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 811-21877

 

 

Oppenheimer Rochester Arizona Municipal 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: March 31

Date of reporting period: 12/31/2013

 

 

 


Item 1. Schedule of Investments.


    

    STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS      December 31 ,2013 / Unaudited

 

 

    Principal
    Amount
           Coupon      Maturity      Value  

 

Municipal Bonds and Notes—106.5%

        

 

Arizona—72.3%

        
  $        15,000       AZ Game & Fish Department (Administration Building) 1      5.000%         07/01/2032       $ 15,144       
  2,450,000       AZ Health Facilities Authority (The Beatitudes Campus) 1      5.100         10/01/2022         2,289,941       
  25,000       AZ McAllister Academic Village (Arizona State University Hassayampa) 1      5.250         07/01/2030         26,421       
  45,000       AZ Municipal Financing Program COP (Glendale) 1      5.375         08/01/2030         45,125       
  500,000       AZ State University (Board of Regents) 1      5.375         07/01/2031         543,180       
  170,000       AZ State University (West Campus Hsg.) 1      5.000         07/01/2030         154,503       
  20,000       AZ University Medical Center 1      5.000         07/01/2024         20,137       
  1,000,000       AZ University Medical Center 1      6.500         07/01/2039         1,067,150       
  75,000       Casa Grande, AZ IDA (Casa Grande Regional Medical Center) 1      7.000         12/01/2017         62,546       
  110,000       Casa Grande, AZ IDA (Casa Grande Regional Medical Center) 1      7.000         12/01/2015         99,913       
  325,000       Centerra, AZ Community Facilities District 1      6.625         07/15/2032         312,764       
  300,000       Centerra, AZ Community Facilities District 1      5.150         07/15/2031         245,736       
  4,300       Central AZ Irrigation & Drain District 1      6.000         06/01/2016         4,315       
  50,000       Cochise County, AZ High School District No. 22 (Valley Union) 1      6.350         07/01/2016         51,199       
  20,000       Downtown Phoenix, AZ Hotel Corp. 1      5.000         07/01/2040         19,855       
  1,000,000       Estrella Mountain Ranch, AZ Community Facilities District 1      6.200         07/15/2032         1,001,850       
  660,000       Estrella Mountain Ranch, AZ Community Facilities District 1      6.125         07/15/2027         668,012       
  506,000       Estrella Mountain Ranch, AZ Community Facilities District (Montecito Assessment District) 1,2      5.550         07/01/2022         501,279       
  500,000       Estrella Mountain Ranch, AZ Community Facilities District (Montecito Assessment District) 1      5.800         07/01/2032         443,490       
  442,000       Estrella Mountain Ranch, AZ Community Facilities District (Montecito Assessment District) 1,2      5.700         07/01/2027         410,914       
  80,000       Festival Ranch, AZ Community Facilities District 1,2      5.000         07/01/2026         69,899       
  250,000       Festival Ranch, AZ Community Facilities District 1      5.800         07/15/2032         244,445       
  81,000       Festival Ranch, AZ Community Facilities District 1,2      5.000         07/01/2032         64,054       
  195,000       Festival Ranch, AZ Community Facilities District 1      5.300         07/15/2031         181,711       
  50,000       Flagstaff, AZ (Aspen Place Sawmill Improvements) 1      5.000         01/01/2032         50,011       
  140,000       Gila County, AZ IDA (Cobre Valley Community Hospital)      6.100         12/01/2025         140,099       
  200,000       Gilbert, AZ Improvement District No. 20 1      5.100         01/01/2027         210,060       
  25,000       Gladden Farms, AZ Community Facilities District 1      6.375         07/15/2025         25,131       
  500,000       Gladden Farms, AZ Community Facilities District 1      5.450         07/15/2032         474,825       
  260,000       Gladden Farms, AZ Community Facilities District 1      5.350         07/15/2027         253,976       
  280,000       Goodyear, AZ Community Facilities General District No. 1 1      5.350         07/15/2028         280,358       
  220,000       Goodyear, AZ Community Facilities Utilities District No. 1 1      4.900         07/15/2018         220,559       
  50,000       Goodyear, AZ Community Facilities Utilities District No. 1 1      5.000         07/15/2020         50,100       
  300,000       Goodyear, AZ IDA Water & Sewer 1      5.500         07/01/2041         312,330       

