    (5,630,598)   

Health Care

   9,060,665    (9,060,665)   
  

 

  

Total Assets

   $25,817,687    $(25,817,687)   
  

 

  

  *Transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 due to the presence of a readily available unadjusted quoted market price.

 

 

Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments

The Fund’s investment objectives not only permit the Fund to purchase investment securities, they also allow the Fund to enter into various types of derivatives contracts, including, but not limited to, futures contracts, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, total return 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. Central to those strategies are features inherent to derivatives that make them more attractive for this purpose than equity and debt securities: they require little or no initial cash investment, they can focus exposure on only certain selected risk factors, and they may not require the ultimate receipt or delivery of the underlying security (or securities) to the contract. This 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.

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.

 

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Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments (Continued)

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, 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.

The Fund’s actual exposures to these market risk factors during the period are discussed in further detail, by derivative type, below.

Risks of Investing in Derivatives. The Fund’s use of derivatives can result in losses due to unanticipated changes in the market risk factors and the overall market. 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.

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. 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.

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. Associated risks can be different for each type of derivative and are discussed by each derivative type in the notes that follow.

Counterparty Credit Risk. Certain derivative positions are subject to counterparty credit risk, which is the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. The Fund’s derivative counterparties are financial institutions who are subject to market conditions that may weaken their financial position. The Fund intends to enter into financial transactions with counterparties that the Manager believes to be creditworthy at the time of the transaction.

 

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  NOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS     Unaudited / (Continued)  

 

 

Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments (Continued)

Credit Related Contingent Features. The Fund’s agreements with derivative counterparties have several credit related contingent features that if triggered would allow its derivatives counterparties to close out and demand payment or additional collateral to cover their exposure from the Fund. Credit related contingent features are established between the Fund and its derivatives counterparties to reduce the risk that the Fund will not fulfill its payment obligations to its counterparties. These triggering features include, but are not limited to, a percentage decrease in the Fund’s net assets and or a percentage decrease in the Fund’s Net Asset Value or NAV. The contingent features are established within the Fund’s International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. master agreements which govern certain positions in swaps, over-the-counter options and swaptions, and forward currency exchange contracts for each individual counterparty.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

The Fund may enter into foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward contracts”) for the purchase or sale of a foreign currency at a negotiated rate at a future date.

Forward contracts are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments. The unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in the annual and semiannual reports as a receivable or payable and in the Statement of Operations in the annual and semiannual reports within the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation). At contract close, the difference between the original cost of the contract and the value at the close date is recorded as a realized gain (loss) in the Statement of Operations in the annual and semiannual reports.

The Fund has purchased and sold certain forward foreign currency exchange contracts of different currencies in order to acquire currencies to pay for or sell currencies to acquire related foreign securities purchase and sale transactions, respectively, or to convert foreign currencies to U.S. dollars from related foreign securities transactions. These foreign currency exchange contracts are negotiated at the current spot exchange rate with settlement typically within two business days thereafter.

  During the period ended March 28, 2013, the Fund had daily average contract amounts on forward foreign currency contracts to buy and sell of $93,349 and $11,440, respectively.

  Additional associated risk to the Fund includes counterparty credit risk. Counterparty credit risk arises from the possibility that the counterparty will default.

As of March 28, 2013, the Fund had no outstanding forward contracts.

 

 

Federal Taxes

The approximate aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes as of March 28, 2013 are noted below. The primary difference between book and tax appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments, if applicable, is attributable to the tax deferral of losses.

 

Federal tax cost of securities

    $           1,096,343,918      
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

    $ 378,538,655      

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (7,676,410)     
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

    $ 370,862,245      
  

 

 

 

 

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a) 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 3/28/2013, 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 the 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.

 

  (b) There have been no significant changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

Exhibits 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 Equity Fund
By:  

/s/ William F. Glavin, Jr.

  William F. Glavin, Jr.
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   5/8/2013

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.

 

By:  

/s/ William F. Glavin, Jr.

  William F. Glavin, Jr.
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   5/8/2013

 

By:  

/s/ Brian W. Wixted

  Brian W. Wixted
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   5/8/2013