 

OPPENHEIMER ROCHESTER ARIZONA MUNICIPAL FUND


    

    STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS      Unaudited / Continued

 

 

    Principal
    Amount
             Coupon     Maturity      Value  

 

Arizona (continued)

                        
  $        225,000      Goodyear, AZ IDA Water & Sewer (Litchfield Park Service Company) 1     6.750%        10/01/2031       $ 220,732       

 

 

 
  10,000      Greater AZ Devel. Authority Infrastructure 1     5.000        08/01/2023         10,032       
  75,000      Greater AZ Devel. Authority, Series A 1     5.000        08/01/2028         75,189       
  15,000      Kingman, AZ Municipal Property Corp.     5.000        07/01/2014         15,061       
  25,000      Maricopa County & Phoenix, AZ IDA (Single Family) 1     5.800        07/01/2040         25,792       
  20,000      Maricopa County, AZ IDA (Chaparral City Water Company) 1     5.300        12/01/2022         20,014       

 

 

 
  285,000      Maricopa County, AZ IDA (Citizens Utilities Company) 1     6.200        05/01/2030         264,261       

 

 

 
  1,000,000      Maricopa County, AZ IDA (DHlth/CHSB Obligated Group) 1     5.500        07/01/2026         1,021,220       

 

 

 
  1,025,000      Maricopa County, AZ IDA (Sun King Apartments) 1     6.750        05/01/2031         866,115       

 

 

 
  10,000      Maricopa County, AZ Pollution Control (El Paso Electric Company) 1     7.250        02/01/2040         10,975       

 

 

 
  685,000      Marley Park, AZ Community Facilities District 1     6.100        07/15/2032         628,803       

 

 

 
  100,000      Marley Park, AZ Community Facilities District 1     7.000        07/15/2033         100,303       

 

 

 
  455,000      Marley Park, AZ Community Facilities District 1     6.000        07/15/2026         441,741       

 

 

 
  1,970,000      Merrill Ranch, AZ Community Facilities District No. 1 Special Assessment Lien 1     7.400        07/15/2033         2,050,868       

 

 

 
  1,005,000      Merrill Ranch, AZ Community Facilities District No. 2 1     6.250        07/15/2035         1,021,100       

 

 

 
  100,000      Mohave County, AZ IDA (Mohave Prison) 1     7.250        05/01/2015         104,777       

 

 

 
  3,365,000      Mohave County, AZ IDA (Mohave Prison) 1     7.500        05/01/2019         3,810,560       

 

 

 
  500,000      Palm Valley, AZ Community Facility District No. 3 1     5.800        07/15/2032         443,415       

 

 

 
  50,000      Parkway, AZ Community Facilities District No. 1 (Prescott Valley) 1     5.350        07/15/2031         42,409       

 

 

 
  250,000      Phoenix, AZ IDA (Career Success Schools) 1     7.000        01/01/2029         225,767       

 

 

 
  195,000      Phoenix, AZ IDA (Career Success Schools) 1,2     6.125        01/01/2020         188,066       

 

 

 
  650,000      Phoenix, AZ IDA (Downtown Phoenix Student Hsg.) 1     5.000        07/01/2027         557,485       

 

 

 
  350,000      Phoenix, AZ IDA (Espiritu Community Devel. Corp.) 1     6.250        07/01/2036         323,071       

 

 

 
  1,000,000      Phoenix, AZ IDA (Gourmet Boutique West) 1     5.875        11/01/2037         535,830       

 

 

 
  250,000      Phoenix, AZ IDA (Great Hearts Academies)     6.000        07/01/2032         237,690       

 

 

 
  750,000      Phoenix, AZ IDA (Phoenix Collegiate Academy) 1     5.625        07/01/2042         652,312       

 

 

 
  750,000      Phoenix-Mesa, AZ Gateway Airport Authority     5.000        07/01/2038         708,532       

 

 

 
  995,000      Pima County, AZ IDA (Arizona Charter School) 2     5.375        07/01/2031         934,335       

 

 

 
  1,000,000      Pima County, AZ IDA (Center for Academic Success) 1     5.500        07/01/2037         895,830       

 

 

 
  15,000      Pima County, AZ IDA (Charter Schools) 1     6.375        07/01/2031         14,185       

 

 

 
  200,000      Pima County, AZ IDA (Christian Senior Living) 1,2     5.050        01/01/2037         193,012       

 

 

 
  1,100,000      Pima County, AZ IDA (Facility Choice Education & Devel. Corp.) 1     6.375        06/01/2036         986,799       

 

 

 
  135,000      Pima County, AZ IDA (Horizon Community Learning Center) 1     5.250        06/01/2035         114,252       

 

 

 
  2,000,000      Pima County, AZ IDA (Leading Edge Academy Mricopa Charter School) 1     7.750        12/01/2043         1,943,280       

 

 

 
  275,000      Pima County, AZ IDA (Metro Police Facility) 1     5.375        07/01/2039         281,363       

 

 

 
  500,000      Pima County, AZ IDA (Paradise Education Center) 1     6.100        06/01/2045         476,525       

 

 

 
  15,000      Pima County, AZ IDA (Phoenix Advantage Charter School)     5.500        07/01/2033         10,052       

 

 

 
  500,000      Pima County, AZ IDA (Providence Day School) 1     5.125        12/01/2040         436,210       

 

OPPENHEIMER ROCHESTER ARIZONA MUNICIPAL FUND


    

    STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS      Unaudited / Continued

 

 

    Principal
    Amount
            Coupon     Maturity      Value  
Arizona (continued)                   

 

 

 
  $        125,000      Pima County, AZ IDA (Sonoran Science Academy) 1     5.750%        12/01/2037       $ 102,381       

 

 

 
  650,000      Pima County, AZ IDA (Tucson Country Day School) 1     5.000        06/01/2037         512,577       

 

 

 
  150,000      Pima County, AZ IDA Water & Wastewater (Global Water Resources) 1     5.750        12/01/2032         147,162       

 

 

 
  1,000,000      Pima County, AZ IDA Water & Wastewater (Global Water Resources) 1     7.500        12/01/2038         1,030,900       

 

 

 
  500,000      Pima County, AZ IDA Water & Wastewater (Global Water Resources) 1     6.550        12/01/2037         496,680       

 

 

 
  25,000      Pinal County, AZ Community College District     4.125        07/01/2017         25,070       

 

 

 
  250,000      Pinal County, AZ Electric District No. 3 1     5.250        07/01/2036         257,970       

 

 

 
  393,000      Prescott Valley, AZ Southside Community Facilities District No. 1     7.250        07/01/2032         276,401       

 

 

 
  320,000      Quail Creek, AZ Community Facilities District 1     5.150        07/15/2016         333,942       

 

 

 
      1,500,000      Quailwood Meadows, AZ Community Facilities District 1     6.000        07/15/2022         1,545,990       

 

 

 
  1,500,000      Quailwood Meadows, AZ Community Facilities District 1     6.125        07/15/2029         1,546,995       

 

 

 
  25,000      Queen Creek, AZ Improvement District No. 1 1     5.000        01/01/2016         25,267       

 

 

 
  10,000      Queen Creek, AZ Improvement District No. 1 1     5.000        01/01/2019         10,056       

 

 

 
  25,000      Queen Creek, AZ Improvement District No. 1 1     5.000        01/01/2017         25,222       

 

 

 
  135,000      Queen Creek, AZ Improvement District No. 1 1     5.000        01/01/2032         131,714       

 

 

 
  600,000      Queen Creek, AZ Improvement District No. 1 1     5.000        01/01/2020         602,574       

 

 

 
  1,000,000      Salt River, AZ Agricultural Improvement & Power District 1     5.000        01/01/2039         1,036,240       

 

 

 
  925,000      Salt Verde, AZ Financial Corp. 1     5.000        12/01/2037         888,453       

 

 

 
  420,000      Scottsdale, AZ IDA (SHH/SHC/SHRC/SCIC Obligated Group) 1     5.250        09/01/2030         420,059       

 

 

 
  100,000      Scottsdale, AZ Mountain Community Facilities District     4.350        07/15/2014         100,271       

 

 

 
  415,000      Show Low Bluff, AZ Community Facilities District 1     5.875        07/15/2032         371,263       

 

 

 
  1,200,000      Show Low Bluff, AZ Community Facilities District     5.600        07/01/2031         950,244       

 

 

 
  2,000,000      Tartesso West, AZ Community Facilities District 1     5.900        07/15/2032         1,775,320       

 

 

 
  55,000      Tempe, AZ IDA (Arizona State University Foundation) 1     5.000        07/01/2019         55,087       

 

 

 
  650,000      Tempe, AZ IDA (Tempe Life Care Village)     6.000        12/01/2032         638,437       

 

 

 
  80,000      Tucson, AZ Airport Authority 1     5.000        06/01/2021         80,253       

 

 

 
  30,000      Tucson, AZ IDA (Joint Single Family Mtg.) 1,2     5.000        01/01/2039         30,486       

 

 

 
  15,000      Tucson, AZ Improvement District (Civano Neighborhood Phase 1) 1     5.000        01/01/2018         15,046       

 

 

 
  15,000      Tucson, AZ Improvement District (Civano Neighborhood Phase 1)     5.000        01/01/2014         15,000       

 

 

 
  5,000      Tucson, AZ Improvement District (Civano Neighborhood Phase 1)     5.000        01/01/2015         5,018       

 

 

 
  500,000      Tucson, AZ Water 1     5.000        07/01/2032         523,540       

 

 

 
  100,000      University Arizona Medical Center Corp. (University Medical Center) 1     5.000        07/01/2033         100,311       

 

 

 
  225,000      Vistancia, AZ Community Facilities District 1     6.750        07/15/2022         225,522       

 

 

 
  1,535,000      Westpark, AZ Community Facilities District 1     5.450        07/15/2032         1,341,805       

 

 

 
  180,000      Westpark, AZ Community Facilities District 1     5.300        07/15/2022         177,088       

 

 

 
  975,000      Westpark, AZ Community Facilities District 1     5.250        07/15/2031         839,387       

 

 

 

 

3   OPPENHEIMER ROCHESTER ARIZONA MUNICIPAL FUND


    

    STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS      Unaudited / Continued

 

 

    Principal

    Amount

            Coupon     Maturity      Value  

 

 

 

 

Arizona (continued)

      

 

 

 
  $        25,000      Winslow, AZ Waterworks 1     5.000%        07/01/2019       $         25,035       

 

 

 
  300,000      Yuma County, AZ IDA (Water & Sewer)     6.375        12/01/2037         252,684       

 

 

 
  60,000      Yuma County, AZ IDA (Water & Sewer)     6.500        12/01/2017         54,044       
        

 

 

 
           48,440,489       

 

 

 

 

U.S. Possessions—34.2%

      
  300,000      Guam GO 1     7.000        11/15/2039         313,206       

 

 

 
  200,000      Guam GO 1     6.750        11/15/2029         207,364       

 

 

 
  6,778,000      Guam Tobacco Settlement Economic Devel. & Commerce Authority (TASC)     11.002 3       06/01/2057         113,735       

 

 

 
  750,000      Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority     5.750        07/01/2037         506,415       

 

 

 
  235,000      Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority 1     6.000        07/01/2047         158,484       

 

 

 
  640,000      Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority     5.250        07/01/2042         400,371       

 

 

 
  1,230,000      Puerto Rico Children’s Trust Fund (TASC) 1     5.500        05/15/2039         1,042,154       

 

 

 
  2,160,000      Puerto Rico Children’s Trust Fund (TASC) 1     5.375        05/15/2033         1,993,637       

 

 

 
  840,000      Puerto Rico Children’s Trust Fund (TASC) 1     5.625        05/15/2043         690,102       

 

 

 
  37,000,000      Puerto Rico Children’s Trust Fund (TASC)     8.438 3       05/15/2055         916,860       

 

 

 
  10,000,000      Puerto Rico Children’s Trust Fund (TASC)     6.544 3       05/15/2050         555,900       

 

 

 
  445,000      Puerto Rico Commonwealth GO 1     5.750        07/01/2041         291,253       

 

 

 
  750,000      Puerto Rico Commonwealth GO 1     6.500        07/01/2037         554,783       

 

 

 
  750,000      Puerto Rico Commonwealth GO 1     6.500        07/01/2040         526,395       

 

 

 
  1,110,000      Puerto Rico Commonwealth GO 1     5.750        07/01/2036         742,612       

 

 

 
  10,000      Puerto Rico HFA 1     5.000        12/01/2020         9,985       

 

 

 
  100,000      Puerto Rico HFA 1     5.000        12/01/2019         99,854       

 

 

 
  740,000      Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority 1     5.500        07/01/2025         699,011       

 

 

 
  750,000      Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority 1     5.750        07/01/2020         602,753       

 

 

 
  300,000      Puerto Rico Industrial Devel. Company, Series B     5.375        07/01/2016         300,000       

 

 

 
  35,000      Puerto Rico Infrastructure (Mepsi Campus) 1     5.600        10/01/2014         33,854       

 

 

 
  400,000      Puerto Rico Infrastructure (Mepsi Campus) 1     6.250        10/01/2024         279,664       

 

 

 
  1,165,000      Puerto Rico Infrastructure (Mepsi Campus) 1     6.500        10/01/2037         696,262       

 

 

 
  100,000      Puerto Rico ITEMECF (Ana G. Mendez University)     5.125        04/01/2032         68,620       

 

 

 
  100,000      Puerto Rico ITEMECF (Ana G. Mendez University)     5.375        04/01/2042         66,340       

 

 

 
  100,000      Puerto Rico ITEMECF (Ana G. Mendez University)     5.000        04/01/2027         72,349       

 

 

 
  625,000      Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority 1     6.000        07/01/2041         415,706       

 

 

 
  750,000      Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority     5.250        07/01/2042         458,828       

 

 

 
  500,000      Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority 1     6.250        07/01/2031         363,325       

 

 

 
  1,050,000      Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority 1     6.750        07/01/2036         777,599       

 

 

 
  1,850,000      Puerto Rico Public Finance Corp., Series B 1     5.500        08/01/2031         1,202,537       

 

 

 
  9,500,000      Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., Series A 4     5.250        08/01/2057         7,063,820       

 

 

 
  250,000      Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., Series A 1     6.500        08/01/2044         196,208       

 

 

 
  500,000      Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., Series C 4     5.750        08/01/2057         402,245       

 

 

 
  220,000      V.I. Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp. (TASC) 1     5.000        05/15/2021         214,339       
        

 

 

 
          

 

23,036,570    

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments, at Value (Cost $79,459,187)—106.5%

         71,477,059       

 

 

 

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets—(6.5)

         (4,370,850)       
        

 

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

       $ 67,106,209       
        

 

 

 

Footnotes to Statement of Investments

1. All or a portion of the security position has been segregated for collateral to cover borrowings.

2. All or a portion of the security position is when-issued or delayed delivery to be delivered and settled after December 31, 2013. See accompanying Notes.

3. Zero coupon bond reflects effective yield on the date of purchase.

4. Security represents the underlying municipal bond with respect to an inverse floating rate security held by the Fund. The bond was purchased by the Fund and subsequently transferred to a trust, which issued the related inverse floating rate security. See accompanying Notes.

 

4   OPPENHEIMER ROCHESTER ARIZONA MUNICIPAL FUND


    

    STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS      Unaudited / Continued

 

 

 

 

To simplify the listings of securities, abbreviations are used per the table below:

 

CHSB

  Community Hospital of San Bernardino
 

COP

  Certificates of Participation
 

DHlth

  Dignity Health
 

GO

  General Obligation
 

HFA

  Housing Finance Agency
 

IDA

  Industrial Devel. Agency
 

ITEMECF

  Industrial, Tourist, Educational, Medical and Environmental Community Facilities
 

LIFERS

  Long Inverse Floating Except Receipts
 

SCIC

  Scottsdale Captive Insurance Company
 

SHC

  Scottsdale Healthcare Corp.
 

SHH

  Scottsdale Healthcare Hospitals
 

SHRC

  Scottsdale Healthcare Realty Corp.
 

TASC

  Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds
 

V.I.

  United States Virgin Islands

 

5   OPPENHEIMER ROCHESTER ARIZONA MUNICIPAL FUND


    

    NOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS      Unaudited

 

 

Inverse Floating Rate Securities. The Fund invests in inverse floating rate securities that pay interest at a rate that varies inversely with short-term interest rates. Because inverse floating rate securities are leveraged instruments, the value of an inverse floating rate security will change more significantly in response to changes in interest rates and other market fluctuations than the market value of a conventional fixed-rate municipal security of similar maturity and credit quality, including the municipal bond underlying an inverse floating rate security.

An inverse floating rate security is created as part of a financial transaction referred to as a “tender option bond” transaction. In most cases, in a tender option bond transaction the Fund sells a fixed-rate municipal bond (the “underlying municipal bond”) to a broker dealer (the “sponsor”). The sponsor creates a trust (the “Trust”) into which it deposits the underlying municipal bond. The Trust then issues and sells short-term floating rate securities with a fixed principal amount representing a senior interest in the underlying municipal bond to third parties and a residual, subordinate interest in the underlying municipal bond (referred to as an “inverse floating rate security”) to the Fund. The interest rate on the short-term floating rate securities resets periodically, usually weekly, to a prevailing market rate and holders of these securities are granted the option to tender their securities back to the Trust for repurchase at their principal amount plus accrued interest thereon (the “purchase price”) periodically, usually daily or weekly. A remarketing agent for the Trust is required to attempt to re-sell any tendered short-term floating rate securities to new investors for the purchase price. If the remarketing agent is unable to successfully re-sell the tendered short-term floating rate securities, a liquidity provider to the Trust (typically an affiliate of the sponsor) must contribute cash to the Trust to ensure that the tendering holders receive the purchase price of their securities on the repurchase date.

Because holders of the short-term floating rate securities are granted the right to tender their securities to the Trust for repurchase at frequent intervals for the purchase price, with such payment effectively guaranteed by the liquidity provider, the securities generally bear short-term rates of interest commensurate with money market instruments. When interest is paid on the underlying municipal bond to the Trust, such proceeds are first used to pay the Trust’s administrative expenses and accrued interest to holders of the short-term floating rate securities, with any remaining amounts being paid to the Fund, as the holder of the inverse floating rate security. Accordingly, the amount of such interest on the underlying municipal bond paid to the Fund is inversely related the rate of interest on the short-term floating rate securities. Additionally, because the principal amount of the short-term floating rate securities is fixed and is not adjusted in response to changes in the market value of the underlying municipal bond, any change in the market value of the underlying municipal bond is reflected entirely in a change to the value of the inverse floating rate security.

Typically, the terms of an inverse floating rate security grant certain rights to the Fund, as holder. For example, the Fund may have the right upon request to require that the Trust compel a tender of the short-term floating rate securities to facilitate the Fund’s acquisition of the underlying municipal bond. Following such a request, the Fund pays the Trust the purchase price of the short-term floating rate securities and a specified portion of any market value gain on the underlying municipal bond since its deposit into the Trust, which the Trust uses to redeem the short-term floating rate securities. The Trust then distributes the underlying municipal bond to the Fund. Similarly, the Fund may have the right to directly purchase the underlying municipal bond from the Trust by paying to the Trust the purchase price of the short-term floating rate securities and a specified portion of any market value gain on the underlying municipal bond since its deposit into the Trust, which the Trust uses to redeem the short-term floating rate securities. Through the exercise of either of these rights, the Fund can voluntarily terminate or “collapse” the Trust, terminate its investment in the related inverse floating rate security and obtain the underlying municipal bond. Additionally, the Fund also typically has the right to exchange with the Trust (i) a principal amount of short-term floating rate securities held by the Fund for a corresponding additional principal amount of the inverse floating rate security or (ii) a principal amount of the inverse floating rate security held by the Fund for a

 

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    NOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS      Unaudited / Continued

 

 

corresponding additional principal amount of short-term floating rate securities (which are typically then sold to other investors). Through the exercise of this right, the Fund may increase (or decrease) the principal amount of short-term floating rate securities outstanding, thereby increasing (or decreasing) the amount of leverage provided by the short-term floating rate securities to the Fund’s investment exposure to the underlying municipal bond.

The Fund’s investments in inverse floating rate securities involve certain risks. As short-term interest rates rise, an inverse floating rate security produces less current income (and, in extreme cases, may pay no income) and as short-term interest rates fall, an inverse floating rate security produces more current income. Thus, if short-term interest rates rise after the issuance of the inverse floating rate security, any yield advantage is reduced or eliminated. All inverse floating rate securities entail some degree of leverage represented by the outstanding principal amount of the related short-term floating rate securities. The value of, and income earned on, an inverse floating rate security that has a higher degree of leverage will fluctuate more significantly in response to changes in interest rates and to changes in the market value of the related underlying municipal bond than that of an inverse floating rate security with a lower degree of leverage, and is more likely to be eliminated entirely under adverse market conditions. Changes in the value of an inverse floating rate security will also be more significant than changes in the market value of the related underlying municipal bond because the leverage provided by the related short-term floating rate securities increases the sensitivity of an inverse floating rate security to changes in interest rates and to the market value of the underlying municipal bond. An inverse floating rate security can be expected to underperform fixed-rate municipal bonds when the difference between long-term and short-term interest rates is decreasing (or is already small) or when long-term interest rates are rising, but can be expected to outperform fixed-rate municipal bonds when the difference between long-term and short-term interest rates is increasing (or is already large) or when long-term interest rates are falling. Additionally, a tender option bond transaction typically provides for the automatic termination or “collapse” of a Trust upon the occurrence of certain adverse events, usually referred to as “mandatory tender events” or “tender option termination events.” These events may include, among others, a credit ratings downgrade of the underlying municipal bond below a specified level, a decrease in the market value of the underlying municipal bond below a specified amount, a bankruptcy of the liquidity provider or the inability of the remarketing agent to re-sell to new investors short-term floating rate securities that have been tendered for repurchase by holders thereof. Following the occurrence of such an event, the underlying municipal bond is generally sold for current market value and the proceeds distributed to holders of the short-term floating rate securities and inverse floating rate security, with the holder of the inverse floating rate security (the Fund) generally receiving the proceeds of such sale only after the holders of the short-term floating rate securities have received proceeds equal to the purchase price of their securities (and the liquidity provider is generally required to contribute cash to the Trust only in an amount sufficient to ensure that the holders of the short-term floating rate securities receive the purchase price of their securities in connection with such termination of the Trust). Following the occurrence of such events, the Fund could potentially lose the entire amount of its investment in the inverse floating rate security.

Finally, the Fund may enter into shortfall/reimbursement agreements with the liquidity provider of certain tender option bond transactions in connection with certain inverse floating rate securities held by the Fund. These agreements commit the Fund to reimburse the liquidity provider to the extent that the liquidity provider must provide cash to a Trust, including following the termination of a Trust resulting from the occurrence of a

 

OPPENHEIMER ROCHESTER ARIZONA MUNICIPAL FUND


    

    NOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS      Unaudited / Continued

 

 

“mandatory tender event.” In connection with the occurrence of such an event and the termination of the Trust triggered thereby, the shortfall/reimbursement agreement will make the Fund liable for the amount of the negative difference, if any, between the liquidation value of the underlying municipal bond and the purchase price of the short-term floating rate securities issued by the Trust. Under the standard terms of a tender option bond transaction, absent such a shortfall/reimbursement agreement, the Fund, as holder of the inverse floating rate security, would not be required to make such a reimbursement payment to the liquidity provider. The Manager monitors the Fund’s potential exposure with respect to these agreements on a daily basis and intends to take action to terminate the Fund’s investment in related inverse floating rate securities, if it deems it appropriate to do so. As of December 31, 2013, the Fund’s maximum exposure under such agreements is estimated at $5,000,000.

When the Fund creates an inverse floating rate security in a tender option bond transaction by selling an underlying municipal bond to a sponsor for deposit into a Trust, the transaction is considered a secured borrowing for financial reporting purposes. As a result of such accounting treatment, the Fund includes the underlying municipal bond on its Statement of Investments and as an asset on its Statement of Assets and Liabilities in the annual and semiannual reports (but does not separately include the related inverse floating rate security on either). The Fund also includes a liability on its Statement of Assets and Liabilities in the annual and semiannual reports equal to the outstanding principal amount and accrued interest on the related short-term floating rate securities issued by the Trust. Interest on the underlying municipal bond is recorded as investment income on the Fund’s Statement of Operations in the annual and semiannual reports, while interest payable on the related short-term floating rate securities is recorded as interest expense. At December 31, 2013, municipal bond holdings with a value of $7,466,065 shown on the Fund’s Statement of Investments are held by such Trusts and serve as the underlying municipal bonds for the related $5,000,000 in short-term floating rate securities issued and outstanding at that date.

At December 31, 2013, the inverse floating rate securities associated with tender option bond transactions accounted for as secured borrowings were as follows:

 

Principal
Amount
     Inverse Floater 1    Coupon Rate 2      Maturity Date      Value  

 

 

 
  $        250,000       Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. LIFERS 3      9.686%         8/1/57       $ 152,245   
  4,750,000       Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. LIFERS 3      8.688           8/1/57               2,313,820   
           

 

 

 
              $  2,466,065   
           

 

 

 

1. For a list of abbreviations used in the Inverse Floater table see the Portfolio Abbreviations table at the end of the Statement of Investments.

2. Represents the current interest rate for the inverse floating rate security.

3. Represents an inverse floating rate security that is subject to a shortfall/reimbursement agreement.

The Fund may also purchase an inverse floating rate security created as part of a tender option bond transaction not initiated by the Fund when a third party, such as a municipal issuer or financial institution, transfers an underlying municipal bond to a Trust. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund includes the inverse floating rate security related to such transaction on its Statement of Investments and as an asset on its Statement of Assets and Liabilities in the annual and semiannual reports, and interest on the security is recorded as investment income on the Fund’s Statement of Operations in the annual and semiannual reports.

 

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    NOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS      Unaudited / Continued

 

 

The Fund may invest in inverse floating rate securities with any degree of leverage (as measured by the outstanding principal amount of related short-term floating rate securities). However, the Fund may only expose up to 20% of its total assets to the effects of leverage from its investments in inverse floating rate securities. This limitation is measured by comparing the aggregate principal amount of the short-term floating rate securities that are related to the inverse floating rate securities held by the Fund to the total assets of the Fund. The Fund’s exposure to the effects of leverage from its investments in inverse floating rate securities amounts to $5,000,000 as of December 31, 2013.

Securities on a When-Issued or Delayed Delivery Basis. The Fund may purchase securities on a “when-issued” basis, and may purchase or sell securities on a “delayed delivery” basis. “When-issued” or “delayed delivery” refers to securities whose terms and indenture are available and for which a market exists, but which are not available for immediate delivery. Delivery and payment for securities that have been purchased by the Fund on a when-issued basis normally takes place within six months and possibly as long as two years or more after the trade date. During this period, such securities do not earn interest, are subject to market fluctuation and may increase or decrease in value prior to their delivery. The purchase of securities on a when-issued basis may increase the volatility of the Fund’s net asset value to the extent the Fund executes such transactions while remaining substantially fully invested. When the Fund engages in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions, it relies on the buyer or seller, as the case may be, to complete the transaction. Their failure to do so may cause the Fund to lose the opportunity to obtain or dispose of the security at a price and yield it considers advantageous. The Fund may also sell securities that it purchased on a when-issued basis or forward commitment prior to settlement of the original purchase.

As of December 31, 2013, the Fund had purchased securities issued on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis and sold securities issued on a delayed delivery basis as follows:

 

     

When-Issued or

Delayed Delivery

Basis Transactions

 

Sold securities

     $235,000   

Concentration Risk. There are certain risks arising from geographic concentration in any state, commonwealth or territory. Certain economic, regulatory or political developments occurring in the state, commonwealth or territory may impair the ability of certain issuers of municipal securities to pay principal and interest on their obligations.

 

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    NOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS      Unaudited / Continued

 

 

 

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 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.

 

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    NOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS      Unaudited / Continued

 

 

 

Securities Valuation (Continued)

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 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

 

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    NOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS      Unaudited / Continued

 

 

 

Securities Valuation (Continued)

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 December 31, 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:

  

Municipal Bonds and Notes

           

Arizona

   $         —      $     48,440,489      $         —      $     48,440,489  

U.S. Possessions

            23,036,570               23,036,570  
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $         —      $ 71,477,059      $  —      $ 71,477,059  
  

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

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 December 31, 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

   $         74,444,901 1    
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 787,355  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (8,769,483
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation

   $ (7,982,128
  

 

 

 

1 . The Federal tax cost of securities does not include cost of $5,014,286, which has otherwise been recognized for financial reporting purposes, related to bonds placed into trusts in conjunction with certain investment transactions. See the Inverse Floating Rate Securities note.

 

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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 12/31/2013, 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 Rochester Arizona Municipal Fund

 

By:  

/s/ William F. Glavin, Jr.

  William F. Glavin, Jr.
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   2/10/2014

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.

 

By:  

/s/ William F. Glavin, Jr.

  William F. Glavin, Jr.
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   2/10/2014

 

By:  

/s/ Brian W. Wixted

  Brian W. Wixted
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   2/10/2014
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